2016 EU LCS season
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The 2016 European League of Legends Championship Series (2016 EU LCS) was the fourth season of the European League of Legends Championship Series.
The Spring Split began on January 16, with a rematch of the 2015 EU LCS Summer playoff finals. Most matches were played at a film studio in Adlershof, Berlin. The finals were played in Rotterdam, Netherlands, at the Rotterdam Ahoy.
The Summer Split was won by G2 Esports, with a roster of Expect, Trick, PerkZ, Zven, Mithy, Relinquished, Kikis, their first title.[citation needed] Most games were being played at Riot Games' studio in Adlershof, Berlin, Germany. The finals were at the Tauron Arena Kraków in Kraków, Poland.
Spring
Rosters
[needs update]
| Team | Players |
|---|---|
| ID | |
| Elements | Steve Gilius Eika MrRalleZ sprattel Dexter (sub) Solaaaa (sub) |
| Fnatic | Gamsu Spirit Febiven Rekkles NoXiAK Klaj |
| G2 Esports | Kikis Trick PerkZ Emperor Hybrid Gucioq (sub) |
| GIANTS! Gaming | SmittyJ Maxlore NighT S0NSTAR Hustlin Samux Special |
| H2k-Gaming | Odoamne Jankos Ryu Selfie FORG1VEN VandeR |
| Origen | sOAZ Amazing PowerOfEvil xPeke Zven Mithy |
| Splyce | Wunder (gamer) Trashy Sencux Kobbe Nisbeth |
| ROCCAT | fredy122 Airwaks Betsy Safir Tabzz Edward (sub) extinkt (sub) NoXiAK (sub) |
| Team Vitality | Cabochard Shook Nukeduck Hjärnan kaSing |
| Unicorns of Love | Vizicsacsi Diamondprox Djoko Rudy loulex Fox Steelback Hylissang |
Regular season
| Place | Team | Match record | Game record | Champ. points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | G2 Esports | 15-3 | ||
| 2. | H2k-Gaming | 14-4 | ||
| 3. | Team Vitality | 13-5 | ||
| 4. | Origen | 11-7 | ||
| 5. | Unicorns of Love | 10-8 | ||
| 6. | Fnatic | 9-9 | ||
| 7. | Elements | 6–12 | ||
| 8. | Splyce | 5-13 | ||
| 9. | Team ROCCAT | 4-14 | ||
| 10. | GIANTS! Gaming | 3-15 |
Playoffs
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| H2k-Gaming | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Team Vitality | 1 | Origen | 3 | |||||||||||
| Fnatic | 3 | Origen | 1 | |||||||||||
| G2 Esports | 3 | |||||||||||||
| G2 Esports | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Origen | 3 | Fnatic | 1 | |||||||||||
| Unicorns of Love | 0 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| H2k-Gaming | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Fnatic | 3 |
Summer
Rosters
| Team | Players | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Role | |
| Fnatic | Korea Gamsu Korea Spirit Netherlands Febiven Sweden Rekkles France YellOwStaR Spain Werlyb (as substitute) Sweden Klaj (as substitute) | Noh Young-Jin Lee Da-yoon (이다윤) Fabian Diepstraten Martin Larsson Bora Kim Jorge Casanovas Johan Olsson | Top Jungle Mid AD Carry Support Top Support |
| G2 Esports | Korea Expect Korea Trick Croatia PerkZ Denmark Zven Spain Mithy Sweden RelinQuished (as substitute) Poland Kikis (as substitute) | Dae-han Ki (대한기) Kim Kang Yoon (김강윤) Luka Perkovic Jesper Svenningsen Alfonso Aguirre Rodriguez Joel Fjellström Mateusz Szkudlarek | Top Jungle Mid AD Carry Support AD Carry Top |
| GIANTS! Gaming | Germany SmittyJ United Kingdom Maxlore Korea NighT Korea S0NSTAR Sweden Hustlin Spain Samux (as substitute) Netherlands Special (as substitute) | Lennart Warkus Nubar Sarafian Gun Woo Na Son Seung-ik (손승익) Morgan Granberg Samuel Fernández Fort Joran Scheffer | Top Jungle Mid AD Carry Support AD Carry Mid |
