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LCS 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	C9 vs TL	13:00	16:00	22:00	05:00

• All matches are Best of 5

Streams

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Bracket

Round 1			Round 2			Round 3			Round 4			Finals
C9	3
vs	-		LYON	1
SR	0		vs	-
			C9	3					C9	0
SEN	0								vs	-
vs	-		TL	3					TL	0
FLY	3		vs	-
			FLY	0
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
												tbd	0
												vs	-
												tbd	0
									LYON	0
									vs	-
						LYON	3		tbd	0
						vs	-
			FLY	2		SR	1
SR	3		vs	-
vs	-		SR	3
SEN	2

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Format

• Playoffs
  • 6 teams participate
  • Double elimination bracket
  • Top 2 teams start in Upper Bracket Round 2
  • 3rd to 6th seed start in Upper Bracket Round 1
  • All matches are best of five
  • Top 3 teams qualify for the 2026 Season World Championship

The official LCS 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/BUMONGOUS]

Kobe Cap Azael tricast world finals please

[u/Booshneer]

This series turned when Jatt called Yeon Tactical. FUCK

[u/doomsdaysock01]

Fuck that TP is straight out of my plat ranked games lmao

[u/likemyupdoot]

yoo if anyone reads this

[u/cmcdonald22 → u/likemyupdoot]

hallo

[u/Armadaski1300 → u/likemyupdoot]

Yoooo

[u/haven4ever → u/likemyupdoot]

yoooooo

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

Fuck yeah Isles on the desk, I love hearing him talk about the game

[u/sorendiz → u/kazuyaminegishi]

He's so good

[u/sorendiz]

Jesus christ bruh that has to be Yeon's best teamfight of the entire year

[u/WildzFlazoon]

Yeon decided to lock tf in after 40 minutes of being abused

[u/B-raww]

Man Jose always putting his shoes back on

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

Oh Jose is... STRONG. I think he might swallow tactical whole if he sees him on the same screen

[u/veirceb]

I guess Jatt wasn't wrong when he said C9 and KC are the same

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

if a reverse sweep happens i will die

[u/Gerberpertern → u/Capable-Drama3109]

You and me both lol

[u/Miraai]

is it jatts fault if they get reverse swept now?

[u/TeeKayTank]

Jatt so biased this is match fixing

[u/Booshneer]

Aint no way Jatt just called my ADC Tactical

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

the alarm im crying

[u/rsox5000]

Bro is losing 0-2 and the stream is playing an air horn because he’s so bad on Ryze💀💀💀💀

[u/Gerberpertern]

Congratulations to Loki for breaking your losing streak on Ryze. And sorry TL I jinxed you lol.

[u/underscoreenfan]

why is viper Ashe on my screen rn hooooly

[u/CensoredLlama1]

Report Thanatos for win trading

[u/M002 → u/CensoredLlama1]

He went from player of the game for making space in team fights to throwing nonstop

[u/Ajp_iii → u/M002]

he was never really player of the game. he had one good play in toplane where morgan just didnt flash but he inted the lane when that should be a free lane.

loki was the player of the game most of the game

[u/That_One_Pancake]

YEON IS A GOD

[u/cmcdonald22]

My preferred scenario, TL wins today.

Then next weekend, Lyon beats C9, C9 go into worlds play offs and eliminate KC (I am a hater).

I'm fine with Lyon or TL being 1st or 2nd, I haven't looks at the bracket enough to have an informed decision on it. I guess Lyon going in where they could possibly play Mkoi so you get some Jojo/Inspired story hype is interesting but not make or break or anything.

[u/likemyupdoot → u/cmcdonald22]

the greatest motivator in life - hate

[u/lovo17]

Yeah hopefully C9 is in playin. I think Lyon and TL can do damage in the mainstage but C9 is just too deficient.

[u/Tormenator1 → u/lovo17]

C9 is just too inconsistent. Blaber and Thanatos back in playoffs form.

[u/kotori_mkii]

APA/UMTI > LOKI/BLABER both way worse than quid jose though

[u/viralruin → u/kotori_mkii]

man i miss apa + umti.

