2015 NA LCS Spring Expansion

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Overview[]

The 2015 NA LCS Spring Expansion is a one-time Expansion Tournament to determine the final two teams to make it into the 2015 NA LCS Spring Split. The six remaining teams from the Spring Promotion and the Challenger Series Playoffs face off against seven teams from the Ranked 5's Ladder for the last two spots in the 2015 NA LCS Spring Split.

Format[]

Online
- Top 13 teams from the Ranked 5s Ladder are split into four brackets.
  - Three teams pre-qualified who dropped from the Promotion Tournament, receiving byes.
  - Three teams from the Challenger Series Playoffs.
  - Seven teams from the Ranked 5's Ladder
- A match will be played to determine 5/6th seed from the Challenger Series
- Each match is a Best of Three.
- Each bracket winner advances to the Live Expansion.
Live Expansion
- Double Elimination
- Each match is a Best of Five.
- The winners of the Winner's and Loser's Bracket qualify for the 2015 NA LCS Spring Split
Patch Information (Uses the naming structure of the bracket below)
- Online:
  - Azir is disabled for the online expansion tournament due to known bugs.^[1]
  - Round 1: Patch 4.19
  - Round 2: Patch 4.19
- Live: Patch 4.20, with updated Summoner's Rift visuals and new jungle changes

Prize Pool[]

$ 15,000 USD (Approximately € 12,981 EUR) is spread among the teams qualifying for the Challenger Series:

Place	Price	Team
LCS	None	⁠⁠Curse Academy
LCS	None	⁠⁠Team Coast
CS	$ 7,500	⁠⁠Final Five
CS	$ 7,500	⁠⁠Team Fusion

Initially Qualified Teams[]

There were two waves of qualified teams - the first, teams that participated in Challenger Playoffs and/or the Spring Promotion Tournament. After four of these teams dropped out of the Expansion Tournament, the top twelve ranked 5's teams were invited; however, not all of these teams participated either. To see a list of teams that participated, see below.

From Promotion Tournament
⁠⁠Curse Academy		~~⁠⁠Team Coast~~¹		⁠⁠compLexity Gaming
From Challenger Series
~~⁠⁠Team LoLPro~~¹		~~⁠⁠XDG Gaming~~²		~~⁠⁠Denial eSports~~²
From Ranked 5's
⁠⁠Team Coast	⁠⁠Enemy		⁠⁠Team Fusion		⁠⁠Team LoLPro
⁠⁠compLexity.White	⁠⁠Zenith Esports		~~⁠⁠We Love Shakira~~		⁠⁠Final Five
⁠⁠Monster Kittens	⁠⁠Fission Esports		⁠⁠Team Confusion		~~⁠⁠MSI Team Dragon Knights~~

¹Though Team Coast and Team LoLPro are participating in the Promotion Tournament, they did lose their initial seed from the Promotion Tournament and instead qualified via the ranked ladder.

²XDG Gaming and Denial eSports have been disbanded prior the tournament.

Participating Teams[]

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Promotion Teams[]

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Ranked 5's Teams[]

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¹ Team Confusion forfeited their first-round match against Team Fusion.^[2]^[3]

Results[]

Online[]

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Live[]

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Schedule/VODs[]

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Additional Content[]

Interviews[]

November 16th - Know Your NME: Interview With Enemy eSports with Paravine
November 18th - F5: A Refreshing Contender – F5 Gate says “Rhux is strong…its our game to lose” - with trainforgame.com
November 18th - Interview with North American Expansion Team Final Five with eSportspedia
November 24th - Shoutcasters: The Unsung Heroes of the LCS with Dignitas
December 12th - Nien on returning to ADC and Fusion's first day games (video) with onGamers
December 12th - NA Expansion: Nien's Thoughts on F5 Match (video) with SK Gaming
December 12th - Maknoon considers their first match and creating a Korean army (video) with onGamers
December 12th - NA Expansion: MakNooN "will see my secret weapon Poppy some day" (video) with SK Gaming
December 13th - NA Expansion: ShorterAce "don't have any plans for Team Coast" (video) with SK Gaming
December 13th - NA Expansion: Hauntzer "just trying to copy OGN" (video) with SK Gaming
December 13th - Liquid on the emotional side of selling Curse Academy (video) with onGamers
December 13th - Saintvicious on his triumphant return to the LCS (video) with onGamers
December 13th - Cop talks about climbing back up the 'LCS Mountain' (video) with onGamers
December 14th - NA Expansion: Prototype & Rule18 "inspired by the coaching staff" (video) with SK Gaming
December 14th - NA Expansion: LiQuiD112 on the Future of Curse Academy (video) with SK Gaming
December 14th - NA Expansion: Cop "BunnyFuFu will pull me into scary situations" (video) with SK Gaming
December 14th - Impaler on making it into the NA LCS (video) with onGamers
December 15th - NA Expansion: Mash "just turned on a gear in game three" with SK Gaming

Articles[]

November 12th - NA LCS Expansion Tournament Preview - from Esports Heaven
November 13th - North American LCS expansion tournament: Bracket Previews from Azubu
November 13th - Welcome to the 2015 Spring Expansion Tournament! from LoL Esports
November 14th - The NA expansion tournament kicks off on Saturday from The Daily Dot
November 18th - LoL NA Expansion Tournament: Team Coast, Enemy eSports Advance to Bracket Finals from Azubu
November 19th - Team Fusion primed for Expansion Tournament takeover from LoL Esports
November 19th - Tournament Realm: NA Expansion Tournament - Round 2 from Goldper10
November 20th - 2015 NA LCS Expansion: Online Finals Preview from Azubu
November 25th - Team Coast Advances to NA LCS Expansion Offline Rounds from Azubu
November 28th - American Expansion Tournament: The Final Four from Esports Heaven
November 28th - NA Expansion Tournament – Fusion vs NME Summary from Team Fusion
November 30th - NA Expansion Tournament Final Four: Analyzing Final 5 v. Team Fusion from Goldper10
December 2nd - NA LCS Expansion Final Four: Team Coast v. Curse Academy from Goldper10
December 9th - 2015 NA EXPANSION TOURNAMENT – THE FINAL FOUR from Azubu
December 9th - Curse Academy Potentially Having to Seek New Ownership by Team Curse
December 10th - Tournament Realm #3: NA Expansion — Double Elimination from Gold Per 10
December 14th - Stat comparison on the Mid Laners of the NA Expansion Tournament from Gold Per 10
December 15th - Curse Academy and Team Coast are the LCS's newest teams from Daily Dot
December 16th - The Miracle Comeback, Coast win 3 in-a-row to secure LCS from Gold Per 10

External Links[]

2015 LCS Season: NA and EU Expansion Tournament Details lolesports.com
Expansion Tournament Update: Ruleset and Team Participation lolesports.com
2015 Season Expansion Tournament Official Rules lolesports.com

References[]

↑ LoLesports' Twitter Post twitter.com
↑ Clarification on Confusion vs. Fusion forfeit (Fusion perspective) reddit.com
↑ NA LCS Expansion Tournament - Round One twitch.tv

[1] LoLesports' Twitter Post twitter.com

[2] Clarification on Confusion vs. Fusion forfeit (Fusion perspective) reddit.com

[3] NA LCS Expansion Tournament - Round One twitch.tv

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