# 2017 Vietnam Championship Series A Spring Season

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

## Format

   * Group Stage
      * 7 teams
         * 4 teams from Spring Promotion
         * 3 teams from 2016 VCS A Summer
      * Double Round Robin.
      * Each match is best of three. Win = 3 points & Lose = 0 points.
      * Show Tiebreaker Rules
      * Top 4 teams advande to Playoffs.
      * 7th place drop to Summer 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
      * Winner qualifies for the 2017 GPL Spring

## Participants

| Team(s) | ID |
| Cherry Esports | CR |
| e.Hub United | EHU |
| Hanoi Skyred | HSR |
| Friends Forever Gaming | FFQ |
| GIGABYTE Marines | GAM |
| Next Gen Esports | NGE |
| Young Generation | YG |
| Ultimate | UTM |
* ↑ For concealing the relationship between team co-owner with a company to provide services that violate the rules and regulations tournament,⁠ ⁠SkyRed's slot is disallowed from participating in the Championship Series and the team owner is banned from his position and will not be accepted in any official position for any team in a Riot-sanctioned League for the period of 1 year.

### Rosters

| Teams | Players | Players | Players | Players | Players |
| Teams | Top | Jungle | Mid | ADC | Support |
| Cherry Esports | Mini | Pake | Ren LoveQ | Celebrity | RonOP |
| e.Hub United | Keiko | Shin | Victory | Zin | CombatLao |
| Boba Marines | Stark | Levi | Optimus | Slay | Archie |
| Friends Forever | KingJ | Haeven | Warzone PotM QTV | Minas | Scary BaRoiBeo ChiChi |
| Next Gen Esports | Kidz | Exo | Petland | Clear | Akeno |
| Ultimate | Hope | Tarzan | Crepp | Hyojin | Tear |
| Young Generation | NhocTy | Venus | Naul | Bigkoro | Trung |

## Results
### Group stage

   * 8 February - 19 March
   * Round robin format.
| # | Team | ~ | GAM | YG | UTM | EHU | NGE | FFQ | CR | W | L | ± |
| 1 | GIGABYTE Marines | GAM | ~ | 2−0 | 2−0 | 2−0 | 2−0 | 2−0 | 2−0 | 12 | 0 | +12 |
| 2 | Young Generation | YG | 0−2 | ~ | 2−0 | 2−0 | 2−0 | 2−0 | 2−0 | 10 | 2 | +8 |
| 3 | Ultimate | UTM | 0−2 | 0−2 | ~ | 1−1 | 2−0 | 1−1 | 2−0 | 6 | 6 | +0 |
| 4 | ⁠e.Hub United | EHU | 0−2 | 0−2 | 1−1 | ~ | 2−0 | 1−1 | 2−0 | 6 | 6 | +0 |
| 5 | Next Gen Esports | NGE | 0−2 | 0−2 | 0−2 | 0−2 | ~ | 2−0 | 2−0 | 4 | 8 | −4 |
| 6 | Friends Forever Gaming | FFQ | 0−2 | 0−2 | 0−2 | 0−2 | 2−0 | ~ | 2−0 | 4 | 8 | −4 |
| 7 | Cherry Esports | CR | 0−2 | 0−2 | 0−2 | 0−2 | 0−2 | 0−2 | ~ | 0 | 12 | −12 |

### Playoffs

   * 25 March - 2 April

#### Rosters

| Teams | Players | Players | Players | Players | Players |
| Teams | Top | Jungle | Mid | ADC | Support |
| GIGABYTE Marines | Stark | Levi | Optimus | Slay | Archie |
| Ultimate | Calm Hope | Tarzan | BlazeS Crepp | Hyojin | Tear |
| Young Generation | Nevan | Venus | Naul | Bigkoro | Trungg |
| e.Hub United | Keiko | Shin | Victory | Zin | CombatLao |

#### Results

Game One Cyber Cafe, Ho Chi Minh City
      * Round 1
Vikings FPS Stadium, Hanoi
      * Round 2
Hoa Binh Theatre, Ho Chi Minh City
      * 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 | |
| 3rd | ₫110,000,000 | Ultimate | |
| 4th | ₫85,000,000 | e.Hub United | |
| 5th | ₫75,000,000 | Next Gen Esports | |
| 6th | ₫65,000,000 | Friends Forever | |
| 7th | ₫55,000,000 | Cherry Esports | Summer Promotion |