Cloud9 and Golden Guardians remain tied for first place in the League of Legends League Championship Series Summer Split entering the final day of group play on Friday.
Cloud9 (12-5) downed TSM (8-9) on Thursday, and Golden Guardians (12-5) bested Dignitas (7-10).
TSM hold a one-game lead on Dignitas and 100 Thieves (7-10) for sixth place. The top six teams in the standings advance to the upper bracket in the LCS playoffs.
In Thursday’s other results, 100 Thieves defeated NRG (9-8), FlyQuest (6-11) topped Immortals (4-13), and Evil Geniuses (11-6) got past Team Liquid (9-8).
The 10 teams in the top North American League of Legends circuit will play every other team twice in the group phase. All group-stage matches consist of a single map.
The first- and second-place teams will head to the upper-bracket semifinals of the double-elimination playoffs. The third- through sixth-place teams will open the playoffs in the upper-bracket quarterfinals. The seventh- and eighth-place teams will enter the postseason in the lower bracket, while the ninth- and 10th-place teams will be eliminated.
On Thursday, Cloud9 crushed TSM in 21 minutes on blue behind a 3-0-6 kill-death-assist ratio from South Korea’s Jang “EMENES” Min-soo. The United States’ David “Insanity” Challe wound up at 2-2-2 for TSM.
Golden Guardians, playing on blue, dumped Dignitas in 34 minutes as the United States’ Trevor “Stixxay” Hayes produced an 8-0-6 K-D-A ratio. Denmark’s Lucas “Santorin” Tao Kilmer Larsen and the United States’ Frank “Tomo” Lam each had two kills for TSM.
100 Thieves posted a 35-minute win over NRG on blue. Turkey’s Can “Closer” Celik wound up at 6-0-5 for 100 Thieves, while the United States’ Juan Arturo “Contractz” Garcia was the lone NRG player with two kills.
FlyQuest registered a 39-minute win against Immortals on blue as South Koreans Jeong “Impact” Eon-young, Lee “VicLa” Dae-kwang and Lee “Prince” Chae-hwan each had seven kills. The United States’ Edward “Tactical” Ra put up a 6-3-2 K-D-A ratio for Immortals.
Evil Geniuses were the lone team to win on red, beating Liquid in 35 minutes. The United States’ Mohamed “Revenge” Kaddoura notched an 8-1-6 K-D-A ratio for Evil Geniuses, while U.S. countrymen Eain “APA” Stearns and Sean “Yeon” Sung each had five kills and four deaths for Liquid.
The final group-play matches on Friday are:
–Immortals vs. NRG
–Evil Geniuses vs. TSM
–100 Thieves vs. Golden Guardians
–Team Liquid vs. Dignitas
–Cloud9 vs. FlyQuest
League Championship Series Summer Split group-stage standings
T1. Cloud9, 12-5
T1. Golden Guardians, 12-5
3. Evil Geniuses, 11-6
T4. NRG, 9-8
T4. Team Liquid, 9-8
6. TSM, 8-9
T7. 100 Thieves, 7-10
T7. Dignitas, 7-10
9. FlyQuest, 6-11
10. Immortals, 4-13
–Field Level Media
