Vietnam Championship Series

The Vietnam Championship Series (VCS) is the name of a professional League of Legends esports league run by Riot Games and Garena. From 2013 to 2017, the VCS was a league tier below Garena Premier League (GPL). In 2018, the VCS broke away from the GPL and became a separate tier 1 league. The Vietnamese teams have the opportunity to participate directly in international events of League of Legends organized by Riot Games without having to participate in the GPL.[1]

Vietnam Championship Series
Current season, competition or edition:
2020 VCS season
SportLeague of Legends
Founded2013
Owner(s)Garena
No. of teams8
Countries Vietnam
Most recent
champion(s)		Team Flash (1st title)
Most titlesGAM Esports (4 titles)
QualificationPromotion and relegation
Relegation toVietnam Championship Series B
International cup(s)Mid Season Invitational
World Championship
Related
competitions		Garena Premier League
Official websiteFacebook

History

2012–2013

Before changing the name to the Vietnam Championship Series tournament that once named the Glorious Arena. Over 4 seasons from mid 2012 to the end of 2013 the tournament saw the dominance of Saigon Jokers with 3 times of champion and once champion of Full Louis. By the end of 2013, it was changed to Vietnam Championship Series.

2013–2015

The first tournament was held in 2013 with the name Vietnam Championship Series without qualifying, the participating teams were invited by Vietnam Esports and the total prize value of the first tournament was VND 200,000,000. From the third season, the tournament starts with qualifiers and names are also changed to Vietnam Championship Series (VCS A) to distinguish them from the qualifying tournament of Vietnam Championship Series B (VCS B). In 2014, sponsored by Dell, the name of the prize was named Dell Championship Serie A (DCS A).

In 2015, the number of teams participating in VCS A was increased to 16 teams, playing in a round robin format with two turns (first and second round) scoring according to the Bo1 format. The team with the most points will be crowned champion. Saigon Fantastic Five has won the VCS A championship in spring 2015 and then the GPL spring 2015, becoming the first Vietnamese team to win the GPL.

2016

In 2016, VCS A made a big step when the tournament was officially part of the Riot Games tournament system, marking the official VCS A step up professionally. The organizing committee reduced the number of participating teams to 10, in return it will give 2 million VND / month to the coaches and athletes. The tournament format also changes accordingly: 10 rounds of 2 rounds count Bo1 points, 4 teams with the highest score will participate in play-offs to find champions. VCS A was also renamed Coca-Cola Championship Series (CCCS) under the sponsorship of Coca-Cola. By the summer of 2016, the Coca-Cola Championship Series was renamed the MountainDew Championship Series (MDCS) under the sponsorship of the Mountain Dew drinking water label.

2017

The number of teams participating in the competition continues to be reduced to 8, in return for the coach and athletes' salary increased to 3 million VND / month. The format of the tournament is also changed: 8 rounds of 2 rounds count Bo3 points, 4 teams with the highest score will participate in play-offs to find the champion.[2]

2018

Riot Games directly participated in the tour operation, the tournament returned with the name Vietnam Championship Series, the total prize pool increased to 1 billion VND 200 million, the salary of coach and athletes increased to VND 4 million / month . In addition, VCS matches are held at GG Stadium - 6th Floor, Crescent Mall, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City built by Riot Games, instead of being organized online as before. Teams not based in Ho Chi Minh City will be supported by the organizers during the VCS Spring 2018.[3] On 21 February 2018, VCS separated from GPL. This is a result based on the fact that in recent years VCS has always been the dominant force of the GPL. Especially at the two spring and summer events in 2017. Impressive competitions at MSI 2017 and World Championship 2017. Riot Games believes that this is a very appropriate time to get Vietnam away from the GPL to become a separate area. Changes in Vietnam's participatory international tournaments are as follows:

  • Vietnam (VCS) will be grouped with Turkey (TCL) and CIS (LCL) at Rift Rivals.
  • MSI: Will be expanded into a tournament for 14 teams.
  • World Championship: Definitely get a boot round.

VCS Championship team Spring Spring 2018 will increase to 100 million VND, bringing the total value to 500 million VND will be separated from GPL's reward Spring 2018 (The expected prize that the Vietnamese champion team attends GPL Spring) . However, this only applies to Spring, and from Summer onwards Vietnam will no longer relate to the GPL tournament.[4]

Current participants
CERBERUS Esports EVOS Esports GAM Esports OverPower
Percent Esports Saigon Buffalo Team Flash Team Secret

Competition format

Group stage

This period will have the participation of 8 teams, playing rounds of 2 rounds to find out the 4 strongest teams participating in the qualifying rounds. Matches of the Group Stage will take place in the Best of 3 format (3 games maximum), each game is played according to the Prohibition mode and Choose 5vs5 on the map Summoner's Rift.[5]

Round knockout

4 teams will compete against each other in a ladder mode to find the champion: the 3rd and 4th teams will fight each other in the first match, the winning team will go on to meet the 2nd team and whoever wins this match will be competing Finalists meet the top team. Matches of this stage will take place in the form of Best of 5 (5 games maximum), each game is played according to the ban and Select 5vs5 on the map Summoner's Rift.[5]

