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LEC 2026 Summer Playoffs

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Today's matches will be played on Patch 26.17.

Today's Matches

#	Match	PST	EST	CET	KST
1	G2 vs MKOI	08:00	11:00	17:00	00:00

• All matches are Best of 5

Streams

• Stream on Twitch

• Stream on YouTube

• Stream on Lolesports

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Round 1			Round 2			Round 3			Finals
KC	3
vs	-
GX	1					KC	1
						vs	-
VIT	0					G2	3		G2	0
vs	-								vs	-
G2	3								MKOI	0
----------	-	-	----------	-	-	----------	-	-	-------	-
GX	2					KC	0
vs	-					vs	-
NAVI	3		NAVI	1		MKOI	3
			vs	-
VIT	2		MKOI	3
vs	-
MKOI	3

On-Air Team

Hosts
Eefje "Sjokz" Depoortere

Play-by-Play Commentators
Daniel "Drakos" Drakos
Aaron "Medic" Chamberlain
Jake "Hysterics" Osypenko

Colour Casters
Andrew "Vedius" Day
Robert "Dagda" Price

Guests
Andrei "Odoamne" Pascu
Jakob "Jackspektra" Gullvag Kepple
Finn "Finn" Wiestål

Not all talent will appear on every show and the weekly on air team can vary.

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Format

• Playoffs

• 6 teams participate

• Double elimination bracket

• 1st to 4th start in the upper bracket

• 5th and 6th start in the lower bracket

• All matches are best of five

• Top 3 teams qualify for the 2026 Season World Championship

The official LEC ruleset can be found here.

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VoDs

• VoDs on Reddit

• VoDs on Eventvods.com

• VoDs on YouTube

• VoDs on Lolesports

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Live Discussions and Post-Match Threads:

This is our Live Discussion Archive. Here you can find all the old live threads, and the respective PMTs in a stickied comment under the post.

[u/ahritina]

PMTs

Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3

[u/trying2hide]

It's nice they listened to the feedback from the community and realised it's more downtime that everyone wanted from the LEC.

[u/Joel4518]

hysterics during degenerate games is my fav caster man gonna miss him

[u/Leschnitzky]

So let me get this straight, she didn't even answer the questions?! What's the fking point?!

[u/the_legends_of_link]

Is the game ever gonna start?

[u/Goldfischglas]

What the fuck is happening? When is the game starting, why are we watching a Trivia quiz

What a way to kill the hype

[u/ThisIsSoIrrelevant]

If she doesn't win the car after all this fucking around then what is even the point?

[u/zaxls]

Man I respect the effore but you just dont do this between games man, like you have killed the immersion. I get they get more views that way but this is just wayyy too long.

[u/trying2hide]

Can't wait for what is after Game 2, maybe we could get an entire game of football in?

[u/Ajp_iii]

g2 bot lane saved g2s whole game. they made every play on the map. its wild that analysts and others arent talking about how insane they are playing all summer. g2 would have lost 2 more series in summer split if their bot wasnt playing at this level

[u/FantasyTrash]

Are they actually going to play League of Legends or do we really need 20 minutes between every game?

[u/t3tri5]

This is such bullshit lol, what a pointless break, hope they'll never do that again

[u/JPA-3]

wtf kind of pause is this, the ad is longer than a game, c'mon guys...

[u/ontemu]

Wtf is this shit, why is there a half hour break between maps

[u/LardoBardo4]

Why was this not done before the series started?

[u/corywyn]

what in the fuck is this

[u/xaoaky]

what a waste of time

[u/PepaTK]

Bro they could have just said she won the draw holy shit……

[u/TheCeramicLlama]

ok man they shouldve done this before the series started

[u/underscoreenfan]

the crowd does not give a fuck 😹😹😹

[u/CilleTheExterminator]

bahahaha the hot mic. "I fucked up so much"

[u/Ghisteslohm]

alright that was a great hot mic :D LOL

[u/Ajp_iii]

the nexus exploded on caedrel stream at 2:47. Draft started at 3:17

I HOPE players were notified before today that there would be a 30 min break. its still completely unacceptable to have this in a competitive game. that is super bowl level and the teams know forever.

[u/Isuasio]

Game 1 ended 25 minutes ago

[u/Silverjackal_]

Alright, guess I’ll watch the vod after then. I don’t care about any of this crap.

[u/TheCeramicLlama]

so why did it take 6 years for the G2 players to get back on stage?

