# 2016 EU LCS season

The 2016 European League of Legends Championship Series (2016 EU LCS) was the fourth season of the European League of Legends Championship Series.
The Spring Split began on January 16, with a rematch of the 2015 EU LCS Summer playoff finals. Most matches were played at a film studio in Adlershof, Berlin. The finals were played in Rotterdam, Netherlands, at the Rotterdam Ahoy.
The Summer Split was won by G2 Esports, with a roster of Expect, Trick, PerkZ, Zven, Mithy, Relinquished, Kikis, their first title. Most games were being played at Riot Games' studio in Adlershof, Berlin, Germany. The finals were at the Tauron Arena Kraków in Kraków, Poland.

## Spring
### Rosters

| Team | Players |
| Team | ID |
| Elements | Steve Gilius Eika MrRalleZ sprattel Dexter (sub) Solaaaa (sub) |
| Fnatic | Gamsu Spirit Febiven Rekkles NoXiAK Klaj |
| G2 Esports | Kikis Trick PerkZ Emperor Hybrid Gucioq (sub) |
| GIANTS! Gaming | SmittyJ Maxlore NighT S0NSTAR Hustlin Samux Special |
| H2k-Gaming | Odoamne Jankos Ryu Selfie FORG1VEN VandeR |
| Origen | sOAZ Amazing PowerOfEvil xPeke Zven Mithy |
| Splyce | Wunder (gamer) Trashy Sencux Kobbe Nisbeth |
| ROCCAT | fredy122 Airwaks Betsy Safir Tabzz Edward (sub) extinkt (sub) NoXiAK (sub) |
| Team Vitality | Cabochard Shook Nukeduck Hjärnan kaSing |
| Unicorns of Love | Vizicsacsi Diamondprox Djoko Rudy loulex Fox Steelback Hylissang |

### Regular season

| Place | Team | Match record |
| 1. | G2 Esports | 15-3 |
| 2. | H2k-Gaming | 14-4 |
| 3. | Vitality | 13-5 |
| 4. | Origen | 11-7 |
| 5. | Unicorns of Love | 10-8 |
| 6. | Fnatic | 9-9 |
| 7. | Elements | 6–12 |
| 8. | Splyce | 5-13 |
| 9. | Team ROCCAT | 4-14 |
| 10. | GIANTS! Gaming | 3-15 |

### Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | H2k-Gaming | 2 | | | |
| Vitality | 1 | Origen | 3 | | | |
| Fnatic | 3 | | | | Origen | 1 |
| | | | | | G2 Esports | 3 |
| | | G2 Esports | 3 |
| Origen | 3 | Fnatic | 1 |
| Unicorns of Love | 0 | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | H2k-Gaming | 2 |
| | | | | | Fnatic | 3 |

