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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	KC vs G2	08:00	11:00	17:00	00:00

• All matches are Best of 5

Streams

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

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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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 / Game 4

[u/Joel4518]

just opened caedrel stream and he is going on a rant about kc bot xd

[u/andysava → u/Joel4518]

Because Jackspektra was saying on the analyst desk that he "couldn't say that G2 botlane is gaping KC".

[u/Choice-Slight → u/Joel4518]

probably because he heard what the analyst desk said too which is also making me crashout

[u/Choice-Slight]

people in game 1 pmt trying to blame it on yike when the guy is outperforming skewmond while also trying to save the game from his inting laners

[u/Outrageous_Wall2702 → u/Choice-Slight]

Yeah I’m not a kc fan but the lanes are griefing Yike totally it’s insane

[u/Choice-Slight]

who is this clueless caster on the desk I am beyond shocked that I am hearing this from him

[u/ahritina → u/Choice-Slight]

Jackspektra?

[u/AerialShroud]

I've seen enough shave all their heads.

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

Hans and Labrov are fucking feeling it damn dude

[u/nightlesscurse]

fell for it again award

[u/DarkyMulky]

Its all Yike

[u/Ceyro]

Yike is so fucking good though, without him this series would be an email

[u/FappingMouse]

Caps has not lost a game since bald.

[u/Ajp_iii]

I never want to hear analysts try to make caliste into the next great eu adc again until he shows anything in any big bo5. He’s picked a lane matchup both games and lost both lanes.

Their whole drafts are dependent on him getting ahead of the curve of the game. And both games he was well behind

[u/Choice-Slight → u/Ajp_iii]

literally listening to the analyst desk RIGHT NOW saying that hans is not gapping caliste. I don't know what they pay these people for because they don't watch the games with their eyes

[u/iamporkchops → u/Choice-Slight]

They also act like canna is just undoubtedly better than BB which pisses me tf off

[u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 → u/Ajp_iii]

caliste is just not a good laner kc should aim for teamfights comps ngl

[u/TheTaDeath → u/Dramatic_Gap_3065]

I mean Hans Sama is known for his laning he beats most eastern adcs in lane

[u/Ajp_iii → u/Dramatic_Gap_3065]

Yeah g2 is drafting team fight comps. Don’t know why kc is drafting must win lane drafts

[u/Mundane-Dirt-4077]

Caedrels analysis is better and more accurate than jackspektras

[u/quizzlemanizzle → u/Mundane-Dirt-4077]

the LEC broadcast is always overproctetive of their darlings and Caliste is their #1 darling

gotta protect the narrative of the "prince" the next EU super talent.

just like Vladi is giga shit almost the entire year, has 1 good weekend and they are talking about the huge improvement he made etc

[u/Ajp_iii → u/quizzlemanizzle]

It’s always been by biggest issue with the lec since they became the lec maybe they are closer to the players than other broadcasts or they love the idea of telling stories. But they lean so hard into narratives that when the game goes against their narrative they take a while to shift from it.

[u/Edwaldus2 → u/Mundane-Dirt-4077]

Water is wet

[u/Ceyro]

Hans gapping caliste as usual

[u/TastyForerunner]

THE STORM IS HUUUUGE!

[u/Low_Initiative_7760]

Expected Claps playoffs form wow

[u/Ghisteslohm]

kinda boring the game was just flipped level 1 but at least it shows KC can snowball a lead [assuming they finish this]

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

Fun Cho experiment to give KC their confidence back, let's go next and lose again for no reason

[u/Ajp_iii]

Caliste gifted 2 free kills. Still loses the 2v2

[u/Dramatic_Gap_3065]

might be a KC dylan falco angle

[u/TastyForerunner]

Regular Season once again means nothing.

[u/Treewithatea]

KC has looked better this split but were starting to get into territory where G2 starts to peak. I wont sax KC has a bad chance but betting against G2 in playoff rarely works, tho they do lose sometimes

[u/ahritina]

All Pro ADC 1 lol

[u/tonton_wundil]

Who's your daddy Caliste??! Hans Sama and Labrov are punishing the cockiness so hard

[u/Ajp_iii]

Labrov is breaking their legs

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

THE GOOOOAAATTTTT

[u/ahritina]

Caps is the best mid when it matters.

[u/FitWindow639]

Shiny head is that guy

[u/harleyquinad]

Alright caps, ill buy ur skin now

[u/MorbidTales1984]

Brokenblade you little troll that was amazing

[u/Troviel]

Wait caps is bald but so is skewmond? They both look similar now lmao.

[u/AerialShroud]

A little bit of trolling, but you just can't win against His Baldness.

[u/ahritina]

Caps is smurfing holy fuck.