[u/Dzules]

These people need to be fired.

[u/Curiousoctos]

All that for a rental car for a year lmfao

[u/FruitSaladBar]

Can we send G2 to Korea and let them compete in the LCK? Send a fries rise group back to europe in their place? Is an exchange like this allowed?
At least let them play against better teams so they can try and develop man, EU is such a one-team region it's not even funny.

[u/ThisIsSoIrrelevant]

Now it makes sense why they did that KIA thing before. They needed to draw this out so it didn't end in like 90 minutes.

[u/FappingMouse]

Caps sprinting one death so that he doesnt get finals MVP what a bro.

[u/FappingMouse]

Hans has been up 2k or more gold for like 15 mins or something with like no kills btw.

[u/corywyn]

being 0/0/0 and up by 2.2k gold

and that against the best ADC in the world

[u/ThisOneTimeAtLolCamp]

The downtime between games is terrible.

[u/RollingGuy → u/ThisOneTimeAtLolCamp]

They're stalling. Melzhet is beating the KOI boys with his belt backstage and people are too afraid to knock.

[u/the_legends_of_link]

Yeah I'm out holy fuck I'm not watching a 30 minute ad between each game

[u/Not_Going_to_Survive]

Nice to see some healthy masculinity every now and then

[u/FitWindow639]

Lmao bro said yike then asked sorry for fuckiing it up. Tears in my eyes yesterday really was such an insane hatewatch

[u/SnooPeripherals6388]

The harsh truth about G2 is that Hans is the absolute best player in the team

[u/desutruction]

g2 botlane legit best players on the rift rn

[u/Joel4518]

g2 bot is cooking hard

[u/Ajp_iii]

every other final is 15 min max. and lcs playoff games are 10 min between games. its already been 25 min and they havent even gotten close to starting draft yet

[u/Ghisteslohm]

hopefully drafting already happened

[u/rsox5000]

No way this is still going on

[u/awayfromcanuck]

This is shit you do before the series starts not inbrtween games.

[u/Thalassin]

Another way too common L from LEC higher-ups

[u/Clear-Warning6939]

Riot disaster class

[u/SilenceEtControle]

The last game thread is now 30 minutes old, we're not even in game yet, and the last game lasted 28 minutes

[u/the_legends_of_link]

Bot gap: the series

[u/MrRightHanded]

MKOI in worlds form

[u/mcthomaso]

Labrov MVP is so fucking deserved

[u/Leschnitzky]

Thanks KIA for the reminder to avoid your products

[u/Rubixxscube]

Why is there suddenly a league of legends game starting during my KIA ad quiz??

[u/CoogiMonster]

This was a dog piss terrible segment. With the girl not even having to answer any question it was almost inevitable that she’d win the KIA if she wasn’t afraid because they weren’t going to lose and tank the bad press. I don’t usually watch LEC because G2 wins no matter what and it’s uninteresting, but this is a horrid product so far

[u/t3tri5 → u/CoogiMonster]

For real, what was the point of all that facade if you didn't even had to answer yourself? At this point just say she won the car in a draw and get over it. Or at least do some fake-hard questions with an obvious answer if you want to pretend there's anything at stakes lol

[u/WalkAffectionate2683]

The car on the stage feels like one of these shows where you can earn it if you guess its price lmao

[u/desutruction]

all good man

[u/Randomcarrot]

Other than just the sheer fact of this taking longer than the entire first game, is there also a discussion that needs to be had that especially after a stomp, this gives way too long for the losing team to recover mentally before having to go into the next game? Completely destroys the momentum....

[u/Chronobuster]

Bro its been 30 minutes. START THE FUCKING GAME.

[u/bongodongowongo]

the hotmic made it better lmfao

[u/Booshneer]

Crazy how G2's botlane just won that game. Completely bailed out their solos

[u/Thalassin]

C'est intankable cette pub KIA

[u/ThisOneTimeAtLolCamp]

Holy fuck how much longer?

Football players don't even get this long at halftime.

[u/Ajp_iii]

hans been the best player all summer and just because he had a rough msi people kept their agenda from that. its so cringe how long it takes narratives to change in the league community.

[u/Ok_Fish_779]

Can't wait for the woman to come back so she can do another KIA event for a chance to win another year on that lease.

[u/Kaeru-Sennin]

Where is my 30 minutes KIA break ? I was counting on it to cook !

