2018 GPL/SEA Tour season

2018 GPL/SEA Tour season
League	Garena Premier League/League of Legends SEA Tour
Sport	League of Legends
Duration	28 March – 1 April (Spring) 28 March – 1 April (Summer)
Number of teams	5 (Spring) 8 (Summer)
Spring Split
Champions	Ascension Gaming
Runners-up	Saigon Jokers
Summer Split
Champions	Ascension Gaming
Runners-up	MEGA Esports
Seasons
← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 GPL season was the seventh edition of the Garena Premier League, a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends, the multiplayer online battle arena video game. The spring split was a fully professional League of Legends league over all of the Southeast Asia region, with 16 teams from 5 countries/areas to determine which team is the best in the region. ^[1] The event was replaced by the 2018 SEA Tour, also known as Globe Conquerors Manila 2018 (GCM), for the summer split. It had 8 teams from 5 countries participating to determine which team is the best in the region.

Spring[edit]

Format[edit]

• Five teams participate

• Winners of PGS, LCM, SLS, LGS, and TPL.

• Group Stage

• Single round robin
• Matches are best of one
• Top four teams advance to Playoffs

• Playoffs

• Single elimination bracket
• Matches are best of five

• Winner qualifies for the 2018 Mid-Season Invitational Play-In

Qualifications[edit]

Countries	Slot	League
Malaysia	1	2018 LCM Spring
Singapore	1	2018 SLS Spring
Philippines	1	2018 PGS Spring
Thailand	1	2018 TPL Spring
Indonesia	1	2018 LGS Spring

Qualified teams[edit]

5 teams from 5 countries/areas

Counties	League	Team(s)	ID
Philippines	Pro Gaming Series (PGS)	Mineski	MSK
Malaysia	LOL Championship Malaysia (LCM)	KL Hunters	KLH
Singapore	Singapore Legends Series (SLS)	Sovereign	SVR
Thailand	Thailand Pro League (TPL)	Ascension Gaming	ASC
Indonesia	LOL Garuda Series (LGS)	Bigetron E-Sports	BGE

Results[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Matches are best of one ^{[2] [3]}

#	Team		~	MSK	ASC	SVR	KLH	BGE		W	L	±
1	Mineski		MSK	~	1−0	1−0	0−1	1−0		3	1	+2
2	Ascension Gaming		ASC	0−1	~	1−0	1−0	1−0		3	1	+2
3	Sovereign		SVR	0−1	0−1	~	1−0	1−0		2	2	+0
4	KL Hunters		KLH	0−1	0−1	1−0	~	1−0		2	2	+0
5	Bigetron E-Sports		BGE	0−1	0−1	0−1	0−1	~		0	4	−4

Playoffs[edit]

	Semi-finals				Finals
	31 March
	Mineski	1
					1 April
	KL Hunters	3
					KL Hunters	1
	31 March
					Ascension Gaming	3
	Ascension Gaming [4]	3
	Sovereign	0
					3rd-place match
					1 April
					Mineski	3
					Sovereign	0

Final standings[edit]

Place	Team	Qualification
1st	Ascension Gaming	2018 MSI Play-In Rift Rivals 2018
2nd	KL Hunters	Rift Rivals 2018
3rd	Mineski	Rift Rivals 2018
4th	Sovereign
5th	Bigetron E-Sports

Summer[edit]

Format[edit]

• Eight teams participate

• With the recent conclusion of the 2018 GPL Spring, Thailand, Philippines and Malaysia will have 2 teams each country, while Singapore and Indonesia will have 1 team each country.

• Group Stage

• Teams are drawn into two groups based on seeding. Four teams each group.

• If a country has 2 teams, they can not placed in same group (with this, team from Indonesia can not placed in same group with team from Singapore).
• The top seeds from Thailand and Malaysia can not placed in same group.

• Double Round Robin.
• Matches are best of one.
• Top two teams each group advance to semifinals.

• Semifinals

• 1st place teams from the group stage each face a 2nd place team.
• Matches are best of five.
• Winners advance to final.

• Final

• Match is best of five.
• Winner qualifies for the 2018 Season World Championship Play-In

Qualifications[edit]

Countries	Slot	League
Malaysia	2	2018 Malaysia Qualifiers
Philippines	2	2018 Philippines Qualifiers
Thailand	2	2018 Thailand Qualifiers
Indonesia	1	2018 Indonesia Qualifiers
Singapore	1	2018 Singapore Qualifiers

Qualified teams[edit]

8 teams from 5 countries/areas ^[5]

Counties	Seed	Team(s)	ID
Philippines	1	Mineski	MSK
	2	ArkAngel	AA
Malaysia	1	KL Hunters	KLH
	2	Team Anything	TAT
Thailand	1	Ascension Gaming	ASC
	2	MEGA Esports	MG
Singapore	1	Resurgence	RSG
Indonesia	1	Bigetron E-Sports	BGE

Results[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Matches are best of one ^[6][7]

Group A

#	Team		~	ASC	RSG	MSK	TAT		W	L	±
1	Ascension Gaming		ASC	~	2−0	2−0	2−0		6	0	+6
2	Resurgence		RGS	0−2	~	1−1	2−0		3	3	+0
3	Mineski		MSK	0−1	1−1	~	1−1		2	4	−2
4	Team Anything		KLH	0−2	0−2	1−1	~		1	5	−4

Group B

#	Team		~	MG	KLH	AA	BGE		W	L	±
1	MEGA Esports		MG	~	1−1	1−1	2−0		4	2	+2
2	KL Hunters		KLH	1−1	~	1−1	2−0		4	2	+2
3	ArkAngel		AA	1−1	1−1	~	1−1		3	3	+0
4	Bigetron E-Sports		BGE	0−2	0−2	1−1	~		1	5	−4

• 1st Place Tiebreaker MEGA Esports 1− 0 KL Hunters

Playoffs[edit]

	Semi-finals				Finals
	18 August
	Ascension Gaming	3
					19 August
	KL Hunters	1
					Ascension Gaming	3
	18 August
					MEGA Esports	0
	MEGA Esports	3
	Resurgence	1

Final standings[edit]

Place	Prize	Team	Qualification
1st	$100,000	Ascension Gaming	2018 Season World Championship Play-In
2nd	$50,000	MEGA Esports[8]
3rd-4th	$25,000	KL Hunters
		Resurgence
5-6th	$15,000	ArkAngel
		Mineski
7-8th	$10,000	Bigetron E-Sports
		Team Anything

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website

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