2017 GPL season

2017 GPL season
LeagueGarena Premier League
SportLeague of Legends
Duration
  • 12 April – 16 April (Spring)
  • 21 August – 27 August (Summer)
Number of teams
  • 6 (Spring)
  • 7 (Summer)
Spring Split
ChampionsVietnam GIGABYTE Marines
  Runners-upThailand Ascension Gaming
Summer Split
ChampionsVietnam GIGABYTE Marines
  Runners-upVietnam Young Generation
GPL seasons

The 2017 GPL season was the sixth edition of the Garena Premier League, a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends, the multiplayer online battle arena video game. It is a fully professional League of Legends league over all of the Southeast Asia region, with 6 teams from 6 countries/areas to determine which team is the best in the region, and is the qualification tournament for Southeast Asian teams to play at the MSI 2017, the Rift Rivals 2017, and the 2017 League of Legends World Championship.

Spring

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Format

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  • Six teams participate
  • Teams from PGS, TLC MY, TLC SG, and LGS start in the Group Stage
  • Teams from VCS and TLCS receive a bye to the Playoffs
  • Group Stage
  • Double round robin
  • Matches are best of one
  • Top two teams advance to Playoffs
  • Playoffs
  • Single elimination bracket
  • 1st place team of Group Stage faces TLCS team, 2nd place team faces VCS team.
  • Matches are best of five
  • Winner qualifies for MSI 2017
  • Top 3 teams qualify for Rift Rivals 2017 (3rd place is granted to the semifinals loser with the higher Group Stage finish)

Participants

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6 teams from 6 countries/areas [1]

Countries Slot League Team ID
 Vietnam 1 VCS Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines GAM
 Singapore 1 TLC SG Singapore Team Rigel RG
 Philippines 1 PGS Philippines Mineski MSK
 Thailand 1 TPL Thailand Ascension Gaming ASC
 Indonesia 1 LGS Indonesia Fortius FTS
 Malaysia 1 TPL MY Malaysia KL Hunters KLH

Results

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Group stage

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Double Round Robin. Top 4 teams advance to Bracket Stage. [2] [3] [4]

# Team ~ MSK KLH FTS RG W L ±
1 Philippines Mineski MSK ~ 2−0 1−1 1−1 4 2 +2
2 Malaysia KL Hunters KLH 0−2 ~ 2−0 2−0 4 2 +2
3 Indonesia Fortius FTS 1−1 0−2 ~ 1−1 2 4 −2
4 Singapore ⁠Team Rigel RG 1−1 0−2 1−1 ~ 2 4 −2

Bracket Stage

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  • 1st place team of Group Stage chooses between 3rd and 4th place to be their semifinal opponent
  • Matches are best of five. [5] [6]
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
April 14
 
 
Thailand Ascension Gaming 3
 
April 16
 
Philippines Mineski 2
 
Thailand Ascension Gaming 0
 
April 14
 
Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines [8] 3
 
Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines [7] 3
 
 
Malaysia KL Hunter 2
 

Final standings

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Place Team Qualification
1st [9] Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines MSI 2017
Rift Rivals 2017
2nd Thailand Ascension Gaming Rift Rivals 2017
3rd Philippines Mineski Rift Rivals 2017
4th Malaysia KL Hunter
5th Indonesia⁠ Fortius
6th Singapore ⁠Team Rigel

Summer

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Format

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  • Seven teams participate
  • Winners of PGS, TLC MY, SLS, LGS, and the 2nd place team of VCS start in the Group Stage
  • Winners of VCS and TLCS receive a bye to the Playoffs
  • Group Stage
  • Double round robin
  • Matches are best of one
  • Top two teams advance to Playoffs
  • Playoffs
  • Double elimination bracket
  • 1st place team of Group Stage faces TLCS team, 2nd place team faces VCS #1 team.
  • Matches are best of five

Participants

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7 teams from 6 countries/areas

Countries Slot League Team ID
 Vietnam 1 VCS Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines GAM
2 Vietnam Young Generation YG
 Singapore 1 SLS Singapore Resurgence RSG
 Philippines 1 PGS Philippines Team Manila Eagles TME
 Thailand 1 TLCS Thailand Ascension Gaming ASC
 Indonesia 1 LGS Indonesia Headhunters H2
 Malaysia 1 TLC MY Malaysia KL Hunters KLH

Results

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Group stage

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Double Round Robin. Top 5 teams advance to Bracket Stage. [10]

# Team ~ YG TME RSG KLH H2 W L ±
1 Vietnam Young Generation YG ~ 2−0 2−0 1−1 2−0 7 1 +6
2 Philippines Team Manila Eagles TME 0−2 ~ 2−0 2−0 1−1 5 3 +2
3 Singapore Resurgence RSG 0−2 0−2 ~ 2−0 2−0 4 4 0
4 Malaysia ⁠KL Hunters RG 1−1 0−2 0−2 ~ 2−0 3 5 −2
5 Indonesia ⁠Headhunters H2 0−2 1−1 0−2 0−2 ~ 1 7 −6

Bracket Stage

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  • Matches are best of five.
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
August 25
 
 
Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines 3
 
August 26
 
Philippines ⁠Team Manila Eagles 0
 
Thailand Ascension Gaming 0
 
August 25
 
Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines 3
 
Thailand Ascension Gaming 3
 
 
Vietnam Young Generation 2
 


 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
August 26
 
 
Vietnam Young Generation 3
 
 
 
Philippines ⁠Team Manila Eagles 0
 
 
 
August 27
 
 
 
Thailand Ascension Gaming 2
 
 
Vietnam Young Generation 3
 

Final standings

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Place Team Qualification
1st Vietnam GIGABYTE Marines 2017 Season World Championship Main Event
2nd Vietnam Young Generation 2017 Season World Championship Play-In
3rd Thailand Ascension Gaming
4th Philippines Team Manila Eagles
5th Singapore Resurgence
6th Malaysia⁠ KL Hunters
7th Indonesia ⁠Headhunters

References

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  1. ^ "GPL Spring 2017". April 15, 2017 – via Flickr.
  2. ^ "Vietnam Esports TV - Bảng xếp hạng GPL Mùa Xuân 2017 ngày 12.04 đây! Hẹn gặp lại các bạn vào 13 giờ ngày mai 13.04 nhé! | Facebook". www.facebook.com.
  3. ^ "Vòng bảng GPL Mùa Xuân 2017 khởi tranh vào chiều nay".
  4. ^ "LMHT: Tổng hợp kết quả vòng bảng GPL Spring 2017 lượt đi ngày 12/4/2017". LAG. April 13, 2017.
  5. ^ "Thay đổi thể thức GPL Mùa Xuân 2017, Garena cho đội tuyển Việt Nam vào thẳng Bán Kết mà chả phải đ.ánh gì cả". Việt Giải Trí. June 2, 2017.
  6. ^ "Ascension Gaming vs. Gigabyte Marines / GPL 2017 Spring - Finals / Post-Match Discussion". April 16, 2017.
  7. ^ "GAM đặt chân vào trận chung kết GPL mùa xuân 2017 với màn lội ngược dòng thần thánh". April 14, 2017.
  8. ^ "GPL Mùa Xuân 2017: Hủy diệt ASC, GAM tự tin bước vào MSI 2017". thanhnien.vn. April 17, 2017.
  9. ^ https://escharts.com/tournaments/lol/gpl-spring-2017
  10. ^ "Mineski.net - Esports News and Features". Mineski.net.
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