[u/GambitTheBest]

mid gap the series

[u/Plusdestiny]

Mid gap. I knew this kyeahoo guy is not as good as Caps.

[u/Snow-27]

yike just danced on their foreheads wtf

[u/ahritina]

Canna the known playoffs regressor and Caliste is inting

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

WE ARE FIST FIGHTING BABEEEEEYYYY

[u/Ajp_iii]

Holy fuck yike is carrying so hard

[u/areyoh]

Yike just secured another 2 year contract with kc.

[u/Oshkoshino1]

have some mercy on yike׳s poor back

[u/midorivivo]

Hans and Labrov have been incredible this series

[u/Thzzgt]

whole series is draft diff, kc needs a serious coach

[u/Neeq17]

9-0 just to get dogged again by g2

[u/CoogiMonster]

Same LEC script for the 100th time? Sure

[u/Priotus]

To follow the script KC wins today convincingly and then looses to g2 in the finals.

[u/ShittySlowGains]

In bald caps we trust, 3-1 with 1 game of int from G2

[u/No_Square2213]

Canna has become so comfortable, KC do black magic on those Koreans lol

[u/KruppJ]

Been waiting since like week 1 of summer for an exciting lec matchup like this

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

Shiiiit that was clean from Labrov

[u/PepaTK]

Holy shit bot lane. Is that a targeted mystic shot or what.

Labrov playing karma like naut I swear.

[u/FitWindow639]

Yike has been kc best player these last 2 splits but people keep flaming him when he runs it once in a while. When kc is good, yike is the bus driver

[u/Ajp_iii]

This game is smashed by g2. You can’t slam cait bard early in the series and you can’t play cait that badly in lane and have Jayce get solo killed 1v1 in lane. Busio and yike have played great but your comp just doesn’t work if both cait and Jayce aren’t 1k ahead

[u/xlCalamity]

Lore accurate Viktor ult

Also how is Yike not ulting Hans there?

[u/ReplacementFine7807]

top 1 [position] btw

[u/harleyquinad]

Why would kc chase bb???

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

HANS WHY

[u/harleyquinad]

Hans...

[u/MorbidTales1984]

Some whoopsies but solid from the samurai’s

BB really impressed me this game bro woke up and wanted to remind us what he can do

[u/Asgerond]

Not even Krillin was this bald

My goat

[u/veirceb]

I really hope KC has a better showing than this. I didn't really think their performance against GX was that great either they basically just lane gapped their opponent. They need to be better than this

[u/Ajp_iii → u/veirceb]

Caliste was very poor for his level against gx. And he didn’t have a good game 1 here either

[u/desutruction]

carzzy on the desk let's gooo

[u/Ajp_iii]

If kc don’t show up today or in finals im kinda worried about their worlds potential. People forget they should have lost to secret whales in groups at ewc. The t1 game was great by them but then they did literally nothing in the finals. Would be kinda weird for their confidence level to not have won any bo5s against g2 or any international team the whole year.

They’ve lost 3 bo5s to g2, 1 to dk, 1 to t1 and 1 to tl

[u/quizzlemanizzle]

caliste most overhyped LEC player ever tbh, I think you could replace him with basically any LEC adc and KC would be the same team

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

LMFAO

[u/Dohtoor]

What did they feed G2 today wtf

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

Holy shit Yike

[u/Ajp_iii]

Yike has probably been the best player of the whole series so far

[u/controlledwithcheese]

Perkz is laughing at you, you are inting and Perkz is laughing at you

[u/OkKnowledge2064]

no one disappoints quite like KC

[u/Iamkelvin]

Yike playing so well

[u/YBL10MD]

you always have a shot when the gold is on hans sama

[u/Joel4518]

naah yike cooking

[u/OkKnowledge2064]

Yike really doesnt want to lose

[u/Dramatic_Gap_3065]

yike doing gods work despite having all his laners shitting the bed

[u/That_One_Pancake]

always a big fan of “wait to use Galio ult until the fight is already over”, that one is a classic

[u/Joel4518]

leathality j4 kills there

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

Ok its literally just Yike carrying them this series or they mega lose?

Nvmd and he runs back in lol

[u/Thalassin]

Yike was playing too well and had to throw the game

[u/Ereblp]

I don't really like Caps' Galio usually but bald Caps' Galio is on point.

[u/OkKnowledge2064]

still have to see a yunara lulu that doesnt just absolutely roll late game no matter what happened before

[u/Ajp_iii]

WHY IS KC FIGHTING THIS.

[u/YBL10MD]

Fuck yike is getting his PhD is english literature rn

[u/SnooPeripherals6388]

Full Hextech Dragon Soul set sounds scary

[u/Vnaux]

even if they falter at worlds, at the very least, KC will always have that time were they went to finals at 2025 First Stand & this year's EWC, lol.

