2014 NA LCS season

The 2014 NA LCS season was the second year of the North American League of Legends Championship Series. 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 Riot Games' studio in Sawtelle, Los Angeles.^[2]

2014 NA LCS season
League	NA LCS
Sport	League of Legends
Duration	January 16 – April 20 (Spring) May 23 – September 1 (Summer)
Number of teams	8
TV partner(s)	Twitch
Spring
Champions	Cloud9
Runners-up	Team SoloMid
Top seed	Cloud9
Season MVP	Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg (TSM)[1]
Summer
Champions	Team SoloMid
Runners-up	Cloud9
Top seed	Cloud9
Season MVP	Yu "XiaoWeiXiao" Xian (LMQ)[1]

The spring split began on January 16 and concluded on April 20 with the spring finals, which Cloud9 won with the same roster from the previous split: Balls, Meteos, Hai, Sneaky and LemonNation.^[3]

The summer split began on May 23 and concluded with Team SoloMid winning their second NA LCS title on September 1, with a roster consisting of Dyrus, Amazing, Bjergsen, WildTurtle and Lustboy.^[4][5][6] The summer split also saw the introduction of Riot Games' official fantasy league, the Fantasy LCS.^[7]

Team SoloMid, Cloud9 and LMQ qualified for the 2014 World Championship by placing first, second and third respectively in the summer playoffs.

Spring

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Qualification or relegation
1	Cloud9	28	24	4	.857	Advance to semifinals
2	Team SoloMid	28	22	6	.786
3	Counter Logic Gaming	28	18	10	.643	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Team Dignitas	28	12	16	.429
5	Curse Gaming	28	11	17	.393
6	Team Coast	28	10	18	.357
7	Evil Geniuses	28	8	20	.286	Promotion tournament
8	XDG Gaming	28	7	21	.250

Source: LoL Esports (Archived December 6, 2014, 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 Dignitas	1			5	Team Curse	0
	5	Team Curse	2								1	Cloud9	3
											2	Team SoloMid	0
						2	Team SoloMid	2
	3	Counter Logic Gaming	2			3	Counter Logic Gaming	1
	6	Team Coast	0
						Fifth place					Third place
						4	Team Dignitas	2			3	Counter Logic Gaming	2
						6	Team Coast	1			5	Team Curse	0

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

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Cloud9	2014 League of Legends All-Star
2	Team SoloMid
3	Counter Logic Gaming
4	Team Curse
5	Team Dignitas
6	Team Coast	Promotion tournament

Promotion tournament

	Finals
	Winner to 2014 Summer
	A1	Team Coast	1
	B3	CompLexity Black	3
	Winner to 2014 Summer
	A2	Evil Geniuses	3
	B2	Cloud9 Tempest	1
	Winner to 2014 Summer
	A3	XDG Gaming	0
	B1	LMQ	3

Source: LoL Esports (Archived September 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine)

Summer

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Qualification or relegation
1	Cloud9	28	18	10	.643	Advance to semifinals
2	LMQ	28	18	10	.643
3	Team SoloMid	28	16	12	.571	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	Evil Geniuses	28	11	17	.393	Promotion tournament
8	CompLexity Black	28	10	18	.357

Source: LoL Esports (Archived September 28, 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	3
	4	Team Curse	3			4	Team Curse	0
	5	Counter Logic Gaming	0								1	Cloud9	2
											3	Team SoloMid	3
						2	LMQ	2
	3	Team SoloMid	3			3	Team SoloMid	3
	6	Team Dignitas	1
						Fifth place					Third place
						5	Counter Logic Gaming	1			4	Team Curse	2
						6	Team Dignitas	3			2	LMQ	3

Source: LoL Esports (Archived September 12, 2015, at the Wayback Machine)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Team SoloMid	2014 League of Legends World Championship
2	Cloud9
3	LMQ
4	Team Curse
5	Team Dignitas
6	Counter Logic Gaming	Promotion tournament

Promotion tournament

	Finals
	Winner to 2015 Spring
	A1	Counter Logic Gaming	3
	B3	Curse Academy	2
	Winner to 2015 Spring
	A2	Evil Geniuses	3
	B2	Team Coast	0
	Winner to 2015 Spring
	A3	CompLexity Black	2
	B1	Team 8	3

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

References

1. Volk, Pete (April 25, 2017). "NA LCS MVP: Updated winners list". The Rift Herald. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
2. "Cloud 9 dominates Curse, will face TSM in NA LCS finals". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
3. "It's official: Cloud 9 is the best 'League of Legends' team in North America". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
4. "Amazing leaves Team SoloMid to return to Europe". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
5. "A Region Reborn – NA League of Legends Championship Series Playoffs crown TSM". PCGamesN. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
6. Magdaleno, Alex. "How One Video Game Became a Million-Dollar Professional Sport". Mashable. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
7. "League of Legends Opens Fantasy Leagues as Summer Pro Games Begin | The Escapist". www.escapistmagazine.com. May 19, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

External links

• 2014 Season Official Rules (Archived March 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine)