All teams that qualified for LEC Spring 2022 Playoffs
A spot at MSI is at stake.
The LEC Spring 2022 Playoffs kick off on March 25, featuring six teams from the regular season.
During the offseason,LEC teamsand players made huge moves. Rogue players Steven “Hans sama” Liv andKacper “Inspired” Słomamoved to North American organizations, while superstar mid lanerLuka “Perkz” Perkovićreturned to Europe with Team Vitality, alongside former Team Liquid top lanerBarney “Alphari” Morris.
Other organizations likeMisfits GamingandMAD Lionsbet on youth, promoting or signing players from the European regional leagues.
While Rogue and Fnatic secured their spots in first and second place respectively, the Team Vitality superteam narrowly qualified in sixth place, behind evenExcel Esports, who areappearing in the playoffsfor the first time since the organization joined the LEC in 2019.
Meanwhile, former kingsG2 Esportshave qualified in fourth place. However, the squad, headlined by Marcin “Jankos” Jankowski and Rasmus “caPs” Borregaard Winther, is still attempting to regain the form that led them to eight LEC titles.
Full list of teams that have qualified for LEC Spring 2022 Playoffs
The following six teams have qualified for the LEC Spring 2022 Playoffs.
Format of LEC Spring 2022 Playoffs
Games will be played in a double-elimination format, with teams seeded into the upper and lower brackets based on their final position in the regular season.
The 1st seed gets to pick between the 3rd and 4th seed in Round 1, and top seed Rogue will play Misfits Gaming in Match 1. The loser with the lower seed from Round 2 of the upper bracket will drop to the lower bracket of Round 2 (Match 4), while the loser with the higher seed will drop to Round 3 of the lower bracket (Match 6).
The lower bracket will culminate in a semi-final match, where the winning team will go on to face the winner of the upper bracket matches in the grand final.
All matches will adopt a best-of-five format, and the winner of the playoffs will be crowned the LEC Spring 2022 champion and earn an invitation to the Mid-Season Invitational 2022.
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