LYON maintained a dominant form to sweep Team Liquid 3-0 on Sunday and take home the championship of the LCS Spring playoffs in Los Angeles.
Just one map exceeded 40 minutes of play as LYON coasted to a grand final victory that locked up qualification to the Mid-Season Invitational in Daejeon, South Korea, and the Esports World Cup in Paris. The Mid-Season Invitational begins later this month and carries into July while the EWC begins three days after the MSI ends.
The Mexican esports organization prevailed in 42 and 37 minutes before making short work of Liquid to wrap up the victory in 35 minutes.
It was a disappointing result for the Liquid side, which a day earlier had downed Cloud9 in a sweep of their own in the lower bracket final to qualify for Sunday’s championship.
Yet it continued a run of control from LYON, which likewise swept Cloud9 to qualify for the championship match after defeating Liquid 3-2 in the upper bracket semifinals in May.
The rematch was decidedly one-sided, as Kan “Saint” Seong-in of South Korea racked up 17 kills and 23 assists, while compatriot Kim “Berserker” Min-cheol posted a kill-death-assist ratio of 16-2-25. Australia’s Jonah “Isles” Rosario contributed 41 assists while Niship “Dhokla” Doshi added 28 assists.
No Liquid competitors could manage more kills than deaths. Lim “Quid” Hyeon-seung had the most kills with nine while fellow South Korean Jo “CoreJJ” Yong-in was the leading assist-getter with 15.
Eight teams competed in the best-of-three matches in the round-robin regular season, with the top six advancing to the playoffs of the League of Legends event. The double-elimination playoffs were all best-of-five matches in a double-elimination format.
As tournament runner-up, Team Liquid also qualified for the Mid-Season Invitational.
LCS 2026 Spring final standings
1. LYON (Mid-Season Invitational berth, Esports World Cup berth)
2. Team Liquid (Mid-Season Invitational berth)
3. Cloud9
4. FlyQuest
5-6. Sentinels, Shopify Rebellion
7. Disguised
8. Dignitas
–Field Level Media