Past seasons
Year Split Times 1st 2nd 3rd
2013 Winter 2/11/2013 – 17/12/2013 XGame Hanoi Dragons Beautiful Life Gaming
2014 Spring 22/2/2014 – 13/4/2014 Team Ozone Cutie Monsters Hanoi Dragons Hanoi Fate
Summer 14/06/2014 – 24/09/2014 G5 E-Sports Fate Team HoL Elements Hanoi Phoenix
2015 Spring 15/11/2014 – 6/04/2015 Saigon Fantastic Five Saigon Jokers Boba Marines
Summer 17/05/2015 – 24/08/2015 Boba Marines Full Louis Saigon Jokers
2016 Spring 15/01/2016 – 6/03/2016 Saigon Jokers 269 Gaming Full Louis
Boba Marines
Summer 20/05/2016 – 18/07/2016 Saigon Jokers Saigon Mongaming An Phát Ultimate
Boba Marines
2017 Spring 8/02/2017 – 2/04/2017 GIGABYTE Marines Young Generation UTM Esports
Summer 6/07/2017 – 13/08/2017 GIGABYTE Marines Young Generation ROG Friends
2018 Spring 18/01/2018 – 7/04/2018 EVOS Esports GIGABYTE Marines UTM Esports
Summer 21/06/2018 – 22/09/2018 Phong Vũ Buffalo Adonis Esports Friends Forever
2019 Spring 17/01/2019 – 13/04/2019 Phong Vũ Buffalo EVOS Esports Sky Gaming
Summer 20/06/2019 – 15/09/2019 GAM Esports Lowkey Esports Team Flash

Statistics

Top-performing teams
Team(s) 1st 2nd 3rd
Saigon Jokers 2 1 1
GAM Esports 4 1 3
Dashing Buffalo 2 2 0
Full Louis 0 1 1
Saigon Fantastic Five 1 0 0
EVOS Esports 1 1 0
Hanoi Fate 1 0 1
XGame 1 0 0
Team Ozone Cutie Monsters 1 0 0

Foreign players/Foreign coach
ID Name Team(s) Role/Position
Lee Lee In-cheol Saigon Fantastic Five, Saigon Jokers, CERBERUS Esports Coach
Irean Heo Yeong-cheol Saigon Fantastic Five, Saigon Jokers Analyst, Coach
Jensen Jensen Goh EVOS Esports Coach
Chupper Kenny Marcelino EVOS Esports Bot laner
Kane Michal Majkl Le Hanoi Fate, Hanoi SnowBall Bot laner
Humble Hwang Sin-woong EVOS Esports Strategy Coach
Fixer Jeong Jae-woo EVOS Esports Assistant Coach

Players who have competed abroad
ID Name Team(s) Times Role
Navy[6] Chướng Viễn Long Bangkok Titans 08/2013 - 09/2013 Mid laner
Noway[7] Nguyễn Vũ Long Ascension Gaming 10/2016 - 05/2017 Bot laner
SofM[8] Lê Quang Duy LNG Esports 05/2016–Present Jungler
Beyond Trương Vĩnh Thanh Fortius 06/2016 - 05/2017 Mid laner
MeoCon Trần Thanh Lâm Fortius 01/2017 - 04/2017 Jungler
Sunny Nguyễn Thanh Phong Headhunters 11/2016 - 05/2017 Support
Calm Đinh Trọng Quyết Bangkok Titans 05/2017 - 09/2017 Top laner
Kriss Nguyễn Hữu Phúc Headhunters 12/2016 - 11/2017 Jungler
Petland[9] Võ Huỳnh Quang Huy Headhunters 05/2017 - 02/2018 Mid laner
Tom Nguyên Nàng Hiểu Headhunters 02/2018 - 05/2018 Jungler
Biob Nguyễn Lâm Việt Sinh Headhunters 02/2018 - 05/2018 Mid laner
Pot Văn Hữu Bảo MEGA 6/2018 - 12/2018 Jungler
Secr3t Ông Gia Nguyên MEGA 6/2018 - 12/2018 Mid laner
Levi[10][11] Đỗ Duy Khánh 100 Thieves
JD Gaming		 12/2017 - 12/2018
12/2018 - 5/2019		 Jungler
Minky Đỗ Đức Minh Bigetron E-Sports 12/2017–Present Top laner
MT Nguyễn Minh Trí Bigetron E-Sports 03/2018–Present Mid laner

Casters

Individual Awards

Season MVP Standings
Split Player Team Time/Points
2017 Spring Đỗ " Levi " Duy Khánh GIGABYTE Marines 400
2017 Summer
2018 Spring Nguyễn " YiJin " Lê Hải Đăng EVOS Esports 900
2018 Summer Phạm " Zeros " Minh Lộc Phong Vũ Buffalo 10
2019 Spring Phạm " Zeros " Minh Lộc Phong Vũ Buffalo 1100
2019 Summer Đỗ " Levi " Duy Khánh
Nguyễn " YiJin " Lê Hải Đăng		 GAM Esport
Team Flash		 800
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See also

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