2016 GPL season

The 2016 GPL season was the fifth edition of the Garena Premier League, a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends, the multiplayer online battle arena video game. It is a fully professional League of Legends league over all of the Southeast Asia region, with 6 teams from 6 countries/areas to determine which team is the best in the region, and is the qualification tournament for Southeast Asian teams to play at the 2016 International Wildcard Invitational.

2016 GPL season
League	Garena Premier League
Sport	League of Legends
Duration	6 April – 10 April (Spring) 8 August – 14 August (Summer)
Number of teams	6
Spring Split
Champions	Saigon Jokers [1]
Runners-up	Bangkok Titans
Summer Split
Champions	Saigon Jokers
Runners-up	Bangkok Titans

Spring

Format

• Group Stage (Apr 6-8)

• Single round robin
• All matches are best of one

• ' Knockout Stage (Apr 9-10)

• Single Elimination
• All matches are best of five

Participants

6 teams from 6 countries/areas ^[2][3]

Countries	Slot	League	Team	ID
Vietnam	1	VCS	Saigon Jokers	SAJ
Singapore	1	TLC SG	Team Rigel	RG
Philippines	1	PGS	Imperium Pro Team	IPT
Thailand	1	TPL	Bangkok Titans	BKT
Indonesia	1	LGS	Kanaya Gaming	KG
Malaysia	1	TPL MY	KL Hunters	KLH

Results

Group stage

Double Round Robin. Top 4 teams advance to Bracket Stage.^[4]

#	Team		~	BKT	IPT	SAJ	KLH	RG	KG		W	L	±
1	Bangkok Titans		BKT	~	1−0	1−0	0−1	1−0	1−0		4	1	+3
2	Imperium Pro Team		IPT	0−1	~	1−0	1−0	1−0	1−0		4	1	+3
3	Saigon Jokers		SAJ	0−1	0−1	~	1−0	1−0	1−0		3	2	+1
4	KL Hunters		KLH	1−0	0−1	1−0	~	0−1	1−0		3	2	+1
5	Team Rigel		RG	0−1	0−1	0−1	0−1	~	1−0		1	4	−3
6	Kanaya Gaming		KG	0−1	0−1	0−1	0−1	0−1	~		0	5	−5

Bracket Stage

• 1st place team of Group Stage chooses between 3rd and 4th place to be their semifinal opponent (BKT chooses KLH)
• Matches are best of five.

	Semi-finals				Final
	April 9
	Bangkok Titans	3
					April 10
	KL Hunter	1
					Saigon Joker	3
	April 9
					Bangkok Titans	1 [5]
	Imperium Pro Team	1
	Saigon Joker	3

Final standings

Place	Team	Qualification
1st	Saigon Joker	2016 IWCI
2nd	Bangkok Titans
3rd-4th	Imperium Pro Team
	KL Hunter
5th	Team Rigel
6th	Kanaya Gaming

Summer

Format

• Group Stage (Apr 6-8)

• Single round robin
• All matches are best of one

• ' Knockout Stage (Apr 9-10)

• Single Elimination
• All matches are best of five

Participants

6 teams from 6 countries/areas ^{[6] [7]}

Countries	Slot	League	Team	ID
Vietnam	1	VCS	Saigon Jokers	SAJ
Singapore	1	TLC SG	Vestigial	VTL
Philippines	1	PGS	Acclaim EmpireX	AEX
Thailand	1	TPL	Bangkok Titans	BKT
Indonesia	1	LGS	Kanaya Gaming	KG
Malaysia	1	TPL MY	KL Hunters	KLH

Results

Group stage

Double Round Robin. Top 4 teams advance to Bracket Stage. ^{[8] [9] [10]}

#	Team		~	SAJ	BKT	KLH	VTL	AEX	KG		W	L	±
1	Saigon Jokers		SAJ	~	0−1	1−0	1−0	1−0	1−0		4	1	+3
2	Bangkok Titans		BKT	1−0	~	1−0	0−1	0−1	1−0		3	2	+1
3	LK Hunters		KHL	0−1	0−1	~	1−0	1−0	1−0		3	2	+1
4	Vestigial		VTL	0−1	1−0	0−1	~	1−0	1−0		3	2	+1
5	Acclaim EmpireX		AEX	0−1	1−0	0−1	0−1	~	1−0		2	3	−1
6	Kanaya Gaming		KG	0−1	0−1	0−1	0−1	0−1	~		0	5	−5

Tiebreakers

#	Team		~	BKT	KLH	VTL		W	L	±
2	Bangkok Titans		BKT	~	1−0	1−0		2	0	+1
3	KL Hunters		KLH	0−1	~	1−0		1	1	0
4	⁠ Vestigial		VTL	0−1	0−1	~		0	2	-2

Bracket Stage

• 1st place team of Group Stage chooses between 3rd and 4th place to be their semifinal opponent
• Matches are best of five.

	Semi-finals				Final
	August 13
	Bangkok Titans	3
					August 14
	KL Hunter	0
					Bangkok Titans	2
	August 13
					Saigon Joker [11] [12]	3
	Vestigial	0
	Saigon Joker	3

Final standings

Place	Team	Qualification
1st	Saigon Joker	2016 IWCQ
2nd	Bangkok Titans
3rd-4th	Vestigial
	KL Hunter
5th	⁠ Acclaim EmpireX
6th	Kanaya Gaming