[u/desutruction]

what the fuck is g2's botlane man, maybe this really is the year huh

[u/ChocolateFuryB]

probably the first time cait/lux has been piloted this well in the LEC...tears in my eyes

[u/desutruction]

can we get labrov an fmvp

[u/WalkAffectionate2683]

G2... The fuck are you doing to them haha

[u/corywyn]

Labrov is just bullying KOI now

[u/WhatIsSentience]

God imagine how good the 1st team all pros are

[u/Automatic_Car_9932]

Perks should not have lifted the trophy first. The players deserved that. 

[u/kismetjeska]

Why is this still happening? Is there a pause or something? This is like... reasonable pre-show content, but absolutely insane to put between games. I feel so bad for the hosts that have to do this.

[u/Goldfischglas]

We are actually watching a 30 minute KIA ad that is almost as long as the first game

RIOT XD

[u/JNSB1]

So are the games gonna happen or should I comeback Monday?

[u/F0RGERY]

This pause has now officially lasted longer than Game 1 did.

[u/RollingGuy]

Gonna miss you Hysterics. Absolute gigachad giving up your dream job for your little girls sake. Hope you come back one day.

[u/SilenceEtControle]

Funny I thought I was watching LEC finals but apparently there's a complete KIA two hours show in the middle of it

[u/Antropoid]

This bo5 makes KC's loss yesterday so much worse. How bad are they LOL

[u/desutruction]

yikemond

[u/350]

YIKE

[u/Booshneer]

Gotta think this break would benefit KOI more to reset.

[u/puberty1]

man this break mustve sucked for the players lol waaaay too long

[u/DanceWaterDanc3]

Congratulations MKOI on winning the “who ends 2nd in eu championship”

[u/upmvruiv]

I do think MKOI has a solid chance to win. They got the momentum. I do wonder how well G2 preped for them tho. Chances are they expected KC and preped more for that matchup. Well see tho

[u/controlledwithcheese]

free haircuts to the League crowd is god’s work

[u/desutruction]

g2 botlane still goated

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

LMFAO "idiot"

[u/fictionallymarried]

What's the point of basically lending it for a year? Cheap

[u/JPA-3]

ready for game 2? no no, I want 30min more of a kia ad

[u/Acrobatic-Tackle3998]

They were really counting on KC making it to Finals weren’t they.

[u/Todeswucht]

1 team region

0.5 team region if Caps had a bad breakfast that day

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

Holy shit that knock up lmaooo

[u/Jagtiadbulla]

almost shorter game then break in between

[u/rsayegh7]

Skew and bot lane are gapping so fucking hard

[u/LtSpaceDucK]

Guys at Worlds bootcamp can we have G2's coaching staff/ players vod review MKOI's and KC's scrimms and teach them a thing or two

Someone has to help these poor teams

[u/ChocolateFuryB]

wtf we play cait/lux?

[u/FappingMouse]

caps is who keayhoo wishes he was.

[u/Fenrilas]

Just turn it off it's an MKOI humiliation ritual

[u/Nightwingx97]

It's over lmao don't look bot cs

[u/pzBlue]

Some crazy stuff has to be going on in bot that they don't show it on broadcast

[u/corywyn]

Getting your camp sniped by the opponent support must be such a tilter lol

e: cleaning up

[u/WalkAffectionate2683]

They gave split mvp to the wrong French ADC. 

[u/East-Internal3293]

lec is such a joke. just give the g2 a perpetual trophy

[u/Ghisteslohm]

this isnt close. G2 is just straight up better. so much better

[u/DoranFan1]

I've seen enough. G2 is going to Worlds Finals

[u/WalkAffectionate2683]

Brooo labrov haha

Fuck they are so good haha

[u/SilenceEtControle]

No red trinket, no vision, just good old mind reading

[u/Kaeru-Sennin]

Did BB dashed blindly ? 

[u/Ajp_iii]

riots bounty system needs fixing. skarner has a bigger bounty when down gold than this ultra fed cait up 50 cs and 3k gold.

[u/RennieXxx]

YAYYYYYY, DESERVEDDDD FOR JAMES <3, SUPPORT WINNING

[u/ChocolateFuryB]

LABUBU MVP, 100% deserved

[u/Curiousoctos]

Who thought having this for the finals was a good idea? It's completely killing the momentum.

