NA and EU Spring Playoffs Quarterfinals: Day 1

Today, we have the first round of quarterfinal matches for both the NA LCS and the EU LCS.  Instead of the usual "Best of 1" format that is used in the group stage, this weekend we'll see best of 5s, which works to the benefit of some teams and the detriment of others.

Saturday, April 4th Best of 5 Schedule:

8:00 AM PST - H2K vs Copenhagen Wolves

Regular Season: 1 - 1 (Most Recent Win: H2K)

Prediction: 3 - 1 H2K.  Best of fives will give the Wolves a better chance at taking down H2K, but honestly the Wolves managed to lose their last regular season game to the #9 Giants by quite a margin--it would be a miracle for them to pull off a best of five against what could be one of the top two teams in Europe right now.

12:00 PM PST - Counter Logic Gaming vs Team Liquid

Regular Season: 0 - 2 (Team Liquid took both games)

Prediction: 3 - 1 Counter Logic Gaming.  Even though both encounters in the regular season ended in Team Liquid wins, both were done when KEITH was in the ADC position.  Although this time around they've had a few more wins with Piglet, TL had a better record in the 6 (of 18) games KEITH was ADC then in the 12 games Piglet has taken the position.  With Piglet, they've had wins against Team 8 (#7), Team Dignitas (#9), and Team Coast x2 (#10).  In contrast, the 5 wins with KEITH were against Team SoloMid (#1), Counter Logic Gaming x2 (#3), Team Impulse (#4). and Gravity (#5).  Because Counter Logic Gaming has a difficult time in the playoff stage in general (it's never been their strongest show of skill), Team Liquid will take a game off them, but Counter Logic Gaming will take the series.

Full Brackets:

NA LCS

Quarterfinals

Sunday, April 5th  12:00 PM PST

Team Impulse (4)

Gravity (5)

Bye

Team SoloMid (1)

Saturday, April 4th 12:00 PM PST

Counter Logic Gaming (3)

Team Liquid (6)

Bye

Cloud 9 (2)

EU LCS

Quarterfinals

Sunday, April 5th 8:00 AM PST

Gambit (4)

Unicorns of Love (5)

Bye

SK Gaming (1)

Saturday, April 4th 8:00 AM PST

H2K (3)

Copenhagen Wolves (6)

Bye

Fnatic (2)