Does EU have a different form of relegation than NA?
I'm confused as to why Promotion - Round 2 in the VOD section is relegation for NA, yet seemingly a playoff tiebreaker for EU.
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EU has a different league system than NA.
In NA, there's no groups. Every team plays every team twice, once with side selection on game 1 and 3 and once with side selection on game 2. Teams are ranked 1-10. Teams ranked 1-6 go to playoffs, teams 7-8 are "safe", and teams 9-10 go to the Promotion Tournament (also called Relegation Tournament). Teams 9-10 are joined by Teams 1-2 from the North American Challenger Series (NACS) in a double elimination tournament. If a team wins two, they're in NA LCS. If they lose two, they're down to NACS.
In EU, they have a Group A and a Group B. Every team plays the other teams in their group twice and every team in the other group once. Teams in each group are ranked 1-5. Teams 1-3 from each group go to playoffs. Team 4 is "safe", and Team 5 goes to the Promotion Tournament (again, also called Relegation Tournament). They are joined by Teams 1-2 from EUCS. If a team wins two, they're in EU LCS. If they lose two, they're down to EUCS.
What might be throwing you off is that Team 1 and Team 2 from EU LCS are Fnatic Academy and Misfits Academy. In NA, the two teams from NACS in the Promotion Tournament are eUnited and Gold Coin United, two teams that are independently owned. The only NACS team owned by an NA LCS organization this split is Delta Fox. But since EU's "Promotion - Round 2" is Fnatic Academy vs Misfits Academy, both of which use the same logo as their parent LCS teams Fnatic and Misfits, it will look like a playoff tiebreaker between Fnatic and Misfits rather than a promotion tournament game.
what does it matter? they are both shit regions, KOREA #1