## Summer
### Rosters

| Team | Players | Players | Players |
| Team | ID | Name | Role |
| Fnatic | Gamsu Spirit Febiven Rekkles YellOwStaR Werlyb (as substitute) Klaj (as substitute) | Noh Young-Jin Lee Da-yoon (이다윤) Fabian Diepstraten Martin Larsson Bora Kim Jorge Casanovas Johan Olsson | Top Jungle Mid AD Carry Support Top Support |
| G2 Esports | Expect Trick PerkZ Zven Mithy RelinQuished (as substitute) Kikis (as substitute) | Dae-han Ki (대한기) Kim Kang Yoon (김강윤) Luka Perkovic Jesper Svenningsen Alfonso Aguirre Rodriguez Joel Fjellström Mateusz Szkudlarek | Top Jungle Mid AD Carry Support AD Carry Top |
| GIANTS! Gaming | SmittyJ Maxlore NighT S0NSTAR Hustlin Samux (as substitute) Special (as substitute) | Lennart Warkus Nubar Sarafian Gun Woo Na Son Seung-ik (손승익) Morgan Granberg Samuel Fernández Fort Joran Scheffer | Top Jungle Mid AD Carry Support AD Carry Mid |
| H2k-Gaming | Odoamne Jankos Ryu Freeze VandeR FORG1VEN (playoffs only) Hulberto (as substitute) Knugen (as substitute) | Andrei Pascu Marcin Jankowski Ryu Sang-ook Aleš Kněžínek Oskar Bogdan Konstantinos Tzortziou Johan Johansson Jesper Rundberg | Top Jungle Mid AD Carry Support AD Carry Jungle AD Carry |
| Origen | sOAZ Amazing PowerOfEvil xPeke Hybrid Cyanide (as substitute) FORG1VEN (as substitute) (June–August) | Paul Boyer Maurice Stückenschneider Tristan Schrage Enrique Cedeño Martínez Glenn Doornenbal Lauri Happonen Konstantinos Tzortziou | Top Jungle Mid AD Carry Support Jungle AD Carry |
| ROCCAT | Parang Airwaks Betsy Steelback Raise fredy122 (as substitute) extinkt (as substitute) | Sang-won Lee Karim Benghalia Felix Edling Pierre Medjaldi Ji-hwan Oh Simon Payne Vytautas Mélinauskas | Top Jungle Mid AD Carry Support Top Support |
| Schalke 04 | Steve Gilius Fox MrRalleZ sprattel Dexter (as substitute) Solaaaa (as substitute) | Etienne Michels Berk Demir Hampus Myhre Rasmus Skinneholm Hampus Abrahamsson Marcel Feldkamp Nico Linke | Top Jungler Mid AD Carry Support Jungle AD Carry |
| Splyce | Wunderwear Trashy Sencux Kobbe Mikyx Gripex (as substitute) Vizility (as substitute) | Martin Hansen Jonas Andersen Chres Laursen Kasper Kobberup Mihael Mehle Jesper Terkildsen Jeffrey de Vries | Top Jungle Mid AD Carry Support Jungle AD Carry |
| Unicorns of Love | Vizicsacsi Move Exileh Veritas Hylissang | Kiss Tamás Kang Min-su Fabian Schubert Kim Kyoung-min Zdravets Galabov | Top Jungle Mid AD Carry Support |

### Regular season

| Place | Team | Match record | Points |
| 1. | G2 Esports | 10W-8T-0L | 38 |
| 2. | Splyce | 9W-6T-3L | 33 |
| 3. | Giants Gaming | 8W-3T-7L | 27 |
| 4. | H2k-Gaming | 7W-6T-5L | 27 |
| 5. | Fnatic | 7W-6T-5L | 27 |
| 6. | Unicorns of Love | 6W-5T-7L | 23 |
| 7. | Team Vitality | 3W-9T-6L | 18 |
| 8. | FC Schalke 04 | 3W-9T-6L | 18 |
| 9. | Origen | 2W-8T-8L | 14 |
| 10. | ROCCAT | 2W-6T-10L | 12 |
H2k finished above Fnatic after defeating them in a tiebreaker game
Team Vitality finished above Schalke 04 after defeating them in a tiebreaker game

### Playoffs

    The semi-finals match between fnatic and H2k was delayed two days due to technical reasons.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | 1 | G2 Esports | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Giants Gaming | 1 | 6 | Unicorns of Love | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Unicorns of Love | 3 | | | | 1 | G2 Esports | 3 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Splyce | 1 |
| | | | 2 | Splyce | 3 |
| 4 | H2k-Gaming | 3 | 4 | H2k-Gaming | 2 |
| 5 | fnatic | 0 | | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | 6 | Unicorns of Love | 1 |
| | | | | | | 4 | H2k-Gaming | 3 |

## EU Regional Qualifiers

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | | 1 | Splyce | 3 |
| | | | 2 | Fnatic | 0 | 3 | Unicorns of Love | 2 |
| 3 | Unicorns of Love | 3 | 3 | Unicorns of Love | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Giants Gaming | 0 | | | | | | |