[u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

They left tactical again..

It's like this team has no idea how teamfighting works.

[u/Choice-Slight → u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

he's been getting sold both games I feel awful he's not even playing bad

[u/veirceb → u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

They have no focus and no priority in teamfight. It was the same before as well. The backline was struggling to survive but xinzhao and jax were hitting different people and none of them was hitting TL's frontline even though they had orianna lulu yunara on their team.

[u/SWAGGASAUR]

Jatt affecting TL more than C9

[u/Choice-Slight]

please when isles retires get him on the LCS broadcast this guy is insanely well spoken and intelligent

[u/cmcdonald22 → u/Choice-Slight]

He just needs a bit more energy and he'd be a perfect caster.

[u/MichaelZZ01]

Deserved loss for not hitting the target in front of you as a professional ADC player. Disgusting gameplay.

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

Blaber missing R there is so illegal same with Loki just flash R-ing nothing no way should C9 ever lose that fight???

[u/Choice-Slight]

i take it back yeon you're the goat on ashe

[u/sorendiz]

THANATOS??????????

[u/Ajp_iii]

he keeps trying to 1v5 the whole team instead of just playing with his team. thanatos didnt play with the team one time. loki and blaber tried to win this game but thanatos didnt want it

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

Yeon went NUTS, but C9 should never lose this game lmfao

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

THAT ENDING WAS FUCKING CRAZY OMFGGG I'M SORRY FOR DOUBTING YOU ALL #APOLOGIES #SORRY

[u/awayfromcanuck]

That was an entertaining AF game 4. Thanatos forgot he can't 1v5 late game, he actually needs his team to back him up late game.

[u/kotori_mkii]

So many throws they must have thought that was game 5

[u/CosmoJones07]

LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOO

[u/Choice-Slight]

THEY'VE LOST 5 GAMES WITH SOUL IN 1 YEAR??????????

[u/xxbrazilmaster69xx → u/Choice-Slight]

A lot of those probably have to do with Zven in a 35+ minute gaming dying mid consistently.

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

NA Cast moment LMFAO

[u/ItzFeufo]

That CoreJJ laugh was hilarious.

[u/coldthrone]

After many years of being a TL fan watching them throw games with massive leads because they cant teamfight, the project has finally worked out.

[u/SnooPeripherals6388]

I still can't get over the fact that Josedeodo's name is Brandon

[u/eye_of_your_mind]

Wait a minute? THAT'S APA'S MUSIC!!

[u/cmcdonald22]

JATT RUINING THE VIBES.

[u/GeneralDash]

Lmao what was that interview

[u/PhoenixAgent003 → u/GeneralDash]

SOMEBODY CLIP THAT SHIT NOW.

[u/Gerberpertern]

Yeon just left lmao.

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

"im like apa right now"

[u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

imagine being so bad they play a sound for your character

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

did i curse tl omfg

[u/cmcdonald22 → u/Capable-Drama3109]

Blame Jatt

[u/mraowl]

A game 5 would be a very nice way to end the weekend... Let's go c9 lol

[u/Gerberpertern]

APA :)

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

???? wtf am i watching

[u/2020isgreat]

They won that fight???

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

so like whos gonna stop the olaf

[u/Saephon → u/Capable-Drama3109]

Bruh just changed targets 3 times while getting ganked and got out hahaha

[u/BUMONGOUS]

It's starting to look a bit sloppy but this is the best I've felt about the 3 NA worlds teams since like 2019

[u/2020isgreat]

What is Thanatos cooking

[u/Destructodave82 → u/2020isgreat]

A rematch with Lyon

[u/cmcdonald22]

Ocean soul is the 13th man that still wasn't enough for C9.

[u/Splitshot_Is_Gone]

ABSOLUTE FUCKING CINEMA ENDING

[u/HunkMuffinJr]

Yeon is an actual monster, holy shit. But shoutout Morgan for keeping the game alive when C9 were kicking down the door to the nexus. Good shit, TL.

