KeSPA Cup 2016

2016 LoL KeSPA Cup
Tournament Information
Organizer	KeSPA SPOTV
Sponsor(s)	NAVER
Location & Dates
Region	KR Korea
Event Type	Offline
Country	South Korea
Start Date	2016-11-09
End Date	2016-11-19
Broadcast
Streams	Twitch Full List
Schedule	Spoiler-Free Schedule Export to Google Calendar
Social Media & Links

The 2016 LoL KeSPA Cup is the second time LoL will feature at the annual tournament, organized by the Korea e-Sports Association.

Overview[]

Format[]

• Fourteen teams participate: [Show][Hide]

• Qualifying Round
  • Single elimination
  • Matches are best of three
  • Finalists from the 2016 LCK Summer Playoffs are granted a bye to the Playoffs
• Playoffs
  • Single elimination
  • Final is best of five
  • All other matches are best of three
• Highest ranked 2016 LCK Summer team that does not participate in Playoffs qualifies for IEM Season 11 - Oakland
• Winner, or highest placed team other than SK Telecom T1, qualifies for IEM Season 11 - Gyeonggi

Prize Pool[]

₩ 100,000,000 South Korean Won are spread among the teams as seen below:

Place	Prize	Prize (%)	Team
1	₩40,000,000$33,600€31,600	40%	⁠⁠ROX Tigers
2	₩20,000,000$16,800€15,800	20%	⁠⁠Kongdoo Monster
3-4	₩10,000,000$8,400€7,900	10%	⁠⁠ESC Ever
			⁠⁠SK Telecom T1
5-8	₩5,000,000$4,200€3,950	5%	⁠⁠Samsung Galaxy
			⁠⁠KT Rolster
			⁠⁠MVP
			⁠⁠Jin Air Green Wings
9-14			⁠⁠CJ Entus
			⁠⁠Seoul
			⁠⁠Longzhu Gaming
			⁠⁠Afreeca Freecs
			⁠⁠Rising Star Gaming
			⁠⁠Chungnam

Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on November 19, 2016, as follows:

• ₩ 1 South Korean Won = $ 0.00084 US Dollars
• ₩ 1 South Korean Won = € 0.00079 Euros

Participants[]

From 2016 LCK Summer[]

Afreeca Freecs
⁠⁠
Lindarang
SeongHwan
Mickey
Sangyoon
SnowFlower
OnAir
AnimalDAX

CJ Entus
⁠⁠
Soul
Reach
Sky
MoMo
MadLife
Reach
viNylCat

ESC Ever
⁠⁠
Crazy
Bless
Tempt
LokeN
Totoro
Kim Ga-ram

Jin Air Green Wings
⁠⁠
SoHwan
Winged
Kuzan
Teddy
Chei
Han Sang-yong
Sweet

KT Rolster
⁠⁠
Ssumday
Steal
Score
Fly
Arrow
Hachani
Lee Ji-hoon
ZanDarc

Longzhu Gaming
⁠⁠
Expession
Crash
Frozen
Fury
Pure
Hirai
Lustboy

MVP
⁠⁠
ADD
Beyond
Ian
MaHa
Max
Hell
Saroo

ROX Tigers
⁠⁠
Smeb
Peanut
Cry
PraY
GorillA
NoFe
SSONG

Samsung Galaxy
⁠⁠
CuVee
Ambition
Crown
Stitch
Ruler
Wraith
CoreJJ
Edgar
Kim Jeong-soo

SK Telecom T1
⁠⁠
Duke
Profit
Bengi
Blank
Faker
Bang
Wolf
L.i.E.S
kkOma

From 2016 CK Summer Playoffs                     From 2016 KeG Championship[]

Kongdoo Monster
⁠⁠
Roach
Punch
Edge
SSol
GuGer
MC

Rising Star Gaming1
⁠⁠
Hyuni
Catch
BBanG
Crow
OdduGi
HighDin
Galbi

Chungnam
⁠⁠
WooTae
jaeha
FireRain
Jihoon
Chandong

Seoul
⁠⁠
Khan
Hoglet
BBO
Egoist
Hoit

¹ SBENU Korea has disbanded. Ever8 Winners was invited as a replacement but declined. RisingStar Gaming is invited as a replacement.^[1]

