This Week in Esports [March 14th - March 20th]

Following the eighth week of regional leagues, we're back with This Week in Esports!

[Warning: This post contains event spoilers!]

Continue reading for current LCS & regional standings, team & player news, and more!

Table of Contents

• Current Standings
• [NA] LCS
• [EU] LCS
• [EU] Challenger Series
• [Korea] LCK
• [China] LPL
• [TW/HK/MO] LMS
• [BRAZIL] CBLOL
• Team, Player, Event & Organization News
• Riot & LCS
• NA
• EU

Current Standings:

The brackets and standings below are up to date as of Monday, March 20th and, as always, VODs can be found here and check out the various links to see advanced scheduling for the various regional leagues!

[NA] LCS:

• Standings after Week 8:

• Top Three
• TSM - Matches [14-2]
• Cloud9 - Matches [12-4]
• Phoenix1 - Matches [11-5]

• NA LCS Tonight - Week 8

• NA LCS Spring Split Infographic - Week Eight:

• Schedule  - LoL eSports //Esports Wikis
• 2017 NA LCS Spring Split: Team Schedules

[EU] LCS:

• Standings after Week 8:

• Group A Top 2:
• G2 Esports - [10-0]
• Misfits - [7-3]
• Group B Top 2:
• Unicorns of Love - [8-2]
• H2K - [7-3]

• Post Game Lobby: EULCS Spring Week 8 Recap

•  Schedule  - LoL eSports //Esports Wikis

[EU] Challenger Series

• The Misfits Academy has defeated FC Schalke 04 in the EU Challenger Series Spring Finals, taking home prize money and qualifiying for the EU LCS Summer Promotion!  Look for FNATIC Academy to face off vs Paris Saint-Germain on March 26th!

[Korea] LCK:

• Standings after Week 8:

• Top Three

• SK telecom T1: 13W - 1L
• Samsung Galaxy: 10W - 4L
• kt Rolster: 10W - 4L

• Schedule/Teams/Standings - Esports Wiki

[China] LPL:

• Standings after Week 6:

• Group A Top 2

• Royal Never Give Up: 7W - 2L
• Invictis Gaming: 5W - 4L

• Group B Top 2

• Team WE: 8W - 2L
• Edward Gaming:7W - 3L

• Schedule/Teams/Standings - Esports Wikis

[TW/HK/MO] LMS: 

• Standings after Week 7:

• Top Four:
• Flash Wolves: 10W - 0L
• ahq e-Sports Club: 7W - 2L
• J Team: 6W - 4L
• Hong Kong Esports: 5W - 4L

• Schedule/Teams/Standings - Esports Wikis

[BRAZIL] CBLOL: 

• Standings after the last games of the group stages:

• Top Four:
• INTZ e-Sports: 5 - 1 - 1
• RED Canids 5 - 1 - 1 
• paiN Gaming: 4 - 2 - 1
• Keyd Stars: 3 - 2 - 2

• Schedule/Teams/Standings - Esports Wikis

Team, Player, Event & Organization News

Riot & LCS:

• Riot Competitive Rulings:

• [LPL] Xie "icon" Tian-Yu is suspended for the next LPL match due to disrespectful behavior towards referees.

• [CBLOL] RED Canids is fined due to an unauthorized pause during a CBLOL match.

• [TCL] Lamine-Lounis "Kanani" Khouani is banned from all Riot-affiliated tournaments for 11 weeks due to display of unprofessional behavior/insults. Anıl “Decagon Moon” Öztürk and Eren “Zenith” Aydın are banned from all Riot-affiliated tournaments for 6 months due to display of extremely inappropriate behavior.

• Tons of photos from LCS available on the lol esports flickr!

EU:

• [Fnatic] Nicholas "NicoThePico" Korsgård leaves coaching role. Finlay "Quaye" Stewart becomes the interim coach. Garki joins as the temporary team manager.

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