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

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TeamPlayers
ID
ElementsSteve Gilius Eika MrRalleZ sprattel Dexter (sub) Solaaaa (sub)
FnaticGamsu Spirit Febiven Rekkles NoXiAK Klaj
G2 EsportsKikis Trick PerkZ Emperor Hybrid Gucioq (sub)
GIANTS! GamingSmittyJ Maxlore NighT S0NSTAR Hustlin Samux Special
H2k-GamingOdoamne Jankos Ryu Selfie FORG1VEN VandeR
OrigensOAZ Amazing PowerOfEvil xPeke Zven Mithy
SplyceWunder (gamer) Trashy Sencux Kobbe Nisbeth
ROCCATfredy122 Airwaks Betsy Safir Tabzz Edward (sub) extinkt (sub) NoXiAK (sub)
Team VitalityCabochard Shook Nukeduck Hjärnan kaSing
Unicorns of LoveVizicsacsi Diamondprox Djoko Rudy loulex Fox Steelback Hylissang

Regular season

PlaceTeamMatch recordGame recordChamp. points
1.G2 Esports15-3
2.H2k-Gaming14-4
3.Team Vitality13-5
4.Origen11-7
5.Unicorns of Love10-8
6.Fnatic9-9
7.Elements6–12
8.Splyce5-13
9.Team ROCCAT4-14
10.GIANTS! Gaming3-15

Playoffs

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
H2k-Gaming2
Team Vitality1Origen3
Fnatic3Origen1
G2 Esports3
G2 Esports3
Origen3Fnatic1
Unicorns of Love0Third place
H2k-Gaming2
Fnatic3

Summer

Rosters

TeamPlayers
IDNameRole
FnaticKorea 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 OlssonTop Jungle Mid AD Carry Support Top Support
G2 EsportsKorea 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 SzkudlarekTop Jungle Mid AD Carry Support AD Carry Top
GIANTS! GamingGermany 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 SchefferTop Jungle Mid AD Carry Support AD Carry Mid
H2k-GamingRomania 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 RundbergTop Jungle Mid AD Carry Support AD Carry Jungle AD Carry
OrigenFrance 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 TzortziouTop Jungle Mid AD Carry Support Jungle AD Carry
ROCCATKorea 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 MélinauskasTop Jungle Mid AD Carry Support Top Support
Schalke 04France 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 LinkeTop Jungler Mid AD Carry Support Jungle AD Carry
SplyceDenmark 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 VriesTop Jungle Mid AD Carry Support Jungle AD Carry
Unicorns of LoveHungary Vizicsacsi Korea Move Germany Exileh Korea Veritas Bulgaria HylissangKiss Tamás Kang Min-su Fabian Schubert Kim Kyoung-min Zdravets GalabovTop Jungle Mid AD Carry Support

Regular season

PlaceTeamMatch recordPoints
1.G2 Esports10W-8T-0L38
2.Splyce9W-6T-3L33
3.Giants Gaming8W-3T-7L27
4.H2k-Gaming7W-6T-5L27
5.Fnatic7W-6T-5L27
6.Unicorns of Love6W-5T-7L23
7.Team Vitality3W-9T-6L18
8.FC Schalke 043W-9T-6L18
9.Origen2W-8T-8L14
10.ROCCAT2W-6T-10L12

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.

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
1G2 Esports3
3Giants Gaming16Unicorns of Love1
6Unicorns of Love31G2 Esports3
2Splyce1
2Splyce3
4H2k-Gaming34H2k-Gaming2
5fnatic0Third place
6Unicorns of Love1
4H2k-Gaming3

EU Regional Qualifiers

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1Splyce3
2Fnatic03Unicorns of Love2
3Unicorns of Love33Unicorns of Love3
4Giants Gaming0