Shopify Rebellion pulled off a sweep to move atop of the standings at the end of the first week of the regular season of the LCS Spring event on Sunday.
Shopify beat Dignitas 2-0, and Team Liquid beat FlyQuest 2-1 in the other match of the day.
Eight teams will compete in best-of-three matches in the round-robin regular season before advancing to the playoffs of the League of Legends event, which will be contested in best-of-five matches in a double-elimination format. The top two teams will qualify for the Mid-Season Invitational.
Shopify wrapped up the only 2-0 win of Week 1 with 34- and 24-minute victories on red. South Koreans Baek-jin “Zinie” Yoo and Yeong-hoon “Bvoy” Ju each earned an MVP honor in the win.
Team Liquid opened with a 32-minute win on blue before FlyQuest forced the decisive third game with a 29-minute triumph on red. Liquid, though, finished off the win with a 27-minute victory on blue. Brandon “Josedeodo” Villegas of Argentina was the MVP for each of Liquid’s wins, while Canadian/Iraqi competitor Fahad “Massu” Abdulmalek was the MVP for FlyQuest’s sole win.
Regular season standings (Win-loss total, map differential)
1. Shopify Rebellion, 1-0, 2-0
T2 Cloud9, 1-0, 2-1
T2. Disguised, 1-0, 2-1
T2. Team Liquid, 1-0, 2-1
T5. FlyQuest, 0-1, 1-2
T5. LYON, 0-1, 1-2
T5. Sentinels, 0-1, 1-2
8. Dignitas, 0-1, 0-2
–Field Level Media
