2016 GPL season

The 2016 GPL season was the fifth 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 6 teams from 6 countries/areas to determine which team is the best in the region, and is the qualification tournament for Southeast Asian teams to play at the 2016 International Wildcard Invitational.

Format

 * Group Stage (Apr 6-8)
 * Single round robin
 * All matches are best of one
 * ' Knockout Stage (Apr 9-10)
 * Single Elimination
 * All matches are best of five

Participants
6 teams from 6 countries/areas

Group stage
Double Round Robin. Top 4 teams advance to Bracket Stage.

Bracket Stage

 * 1st place team of Group Stage chooses between 3rd and 4th place to be their semifinal opponent (BKT chooses KLH)
 * Matches are best of five.

Format

 * Group Stage (Apr 6-8)
 * Single round robin
 * All matches are best of one
 * ' Knockout Stage (Apr 9-10)
 * Single Elimination
 * All matches are best of five

Participants
6 teams from 6 countries/areas

Group stage
Double Round Robin. Top 4 teams advance to Bracket Stage.

Bracket Stage

 * 1st place team of Group Stage chooses between 3rd and 4th place to be their semifinal opponent
 * Matches are best of five.