2017 NA LCS season

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2017 NA LCS season
League NA LCS
Sport League of Legends
Duration
  • January 20 – April 23 (Spring)
  • June 2 – September 3 (Summer)
  • September 8–10 (Regional finals)
Number of teams10
TV partner(s) Twitch, YouTube
Spring
Champions Team SoloMid
  Runners-up Cloud9
Top seedTeam SoloMid
Season MVPNoh "Arrow" Dong-hyeon
Summer
ChampionsTeam SoloMid
  Runners-up Immortals
Top seedTeam SoloMid
Season MVP Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg
Regional finals
WinnerCloud9
NA LCS seasons

The 2017 NA LCS season was the sixth season of the North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS), a professional esports league for the video game League of Legends . The season was divided into two splits: Spring and Summer. The Spring Split began on January 20 and culminated with the playoff finals on April 23, 2017. The Summer Split began on June 2 and culminated with the Spring Split finals on September 3, 2017.

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Team SoloMid won the spring split playoffs, qualifying them for the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational. Team SoloMid also won the summer split playoffs, directly qualifying them for the 2017 World Championship. Immortals and Cloud9 also qualified for the 2017 World Championship via Championship Points and winning the regional qualifier, respectively.

Spring

The Spring Split regular season began on January 20, 2017. The regular season followed a standard double round-robin format, where each team faced every other team twice. [1]

The bottom two teams from the regular season were relegated to the summer promotional tournament, where they competed with the top two teams from the League of Legends Challenger Series. The tournament was held from March 31 to April 2, 2017, and followed a double-elimination format. The top two teams advanced to the summer split. [2]

The top six teams from the regular season advanced to the playoffs, a single-elimination tournament, which ran from April 8 to April 23, 2017. Of the six teams, the top two started in the semifinals, while the bottom four started in the quarterfinals. All matches were in a best-of-five format. Unlike the previous year, the top seed in the semifinals would play the lowest seed that advanced from the quarterfinals. [3] The winner of the playoffs advanced to the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational. [4] The Spring Split playoffs third place match and final was played at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada. [5]

Regular season

PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification or relegation
1 Team SoloMid 18153.833Advance to semifinals
2 Cloud9 18144.778
3 Phoenix1 18117.611Advance to quarterfinals
4 Counter Logic Gaming 18108.556
5 FlyQuest 1899.500
6 Dignitas 1899.500
7 Immortals 18810.444
8 Echo Fox 18612.333
9 Team Liquid 18513.278Promotion tournament
10 Team Envy 18315.167
Source: LoL Esports (Archived January 23, 2018, at the Wayback Machine )
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) head-to-head record; 3) tiebreaker match(es)

Promotion tournament

Initial RoundFirst Qualification Match
A1Team Liquid3
Winner to 2017 Summer
B2eUnited0
A1Team Liquid3
B1Gold Coin United2
A2Team Envy1
B1Gold Coin United3
Losers MatchSecond Qualification Match
Winner to 2017 Summer
B1Gold Coin United2
B2eUnited1A2Team Envy3
A2Team Envy3

Source: LoL Esports (Archived January 23, 2018, at the Wayback Machine )

Playoffs

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1Team SoloMid3
3Phoenix135FlyQuest0
6Team Dignitas01Team SoloMid3
2Cloud92
2Cloud93
4Counter Logic Gaming23Phoenix10Third place
5FlyQuest3
3Phoenix13
5FlyQuest2

Source: LoL Esports (Archived January 23, 2018, at the Wayback Machine )

Awards

  • 3rd Team All-Pro: [6]
    • T Ssumday, Dignitas
    • J Meteos, Phoenix1
    • M Ryu, Phoenix1
    • B Stixxay, Counter Logic Gaming
    • S Olleh, Immortals

Summer

The Summer Split regular season ran from June 2 to August 6, 2017. [7]

The bottom two teams from the regular season were relegated to the promotion tournament, where they competed with the top two teams from the Challenger Series. The tournament was held from August 11 to 13, 2017, and followed a double-elimination format. The top two teams advanced to the 2018 spring split. [8]

The top six teams from the summer regular season secured spots in the Summer Split playoffs, which ran from August 19 to September 3, 2017. The playoffs were a single-elimination tournament, with top two teams starting in the semifinals and the following four starting in the quarterfinals. All matches were in a best-of-five format. The winner of the summer playoffs directly qualified for the 2017 World Championship. [9] The Summer Split playoffs third place match and final were played at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. [10]

Regular season

PosTeamPldWLPCTQualification or relegation
1 Team SoloMid 18144.778Advance to semifinals
2 Immortals 18144.778
3 Counter Logic Gaming 18126.667Advance to quarterfinals
4 Cloud9 18126.667
5 Dignitas 18117.611
6 Team Envy 18810.444
7 FlyQuest 18612.333
8 Echo Fox 18513.278
9 Team Liquid 18414.222Promotion tournament
10 Phoenix1 18414.222
Source: LoL Esports (Archived February 3, 2018, at the Wayback Machine )
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) head-to-head record; 3) tiebreaker match(es)

Playoffs

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1Team SoloMid3
3Counter Logic Gaming35Team Dignitas1
6Team Envy11Team SoloMid3
2Immortals1
2Immortals3
4Cloud913Counter Logic Gaming0Third place
5Team Dignitas3
3Team Dignitas0
5Counter Logic Gaming3

Source: LoL Esports (Archived January 30, 2018, at the Wayback Machine )

Promotion tournament

Initial RoundFirst Qualification Match
A1Team Liquid3
Winner to 2018 Spring [lower-alpha 1]
B2eUnited0
A1Team Liquid3
A2Phoenix12
A2Phoenix13
B1Gold Coin United2
Losers MatchSecond Qualification Match
Winner to 2018 Spring [lower-alpha 1]
A2Phoenix13
B1Gold Coin United0B2eUnited0
B2eUnited3

Source: LoL Esports (Archived January 23, 2018, at the Wayback Machine )

Awards

  • 3rd Team All-Pro: [11]
    • T Flame, Immortals
    • J Lira, Team Envy
    • M Huhi, Counter Logic Gaming
    • B Sneaky, Cloud9
    • S Aphromoo, Counter Logic Gaming

Worlds qualification

Championship Points

PosTeamSprSumTotalQualification
1 Team SoloMid 90AQAQ 2017 League of Legends World Championship
2 Immortals 09090
3 Cloud9 702090Advance to regional qualifier
4 Counter Logic Gaming 107080
5 Dignitas 104050
6 FlyQuest 30030
7 Team Envy 02020
8 Phoenix1 50 [lower-alpha 2] 00
9 Echo Fox 000
10 Team Liquid 000
Source: 2017 NA LCS Rulebook
Rules for classification: 1) Championship points; 2) Summer Split points; 3) Summer Split regular season winning percentage; 4) Head-to-head record

Regional qualifier

Round 1Round 2Finals
3Cloud93
4Counter Logic Gaming34Counter Logic Gaming1
5FlyQuest35FyQuest1
6Team Dignitas0

Source: LoL Esports (Archived January 14, 2018, at the Wayback Machine )

Broadcast

Notes

  1. 1 2 Team Liquid and Phoenix1 both won the promotion tournament, and would normally retain their spots in the NA LCS, however due to league-wide changes to a franchised model, they were no longer guaranteed a spot.
  2. ↑ Phoenix1 lost Spring Split points due to placing in a relegation position during the Summer Split

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