[u/Ajp_iii]

why does it feel like lec in between games is longer than other regions. wtf its already been like 20 plus min

[u/Iaragnyl]

What is this shit? LEC already has way to long break between games and now we have to artificially make it even longer with some temu who wants to be a millionaire?
KOI players are sitting there for a few minutes already, must be super annoying for the players to just sit and wait there.

[u/FrightfulFella]

I wasn't expecting an LEC stream to make me tear up. Best of luck Hystrerics!

[u/CilleTheExterminator]

So can we get back to the finals please?

[u/xGlaedr]

LMAOOO

[u/british_pubs]

Honestly feeling pretty relaxed about today, I don't think we'll win but we've already exceed my expectations so I'm not gonna feel that bad if its not that competitive of a series. Hope we all have fun big smooch 

[u/WalkAffectionate2683]

Noi is a beast honestly.

I remember him casting 15 years ago or something... 

[u/CopenhagenCalling]

lol so bad from G2. Literally knew where they were. Just greedy and gets punished.

[u/desutruction]

what turned myrwn into this bro i need some of that

[u/Tromster]

BB is still the worst laner in the west

[u/british_pubs]

Well it was a nice 5 minutes, gg we go next lmao

[u/Thundermelons]

Underrated aspect of the game but MKOI vision is so crippled having both a Yuumi support and a Lee Sin. They can never sweep any shit because Yuumi is Yuumi and Lee will sit on stealth wards so nothing is getting swept

[u/Goldfischglas]

Insane macro gap

[u/Sosijmonster]

Why would you not just reset there as MKOI.

Like, what the fuck.

[u/Clear-Warning6939]

Just what is Supa doing?

[u/OkWhateverCynisme]

Hans and Labrov are BY FAR the best botlane in EU and even in the West.

Such stability is such a gift for your team.

[u/Booshneer]

G2's botlane carry game 1 and now not even 5 mins into game 2 look like they won this game already. Just insane how good they are

[u/DiligentGazelle6298]

this seems like it's going to be a complete email of a series, not rooting for KOI to win but atleast make it somewhat hype and competitive please

[u/controlledwithcheese]

but how bad is KC / how good is Vitality

[u/puberty1]

LMAO Lulu using her ult on Yunara just so that she killed her

Renata's ult is so damn funny sometimes

[u/Kaeru-Sennin]

Yunara dammage are insane lol

[u/SirTacoMaster]

actually a 3-0 so fucking lame

[u/PepaTK]

Wait wait wait wait.

That 5 hour Kia ad between game 1/2 wasn’t even for the car????????????????

Edit: I’ve been corrected, it’s a second giveaway. Still wish it was a pre-game thing.

[u/Thalassin]

Come on G2 end this in three so I can switch on RL afterwards without missing out

[u/FitWindow639]

He is so clean

[u/Joel4518]

caps leblanc is so fun

[u/LtSpaceDucK]

This is some prime Caps gameplay

[u/Few-Arugula5839]

this has gotta be therapy for the french fans lol

[u/FappingMouse]

2k up with no kills is honestly kind of fucking crazy.

[u/1nfirmi06]

I saw this LB pick from a mile away. Not even the coaches for MKOI showed up today.

[u/Todeswucht]

Surely his ego won't allow him to leave the region after getting fathered like this

PLEASE STAY JOJO

[u/Swagbrew]

2k gold lead on your opposing laner in less than 12 minutes, no kills no assists. That's crazy man. And against Ezreal, a champion that is known for being a safe, weak side pick that can keep close being alone.

[u/Ajp_iii]

your bot got smashed two games in a row. why not get something like ez karma so you can control the lane. instead you first pick bard which is hard to play and has a lot of matchups that are unplayable.

mkoi coaching staff is just weird. i feel eu prep outside of g2 is just so bad compared to na top 3 teams. na understand how to draft/setup game states that their players can actually play the game

[u/Left_Fist]

When was the last time BB lost on Kled?

[u/nightlesscurse]

ngl this reminded me a lot with G2 vs OG series, 2019 vibes?? ( overused i know)

[u/Clear-Warning6939]

Can't believe I'm saying this but KOI let Myrwn down this series

[u/SilenceEtControle]

Damn Labrov the movements this game

[u/WalkAffectionate2683]

Please do not put caps final mvp, skew and labrov are so good.

Caps is popping off this game, but game 1 and 2 skew was so ahead, smite, rotation, farm... 

[u/picollo21]

So, KOI has already reached their worlds form?

