2016 GPL season

2016 GPL season
League	Garena Premier League
Sport	League of Legends
Duration	6 April – 10 April (Spring) 8 August – 14 August (Summer)
Number of teams	6
Spring Split
Champions	Saigon Jokers [1]
Runners-up	Bangkok Titans
Summer Split
Champions	Saigon Jokers
Runners-up	Bangkok Titans

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.

• 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

6 teams from 6 countries/areas ^[2][3]

Countries	Slot	League	Team	ID
Vietnam	1	VCS	Saigon Jokers	SAJ
Singapore	1	TLC SG	Team Rigel	RG
Philippines	1	PGS	Imperium Pro Team	IPT
Thailand	1	TPL	Bangkok Titans	BKT
Indonesia	1	LGS	Kanaya Gaming	KG
Malaysia	1	TPL MY	KL Hunters	KLH

Double Round Robin. Top 4 teams advance to Bracket Stage.^[4]

#	Team		~	BKT	IPT	SAJ	KLH	RG	KG		W	L	±
1	Bangkok Titans		BKT	~	1−0	1−0	0−1	1−0	1−0		4	1	+3
2	Imperium Pro Team		IPT	0−1	~	1−0	1−0	1−0	1−0		4	1	+3
3	Saigon Jokers		SAJ	0−1	0−1	~	1−0	1−0	1−0		3	2	+1
4	KL Hunters		KLH	1−0	0−1	1−0	~	0−1	1−0		3	2	+1
5	Team Rigel		RG	0−1	0−1	0−1	0−1	~	1−0		1	4	−3
6	Kanaya Gaming		KG	0−1	0−1	0−1	0−1	0−1	~		0	5	−5

• 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.

	Semi-finals				Final
	April 9
	Bangkok Titans	3
					April 10
	KL Hunter	1
					Saigon Joker	3
	April 9
					Bangkok Titans	1 [5]
	Imperium Pro Team	1
	Saigon Joker	3

Place	Team	Qualification
1st	Saigon Joker	2016 IWCI
2nd	Bangkok Titans
3rd-4th	Imperium Pro Team
	KL Hunter
5th	Team Rigel
6th	Kanaya Gaming

• 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

6 teams from 6 countries/areas ^{[6] [7]}

Countries	Slot	League	Team	ID
Vietnam	1	VCS	Saigon Jokers	SAJ
Singapore	1	TLC SG	Vestigial	VTL
Philippines	1	PGS	Acclaim EmpireX	AEX
Thailand	1	TPL	Bangkok Titans	BKT
Indonesia	1	LGS	Kanaya Gaming	KG
Malaysia	1	TPL MY	KL Hunters	KLH

Double Round Robin. Top 4 teams advance to Bracket Stage. ^{[8] [9] [10]}

#	Team		~	SAJ	BKT	KLH	VTL	AEX	KG		W	L	±
1	Saigon Jokers		SAJ	~	0−1	1−0	1−0	1−0	1−0		4	1	+3
2	Bangkok Titans		BKT	1−0	~	1−0	0−1	0−1	1−0		3	2	+1
3	LK Hunters		KHL	0−1	0−1	~	1−0	1−0	1−0		3	2	+1
4	Vestigial		VTL	0−1	1−0	0−1	~	1−0	1−0		3	2	+1
5	Acclaim EmpireX		AEX	0−1	1−0	0−1	0−1	~	1−0		2	3	−1
6	Kanaya Gaming		KG	0−1	0−1	0−1	0−1	0−1	~		0	5	−5

#	Team		~	BKT	KLH	VTL		W	L	±
2	Bangkok Titans		BKT	~	1−0	1−0		2	0	+1
3	KL Hunters		KLH	0−1	~	1−0		1	1	0
4	⁠ Vestigial		VTL	0−1	0−1	~		0	2	-2

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

	Semi-finals				Final
	August 13
	Bangkok Titans	3
					August 14
	KL Hunter	0
					Bangkok Titans	2
	August 13
					Saigon Joker [11] [12]	3
	Vestigial	0
	Saigon Joker	3

Place	Team	Qualification
1st	Saigon Joker	2016 IWCQ
2nd	Bangkok Titans
3rd-4th	Vestigial
	KL Hunter
5th	⁠ Acclaim EmpireX
6th	Kanaya Gaming

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