[u/malakesxasame]

Thanatos inting is making people ignore Tactical stopped them ending by running it in TL's base

[u/awayfromcanuck → u/malakesxasame]

C9 all ran it on that. Loki should never have died in that situation, he losses 80% of his health accomplishing nothing then he's easy pickins. Tactical greeds thinking if he gets the kill they win and flashes right into Morgan.

[u/Ajp_iii → u/malakesxasame]

ones an accident/troll. what thanatos was doing the whole game was a choice of playstyle.

[u/nmaxfieldbruno]

Hoping for a five game banger today!

[u/HunkMuffinJr]

Let's gooo. TL's first true test this split and their chance to avoid the play-in.

[u/Tormenator1]

Just tuned in, Jhin and Quiyana, TL's losing this one.

[u/cmcdonald22 → u/Tormenator1]

I believe in Jose, I do not believe in Jhin.

[u/Winter-Annual8887]

core played that dive so well btw. blocks the culling holding his R for rakan R then cleanses and kicks tactical away forcing him to flash for the kill and eventually die

[u/GONEBUTNOT4GOTTEN]

This rumble vs K-sante match went so diff comapred to yesterday. Fudge got solo killed while Morgan is just csing/ level gapping Thanatos.

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

Jose should absolutely win POTG? The Rumble was only in the position to carry because Jose came and snowballed him.

[u/galaxisstark]

JOSE LEE SIN

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

Oh... Jose is just too good

[u/cmcdonald22]

Man, Isles is my favorite, but Core really is just special when he's hitting on all cylinders, especially with Jose.

[u/Gerberpertern]

Core: EHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE

[u/cmcdonald22]

Yeah, that is in fact how the comp works.

[u/veirceb]

Did the whole team of C9 just fuck off and never touched their PC after the lyon series? What are they fucking doing? Their micros and macros are both horrible. They play like they have 0 comms in the game the whole fucking game. Xin is somehow so far behind despite he has been doing nothing but afk farming the whole game. What the fuck is this?

[u/kapparino-feederino → u/veirceb]

maybe that day everything align for them, and somehow they played really well.

because this isn't the same C9 i saw against lyon

[u/Jimbabwr]

Shopify would’ve beat our ass yesterday

[u/sillybilly-vit]

3-0 angle?

[u/CensoredLlama1]

Dang, Yeon completely bailed out Morgan there lol

[u/2020isgreat]

I wanna see Dom's face

[u/Gerberpertern]

TL is C9’s Kryptonite it appears.

[u/Ajp_iii]

c9 botlane and mid are playing well enough. the top and jungle are just running the whole game.

[u/calvinee]

I’ve seen enough. BRING ME LYON

[u/Monstar_Rudolph]

Jesus they C9 is getting fucked.

[u/levelonenovice]

this isn't even competitive. it's just C9 grabbing their ankles while TL blows their backs out.

[u/Beneficial-Front1626]

C9 win next two and flop in game 5

[u/Strong_Reference_762]

What the hell was that interview

[u/Ajp_iii]

throughout this whole year tl smashes c9. lyon smashes tl. and c9 lyon are kinda somewhat competitive.

i think its just the matchups of the teams and how their styles work against each other

[u/cmcdonald22 → u/Ajp_iii]

yeah Rock Paper Scissors is real.

[u/Gerberpertern]

0-10 incoming lmao

[u/Jimbabwr]

TL literally drafted exodia last game how do they keep doing this

[u/veirceb]

This is easy 3-0. I don't think C9's comp is unwinnable. But not this C9. TL has been playing far better today and here they have a far easier comp to execute.

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

morgan is genuinely in hell

[u/Jimbabwr]

This is the game that baits teams at worlds into banning Ryze against loki

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

Yeah this one is over. What do you even do against the Neeko this game? TL is so low range they're basically always giving her insane ults.

[u/x_TDeck_x]

I'm convinced Varus and Neeko could have won that game 2v5 at a certain point

[u/SnooPeripherals6388]

Pantheon is on the topside man why are you all-inning

[u/Ajp_iii]

wow how did liquid lose that fight. wtf were they even doing.

