These are the matches and dates for the 2021 LEC summer playoffs – LoL News

Christian Vejvad • 02/Aug/21 • 15:20

One other intense LEC cut up is behind us, leaving the six greatest groups left to play for the 2021 LEC Summer time Cut up trophy and the three European area’s spots on the 2021 World Championship. 

All groups fought exhausting in the course of the 18 regular-season video games and at the moment are being rewarded with a spot within the playoffs, some with the next seed than others. The LEC is understood for being shut within the standings, however this cut up was one thing out of the bizarre. A complete of three groups have been utterly tied within the standings for second place, leading to head-to-head matchups having to determine the ultimate seeding.

2021 LEC Summer time playoff matchups

This cut up’s first playoff matchups are determined by the seeding from the common cut up outcomes. With a stellar efficiency all through all weeks, Rogue enters the playoffs in first seed and can be taking over Misfits Gaming who fell brief on the final day and was left on the fourth seed.  

The second seed miraculously went to G2 Esports, who completed the common season with 5 wins in a row. Though a few of these wins have been very shut, the previous LEC kings have put themselves in a fantastic spot to reclaim the throne and safe one other journey to the World Championship. G2 can be dealing with defending LEC champion MAD Lions, who additionally managed a little bit of a climb within the standings over the past weeks of the common season. 

Schedule for the primary spherical of LEC Summer time playoffs: 

Friday, August 13:

Saturday, August 14:

Sunday, August 15: 

After the primary weekend of video games, the winners within the higher bracket will transfer on to battle one another for a direct spot within the remaining. The 2 upper-bracket losers will drop right down to the decrease bracket, the place Fnatic and Vitality will battle for survival proper from the primary set of video games. Dropping within the decrease bracket means elimination, so that is the place all the things can be on the road. 

The LEC remaining can be performed on Sunday, August 29.

2021 LEC summer time playoff dates

This yr’s final LEC playoff is about to kick off on Friday, August 13, and can conclude a little bit greater than two weeks in a while Sunday, August 29 with the grand remaining. For the reason that LEC format is filled with best-of-five matches and has a decrease bracket, there can be loads of good video games to look at. 

The primary aim of the playoffs for the groups can be profitable the trophy, however there may even be three qualification spots for the 2021 World Championship on the road. The primary and second-place finishers can be granted a direct spot to the Worlds foremost occasion whereas the third-place staff from the playoffs must undergo the play-in stage on the occasion. 

The playoffs start on August 13 with the upper-bracket match between Rogue and Misfits.