MAD Lions upset Team BDS with a reverse sweep victory: Live results, schedule, teams and stream

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The LEC Spring Split has concluded with MAD Lions standing as the sole victors. Despite having to make a long and tumultuous run through the lower bracket that put their chances of making it to MSI in peril, their hard work paid off.

The League of Legends European Championship has been revamped for the 2023 season and now has a new, three-split format, with matchdays on Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays.

The Winter split came to an end on February 26, with G2 Esports lifting the trophy after a 3-0 victory over MAD Lions. In doing so, they also became the first team to qualify for MSI 2023, which will be held in London in May.

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And now, after Team BDS looked like they had a real chance of winning it all, MAD Lions managed to come back from losses in games 1 and 2 of their Grand Finals set and took home the LEC Spring Title and stamped their ticket to MSI 2022 as what appears to be Europe’s strongest team. If MAD lost this set after eliminating G2 from competition, they wouldn’t have been able to go to MSI at all. This leaves G2 and MAD Lions as the LEC’s MSI representatives.

Chasy lifting the trophy alongside the rest of MAD Lions

What’s more, MAD Lions have automatically qualified for MSI’s Playoff stage (by contrast, G2’s Winter victory only earned them a Play-In berth) and for the LEC Finals in Montpellier in August.

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LEC Spring 2023: Stream

LEC Spring 2023 will be streamed live on Twitch on the official LEC channel. The stream is embedded below for your convenience.

Missed the games? Catch up with the VODs on the LoL Esports channel.

LEC Spring 2023: Format and schedule

Under the LEC’s new format, the ten teams faced each other during a three-week span in a single round-robin stage. The top eight teams advanced to the next stage, a double-elimination group phase with two groups of four teams.

The group winners and runners-up from stage 2 then progressed to the playoffs, also featuring a double-elimination bracket.

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Group Stage (April 8 — April 16)

Group A

Placement Team Record
1 Vitality 2-0
2 MAD Lions 2-1
3 Astralis 1-2
4 Fnatic 0-2

Group B

Placement Team Record
1 Team BDS 2-0
2 G2 Esports 2-1
3 KOI 1-2
4 SK Gaming 0-2

Day 1: April 8

Stage Match PT ET GMT
Upper Round 1 MAD Lions 0-2 Vitality 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM
Upper Round 1 Astralis 2-1 Fnatic 12 PM 3 PM 8 PM

Day 2: April 9

Stage Match PT ET GMT
Upper Round 1 Team BDS 2-0 SK 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM
Upper Round 1 G2 1-2 KOI 12 PM 3 PM 8 PM

Day 3: April 10

Stage Match PT ET GMT
Upper Round 2 Vitality 2-0 Astralis 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM
Upper Round 2 Team BDS 2-0 KOI 12 PM 3 PM 8 PM

Day 4: April 15

Stage Match PT ET GMT
Lower Round 1 MAD Lions 2-1 Fnatic 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM
Lower Round 1 SK 0-2 G2 12 PM 3 PM 8 PM

Day 5: April 16

Stage Match PT ET GMT
Lower Round 2 Astralis 0-2 MAD Lions 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM
Lower Round 2 KOI 1-2 G2 12 PM 3 PM 8 PM

Day 6: April 17

Stage Match PT ET GMT
Upper Round 3 Team BDS 3-0 Vitality 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM

Day 7: April 21

Stage Match PT ET GMT
Lower Round 3 G2 Esports 2-3 MAD Lions 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM

Day 8: April 22

Stage Match PT ET GMT
Lower Round 4 Vitality 1-3 MAD Lions 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM

Day 9: April 23

Stage Match PT ET GMT
Grand Final Team BDS 2-3 MAD Lions 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM

Regular Season (March 11 — March 27)

Week 1 (March 11-13)

Day Match PT ET GMT
March 11 EXCEL 1-0 Fnatic 9AM 12PM 5PM
BDS 0-1 SK 10AM 1PM 6PM
MAD Lions 0-1 Vitality 11AM 2PM 7PM
Astralis 1-0 KOI 12PM 3PM 8PM
Heretics 0-1 G2 1PM 4PM 9PM
March 12 MAD Lions 0-1 BDS 8AM 11AM 4PM
EXCEL 0-1 Vitality 9AM 12PM 5PM
Fnatic 0-1 SK 10AM 1PM 6PM
G2 0-1 Astralis 11AM 2PM 7PM
Heretics 0-1 KOI 12PM 3PM 8PM
March 13 SK 1-0 Astralis 9AM 12PM 5PM
BDS 1-0 Heretics 10AM 1PM 6PM
KOI 0-1 MAD Lions 11AM 2PM 7PM
G2 1-0 EXCEL 12PM 3PM 8PM
Vitality 1-0 Fnatic 1PM 4PM 9PM