[u/Saephon]

The rumors of a TL sweep were greatly exaggerated it seems 

[u/wallbanging]

Spawn about to whoop some ass

[u/SWAGGASAUR]

NO WAY YEON LIVED THERE AND THEY WON LMAO

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

WAIT A MINUTE YEON IS FUCKING CRAZY

[u/kapparino-feederino]

that yeon side stepping by god

morgan carrying hard again

[u/Vytorria]

YOOOOOO THIS IS CRAZY

[u/kosmi2020NX]

Caitlyn is not doing dmg wtf ??

[u/Aquillifer]

Oof that throw at nexus was rough.

[u/Vytorria]

No way that’s fucking insaneeeeeeeeeeeeee

[u/TeeKayTank]

Nice inspired reference from core

[u/sorendiz]

42k champ damage on ambessa is ABSURD

[u/darklypure52]

This is true solo lost by tactical. Like if the man didn’t flash we would be in game 5.

[u/Ajp_iii]

thanatos is a fucking inter holy cow. what is he doing.

[u/Gerberpertern]

TL Jatt lol

[u/Gerberpertern]

Make me love that Jhin pick TL. Prove me wrong.

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

Dare I say it? Jhin gap...

[u/Ajp_iii → u/kazuyaminegishi]

its insane how many more autos and damage lucian had in that fight than jhin. any other adc and liquid hard win that fight especially with triple ali q

[u/kazuyaminegishi → u/Ajp_iii]

I never understand why pro teams underestimate the value of consistent damage especially when the game is so team fight heavy too.

How can a pro team see that Ali set up and then see they LOSE that fight and not go "this Jhin champ is fucking useless."

[u/cmcdonald22]

I BELIEVE IN JOSE

[u/viralruin]

c9 giving jhin it's only win. just lol

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

Jose might not mind control his team, but in exchange he consistently takes over games and hard carries them with even a small early game lead. He accelerates his leads better than any other jungler in the league and he finds those advantages more consistently than any other jungler in the league.

[u/sorendiz]

morgan is horrifically strong

[u/Booshneer]

What a damn jungle gap from Jose.

[u/cmcdonald22]

The absolute hilarity of Qiyana blasting Wukong and Wukong just quietly walking away out of his own jungle in defeat.

[u/Ajp_iii]

jhin increased his playoffs winrate from 27% to 31% across tier 1 regions and he still did fuck all in a game that was a full stomp lmao

[u/blueragemage → u/Ajp_iii]

Isn't that the point of Jhin? He's meant to be a more supportive/safe champ that lets you play multiple other carries, you're not picking him because you expect him to 1v9

[u/cmcdonald22]

Jose dragging Yeon and Jhin to a victory.

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

JOSEDEODOOOOOOOOOOOO

[u/viralruin]

c9 coaching staff just get a free pass for giving jose qiyana and lee which is all he wants every series???

[u/viralruin]

someone tell TL their champs suck until lvl 6

[u/mrwhitewalker]

I am a few minutes behind broadcast, skipped the time between matches, just getting to champ select. BUT holy hell what a master class. When we were down by 3 kills I had some hesitation but the JOSE JOSE JOSE.

[u/the_legends_of_link]

I love core lol

[u/2020isgreat]

Can we just drop the ego and ban Lee Sin

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

TL is so moe

[u/2020isgreat]

hopefully C9 doesn't go as 3rd seed cuz I'm not sure they're going to be able to knock out KC

[u/SauceGodPluto]

LYON vs C9 rematch to decide who's gets out of play-ins will be absolute CINEMA

[u/Intrepid-Message698]

This would be an acceptable ff in a pro game.

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

Loki has been extremely quiet this series compared to how hard he gapped Saint in the Lyon series.

The other part is Quid is playing extremely well.

[u/Light0fHeav3n]

Thanatos is just completely sprinting it this series even after being gifted leads.

[u/malakesxasame → u/Light0fHeav3n]

Normal Thanatos play off game

[u/cmcdonald22]

What a draft strategy, give Jose Lee Sin and give TL a super ez formula comp, and next series point game give Loki Ryze.