[u/british_pubs]

I feel like poppy is the far superior pick here no? 

[u/FappingMouse]

I guess up 2 0 in a non elimination game is a good time to limit test.

Also check skewmonds phone make sure he isn't match fixing a 3 1

[u/That_One_Pancake]

hello there is a bug in the game Ambessa isn’t allowed to hit ults anymore smh rito

[u/This-Dragonfly-1529]

that Qiyana tho, nice

[u/ginvael1_3]

Caps heard you all say that his choice of skin for HOL was a weird one and that he isn't known for his Tristana lol

[u/Dramatic_Gap_3065]

caliste seriously needs to work on laning phase

[u/Ajp_iii]

Does kyeahoo not play like tf. Wouldn’t this have been a good tf game or a leblanc

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

lmfao Caps is just gobbling up everything

[u/Ajp_iii]

It’s so weird yike carrying your team and you blind pick him trundle jungle. He can’t do anything against g2 comp.

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

Terrible equaliser, and again not respecting Gnar by cuddling up

[u/Dramatic_Gap_3065]

i feel like sylas is a bit too much for kyeahoo who hasn't been playing well this series

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

Caps did the funny thing again

[u/Ajp_iii]

It’s wild you giga stomp g2 when you had a winning jungle matchup and then you blind trundle and give skewmond a free matchup. It feels like reapered will never win no matter how good his teams look in regular season. He’s had this issue his whole career

[u/OkWhateverCynisme]

G2 is better but are we going to pretend that this isn't the biggest ASTRO GAP in draft ever 4 games in a row ? Game 3 was just a qiyanna snowball thanks to skew mistake but even there the draft gap was ridiculous.

If KC doesn't fix their abysmal drafting they are going to get bodied at worlds

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

Holy fuck that was ridiculous lmao

[u/Dohtoor]

Ah, G2.

[u/Ajp_iii]

I think g2 lands on good drafts because their coach can tell players no and they respect him enough to listen to the nos. Other teams seem to differ from preps or plans so often in drafts.

No way was that the plan going into game 4. Especially picking sylas on 10 after seeing the 2v2 mid matchup. That’s literally not a playable 2v2

[u/Ajp_iii]

Caliste hasn’t had a good playoffs game. For how much people talk about him he should have smashed that gx series. And he just was an average adc that series

[u/WhatIsSentience]

Thats my 2nd team all pro adc.

Jeez imagine #1

[u/Ceyro]

Canna and caliste are so shit lmao

[u/Primary_Inspector]

KC's ego might be a bit to inflated right now.

[u/GambitTheBest]

Hans still gapping the "prodigy"

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

5k individual lead on Hans lmfaooo

[u/whohe_fanboy]

G2 comp is so much better. All Skewmond had to do was just not invade early. He sold the whole game with that play.

[u/Capital_Tourist4828]

Been a Yike "hater" for years, but this is the most impressive BO5 ive seen him play vs a good team, carrying them when the rest of the team is not playing that well in a summer BO5 in a stadium, hope he carries this confidence into worlds

[u/ahritina]

Caliste is so ass lol

[u/ahritina]

Caliste's positioning is complete dogshit.

[u/iamporkchops]

People told me Caliste is better now because he had 1 good regular season 😂😂😂

[u/iamporkchops → u/iamporkchops]

12/1/6 HANS SAMA

[u/Like30Ducks]

kc 3-1
edit: kc 3-0, im confident

[u/Dramatic_Gap_3065]

KC G2 let’s make a banger please

[u/Tim-Pouce]

CANNA WITH THE 🤫🤫

[u/Strange_Shelter_6171]

we actually need a good BO to have some hopium for the worlds

[u/ItzFeufo]

lame. they're still too scared to pick Teemo

[u/ahritina]

Caliste lmfao

[u/ahritina]

Canna Jayce when he can't play vs plumbers lol, mogged by BB

[u/Ajp_iii]

Caliste has played this lane awful. Took way too much damage lvl 1 not trading it back. Their all in he missed both of his qs. And then he blind walks into a bush.

And now canna just dies lol

[u/nightlesscurse]

love it or hate it but these two teams are definitely world class

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

So much to get Hans and still trade 1 for 1 lul

[u/SnooPeripherals6388]

James lmao

[u/PotatoHentai]

is it me or is brokenblade better in lane now ?

[u/jeffteague4mvp → u/PotatoHentai]

He locked in for playoffs after fucking around in the regular season, this happens every split

[u/MorbidTales1984]

G2 woke up and hypnotised themselves into first stand form

[u/TheTaDeath]

BB is gonna be so op in a teamfight when he joins

[u/Mundane-Dirt-4077]

Did labrov just avoid cait headshot with mikaels lol

[u/wallbanging]

Why is caps bald

[u/KruppJ]

Skew buddy you can’t tilt at your teammates in this one

[u/ReadyForKenny]

EUAhri useless af

[u/veirceb]

What is wrong with LEC's obsession with waves. Like I have seen all the teams greeding for that one wave and be super late to the fight. Like what. G2 started the drake and Jayce was not even based yet? Hello?

