# 2018 GPL/SEA Tour season

The 2018 GPL season was the seventh edition of the Garena Premier League, a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends, the multiplayer online battle arena video game. The spring split was a fully professional League of Legends league over all of the Southeast Asia region, with 16 teams from 5 countries/areas to determine which team is the best in the region. The event was replaced by the 2018 SEA Tour, also known as Globe Conquerors Manila 2018 (GCM), for the summer split. It had 8 teams from 5 countries participating to determine which team is the best in the region.

## Spring
### Format

   * Five teams participate
      * Winners of PGS, LCM, SLS, LGS, and TPL.
   * Group Stage
      * Single round robin
      * Matches are best of one
      * Top four teams advance to Playoffs
   * Playoffs
      * Single elimination bracket
      * Matches are best of five
   * Winner qualifies for the 2018 Mid-Season Invitational Play-In

#### Qualifications

| Countries | Slot | League |
| Malaysia | 1 | 2018 LCM Spring |
| Singapore | 1 | 2018 SLS Spring |
| Philippines | 1 | 2018 PGS Spring |
| Thailand | 1 | 2018 TPL Spring |
| Indonesia | 1 | 2018 LGS Spring |

### Qualified teams

5 teams from 5 countries/areas
| Counties | League | Team(s) | ID |
| Philippines | Pro Gaming Series (PGS) | Mineski | MSK |
| Malaysia | LOL Championship Malaysia (LCM) | KL Hunters | KLH |
| Singapore | Singapore Legends Series (SLS) | Sovereign | SVR |
| Thailand | Thailand Pro League (TPL) | Ascension Gaming | ASC |
| Indonesia | LOL Garuda Series (LGS) | Bigetron E-Sports | BGE |

### Results
#### Group stage

Matches are best of one
| # | Team | ~ | MSK | ASC | SVR | KLH | BGE | W | L | ± |
| 1 | Mineski | MSK | ~ | 1−0 | 1−0 | 0−1 | 1−0 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
| 2 | Ascension Gaming | ASC | 0−1 | ~ | 1−0 | 1−0 | 1−0 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
| 3 | Sovereign | SVR | 0−1 | 0−1 | ~ | 1−0 | 1−0 | 2 | 2 | +0 |
| 4 | KL Hunters | KLH | 0−1 | 0−1 | 1−0 | ~ | 1−0 | 2 | 2 | +0 |
| 5 | Bigetron E-Sports | BGE | 0−1 | 0−1 | 0−1 | 0−1 | ~ | 0 | 4 | −4 |

#### Playoffs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals |
| 31 March | 31 March |
| Mineski | 1 |
| Mineski | 1 | 1 April | 1 April |
| KL Hunters | 3 | 1 April | 1 April |
| KL Hunters | 3 | KL Hunters | 1 |
| 31 March | 31 March | | KL Hunters | 1 |
| 31 March | 31 March | Ascension Gaming | 3 |
| Ascension Gaming | 3 | Ascension Gaming | 3 |
| Sovereign | 0 | | |
| Sovereign | 0 | 3rd-place match | 3rd-place match |
| | | 1 April | 1 April |
| | | Mineski | 3 |
| | | Sovereign | 0 |

### Final standings

| Place | Team | Qualification |
| 1st | Ascension Gaming | 2018 MSI Play-In Rift Rivals 2018 |
| 2nd | KL Hunters | Rift Rivals 2018 |
| 3rd | Mineski | Rift Rivals 2018 |
| 4th | Sovereign | |
| 5th | Bigetron E-Sports | |

## Summer
### Format

   * Eight teams participate
      * With the recent conclusion of the 2018 GPL Spring, Thailand, Philippines and Malaysia will have 2 teams each country, while Singapore and Indonesia will have 1 team each country.
   * Group Stage
      * Teams are drawn into two groups based on seeding. Four teams each group.
         * If a country has 2 teams, they can not placed in same group (with this, team from Indonesia can not placed in same group with team from Singapore).
         * The top seeds from Thailand and Malaysia can not placed in same group.
      * Double Round Robin.
      * Matches are best of one.
      * Top two teams each group advance to semifinals.
   * Semifinals
      * 1st place teams from the group stage each face a 2nd place team.
      * Matches are best of five.
      * Winners advance to final.
   * Final
      * Match is best of five.
      * Winner qualifies for the 2018 Season World Championship Play-In

#### Qualifications

| Countries | Slot | League |
| Malaysia | 2 | 2018 Malaysia Qualifiers |
| Philippines | 2 | 2018 Philippines Qualifiers |
| Thailand | 2 | 2018 Thailand Qualifiers |
| Indonesia | 1 | 2018 Indonesia Qualifiers |
| Singapore | 1 | 2018 Singapore Qualifiers |

### Qualified teams

8 teams from 5 countries/areas
| Counties | Seed | Team(s) | ID |
| Philippines | 1 | Mineski | MSK |
| Philippines | 2 | ArkAngel | AA |
| Malaysia | 1 | KL Hunters | KLH |
| Malaysia | 2 | Team Anything | TAT |
| Thailand | 1 | Ascension Gaming | ASC |
| Thailand | 2 | MEGA Esports | MG |
| Singapore | 1 | Resurgence | RSG |
| Indonesia | 1 | Bigetron E-Sports | BGE |

### Results
#### Group stage

Matches are best of one

##### Group A

| # | Team | ~ | ASC | RSG | MSK | TAT | W | L | ± |
| 1 | Ascension Gaming | ASC | ~ | 2−0 | 2−0 | 2−0 | 6 | 0 | +6 |
| 2 | Resurgence | RGS | 0−2 | ~ | 1−1 | 2−0 | 3 | 3 | +0 |
| 3 | Mineski | MSK | 0−1 | 1−1 | ~ | 1−1 | 2 | 4 | −2 |
| 4 | Team Anything | KLH | 0−2 | 0−2 | 1−1 | ~ | 1 | 5 | −4 |

##### Group B

| # | Team | ~ | MG | KLH | AA | BGE | W | L | ± |
| 1 | MEGA Esports | MG | ~ | 1−1 | 1−1 | 2−0 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
| 2 | KL Hunters | KLH | 1−1 | ~ | 1−1 | 2−0 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
| 3 | ArkAngel | AA | 1−1 | 1−1 | ~ | 1−1 | 3 | 3 | +0 |
| 4 | Bigetron E-Sports | BGE | 0−2 | 0−2 | 1−1 | ~ | 1 | 5 | −4 |
      * 1st Place Tiebreaker MEGA Esports 1− 0 KL Hunters

#### Playoffs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals |
| 18 August | 18 August |
| Ascension Gaming | 3 |
| Ascension Gaming | 3 | 19 August | 19 August |
| KL Hunters | 1 | 19 August | 19 August |
| KL Hunters | 1 | Ascension Gaming | 3 |
| 18 August | 18 August | | Ascension Gaming | 3 |
| 18 August | 18 August | MEGA Esports | 0 |
| MEGA Esports | 3 | MEGA Esports | 0 |
| Resurgence | 1 | | |

### Final standings

| Place | Prize | Team | Qualification |
| 1st | $100,000 | Ascension Gaming | 2018 Season World Championship Play-In |
| 2nd | $50,000 | MEGA Esports | |
| 3rd-4th | $25,000 | KL Hunters | |
| 3rd-4th | $25,000 | Resurgence | |
| 5-6th | $15,000 | ArkAngel | |
| 5-6th | $15,000 | Mineski | |
| 7-8th | $10,000 | Bigetron E-Sports | |
| 7-8th | $10,000 | Team Anything | |