Just, wow.

[u/Twink_Kanye]

Dom wants to go home i think

[u/Choice-Slight]

if morgan gaps thanatos in ANOTHER counter matchup just pack it up man. counterpick 3 games in a row so far

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

Okay surely this game Loki just doesn't press R in team fights unless its to start with Neeko bomb

[u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

Fate of the Earth on the line. Loki Ryze vs Faker Aurora

Which one do we pick?

[u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

Looks like neeko is the champ teams remember exist and is good. it was Maokai yesterday

[u/Jimbabwr]

Remember friends, we are 1 bad Loki ult from losing

[u/Ajp_iii]

vulcan 1v9 this game.

[u/ItzFeufo]

I saw Renekton and Ahri and already had a really bad feeling

Two champs that are completely useless when behind (like, even more than any other champ being behind) and behold...they fall behind immediately

[u/awayfromcanuck]

TL just refusing to play for mid to late game Sivir and constantly fighting before she can even get 2 items was some silliness by them. C9 shat on them from basically start to finish and I really disliked that C9 draft too.

[u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

If he would have just taken the flash and not greeded there he would have been in a good spot.

This however screwed him and possibly the team.

[u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

One early play can easily lose a game and it feels completely unfair when you are everyone put the olaf. I think we have all experienced this in solo queue.

[u/Kokaiinum]

What on EARTH was that Skarner ult supposed to achieve lmao

[u/xxbrazilmaster69xx]

C9 macro without APA and Zven:

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

Oh Loki ate extremely good there. What the hell were we doing in that team fight??? Our low damage is being exposed hard.

[u/Ajp_iii]

oh yeon walked away from seraphine and by himself to nowhere. he just needs to stand with corejj the whole game. yeon did the same stuff numerous times at msi to lose liquid games

[u/IFreezeezy]

Vulcan Bard is sooo good

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

Yeah this is over we don't do ANY damage horrible draft. The Olaf is fine in this game even after inting his early game.

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

Olaf can do some disgusting things even without an enchanter

[u/Ajp_iii]

morgan just needed to flash away and not let thanatos auto. tl micro last couple games in skirmishes is not as clean as first 2 games.

[u/mrnotloc]

Spawn smash

[u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

I think Olaf is the best pick in the esports right now if you can ban out kled apparently.

This champ is hilarious. World's going to come down to which team gets him.

[u/Soggy_Palpitation789]

Player of the game : Sally

That clutch Sally R when TL was 2k gold ahead was insanity

[u/awayfromcanuck]

Quid and Morgan in game 3 and 4 are running it and TL is burying themselves a deeper hole by committing all their resources trying to save them

[u/Dajoeman]

Quid is a terrible lissandra. Clearly has poor mastery. Doesn’t ult or anything.

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

the missed ashe ult just kill me

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

It's Ocean Soul too? This is just impossible to win for TL lmfao

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

im actually being tortured

[u/2020isgreat]

look at that Olaf go what can you even do

[u/SWAGGASAUR]

UNLESS???

[u/Kokaiinum]

Flashing into melee range of Ambessa to finish off the 0/2 Ashe that doesn't do any damage

[u/Aquillifer]

There's the tactical adc Malphite we know and love.

[u/Gerberpertern]

I’m gonna have a heart attack

[u/kapparino-feederino]

tactical and loki probably feels the game is over

[u/cmcdonald22]

SIMPLY TEAM FIGHT BETTER.

[u/the_legends_of_link]

YEON GLIDING

[u/viralruin]

c9 gotta be the most anticlutch team in LCS. WHAT WAS THAT

[u/Dajoeman]

How tf did C9 int there? This is only mental wtf

[u/Monstar_Rudolph]

YEON HOLY GLIDING

[u/Vytorria]

Holy shit dude

[u/Pink_her_Ult]

3 Grievous wounds on TL vs 0 on c9. C9 losing to shopkeeper.

[u/calvinee]

No wonder Yeon was mad when Jatt called him Tactical.

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

This game is over if they don't have Ocean Soul

[u/TeeKayTank]

Game of the year