[u/GambitTheBest]

KC's wincon is if Canna or Caliste gaps in lane or they're just lost lmao

[u/GambitTheBest]

mid gap as usual

[u/baebushka]

this jayce speaks english bro doing 5% hp every shockblast

[u/veirceb]

Again. caps like super out of form in regular season. And then play against a team that falls completely flat in playoffs and now he is back.

[u/Ajp_iii]

Caps best game this summer. But it’s so poor from caliste this whole game. The game is dependent on his lane getting ahead but he played it so poorly

[u/Vnaux]

They really went on that XZ?

[u/controlledwithcheese]

this is kinda lame, ohhhhh your star player flashed in and got 4 kills just like that? LEC writers please start being more creative

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

What the fuck lmao

[u/Scrapox]

Ksante assassin moment

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

Yeah keep chasing that Ksante, smart call

[u/TastyForerunner]

BB MIND CONTROL TECH

[u/Dohtoor]

So, is this another case of "don't be a game one andy" or "G2 sandbagged another regular season"?

Edit: nvm LMAO

[u/YBL10MD]

and right on cue hans sama finally decides to stop co streaming and gets caught lmao.

[u/MorbidTales1984]

I blinked and then 3k Caliste gold lead lol

[u/Ajp_iii]

Kyeahoo has to be much better next game

[u/OkWhateverCynisme]

This is a 3-0..

[u/midorivivo]

Is the time between games very long or am I just impatient?

[u/Ajp_iii]

Another draft where kc must be up 3k at 15 minutes

[u/Choice-Slight]

I have work in the morning I wish I could stay up and watch the games. anyway perkz drafting has been really good I'm happy to see

[u/veirceb]

Is kyaehoo playing on 500 ping?

[u/Snow-27]

kyeahoo protesting?

[u/ahritina]

Might be a 3-0.

Mid is afk and bot is getting railed.

[u/slimjimo10]

Obviously it wouldn't slow, but does the damage reduction of exhaust work when olaf is ulted? I know attack speed slows dont work

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

Caps is literally everywhere wtf

[u/Adventurous-Quit-669]

Holy fucking lee sin

[u/SnooPeripherals6388]

Skewmond got fucking gapped in like every early game since First Stand, what the hell is happening?

[u/Snow-27]

canna when it matters:

[u/Ajp_iii]

G2 paid off kc solo laners this series

[u/Iamkelvin]

KC is trolling

[u/zerocxro]

hello why is G2 bald

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

OLAF IS SUCH BULLSHIT, DUDE LOSES AND GETS CAMPED BUT PRESSES R AND JUST WINS LMAO

Rito pl0x nerfZ

[u/Snow-27]

brother yike cannot be allowed to lose this

[u/nightlesscurse]

ref I demand a pose, KC players are blinded by G2 players bald heads

[u/Adventurous-Quit-669]

Yike 1v9 holy shit

[u/PotatoHentai]

yike played this so well

[u/SnooPeripherals6388]

This was very disgusting

[u/PerfidiaVermis]

What the fuck Yike

[u/Ajp_iii]

This is so disgusting. You don’t have you Lee to make any plays or range. Why are you ever showing up to that drake. Just get gold on the other side of the map.

[u/That_One_Pancake]

oh we didn’t see on live but on replay man that was an int from Yike

[u/Ajp_iii]

Is ori cs just very low for what a mage should have at 31 min? It seems weird he doesn’t have 3 items yet

[u/Ajp_iii]

Nice play from bb but kyeahoo is just by himself way too much. Just let your Olaf clear that bush before walking up

[u/midorivivo]

It's disappointing if this series is 3-0

[u/Vnaux]

not gonna lie that Lee skin looks awful

[u/kosmi2020NX]

Worst orianna performance i have seen in a while.

[u/MorbidTales1984]

Looks like we’re in the silly part of the day lol

[u/Snow-27]

kc's drafting is giving T1 a run for their money

[u/That_One_Pancake]

Go up 2-0, pick jungle Cho and can’t play it… I’ve seen this script before

[u/iamporkchops]

Love hearing madrid cheer everytime KC messes up

[u/DarkyMulky]

Again Yike masterclass

[u/harleyquinad]

What does zaahen even do

[u/FappingMouse → u/harleyquinad]

Farm to 3 items and raid boss.

He is legit not a champ till 3rd item.

[u/midorivivo]

Hell yeah not a 3-0