With all of the regions of competitive League of Legends preparing for post-season events, we’ve got plenty of exciting events to pick from. Accordingly, the LEC Summer Playoffs 2021 are only a few days away. Celebrating the highest level of European competition, read on to learn How to Watch this exciting event!
Event Background
Acting as the end to the third rebranded season of the LEC, this event is everything for the competing teams. Not only does such an event cement a regional season for teams, but it’s also a massive stepping stone.
Indeed, the main thing teams are playing for at this event are opportunities to reach the Worlds 2021 Main Event. Specifically, the top 2 teams will earn direct seeds for Worlds 2021, while third place will earn a spot at the Worlds 2021 Play-In.
Running from the 13th August to the 29th August, this exciting event will feature the following teams seeded from the regular season:
- Rogue
- Misfits Gaming
- Team Vitality
- MAD Lions
- G2 Esports
- Fnatic
With the stakes known, let’s dive into the format.
Format
With regards to format, it’s a single stage event revolving around a Double Elimination bracket. As you can imagine, initial seeding into the bracket depends on the points earned throughout the Summer Season:
- Top 4 teams in the Winners’ Bracket
- 5th plays 6th in the Losers’ Bracket
Do note that all matches are best of five. Take a look at the bracket below:
For those unfamiliar with the idea of a double elimination bracket, it’s one which involves a winner progressing deeper into the bracket while a loser is either eliminated or sent to the Loser’s Bracket.
In short, if a team is in Winner’s they have a 1 loss cushion before being eliminated unlike Loser’s.
Schedule for the LEC Summer Playoffs 2021
Spread across a week and a half, the schedule allows viewers to enjoy one game at a time across multiple weekends. For example, the following is the schedule for Round 1 of Playoffs:
- Friday 13th August – 18:00 CEST (Rogue vs Misfits)
- Saturday 14th August – 17:00 CEST (MAD Lions vs G2 Esports)
- Sunday 15th August – 17:00 CEST (Fnatic vs Team Vitality)
For the full schedule, visit the official event schedule page here.
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Predictions
When it comes to an event such as this one, predictions are often simple to the extent where the higher the seed heading into the event, the more likely the team is to win. However, let’s take a second to review the season of all six teams.
- Rogue – 2nd Spring Season, 2nd Spring Playoffs, 1st Summer Season
- MAD Lions – 3rd Spring Season, 1st Spring Playoffs, 3rd Summer Season
- G2 Esports – 1st Spring Season, 3rd Spring Playoffs, 2nd Summer Season
Accordingly, if you do the math, these three teams have made up the podium three times this entire year.
Bearing this in mind, expect it’s easy to predict that these three names will make it to Worlds seeds, but who will come out on topt of the region? In terms off recency, Rogue have the edge.
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