Week 2 (March 18-20)

Day Match PT ET GMT
March 18 MAD Lions 1-0 Astralis 9AM 12PM 5PM
Heretics 1-0 EXCEL 11AM 1PM 6PM
Fnatic 0-1 Team BDS 12PM 2PM 7PM
Vitality 1-0 SK 1PM 3PM 8PM
KOI 1-0 G2 2PM 4PM 9PM
March 19 Team BDS 1-0 Astralis 9AM 12PM 5PM
EXCEL 1-0 MAD Lions 10AM 1PM 6PM
Team Heretics 0-1 Fnatic 11AM 2PM 7PM
SK Gaming 0-1 KOI 12PM 3PM 8PM
G2 1-0 Vitality 1PM 4PM 9PM
March 20 EXCEL 0-1 SK 9AM 12PM 5PM
MAD Lions 0-1 Heretics 10AM 1PM 6PM
Astralis 1-0 Vitality 11AM 2PM 7PM
BDS 0-1 G2 12PM 3PM 8PM
Fnatic 1-0 KOI 1PM 4PM 9PM

Week 3 (March 25-27)

Day Match PT ET GMT
March 25 Heretics 0-1 Astralis 9AM 12PM 5PM
KOI 1-0 EXCEL 10AM 1PM 6PM
Vitality 0-1 Team BDS 11AM 2PM 7PM
Fnatic 1-0 MAD Lions 12PM 3PM 8PM
SK Gaming 0-1 G2 Esports 1PM 4PM 9PM
March 26 Astralis 1-0 EXCEL 9AM 12PM 5PM
SK Gaming 0-1 MAD Lions 10AM 1PM 6PM
Team BDS 1-0 KOI 111AM 2PM 7PM
Vitality 1-0 Heretics 12PM 3PM 8PM
Fnatic 1-0 G2 1PM 4PM 9PM
March 27 Team BDS 1-0 EXCEL 9AM 12PM 5PM
Fnatic 0-1 Astralis 10AM 1PM 6PM
SK Gaming 0-1 Heretics 11AM 2PM 7PM
MAD Lions 0-1 G2 Esports 12PM 3PM 8PM
Vitality 1-0 KOI 1PM 4PM 9PM
Heretics 0-1 MAD Lions 2PM 5PM 10PM

LEC Spring 2023: Regular season standings

Green = Qualified for group stage. Red = Eliminated.

Placement Team Record
1 Team BDS 7-2
2 Astralis 6-3
3 G2 Esports 6-3
4 Vitality 6-3
5 Fnatic 4-5
6 KOI 4-5
7 SK Gaming 4-5
8 MAD Lions 4-6
9 Team Heretics 3-6
10 EXCEL 2-7

LEC Spring 2023: Teams & players

Most of the teams in the LEC will field the same roster from the Winter split, but there are a few cases of teams making adjustments after a rough start to the year.

The most notable case is Fnatic, who are changing two players after failing to make it past the first stage in the Winter split. They turned to their academy for some fresh blood, promoting top laner Óscar ‘Oscarinin’ Muñoz and support Henk ‘Advienne’ Reijenga, while hiring Tomáš ‘Nightshare’ Kněžínek as their new head coach.

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Upset playing for Fnatic LoL Worlds 2021Michal Konkol for Riot Games
Upset is joining Vitality as their new bot laner

Vitality also made waves in the transfer window as they completed the signing of Fnatic’s benched AD Carry, Elias ‘Upset’ Lipp, to replace Matúš ‘Neon’ Jakubčík.

On March 8, EXCEL unveiled LIMIT as their new support, replacing Targamas. And on March 9, Astralis confirmed the signing of mid laner LIDER, who fills the slot left vacant by Dajor.

Team Top Jungle Mid Bot Support
Astralis Finn 113 LIDER Kobbe JeongHoon
EXCEL Odoamne Xerxe Vetheo Patrik LIMIT
Fnatic Oscarinin  Razork Humanoid Rekkles Advienne 
G2 Esports Broken Blade Yike caPs Hans sama Mikyx
MAD Lions Chasy Elyoya Nisqy Carzzy Hylissang
Team Heretics Evi Jankos Ruby Jackspektra Mersa
KOI Szygenda Malrang Larssen Comp Trymbi
SK Gaming Irrelevant Markoon Sertuss Exakick Doss
Team BDS Adam Sheo NUCLEARINT Crownshot Labrov
Vitality Photon Bo Perkz Upset Kaiser