| H2k-Gaming | Romania Odoamne Poland Jankos Korea Ryu Czech Republic Freeze Poland VandeR Greece FORG1VEN (playoffs only) Sweden Hulberto (as substitute) Sweden Knugen (as substitute) | Andrei Pascu Marcin Jankowski Ryu Sang-ook Aleš Kněžínek Oskar Bogdan Konstantinos Tzortziou Johan Johansson Jesper Rundberg | Top Jungle Mid AD Carry Support AD Carry Jungle AD Carry |
| Origen | France sOAZ Germany Amazing Germany PowerOfEvil Spain xPeke Netherlands Hybrid Finland Cyanide (as substitute) Greece FORG1VEN (as substitute) (June–August) | Paul Boyer Maurice Stückenschneider Tristan Schrage Enrique Cedeño Martínez Glenn Doornenbal Lauri Happonen Konstantinos Tzortziou | Top Jungle Mid AD Carry Support Jungle AD Carry |
| ROCCAT | Korea Parang Switzerland Airwaks Sweden Betsy France Steelback Korea Raise United Kingdom fredy122 (as substitute) Lithuania extinkt (as substitute) | Sang-won Lee Karim Benghalia Felix Edling Pierre Medjaldi Ji-hwan Oh Simon Payne Vytautas Mélinauskas | Top Jungle Mid AD Carry Support Top Support |
| Schalke 04 | France Steve Germany Gilius Sweden Fox Denmark MrRalleZ Sweden sprattel Germany Dexter (as substitute) Germany Solaaaa (as substitute) | Etienne Michels Berk Demir Hampus Myhre Rasmus Skinneholm Hampus Abrahamsson Marcel Feldkamp Nico Linke | Top Jungler Mid AD Carry Support Jungle AD Carry |
| Splyce | Denmark Wunderwear Denmark Trashy Denmark Sencux Denmark Kobbe Slovenia Mikyx Denmark Gripex (as substitute) Netherlands Vizility (as substitute) | Martin Hansen Jonas Andersen Chres Laursen Kasper Kobberup Mihael Mehle Jesper Terkildsen Jeffrey de Vries | Top Jungle Mid AD Carry Support Jungle AD Carry |
| Unicorns of Love | Hungary Vizicsacsi Korea Move Germany Exileh Korea Veritas Bulgaria Hylissang | Kiss Tamás Kang Min-su Fabian Schubert Kim Kyoung-min Zdravets Galabov | Top Jungle Mid AD Carry Support |
Regular season
| Place | Team | Match record | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | G2 Esports | 10W-8T-0L | 38 |
| 2. | Splyce | 9W-6T-3L | 33 |
| 3. | Giants Gaming | 8W-3T-7L | 27 |
| 4. | H2k-Gaming | 7W-6T-5L | 27 |
| 5. | Fnatic | 7W-6T-5L | 27 |
| 6. | Unicorns of Love | 6W-5T-7L | 23 |
| 7. | Team Vitality | 3W-9T-6L | 18 |
| 8. | FC Schalke 04 | 3W-9T-6L | 18 |
| 9. | Origen | 2W-8T-8L | 14 |
| 10. | ROCCAT | 2W-6T-10L | 12 |
H2k finished above Fnatic after defeating them in a tiebreaker game
Team Vitality finished above Schalke 04 after defeating them in a tiebreaker game
Playoffs
The semi-finals match between fnatic and H2k was delayed two days due to technical reasons.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | G2 Esports | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Giants Gaming | 1 | 6 | Unicorns of Love | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | Unicorns of Love | 3 | 1 | G2 Esports | 3 | |||||||||
| 2 | Splyce | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Splyce | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | H2k-Gaming | 3 | 4 | H2k-Gaming | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 | fnatic | 0 | Third place | |||||||||||
| 6 | Unicorns of Love | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | H2k-Gaming | 3 |
EU Regional Qualifiers
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Splyce | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Fnatic | 0 | 3 | Unicorns of Love | 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | Unicorns of Love | 3 | 3 | Unicorns of Love | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | Giants Gaming | 0 | |||||||||||