The 2013 NA LCS season was the first year of the North American League of Legends Championship Series. It was divided into spring and summer splits, each consisting of a regular season and playoff stage. The top six teams from the regular season advanced to the playoff stage, with the top two teams receiving a bye to the semifinals. Regular season games were played in a film studio in Sawtelle, Los Angeles, California.
The spring split began on February 7 and concluded with the spring finals on April 28. Both the regular season and playoffs were won by Team SoloMid with a roster consisting of Dyrus, TheOddOne, Reginald, WildTurtle, and Xpecial.
The summer regular season and playoffs were both won by Cloud9 in their debut split, with a roster consisting of Balls, Meteos, Hai, Sneaky and LemonNation. Cloud9 also set a historic regular season finish of 25–3, a record which stood until PAX 2013."3 Competitive League Of Legends Matches To Turn You Into A Fan".
Cloud9, TeamSoloMid and Team Vulcun qualified for the Season 3 World Championship by placing first, second and third respectively in the summer playoffs."League Of Legends Season 3 Championship Series Details Announced". January 10, 2013.
Spring Regular season
Playoffs Bracket
Final standings Team Relegation 1 Team SoloMid 2 Good Game University 3 Team Vulcun 4 Team Curse 5–6 Counter Logic Gaming Promotion tournament Team Dignitas
Promotion tournament
Summer Regular season
Playoffs Bracket
Final standings Team Qualification or relegation 1 Cloud9 2013 League of Legends World Championship 2 Team SoloMid 3 Team Vulcun 4 Team Dignitas 5 Counter Logic Gaming 6 Team Curse Promotion tournament
Promotion tournament
References
External links Season Three Official Rules ()