2015 Summer Promotion Tournament Details

Riot·Apr 22, 2015·0 votes·16,168 views

Which teams will prove they have what it takes to fight on the LCS stage this Summer? It’s time to see if there will be any additional team shake-ups among the LCS and Challenger Series at the 2015 Summer Promotion Tournament.

What’s the format? Who’s competing?

The Promotion Tournament will be Best of 5 matches on April 25-26. The 8th and 9th place LCS teams will compete against the 2nd and 3rd place Challenger teams from Spring Split. The 8th place LCS team selected their opponent from the two opposing Challenger teams. Europe:

Giants (EU LCS 9th place) vs. Reason Gaming (EU CS 3rd place)
Roccat (EU LCS 8th place) vs. Copenhagen Wolves Academy (CS 2nd place)

North America:

Winterfox (NA LCS 8th place) vs. TDK (NA CS 2nd place)
Dignitas (NA LCS 9th place) vs. Team Fusion (NA CS 3rd place)

What’s on the line?

Two LCS spots are up for grabs in North America and Europe. The winners of the Promotion Tournament will play in the LCS in their region for Summer Split. If your favorite team is defeated, you’ll still be able to cheer them on as part of the Challenger scene. The losing teams of the Promotion Tournament will auto-qualify for CS Summer Split.

When is it all happening? How do I watch it?

The Promotion Tournament kicks-off with all the European matches at 5:00am PDT / 2:00pm CEST on Saturday, April 25. The tournament action will continue on with the North American matches on Sunday, April 26 at 10:00am PDT / 7:00pm CET. Tune in to Lolesports to see what teams will join the LCS or Challenger Series for Summer Split.

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10 Comments

Brit LitApr 22, 20152 votes

Hey, could an employee from Riot or just someone who understands explain this to me? I'm a little confused.

In both regions, the CS team that placed 3rd faces the 9th LCS team, and the CS team who place 2nd faces the 8th seed team. This seems strange to me, as it means in most cases usually that the second place team actually would then have a harder time entering. For example, I think I can say with some certainy that Roccat are easily a harder matchup than Giants Gaming. (Giants only having this chance after winning a tiebreaker to stay in the race, while Roccat were in contention for playoffs until the last week). Reason Gaming therefore get the easier matchup for placing lower in the standings. Shouldn't this be the other way around? The higher tiered team get the percieved easier matchup? Now, I'm no expert, so maybe I just don't understand, but it does seem a little strange to me.

Shy RonnieApr 22, 20151 votes

i don't work at riot but i can tell you why lol. Winterfox has the 8th seed so they are entitled to picking the opponent they face for the tournament, they have a higher seed than Dignitas, i hope this clears things up for you :)

Shy RonnieApr 22, 20151 votes

I don't work at riot but i can tell you why lol. Winterfox has the 8th seed so they are entitled to picking the opponent they face for the tournament, they have a higher seed than Dignitas, i hope this clears things up for you :)

I re posted this to make sure you saw this, because i didn't actually reply to the comment corectlylol

Brit LitApr 22, 20151 votes

Okay I'm dumb. I missed the blantantly obvious sentence that said this in the article, ignore me. I guess the teams have a different mindset than I do about the matchups.

SAFFATLOLApr 22, 20157 votes

The team that finsihed 8th in the LCS CHOOSES who they play against. Roccat chose to play against Copenhagen Wolves Academy and Winterfox CHOSE to play against TDK. The challenger teams have no say in who they will be playing against. Essentially both match-ups are decided by whoever finished 8th in the LCS

Brit LitApr 22, 20151 votes

I know now, I looked at the matchups instead of reading the text directly above it. The matchups just seemed really strange to me.

Skia AsteriApr 22, 20151 votes

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I know now, I looked at the matchups instead of reading the text directly above it. The matchups just seemed really strange to me.

Winterfox might want to play against TDK because they have a weaker bot lane than Fusion so Altec can have a good start to head to head match ups.

TrollFan01Apr 22, 20151 votes

I want to know why ROCCAT and Winterfox chose the stronger/higher seeded CS teams to face instead of the weaker/lower seeded ones?

CvilApr 23, 20151 votes

My guess is that the teams are both confident that they will win, they must also think that no matter which team wins the other series (9th vs 3rd) that they can easily do better than them the next split, and they just want the worse team to be in the LCS next split, so if they suck again, they wont get auto relegated.

Ditry BeastApr 23, 20152 votes

It's because LowLandLions White (Copenhagen Wolves Academy) and TDK both had big upsets when they beat Reason Gaming and Team Fusion in their semi-finals, respectively. They also both lost in impressive fashion to Origen and Enemy Esports respectively, meaning that even though they placed in as second seed, they are still considered weaker teams.