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Everything to know about the playoff stage of the LoL esports LEC Summer 2024 split.
The playoff stage completes the Summer 2024 split in Europe. To reach it, 10 teams played many matches in the Regular Season, and eight of them proceeded further. There will be a few rounds of LEC Summer 2024 Playoffs, with four qualifying spots to the LEC Finals and one to the League of Legends World Championship 2024 as main rewards.
The matches happen within a three-week period. All the info about them is here — to help you not miss anything interesting.
LoL Summer 2024 LEC & PCS: Regular season details and results
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Where to watch LEC Summer 2024 playoff matches?
The stream of all playoff matches from the LoL esports LEC Summer 2024 split is embedded here.
LEC Summer 2024 Playoffs: Schedule
This stage of the European LoL esports Summer 2024 split starts on Friday, July 12, and continues up to Sunday, July 28.
LEC Summer 2024 Playoffs: Teams, match results, and final standings
Eight LEC League of Legends teams that proceeded to the playoffs from the Regular Season are listed below.
They start playing from the upper-bracket quarter-finals. Four teams all to the lower-bracket round 1. Only one team can be the LEC Summer 2024 champion.
Initial matches are Bo3. Starting from the loser bracket semi-final, the teams play Bo5. We will add the LEC Summer 2024 playoff results to the table when matches are over.
Upper-bracket quarter-finals
SK Gamingconfidently defeatedTeam Hereticsin the opening match of LEC Summer 2024 Playoffs. Heretics got a pretty good start of game 2, but SK won a wonderful team fight around the Dragon and secured Baron. There was no comeback from that point for TH. SK Gaming looked so much better at team fights, and they proceeded to the upper-bracket semi-final.
MAD Lions KOIsurprised with their game 1 vsTeam BDS. They won it, and looked quite strong at the beginning of game 2. But then, after some really good team fights, BDS proved they were better in the Regular Season for a reason. Game 3 treated us to one of the most incredible comebacks in LoL esports. MDK were so ahead in gold and kills, but BDS managed to win a crucial fight and compensate for that. It wasn’t enough, though. MDK recovered a bit and tried to siege the opponents' Nexus, but they lost the momentum, Baron, their base, and the whole match. Team BDS wins this amazing series 2:1.
GIANTXwere close to breaking their head-to-head record vsFnatic. They won a few key moments in otherwise pretty even game 1. But that one point in the score was all they could get. Fnatic recovered and eventually won the match — to play vs SK Gaming in the upper-bracket semi-final.
G2 EsportsandKarmine Corphad an unexpectedly close (and long) game 1. G2 were bleeding, but they still won. In game 2, G2 Esports were in control, and they confirmed their status of the best LoL esports team in LEC.
Upper-bracket semi-finals
FnaticoutplayedSK Gamingin the first semi-final. SK sure gave some good fights and secured some objectives. But Fnatic were slightly better at various aspects, from draft to individual plays. Fnatic proceeded to the upper-bracket final.
G2played a very disciplined, well-planned League of Legends in their match againstTeam BDS. They were focused on gaining objectives and leveling-up thechampions. BDS responded with flashy ambushes and good kills, but when the moments came, G2 just started their offense on the opponents' base and destroyed the Nexus. G2 won to play vs Fnatic in the upper-bracket final of the LEC Summer 2024.
Lower-bracket round 1
GIANTX won a very close march against Team Heretics and eliminated their opponents from The LEC Summer 2024 Playoffs. The next opponent for GX is Team BDS.
Karmine Corp confidentialy defeated MAD Lions KOI to play vs SK Gaming in the lower-bracket quarter-finals.
Upper-bracket final
What looked like an easy win for G2 Esports turned out to be a great match for Fnatic!
The teams exchanged games 1 and 2, and then they had a spectacular game 3. It continued for more than 47 minutes, and Fnatic managed to get an upper hand in the end.
G2 Esports did not let the opponents finish the series so quickly. They brought it to game 5.
Fnatic won a great, relatively early teamfight, secured Dragon with Baron, and then successfully destroyed the Nexus.
Fnatic is in the grand final. G2 esports play in the losers final.
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Lower-bracket quarter-finals
Team BDS eliminated GIANTX from the Summer split.
Rather unexpectedly, Karmine Corp defeated SK Gaming and proceeded to the lower-bracket semi.
Lower-bracket semi-final
In a super close match, Team BDS defeat Karmine Corp to play against G2 Esports in the lower-bracket final.
Lower-bracket final
Team BDS looked pretty strong in their match vs G2 Esports. They won game 1, and they gave an impressive fight in games 2 and 4. Still, G2 Esports managed to clutch in those difficulty situations — to still proceed to the grand final and play vs Fnatic again.
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Grand final
This was a pretty difficult match for G2 Esports. Fnatic got early advantage in every single game, but then they made some unnecessary mistakes, and G2 had to use these moments to cut the deficit and win. The results is 3:0, but it really felt like Fnatic had a chance this time. Still, this may feel even worse for them…
G2 Esports is the first EU team qualified for the LoL Esports World Championship 2024.
LEC Summer 2024 grand final: FNC vs G2. Undisputed EU champions
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Final standings
Here are the final standings. The six top teams proceed to the LoL Esports Season Finals 2024.
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Routines and surprises of the LEC Summer 2024 Regular Season
The Regular Season of the LEC Summer 2024 split featured a few waves of Bo1 matches. This format leaves no space for mistakes, and therefore it brought some pretty unusual results.G2had a somewhat shaky start to that stage.
The best League of Legends team in Europe lost a few matches — many considered that a post-effect after the MSI 2024, and some called that content games. G2 Esports still recovered in the second half of the Regular Season.
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Fnaticwas surprisingly good, destroying almost everyone on their way. But their finishing matches turned out to be tough. At the same time,MAD Lions KOIfell to the bottom of the general standings, losing one match after another. They qualified for the playoffs only thanks to their victory over Rogue and then tie-breaker matches.
SK GamingandTeam BDSfinished on the top with the best results at the LEC Summer 2024 Regular Season. That also was somewhat surprising, as they finished higher than G2 and Fnatic.
Team Vitality had a disastrous Regular Season. After finishing LEC Spring 2024, they couldn’t qualify for the playoffs. Their last chance was destroyed in tie-breaker matches vs MAD Lions KOI
The format of this stage is rather forgiving. For most participants, the general results are mainly expected and even routine.
Only two teams couldn’t proceed to the Playoffs: Team Vitality and Rogue. For everyone else, the real competition starts with the quarter-finals, and the Regular Season was rather intense training.
