Team Liquid and Shopify Rebellion got on the board with wins to conclude Week 1 of the League Championship Series Summer Split on Sunday.
Liquid swept Cloud9 2-0, and Shopify Rebellion did the same to Disguised. The regular season kicked off Saturday with victories by LYON and Sentinels.
The LCS Summer Split is an eight-team event that began Saturday and will run through the finals in October. The seven-week round-robin regular season — in which all teams play each other once in a best-of-three match — will set the field for the six-team playoffs.
The top two teams in the regular season will advance to the playoff semifinals, while the third- through sixth-place teams will advance to the quarters. The bottom two teams in the standings are eliminated.
The playoffs, which run Sept. 12 through Oct. 4, are best-of-five and double elimination. The top three teams will advance to the World Championships, played in New York, Los Angeles and Allen, Texas, from Oct. 15 through Nov. 14.
On Sunday, Liquid ran through Cloud9 in 38 minutes and 29 minutes on blue. Sean “Yeon” Sung averaged a kills-deaths-assists ratio of 6.5-0.5-6.5 across the two maps for Liquid.
Shopify turned back Disguised in 40 minutes and 29 minutes, also playing on blue. Ibrahim “Fudge” Allami of Australia averaged a 6.5-0.5-7.0 K-D-A to guide Shopify.
The LCS 2026 Summer Split continues Saturday with two matches:
–Cloud9 vs. Dignitas
–FlyQuest vs. Disguised
LCS 2026 Summer Split Standings
Place, Team (Match Record, Map Record)
T1. LYON (1-0, 2-0)
T1. Shopify Rebellion (1-0, 2-0)
T1. Team Liquid (1-0, 2-0)
4. Sentinels (1-0, 2-1)
5. Dignitas (0-1, 1-2)
T6. Cloud9 (0-1, 0-2)
T6. Disguised (0-1, 0-2)
T6. FlyQuest (0-1, 0-2)
–Field Level Media
