It’s that time of year for competitive League of Legends. Indeed, we are headed to the exciting post-season events which determine the outcome of the entire season. Accordingly, regional events such as the LCS Championship 2021 are only days away. Read on to learn How to Watch!
Event Background
The LCS Championship 2021 follows the conclusion of the Summer Season which ended a week ago. Notably, teams earned a spot into this event, with only the top 8 teams making it to this point.
Bearing this in mind, do note that for the LCS, the points carried over from the Spring – this means that to make it to this event, it took an all-year effort from the franchised organizations.
Running from 7th August to 29th August, we’ll introduce the competitors in the following list:
- 100 Thieves
- Cloud9
- Dignitas
- Evil Geniuses
- Golden Guardians
- Immortals
- Team SoloMid (TSM)
- Team Liquid
Seeding has also determined how the format will proceed too.
What’s there to play for at this event? Well, this isn’t the largest event of the season for no reason. The following seeds are up for grabs, only for the top 3 contenders:
- Worlds 2021 Main Event
- Worlds 2021 Main Event
- Play-In 2021 Worlds
Let’s see how the format will shape up a victor.
Format
With the best 8 teams in North America, there’s no other format to go for. Indeed, RIot Games will be using the Double Elimination Bracket.
Each and every single match will be a BO5.
Take a look at how the bracket looks like at this very moment:
As a reminder, here are how the teams stack up and were hence seeded:
- TSM
- 100 Thieves
- Evil Geniuses
- Cloud9
- Team Liquid
- Dignitas
- Immortals
- Golden Guardians
Quite a simple format. For those unaware, the Double Elimination bracket involves two sides. In this case, 6 teams start in Winner’s and 2 start in Loser’s. Once in Loser’s, note that teams only have one chance, where one loss sends them packing.
Schedule for the LCS Championship 2021 (CEST)
Although only 8 teams are contending, the competition is spread out to the August 29th thanks to a lengthy schedule. Let’s try and provide a short snippet below:
Round 1
- Sat 7th August – Evil Geniuses vs Dignitas – 23:00
- Sun 8th August – Cloud9 vs Team Liquid – 22:00
- Fri 13th August – Immortals vs TBD – 00:00
- Sat 14th August – Golden Guardians vs TBD – 00:00
Round 2
- Sat 14th August – 100 Thieves vs TBD – 23:00
- Sun 15th August – TSM vs TBD – 22:00
- Fri 20th August – TBD vs TBD – 00:00
- Sat 21st August – TBD vs TBD – 00:00
Otherwise, the remaining stages will take place in the week from 22-29th August.
For the full schedule, we recommend visiting the official event page for the schedule.
Watch the LCS Championship 2021 on esportsguide
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Predictions for the LCS Championship 2021
In terms of predictions, it’s quite obvious that the rankings heading into this event can help quite a bit.
Bearing this in mind, it’s an incredibly tight competition between the top 5.
Yet, we’ll have to favour the top 2 seeds in the form of TSM and 100 Thieves. Otherwise, everyone has a shot, with the lower three seeds not looking very likely to go too far.
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