2013 NA LCS season

The 2013 NA LCS season was the first year of the North American League of Legends Championship Series.^[1] 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 a film studio in Sawtelle, Los Angeles, California.^{[citation needed]}

2013 NA LCS season
League	NA LCS
Sport	League of Legends
Duration	February 7 – April 28 (Spring) June 12 – September 1 (Summer)
Number of teams	8
TV partner(s)	Twitch
Spring
Champions	Team SoloMid
Runners-up	Good Game University
Top seed	Team SoloMid
Summer
Champions	Cloud9
Runners-up	Team SoloMid
Top seed	Cloud9

The spring split began on February 7 and concluded with the spring finals on April 28. Both the regular season and playoffs were won by Team SoloMid with a roster consisting of Dyrus, TheOddOne, Reginald, WildTurtle, and Xpecial.

The summer regular season and playoffs were both won by Cloud9 in their debut split,^[2] with a roster consisting of Balls, Meteos, Hai, Sneaky and LemonNation. Cloud9 also set a historic regular season finish of 25–3, a record which stood until PAX 2013.^[3]

Cloud9, TeamSoloMid and Team Vulcun qualified for the Season 3 World Championship by placing first, second and third respectively in the summer playoffs.^[4]

Spring

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Qualification or relegation
1	Team SoloMid	28	21	7	.750	Advance to semifinals
2	Curse Gaming	28	19	9	.679
3	Team Dignitas	28	17	11	.607	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Counter Logic Gaming	28	13	15	.464
5	Team Vulcun	28	12	16	.429
6	Good Game University	28	11	17	.393
7	Team MRN	28	10	18	.357	Promotion tournament
8	CompLexity White	28	9	19	.321

Source: LoL Esports (Archived September 5, 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	Team SoloMid	2
	4	Counter Logic Gaming	1			5	Team Vulcan	1
	5	Team Vulcan	2								1	Team SoloMid	3
											6	Good Game University	2
						2	Team Curse	1
	3	Team Dignitas	1			6	Good Game University	2			Third place
	6	Good Game University	2
											2	Team Curse	1
											5	Team Vulcun	2

Source: LoL Esports (Archived September 17, 2015, at the Wayback Machine)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Relegation
1	Team SoloMid
2	Good Game University
3	Team Vulcun
4	Team Curse
5–6	Counter Logic Gaming	Promotion tournament
	Team Dignitas

Promotion tournament

	Challenger					Promotion
						Winner to 2013 Summer
						A1	Counter Logic Gaming	3
	B4	Doublebuff	0			B5	Azure Cats	0
	B5	Azure Cats	2			Winner to 2013 Summer
						A2	Team Dignitas	3
	B3	Team Summon	2			B3	Team Summon	1
	B6	Fidelis	0			Winner to 2013 Summer
						A3	Team MRN	2
	B2	Velocity Esports	2			B2	Velocity Esports	3
	B7	The Salad Bar	1			Winner to 2013 Summer
						A4	CompLexity White	0
	B1	Cloud9	2			B1	Cloud9	3
	B8	Team Astral Poke	0

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

Summer

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Qualification or relegation
1	Cloud9	28	25	3	.893	Advance to semifinals
2	Team Vulcun	28	20	8	.714
3	Team SoloMid	28	14	14	.500	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	Team Coast	28	9	19	.321	Promotion tournament
8	Velocity Esports	28	5	23	.179

Source: LoL Esports (Archived September 16, 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	2
	4	Team Curse	1			5	Team Dignitas	0
	5	Team Dignitas	2								1	Cloud9	3
											3	Team SoloMid	0
						2	Team Vulcun	0
	3	Team SoloMid	2			3	Team SoloMid	2
	6	Counter Logic Gaming	0
						Fifth place					Third place
						4	Team Curse	0			5	Team Dignitas	0
						6	Counter Logic Gaming	2			2	Team Vulcun	2

Source: LoL Esports (Archived September 5, 2015, at the Wayback Machine)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Cloud9	2013 League of Legends World Championship
2	Team SoloMid
3	Team Vulcun
4	Team Dignitas
5	Counter Logic Gaming
6	Team Curse	Promotion tournament

Promotion tournament

	Promotion
	Winner to 2014 Spring
	A1	Team Curse	3
	B3	COGnitive Gaming	1
	Winner to 2014 Spring
	A2	Team Coast	3
	B2	The Walking Zed	0
	Winner to 2014 Spring
	A3	Velocity Esports	3
	B1	To Be Determined	2

Source: LoL Esports (Archived September 15, 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. Abbas, Malcolm (November 20, 2017). "Take a look at the six returning NA LCS teams". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
3. "3 Competitive League Of Legends Matches To Turn You Into A Fan".
4. "League Of Legends Season 3 Championship Series Details Announced". January 10, 2013.

External links

• Season Three Official Rules (Archived June 14, 2013, at the Wayback Machine)