The LOL: League Championship Series (LCS) is a professional League of Legends betting tournament held in the United States and Canada. Riot Games manages the LCS eSports league. The LCS Summer is the third and the last major tournament in the LOL League Championship Series, which is held in the month of August.

Being one of the most popular eSports in the world makes the tournament very attractive for punters. So, if you would like to bet on LCS Summer matches, then keep on reading below, as we will provide LCS Summer betting predictions, tips, and odds, along with all the other information you need to become an informed punter for the League of Legends.

LOL: League Championship Series Summer (LCS Summer) Betting Prediction, Tips, and Odds 2023

The League Of Legends League Championship Series takes place in three parts. The first is the LOL LCS LCS Lock-In, the second is LCS Spring, and the third and final one of the year is the LCS Summer. Thus the LCS Summer is a yearly event that is the last event in the League Championship Series.

The League Championship Series Summer 2022 was a huge success, and Cloud9 was the ultimate winner. As a result, the team Cloud9 will also get to participate in the LOL 2022 World Championship. The League Championship Series Summer 2023 is yet to start. The tentative dates are in August 2023. We will provide you with the LCS Summer 2023 betting prediction, tips, and odds when the tournament teams are chosen, and the match lineup is revealed.

LOL: League Championship Series Summer Bets

First Blood Bets – In this type of bet, you get to bet on a player or a team, where you predict if they will be able to score the first kill of the match or not.

Race To 5 Or 10 Bets – In this type of bet, you can bet on a team to reach the goal of winning five or ten consecutive wins faster than any other team. This is a rare type of bet which is available only at a few big bookmakers.

Total Kills Bets – As the name suggests, you can choose some imaginary number of kills and bet on a team or player. Then, when the match or the tournament ends, if the team or the player you bet on scores the number you predict or comes close to it, you win.

Match Winner Bets – This is the most common bet type available on all the bookmakers for LOL matches. Here you have to predict the match winner before the game starts.

Outright Winner Bets – In outright winner bets, you can bet on a team to win the LCS Summer playoff round and become the ultimate winner of the whole tournament.

LOL – League Championship Series Format

The LOL LCS Summer is one of the prominent tournaments in the world of League of Legends betting. A total of ten teams participate in this tournament. The LCS summer is held in two parts to make the tournament more entertaining and transparent. The first is the group stage, and the second is the playoffs.

League Championship Series Group Stage

The game format is the main attraction of the group stage at League Of Legends League Championship Series Summer. All the matches played BO1 (best of one). In simple terms, two teams battle against each other to win a game on only one map.

The team which wins the match proceeds to play against the next team in the matchup. The group stage is a fast-paced part of the tournament. All the games are played according to the “Double Round Robin,” where each team plays a total of 18 matches.

So a total of 180 matches are played in the group stage. The group stage’s top eight winners advance to the LCS summer’s playoff round.

• First and second place are seeded into the semi-finals of the playoffs.
• Third through the sixth teams are placed in the upper bracket of the Quarterfinals.
• Moreover, the Lower Bracket Round 1 is seeded with the seventh and eighth-ranked teams in the group stages.

League Championship Series Playoffs

The playoffs start with eight teams playing against each other in BO5 (best of five) matches. In simple terms, two teams face each other in a series of five games where the winner is decided by the number of matches won by a team out of five.

The playoff matches follow the Double Elimination method to choose the final winner. The top three rankers of the playoff format participate in the LOL World Championship.

League Of Legends: LCS Summer 2022 Winner

The League of Legends LCS 2022 started with the LCS Lock-In tournament, followed by the LCS Spring 2022 and the League Of Legends LCS 2022 Summer. LCS Summer 2022 was held from June 18, 2022, to September 11, 2022.

A total of ten teams were selected for the summer tournament of LCS, where they faced each other in group stage matches. The winner of LCS Summer 2022 was Cloud9. The runner-ups for the LCS Summer 2022 were 100 Thieves and Evil Geniuses. The top three teams of the LCS summer tournament get to participate in the LOL 2022 World Championship.

LCS 2022 Summer Tournament Major Award Winners

• The LCS Summer 2022 MVP award was claimed by “Inspired” from the team Evil Geniuses.
• The LCS Summer 2022 “Coaching Team of the Split” award was given to “Thinkcard” and “Croissant.” Both the players belong to the team Counter Logic Gaming.
• The award for the “1st All-Pro Team” was given to  Ssumday from the team “100 Thieves” and to Inspired, jojopyun, Danny, and Vulcan from the term “Evil Geniuses.”

Final Thoughts

To conclude, we can say that the League Of Legends LCS Summer is one of the world’s most prominent eSports tournaments, attracting fans and punters from all corners of the world. During the LCS Summer, all the esports sportsbooks are busy collecting bets from hundreds of thousands of players, and if you are among them, then we believe you will be able to make much safer bets after going through our guide to LOL LCS Summer betting.

FAQs

Q1. Who organizes the LCS Summer tournaments?

Answer: The League Of Legends LCS Summer tournament is organized by Riot Games. The sponsors for the LCS Summer 2022 were State Farm, Alienware, and Secretlab.

Q2. What is the format of the LCS summer playoffs?

Answer: The LCS Summer playoff is a double-elimination BO5 format. Where teams play against each other to win the best of five matches.

Q3. How do teams qualify for the League Of Legends Worlds LCS?

Answer: The top three teams in the League Of Legends LCS Summer playoffs participate in the LOL Worlds LCS.