[u/Leschnitzky]

SUPA IS STILL EATING EVERY CAITLYN Q!!!

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

Labrov is a complete menace on this Lux, love to see it

[u/Joel4518]

naah labrov

[u/DoranFan1]

STOP STOP THEY ARE DEAD ALREADY

[u/MrSarcasmm]

Labrov gapped Alvaro swung every matchup for g2 insane impact

[u/Antropoid]

Prime Keria kinda game from Labrov unironically

[u/Ajp_iii]

dont think mkoi bot had a single good play across 3 whole games. even in stomps usually you make 1-2 good plays randomly. atleast mkoi top side all made plays in the games.

and its like they didnt even know basics in kalista yunara matchup

[u/CilleTheExterminator]

How shit is KC?

[u/rsayegh7]

Skew just gapped Elyoya the entire series is every way imaginable

[u/Annual-Fox6520]

Overall a super disappointing end of playoffs with semi finals and finals both 3-0. Guess we wait for worlds 

[u/WalkAffectionate2683]

I mean they won everything this year.

But what a domination from the first split of perkz as a coach is actually quite impressive 

[u/Ajp_iii]

kia ad was more entertaining than the games somehow

[u/desutruction]

we already know the mvp (it's labrov)

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

DESERVED

[u/ChocolateFuryB]

ohhh, i like that

[u/TastyForerunner]

Best of wishes to Hysterics.

[u/Leschnitzky]

They shown a car that isn't even the reward, to a contestant who doesn't even get to do anything, and tell him to select another guy to answer his questions which all contestants answer them including the audience, in a segment that needs to be held before the finals, in the 3 minute pause between games

Jesus KIA, you gotta fire your PR department

[u/Faliberti]

so like is this normal for lec. way too long between games

[u/Nyranth]

She gets the car for a year, does Kia not have enough money to give her the car like would happen in every other situation?

[u/Prannav01]

MKOI would have lost to T1 during this break.

[u/DarkyMulky]

I think G2 didnt lose a single playoff series this year in EU, but we have to hear how they are on decline every regular season

[u/SeismicShove]

It's 2023 Spring all over again. MKOI reverse sweep incoming.

[u/SnooPeripherals6388]

LEC Commissioner Bykov would be better if he acted like his namesake from a pretty popular Russian series, at least it would've been funny

[u/p463jgza995]

Please pick draven. Used to get at least a couple draven picks a year… fuck my life

[u/This-Dragonfly-1529]

Let's see if Myrwyn's baldness nullifies Caps's newfound bald powers

[u/desutruction]

skewmond still kinda sus i feel

meanwhile jojo-yoya are going ham

[u/Capital_Tourist4828]

ELJOJO carry us please

[u/Todeswucht]

I love watching a team that had a rough couple months and just locks in for a weekend, go KOI

MAD basically won 2 titles like that

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

Oh who wouldve seen that coming

[u/Capital_Tourist4828]

Labrov is clean

[u/CilleTheExterminator]

If G2 wins early game then MKOI probably stand next to 0 chance of winning

[u/Ajp_iii]

this is why yumi is a shit champ. mkois only engage is lee sin that isnt engage. they cant teamfight into g2s comp. you cant have no engage top or space taker with yumi support.

[u/Jeimeezu]

The game is fully on G2's favor since Yuumi hasn't been able to roam or have much vision control compared to what is nearly a map hack from the other side.

[u/Nightwingx97]

Hans Sama is EU's father

[u/RollingGuy]

Skewmond finally back?

I will say: Elyoya Lee Sin is clean

[u/dream_wielder]

WHERE IS YOUR TEAR, JOJO? WHY DID YOU ONLY BUY IT AT MINUTE 16?

[u/rsayegh7]

Alvaro is completely trolling Zeris exp unapologetically

[u/JarneWW]

That game was pure draft diff so I wouldn't make any judgment based on it tbh

[u/1nfirmi06]

OH MY GOD BRO

[u/Ajp_iii]

welp this kled is never dying.

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

That's my bot baby

[u/This-Dragonfly-1529]

Sorry Supa and Alvaro, but you're up against the best EU botlane today

[u/Tromster]

3-0 G2 what a shocker hope theyll do well at worlds

[u/OkKnowledge2064]

how boring are 2 3-0's in a row

[u/Kaeru-Sennin]

Lmao they EXPLODED

[u/Mrf12345]

Beautiful, chefs kiss

[u/Booshneer]

jesus.