# 2017 Vietnam Championship Series A Summer Season

The 2017 Vietnam Championship Series A Summer Season is the second split of the fifth season of Vietnam's fully professional League of Legends league. Eight teams compete in a round robin group stage, with the top four teams continuing to offline playoffs.

## Format

   * 8 teams participate
      * 6 teams from 2017 VCS A Spring
      * 1 teams from Summer Promotion
      * 1 teams from 2017 VCS B Season 1
   * Group Stage
      * 7 weeks, League play
      * Double Round Robin
      * Each match is best of three
      * Advancement:
         * Top 4 teams advande to the playoffs.
         * Bottom 2 teams drop to 2018 Spring Promotion.
         * Each team have 10 players can be registered in team's line-up at the same time.
   * Playoffs
      * King of the Hill Bracket
      * All matches are best of five
      * 1st and 2nd place teams will qualify for 2017 GPL Summer.

## Participants

| Team(s) | ID |
| Cherry Esports | CR |
| e.Hub United | EHU |
| LG Red | LGR |
| Friends Forever Gaming | FFQ |
| GIGABYTE Marines | GAM |
| Fighters Gaming | FIG |
| Young Generation | YG |
| Ultimate | UTM |
* ↑ LG Red acquires the roster and spot of e.Hub United 2.
* ↑ Fighters Gaming acquires the roster and spot of Next Gen Esports.

### Rosters

| Teams | Players | Players | Players | Players | Players | Players |
| Teams | Top | Jungle | Mid | ADC | Support | Coach |
| Cherry Esports | Slay | Tsu Garfield Ticker | Warzone | Clear | Kidz Habinger | |
| e.Hub United | Taurus Keiko | Xuhao | Victory Empty | Zin | CombatLao | NIXWATER |
| Boba Marines | Archie Nevan | Levi | Optimus | Noway | Sya | Tinikun |
| Friends Forever | KingJ | Haeven | QTV PotM | Celebrity | Sergh BaRoiBeo ChiChi | Junie |
| Fighters Gaming | Chocobo | Vios | Fawkes | Dyaz | Alex Hero | |
| Ultimate | Hope | Tarzan | BlazeS | Jacob BeeOne | Hyojin | Tear |
| Young Generation | Ren NhocTy | Venus | Naul | Bigkoro | Palette Min | |
| LG Red | Sunsieu | Ciel | Irean | White EasyLove | Akeno | |

## Results
### Group stage

   * 7 June - 6 August
   * Round robin format.
| # | Team | ~ | GAM | YG | EHU | FFQ | UTM | CR | LGR | FIG | W | L | ± |
| 1 | GIGABYTE Marines | GAM | ~ | 1−1 | 2−0 | 2−0 | 2−0 | 2−0 | 2−0 | 2−0 | 13 | 1 | +12 |
| 2 | Young Generation | YG | 1−1 | ~ | 1−1 | 1−1 | 1−1 | 2−0 | 2−0 | 2−0 | 10 | 4 | +6 |
| 3 | e.Hub United | EHU | 0−2 | 1−1 | ~ | 1−1 | 2−0 | 1−1 | 2−0 | 2−0 | 9 | 5 | +4 |
| 4 | ⁠Friends Forever Gaming | FFQ | 0−2 | 1−1 | 1−1 | ~ | 1−1 | 2−0 | 1−1 | 2−0 | 8 | 6 | +2 |
| 5 | Ultimate | UTM | 0−2 | 1−1 | 0−2 | 1−1 | ~ | 2−0 | 2−0 | 2−0 | 8 | 6 | +2 |
| 6 | Cherry Esports | CR | 0−2 | 0−2 | 1−1 | 0−2 | 0−2 | 1−1 | ~ | 2−0 | 4 | 10 | −6 |
| 7 | LG Red | LGR | 0−2 | 0−2 | 0−2 | 1−1 | 0−2 | 0−2 | ~ | 2−0 | 3 | 11 | −8 |
| 8 | Fighters Gaming | FIG | 0−2 | 0−2 | 0−2 | 0−2 | 0−2 | 1−1 | 0−2 | ~ | 1 | 13 | −12 |

### Playoffs

   * 9 August - 13 August

#### Rosters

| Teams | Players | Players | Players | Players | Players | Players |
| Teams | Top | Jungle | Mid | ADC | Support | Coach |
| Boba Marines | Archie Nevan | Levi | Optimus | Noway | Sya | Tinikun |
| Friends Forever | KingJ | Haeven | PotM Lies | Celebrity | Sergh | Junie |
| Young Generation | Ren NhocTy | Venus | Naul | Bigkoro | Palette | |
| e.Hub United | Taurus Keiko | Xuhao | Empty | Zin | CombatLao | NIXWATER |

#### Results

Ba Ria - Vung Tau
   * Round 1
   * Round 2
   * Final

## Final standings

₫ 800,000,000 Vietnamese Dong are spread among the teams as seen below:
| Place | Prize | Team | Qualification |
| 1st | ₫250,000,000 | GIGABYTE Marines | 2017 GPL Spring |
| 2nd | ₫160,000,000 | Young Generation | 2017 GPL Spring |
| 3rd | ₫110,000,000 | Friends Forever |
| 4th | ₫85,000,000 | e.Hub United |
| 5th | ₫70,000,000 | Ultimate |
| 6th | ₫60,000,000 | Cherry Esports |
| 7th | ₫50,000,000 | LG Red | Summer Promotion |
| 8th | ₫40,000,000 | Fighters Gaming | Summer Promotion |