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Introduction
The 2017 North American League of Legends Championship Series Summer Split (NA LCS) is a combination of the regular summer season, the promotion tournament, the playoffs, and the regional qualifiers. The 2017 regular summer season was when all the teams versed each other. The promotion tournament was played between the bottom NA LCS teams and the top Challenger Series (CS) teams.The playoffs was played between the top NA LCS teams which determined the champion of the NA LCS and seeding for Worlds. After the playoffs, the regional qualifiers was the final chance for a NA LCS team to get a seat for Worlds.

Format
The format of the 2017 regular summer season gave every team the opportunity to play a best of three for every match. The first team to win two out of the three games won the match. Teams played on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Every Friday there were two matches played. Every Saturday and Sunday there were four matches played. The rest of the week was used for practice. In between week 5 and 6, NA LCS took a break to participate in Rift Rivals. Rift Rivals was a competitive tournament for boasting rights between different regions. NA LCS played against the European League of Legends Championship Series (EU LCS). In this tournament, NA sent Team Solo Mid (TSM), Cloud9 (C9), and Phoenix1 (P1) to represent the region. The 2017 regular summer season started on Friday, June 2, 2017 featuring C9 vs Counter Logic Gaming (CLG) and Immortals (IMT) vs P1. The final day of the 2017 regular summer season was Sunday, August 6, 2017 featuring C9 vs Echo Fox (FOX), Team Liquid (TL) vs Team Dignitas (DIG), TSM vs CLG, and FlyQuest (FLY) vs P1. By the end of the 2017 regular summer season, there were nine weeks of competition and over 200 games played.

Logistics

 * Patch 7.10.
 * The matches were played at NA LCS Studio in either the Battle Arena or the Battle Theater.
 * On Friday there was only one live stream while on the weekend there were two live streams (NALCS1 & NALCS2).

Result

 * 1) Team Solo Mid 14W-4L
 * 2) Immortals 14W-4L
 * 3) Counter Logic Gaming 12W-6L
 * 4) Cloud9 12W-6L
 * 5) Team Dignitas 11W-7L
 * 6) Team Envy 8W-10L
 * 7) FlyQuest 6W-12L
 * 8) Echo Fox 5W-13L
 * 9) Team Liquid 4W-14L
 * 10) Phoenix1 4W-14L

Format
The promotion tournament was played between the bottom two NA LCS teams and the top two CS teams. This tournament was a three day event. On the first day, a NA LCS team vs a CS team. The winners from day one go onto the winners bracket, day two, where they play against each other to determine who will get to play in the NA LCS next split. The losers from day one go onto the losers bracket, day two, where they play against each other to determine who will get a final chance to qualify for the NA LCS next split. On day three, the winner of the losers bracket plays against the loser of the winners bracket. The winner of day three will play in the NA LCS next split. This was the last promotion tournament of the NA LCS. Next split the NA LCS will be franchising teams.

Logistics

 * Patch 7.15
 * Played in the Battle Theater and Battle Arena.

NA LCS Teams

 * Phoenix1
 * Team Liquid

Day 1
Phoenix1 (P1) Victory 3W-2L Team Liquid (TL) Victory 3W-0L
 * Phoenix1 (P1) vs. Gold Coin United (GCU)
 * Team Liquid (TL) vs. eUnited (EUN)

Day 2
eUnited (EUN) Victory 3W-0L Team Liquid (TL) 3W-2L
 * eUnited (EUN) vs. Gold Coin United (GCU)
 * Team Liquid (TL) vs. Phoenix1 (P1)

Day 3
Phoenix1 (P1) Victory 3W-0L
 * Phoenix1 (P1) vs. eUnited (EUN)

Team Liquid and Phoenix1 both won the promotion tournament, but they are not guaranteed a seat next split. The 2018 NA LCS Spring Split has implemented franchising so no team is guaranteed a spot.

Teams

 * Team Solo Mid
 * Immortals
 * Counter Logic Gaming
 * Cloud9
 * Team Dignitas
 * Team Envy

Quarterfinals
Team Dignitas Victory 3W-1L Counter Logic Gaming Victory 3W-2L
 * Team Dignitas vs. Cloud9
 * Counter Logic Gaming vs. Team Envy

Semifinals
Immortals Victory 3W-0L Team Solo Mid Victory 3W-1L
 * Counter Logic Gaming vs. Immortals
 * Team Solo Mid vs. Team Dignitas

Third Place
Counter Logic Gaming Victory 3W-0L
 * Team Dignitas vs. Counter Logic Gaming

Finals
Team Solo Mid Victory 3W-1L
 * Team Solo Mid vs. Immortals

Team Solo Mid won the summer playoffs which guaranteed them the first seat at Worlds to represent NA. The second seat went to Immortals who ranked up enough points to qualify for Worlds.

Teams

 * FlyQuest
 * Team Dignitas
 * Counter Logic Gaming
 * Cloud9

Round 1
FlyQuest Victory 3W-0L
 * FlyQuest vs. Team Dignitas

Round 2
Counter Logic Gaming Victory 3W-1L
 * FlyQuest vs. Counter Logic Gaming

Finals

 * Cloud9 vs. Counter Logic Gaming

Cloud9 Victory 3W-1L

Cloud9 won the last spot to qualify for Worlds.