Team Liquid and Cloud9 maintained their perfect records in the League Championship Series Summer Split by registering victories on Wednesday.
Liquid and Cloud9 both improved to 4-0, while third-place Evil Geniuses (3-1) kept pace with a win.
The 10 teams in the top North American League of Legends circuit will play every other team twice in the group phase, which runs through July 21. All group-stage matches will consist of a single map.
The first- and second-place teams will head to the upper-bracket semifinals for 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.
The playoffs will feature best-of-five matches. The top three finishers will earn berths in the League of Legends World Championship, to be played in South Korea from Oct. 10 to Nov. 19. The fourth-place finisher will head to a wild-card qualifier with a chance to land a spot at the World Championship.
On Wednesday, Team Liquid got a 31-minute win on blue against NRG. Cloud9 also prevailed on blue, downing FlyQuest in 28 minutes. Evil Geniuses, playing on red, defeated 100 Thieves in 28 minutes.
Golden Guardians got past Dignitas in 33 minutes on red, and TSM won in 30 minutes on red against Immortals.
Week 2 continues on Thursday with five matches:
–NRG vs. TSM
–Golden Guardians vs. Immortals
–100 Thieves vs. Cloud9
–Dignitas vs. Team Liquid
–Evil Geniuses vs. FlyQuest
League Championship Series Spring Split group-stage standings
T1. Cloud9, 4-0
T1. Team Liquid, 4-0
3. Evil Geniuses, 3-1
T4. Golden Guardians, 2-2
T4. Immortals, 2-2
T4. TSM, 2-2
T7. 100 Thieves, 1-3
T7. Dignitas, 1-3
T7. NRG, 1-3
10. FlyQuest, 0-4
–Field Level Media
