2013 NA LCS season

2013 NA LCS season
2013 NA LCS season
League	NA LCS
Sport	League of Legends
Duration	February 7 – April 28 (Spring); June 12 – September 1 (Summer);
Number of teams	8
TV partner(s)	Twitch
Spring
Champions	Team SoloMid
Runners-up	Good Game University
Top seed	Team SoloMid
Summer
Champions	Cloud9
Runners-up	Team SoloMid
Top seed	Cloud9
NA LCS seasons
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The 2013 NA LCS season was the first year of the North American League of Legends Championship Series.^[1] It was divided into spring and summer splits, each consisting of a regular season and playoff stage. The top six teams from the regular season advanced to the playoff stage, with the top two teams receiving a bye to the semifinals. Regular season games were played in a film studio in Sawtelle, Los Angeles, California.^{[citation needed]}

The spring split began on February 7 and concluded with the spring finals on April 28. Both the regular season and playoffs were won by Team SoloMid with a roster consisting of Dyrus, TheOddOne, Reginald, WildTurtle, and Xpecial.

The summer regular season and playoffs were both won by Cloud9 in their debut split,^[2] with a roster consisting of Balls, Meteos, Hai, Sneaky and LemonNation. Cloud9 also set a historic regular season finish of 25–3, a record which stood until PAX 2013.^[3]

Cloud9, TeamSoloMid and Team Vulcun qualified for the Season 3 World Championship by placing first, second and third respectively in the summer playoffs.^[4]

Spring

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Qualification or relegation
1	Team SoloMid	28	21	7	.750	Advance to semifinals
2	Curse Gaming	28	19	9	.679	Advance to semifinals
3	Team Dignitas	28	17	11	.607	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Counter Logic Gaming	28	13	15	.464
5	Team Vulcun	28	12	16	.429
6	Good Game University	28	11	17	.393
7	Team MRN	28	10	18	.357	Promotion tournament
8	CompLexity White	28	9	19	.321	Promotion tournament

Source: LoL Esports (Archived September 5, 2015, at the Wayback Machine)
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) head-to-head record; 3) tiebreaker match(es)

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final



			1	Team SoloMid	2

4	Counter Logic Gaming	1	5	Team Vulcan	1

5	Team Vulcan	2				1	Team SoloMid	3

						6	Good Game University	2

			2	Team Curse	1

3	Team Dignitas	1	6	Good Game University	2	Third place

6	Good Game University	2

						2	Team Curse	1

						5	Team Vulcun	2

Source: LoL Esports (Archived September 17, 2015, at the Wayback Machine)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Relegation
1	Team SoloMid
2	Good Game University
3	Team Vulcun
4	Team Curse
5–6	Counter Logic Gaming	Promotion tournament
5–6	Team Dignitas	Promotion tournament

Promotion tournament


Challenger			Promotion

			Winner to 2013 Summer

			A1	Counter Logic Gaming	3

B4	Doublebuff	0	B5	Azure Cats	0

B5	Azure Cats	2	Winner to 2013 Summer

			A2	Team Dignitas	3

B3	Team Summon	2	B3	Team Summon	1

B6	Fidelis	0	Winner to 2013 Summer

			A3	Team MRN	2

B2	Velocity Esports	2	B2	Velocity Esports	3

B7	The Salad Bar	1	Winner to 2013 Summer

			A4	CompLexity White	0

B1	Cloud9	2	B1	Cloud9	3

B8	Team Astral Poke	0

Source: LoL Esports (Archived September 16, 2015, at the Wayback Machine)

Summer

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Qualification or relegation
1	Cloud9	28	25	3	.893	Advance to semifinals
2	Team Vulcun	28	20	8	.714	Advance to semifinals
3	Team SoloMid	28	14	14	.500	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Curse Gaming	28	13	15	.464
5	Counter Logic Gaming	28	13	15	.464
6	Team Dignitas	28	13	15	.464
7	Team Coast	28	9	19	.321	Promotion tournament
8	Velocity Esports	28	5	23	.179	Promotion tournament

Source: LoL Esports (Archived September 16, 2015, at the Wayback Machine)
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2) head-to-head record; 3) tiebreaker match(es)

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final



			1	Cloud9	2

4	Team Curse	1	5	Team Dignitas	0

5	Team Dignitas	2				1	Cloud9	3

						3	Team SoloMid	0

			2	Team Vulcun	0

3	Team SoloMid	2	3	Team SoloMid	2

6	Counter Logic Gaming	0

			Fifth place			Third place



			4	Team Curse	0	5	Team Dignitas	0

			6	Counter Logic Gaming	2	2	Team Vulcun	2

Source: LoL Esports (Archived September 5, 2015, at the Wayback Machine)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Cloud9	2013 League of Legends World Championship
2	Team SoloMid
3	Team Vulcun
4	Team Dignitas
5	Counter Logic Gaming
6	Team Curse	Promotion tournament

Promotion tournament


Promotion

Winner to 2014 Spring

A1	Team Curse	3

B3	COGnitive Gaming	1

Winner to 2014 Spring

A2	Team Coast	3

B2	The Walking Zed	0

Winner to 2014 Spring

A3	Velocity Esports	3

B1	To Be Determined	2

Source: LoL Esports (Archived September 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine)

References

^ Volk, Pete (April 25, 2017). "NA LCS MVP: Updated winners list". The Rift Herald. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ Abbas, Malcolm (November 20, 2017). "Take a look at the six returning NA LCS teams". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
^ "3 Competitive League Of Legends Matches To Turn You Into A Fan".
^ "League Of Legends Season 3 Championship Series Details Announced". January 10, 2013.

External links

Season Three Official Rules (Archived June 14, 2013, at the Wayback Machine)

[1] Volk, Pete (April 25, 2017). "NA LCS MVP: Updated winners list". The Rift Herald. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[2] Abbas, Malcolm (November 20, 2017). "Take a look at the six returning NA LCS teams". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

[3] "3 Competitive League Of Legends Matches To Turn You Into A Fan".

[4] "League Of Legends Season 3 Championship Series Details Announced". January 10, 2013.

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