Misfits’ and Fnatic’s Academy League of legends teams have qualified for the EU LCS.
Misfits beat Fnatic Academy 3-2 on Thursday April 13th to secure their place in the next split of the LCS.
And today (Saturday April 14th), Fnatic Academy beat Giants Gaming 3-0 to qualify.
This means that former LCS teams Giants Gaming and Origen will fall into the Challenger Series for the summer split 2017.
Both Misfits and Fnatic will now have to sell their academy team spots to other owners, as their main teams are already in the LCS, and Riot doesn’t allow an owner to have more than one team in the competition.
Both teams are obviously delighted with the win. Selling their spots should easily earn them around $1m each.
Before they made it to the LCS last year, Misfits originally qualified for the Challenger Series from the ESL UK & Ireland Premiership (playing as the Renegades Banditos). Their French ADC at the time, Yuuki60, who played with them in the UK scene, is now in Misfits’ academy side.
Misfits owner Ben Spoont thanked the team – and former manager Alicus – for reaching the LCS.
Just got off a video call with the newest LCS team. So incredibly proud of them. I let them know that I’ll be flying them all to Miami 🙂
— Ben Spoont (@benspoont) 13 April 2017
Incredible team – @TheCozQ @PridestalkerLoL @Yuukii60 @Misfits_Jisu @han3rd led by @Unlimited_EUW . These guys deserve all the glory
— Ben Spoont (@benspoont) 13 April 2017
.@TheCozQ @PridestalkerLoL @Yuukii60 @Misfits_Jisu @han3rd @Unlimited_EUW And of course @AlicusOfficial for being an instrumental part in assembling this team
— Ben Spoont (@benspoont) 13 April 2017
See you in #EULCS everyone ?✌️pic.twitter.com/7y7Ztgt2E3
— Misfits (@MisfitsGG) 13 April 2017
You can watch the final game between Misfits Academy and Fnatic Academy here:
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