The LEC Winter Split playoffs have been confirmed

It was a frenetic final week of games in the LEC Winter Split.

We finally have our final eight teams for the double-elimination playoff bracket of the LEC Winter Split. After three weeks worth of games, we now get to enjoy two more weeks of League to determine the first LEC team to get a spot at the Mid-Season Invitational. Team BDS was the first to qualify to the playoffs during week two after they secured five wins with a single loss. But at the end of it all, they would come second to G2 Esports after losing the head-to-head match-up, despite having the same score line at the end.

SK Gaming was the only team to end the first week with a spotless 3-0 record but they wound up finishing in third, having added two wins and four losses to its overall score line at the end of the regular season. They are joined by MAD Lions KOI and Fnatic with the likes of Team Vitality, Team Heretics, and GIANTX following close behind. Rogue came close to forcing a tiebreaker but could not get the best of GIANTX during the yesterday's opening match.

And unfortunately for Karmine Corp, the LEC newcomers were the first team to be eliminated from playoff contention after losing to Rogue during the first day of week three. This led to them having a 0-7 run during the LEC Winter Split and despite winning the last two matches, it still wasn't enough for the French org to make it to the next phase. Both Rogue and KC will also miss out on crucial Championship Points, which will come in handy when the 2024 LEC Finals roll around later in the year.

LEC Winter Split - Playoff Schedule

The playoffs for the LEC Winter Split will be a double-elimination bracket with the first two rounds being a best-of-three series. Every series beyond that will be a best-of-five series to determine who will be the first of two LEC teams at MSI as well as securing a spot in the LEC Finals. As G2 finished as the number one seed, they will face GIANTX, who finished in the eighth seed. BDS finished second so they will face Heretics and so on and so forth.

The losers between the G2-GTX series as well as the MDK-FNC will face one another in the first round of the lower bracket. It will also be the same for the BDS-TH and SK-VIT match-ups. All the winners from the upper bracket quarter-finals will then play on Monday against one another.

Saturday, February 3rd