Results[]

Qualifying Round

[x]

⁠⁠SSG

2

⁠⁠RSG

0

⁠⁠ESC

2

⁠⁠CJ

0

⁠⁠KT

W

BYE

-

⁠⁠KSL

0

⁠⁠KDM

2

⁠⁠SKT

2

⁠⁠KCN

0

⁠⁠AF

0

⁠⁠MVP

2

⁠⁠ROX

W

BYE

-

⁠⁠LZ

1

⁠⁠JAG

2

Quarterfinals

<<

⁠⁠SSG

1

⁠⁠ESC

2

⁠⁠KT

1

⁠⁠KDM

2

⁠⁠SKT

2

⁠⁠MVP

0

⁠⁠ROX

2

⁠⁠JAG

1

Semifinals

⁠⁠ESC

0

⁠⁠KDM

2

⁠⁠SKT

0

⁠⁠ROX

2

Finals

⁠⁠KDM

1

⁠⁠ROX

3

Quarterfinals

<<

⁠⁠SSG

1

⁠⁠ESC

2

⁠⁠KT

1

⁠⁠KDM

2

⁠⁠SKT

2

⁠⁠MVP

0

⁠⁠ROX

2

⁠⁠JAG

1

Semifinals

⁠⁠ESC

0

⁠⁠KDM

2

⁠⁠SKT

0

⁠⁠ROX

2

Finals

⁠⁠KDM

1

⁠⁠ROX

3

Match Schedule[]

Show AllHide All

Results|Schedule

CD|You|PST|CET|KST

Patch: 6.21

[showhide] Qualifying Round
Wed 9 Nov - Fri 11 NovWed 9 Nov - Fri 11 NovWed 9 Nov - Fri 11 Nov2016,11,09,08,00 - 2016,11,11,11,00
Wed 2016-11-09
Wed 2016-11-09
Wed 2016-11-09
2016,11,09,08,00
ESC⁠⁠	2	0	9 November 2016 08:00:00 +0000-2016,11,09,08,0000:0009:0017:00		⁠⁠CJ
2016,11,09,11,00
KSL⁠⁠	0	2	9 November 2016 11:00:00 +0000-2016,11,09,11,0003:0012:0020:00		⁠⁠KDM
Thu 2016-11-10
Thu 2016-11-10
Thu 2016-11-10
2016,11,10,08,00
LZ⁠⁠	1	2	10 November 2016 08:00:00 +0000-2016,11,10,08,0000:0009:0017:00		⁠⁠JAG
2016,11,10,11,00
AF⁠⁠	0	2	10 November 2016 11:00:00 +0000-2016,11,10,11,0003:0012:0020:00		⁠⁠MVP
Fri 2016-11-11
Fri 2016-11-11
Fri 2016-11-11
2016,11,11,08,00
SSG⁠⁠	2	0	11 November 2016 08:00:00 +0000-2016,11,11,08,0000:0009:0017:00		⁠⁠RSG
2016,11,11,11,00
SKT⁠⁠	2	0	11 November 2016 11:00:00 +0000-2016,11,11,11,0003:0012:0020:00		⁠⁠KCN

Patch: 6.21

[showhide] Quarterfinals
Sat 12 Nov - Mon 14 NovSun 13 Nov - Mon 14 NovSun 13 Nov - Mon 14 Nov2016,11,13,05,00 - 2016,11,14,11,00
Sat 2016-11-12
Sun 2016-11-13
Sun 2016-11-13
2016,11,13,05,00
SSG⁠⁠	1	2	13 November 2016 05:00:00 +0000-2016,11,13,05,0021:0006:0014:00		⁠⁠ESC
Sun 2016-11-13
2016,11,13,08,00
KT⁠⁠	1	2	13 November 2016 08:00:00 +0000-2016,11,13,08,0000:0009:0017:00		⁠⁠KDM
Mon 2016-11-14
Mon 2016-11-14
Mon 2016-11-14
2016,11,14,08,00
SKT⁠⁠	2	0	14 November 2016 08:00:00 +0000-2016,11,14,08,0000:0009:0017:00		⁠⁠MVP
2016,11,14,11,00
ROX⁠⁠	2	1	14 November 2016 11:00:00 +0000-2016,11,14,11,0003:0012:0020:00		⁠⁠JAG

