League of Legends EU Summer Split Playoffs Preview

In the following article, we will go through the League of Legends Summer Split Playoffs. Find out who the big winners are and which teams performed below expectation in the European region. Since the WORLDS are knocking at the door, we will also make a little prediction about how the qualified teams will perform.

Summer Split Playoffs Participants

The best teams from the regular season of Summer Split were featured at the Playoffs. G2 Esports entered the finals at the top spot this season with an incredible record of 11:8:0. Splyce and H2K took the  2^nd and 3^rd positions in the rankings. The last three spots were filled by the members of team Fnatic, along with Giants and the Unicorns of Love.

EU Summer Split Playoffs Quarterfinals

The hand of fate determined extremely interesting battles in the quarterfinals. H2K faced Fnatic, while the Giants played against the strong Unicorns of Love team.

H2K managed to win easily against one of the most popular teams in the world with a clean 3-0 record. The British organization dominated all of the games for that win, and showed its great potential.

In the other match, Unicorns of Love grabbed the win in a hard-fought battle against the Giants. The series was tied after the first two games, but after that, UOL managed to take two consecutive wins and ended the series.

EU Summer Split Playoffs Semifinals

The European organization Unicorns of Love had an incredibly hard job in the semifinals, facing one of the top contenders for the title – G2 Esports. G2 was the better team and took home a victory with a 3:1 score.

In the other match, Splyce won over H2K in a dramatic 5 game battle. The decisive fifth game was very tight but ultimately Splyce manage to take the control of the late game and win that incredibly hard fight against their rivals.

EU Summer Split Playoffs Final

Because of their highest championship points, G2 earned the right to represent the European region at the World Finals in October. For them, the outcome of this week’s final has no matter. That fact, of course, didn’t stop them from showing their best performance and grab the title as Summer Split champion. Often compared with English football team Liester City, Splyce also did everything possible to win, but G2 was just better in that final.

Conclusion

You can find more useful information about the format of LCS here. In a conclusion, we can say that European region has its very good representative at League of Legends Worlds. It just remains to be seen how they will perform in the biggest competitive LoL tournament of the year.

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