2015 GPL season

The 2015 GPL season was the fourth edition of the Garena Premier League, a Riot Games-organised tournament for League of Legends, the multiplayer online battle arena video game. It is a fully professional League of Legends league over all of the Southeast Asia region, with 16 teams from 5 countries/areas to determine which team is the best in the region.

Format

 * Group Stage #1
 * 16 teams divided into 4 groups of 4 (8 Seeded, 8 Unseeded)
 * Double Round Robin, Each match is Best of Two.
 * 2:0 Winning team receives 3 points.
 * 1:1 Both teams receive 1 point.
 * Top 2 teams from each group advance to Group Stage 2.
 * All Ties Broken by Head-to-Head Record
 * Leading team in 4 group at GPL Spring 2015 after week 4 will be qualified to participate Taipei IEM play-off
 * Group Stage #2
 * 8 teams divided into 2 groups of 4 (4 Seeded, 4 Unseeded)
 * Double Round Robin, Each match is Best of Two.
 * 2:0 Winning team receives 3 points.
 * 1:1 Both teams receive 1 point.
 * Top 2 teams from each group advance to Playoffs.
 * All Ties Broken by Head-to-Head Record
 * Play-off
 * Four teams participate
 * Both 1st place teams from Group Stage #2 plays 2nd place from the other group in the semifinals
 * Matches are best of five
 * Winner qualifies for the IWCI 2015
 * Finalists qualify for the SEA Finals

Group stage

 * Group Stage #1
 * Group A


 * Group B


 * Group C


 * Group D


 * Group Stage #2
 * Group A

Tiebreaker Match 🇹🇭 Bangkok Titans 2−0 269 Gaming


 * Group B

Format

 * Group Stage #1
 * 16 teams divided into 4 groups of 4 (8 Seeded, 8 Unseeded)
 * Double Round Robin, Each match is Best of Two.
 * 2:0 Winning team receives 3 points.
 * 1:1 Both teams receive 1 point.
 * Top 2 teams from each group advance to Group Stage #2.
 * All Ties Broken by Head-to-Head Record before the tie-breaker.
 * Leading team in 4 group at GPL Spring 2015 after week 4 will be qualified to participate Taipei IEM play-off
 * Group Stage #2
 * One group with 8 teams.
 * Single Round Robin, Each match is Best of One.
 * Top 4 teams advance to the Play-off.
 * All ties broken by Head-to-Head Record before the tie-breaker.
 * Play-off
 * Single-elimination bracket of 4 teams, Group Stage #2 #1 Seed vs. Group Stage #2 #4 Seed and Group Stage #2 #2 Seed vs. Group Stage #2 #3 Seed.
 * Matches are best of five
 * Top 2 teams qualify to SEA Finals

Qualifications

 * Bangkok Titans has already qualified to SEA Finals. The spot will be replaced by the third place team.

Qualified teams
6 teams from 5 countries/areas

Group stage

 * Group Stage #1
 * Group A

2nd Tiebreaker match Thirsty Chinchillas 0−1  ZOTAC United


 * Group B

3rd Tiebreaker match Wargods 0−1  Imperium Pro Team


 * Group C


 * Group D

3rd Tiebreaker match 🇹🇭 Go To Sleep 1−0  Mineski

Double Round Robin. Top 4 teams advance to Knock-out stage.
 * Group Stage #2

Format

 * Top 2 teams from 2015 GPL Spring and 2015 GPL Summer.
 * If additional teams are needed to reach 4 total teams, they will be added in order of 2015 GPL Summer Split finish.
 * Single-elimination bracket.
 * Each match is Best of Five.
 * Winner qualifies for the 2015 International Wildcard Tournament.

Qualified teams
4 teams from 2 countries/areas