Patch: 6.21

[showhide] Semifinals
Fri 18 NovFri 18 NovFri 18 Nov2016,11,18,08,00 - 2016,11,18,11,00
Fri 2016-11-18
Fri 2016-11-18
Fri 2016-11-18
2016,11,18,08,00
ESC⁠⁠	0	2	18 November 2016 08:00:00 +0000-2016,11,18,08,0000:0009:0017:00		⁠⁠KDM
2016,11,18,11,00
SKT⁠⁠	0	2	18 November 2016 11:00:00 +0000-2016,11,18,11,0003:0012:0020:00		⁠⁠ROX

Patch: 6.21

[showhide] Finals
Sat 19 NovSat 19 NovSat 19 Nov2016,11,19,09,00 - 2016,11,19,09,00
Sat 2016-11-19
Sat 2016-11-19
Sat 2016-11-19
2016,11,19,09,00
KDM⁠⁠	1	3	19 November 2016 09:00:00 +0000-2016,11,19,09,0001:0010:0018:00		⁠⁠ROX

VODs & Match Links[]

[show allhide all] VODs & Match Links
[showhide] Qualifying Round
Team 1	Team 2	Score	Reddit	VODs
⁠⁠ESC	⁠⁠CJ	2 - 0	Link	Vod
				Vod
⁠⁠KSL	⁠⁠KDM	0 - 2	Link	Vod
				Vod
⁠⁠LZ	⁠⁠JAG	1 - 2	Link	Vod
				Vod
				Vod
⁠⁠AF	⁠⁠MVP	0 - 2	Link	Vod
				Vod
⁠⁠SSG	⁠⁠RSG	2 - 0		Vod
				Vod
⁠⁠SKT	⁠⁠KCN	2 - 0	Link	Vod
				Vod
[showhide] Quarterfinals
Team 1	Team 2	Score	Reddit	VODs
⁠⁠SSG	⁠⁠ESC	1 - 2	Link	Vod
				Vod
				Vod
⁠⁠KT	⁠⁠KDM	1 - 2	Link	Vod
				Vod
				Vod
⁠⁠SKT	⁠⁠MVP	2 - 0	Link	Vod
				Vod
⁠⁠ROX	⁠⁠JAG	2 - 1		Vod
				Vod
				Vod
[showhide] Semifinals
Team 1	Team 2	Score	Reddit	VODs
⁠⁠ESC	⁠⁠KDM	0 - 2		Vod
				Vod
⁠⁠SKT	⁠⁠ROX	0 - 2	Link	Vod
				Vod
[showhide] Finals
Team 1	Team 2	Score	Reddit	VODs
⁠⁠KDM	⁠⁠ROX	1 - 3	Link	Vod
				Vod
				Vod
				Vod

Media[]

Streams[]

• 
  Twitch
• 
  Twitch

Articles & Videos[]

• November 8, 2016 KeSPA Cup Preview by Emily Rand on theScore

Interviews[]

Announcements[]

• September 21, 2016 LoL KeSPA Cup, 오는 11월 9일 개막… 국내 유일 LoL 단기 토너먼트 (Korean)
• October 6, ‘2016 LoL KeSPA Cup’ 참가 14개팀 확정, 11월 2일부터 티켓 판매 (Korean)
• October 17, 2016 LoL KeSPA Cup 참가 팀 변경 안내 (Korean)
• November 2, 2016 LoL KeSPA Cup 참가 팀 로스터 공개 (Korean)
• November 2, ‘2016 LoL KeSPA Cup’ 12강 대진 완성…개막전 ESC vs. CJ (Korean)
• November 2, 2016 LoL KeSPA Cup 12강, 8강 티켓 판매 안내 (Korean)

Additional Content[]

Additional Links[]

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