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| Rift Rivals 2017 NA-EU | |
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| Tournament Information | |
| Organizer | Riot Games |
| Location & Dates | |
| Region | International |
| Event Type | Offline |
| Country | Germany |
| Start Date | 2017-07-05 |
| End Date | 2017-07-08 |
| Broadcast | |
| Schedule | Spoiler-Free Schedule Export to Google Calendar |
Overview
Format
- Group Stage
- Each EU team plays each NA team twice
- All matches BO1
- Finals
- Up to 5 games
- Best EU team vs Best NA team
Prize Pool
$ 75,000 US Dollars are spread among the teams as seen below:
| Place | Prize | Prize (%) | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
 1 | $20,000€17,542.49 | 26.67% |  Cloud9 |
 Phoenix1 | |||
 TSM | |||
 2 | $5,000€4,385.62 | 6.67% |  Fnatic |
 G2 Esports | |||
 Unicorns of Love |
Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on July 8, 2017, as follows:
- $ 1 US Dollar = € 0.8771245733 Euros
Participants
 |
Hauntzer |
Svenskeren |
Bjergsen |
Doublelift |
Biofrost |
Parth |
Results
| Europe | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Unicorns of Love
|
3-3 | |||
| 2. |  Fnatic
|
2-4 | |||
| 3. |  G2 Esports
|
1-5 | |||
Group Stage MVP
| Player | KDA | Champions Played |
|---|---|---|
 MikeYeung
|
6 |  Lee Sin  Elise  Nidalee  Gragas
|
Finals MVP
| Player | KDA | Champions Played |
|---|---|---|
 Svenskeren
|
15 | Lee Sin  Kha'Zix
|
Match Schedule
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| Wed 5 JulWed 5 JulThu 6 Jul2017,7,05,15,00 - 2017,7,05,20,00 | |||||
| Wed 2017-07-05 | |||||
| Wed 2017-07-05 | |||||
| Thu 2017-07-06 | |||||
| 2017,7,05,15,00 | |||||
TSM | 1 | 0 | 2017,7,05,15,0008:0017:0000:00 |  G2 | |
| 2017,7,05,16,00 | |||||
FNC | 1 | 0 | 2017,7,05,16,0009:0018:0001:00 |  P1 | |
| 2017,7,05,17,00 | |||||
| G2 | 1 | 0 | 2017,7,05,17,0010:0019:0002:00 |  C9 | |
| 2017,7,05,18,00 | |||||
UOL | 0 | 1 | 2017,7,05,18,0011:0020:0003:00 | P1 | |
| 2017,7,05,19,00 | |||||
| C9 | 1 | 0 | 2017,7,05,19,0012:0021:0004:00 | FNC | |
| 2017,7,05,20,00 | |||||
| TSM | 1 | 0 | 2017,7,05,20,0013:0022:0005:00 | UOL | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 6 JulThu 6 JulFri 7 Jul2017,7,06,15,00 - 2017,7,06,20,00 | |||||
| Thu 2017-07-06 | |||||
| Thu 2017-07-06 | |||||
| Fri 2017-07-07 | |||||
| 2017,7,06,15,00 | |||||
| C9 | 0 | 1 | 2017,7,06,15,0008:0017:0000:00 | UOL | |
| 2017,7,06,16,00 | |||||
| G2 | 0 | 1 | 2017,7,06,16,0009:0018:0001:00 | P1 | |
| 2017,7,06,17,00 | |||||
| TSM | 1 | 0 | 2017,7,06,17,0010:0019:0002:00 | FNC | |
| 2017,7,06,18,00 | |||||
| C9 | 1 | 0 | 2017,7,06,18,0011:0020:0003:00 | G2 | |
| 2017,7,06,19,00 | |||||
| P1 | 0 | 1 | 2017,7,06,19,0012:0021:0004:00 | FNC | |
| 2017,7,06,20,00 | |||||
| UOL | 1 | 0 | 2017,7,06,20,0013:0022:0005:00 | TSM | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 7 JulFri 7 JulSat 8 Jul2017,7,07,15,00 - 2017,7,07,20,00 | |||||
| Fri 2017-07-07 | |||||
| Fri 2017-07-07 | |||||
| Sat 2017-07-08 | |||||
| 2017,7,07,15,00 | |||||
| P1 | 1 | 0 | 2017,7,07,15,0008:0017:0000:00 | G2 | |
| 2017,7,07,16,00 | |||||
| UOL | 1 | 0 | 2017,7,07,16,0009:0018:0001:00 | C9 | |
| 2017,7,07,17,00 | |||||
| FNC | 0 | 1 | 2017,7,07,17,0010:0019:0002:00 | TSM | |
| 2017,7,07,18,00 | |||||
| P1 | 1 | 0 | 2017,7,07,18,0011:0020:0003:00 | UOL | |
| 2017,7,07,19,00 | |||||
| FNC | 0 | 1 | 2017,7,07,19,0012:0021:0004:00 | C9 | |
| 2017,7,07,20,00 | |||||
| G2 | 0 | 1 | 2017,7,07,20,0013:0022:0005:00 | TSM | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 8 JulSat 8 JulSun 9 Jul2017,7,08,16,00 - 2017,7,08,16,00 | |||||
| Sat 2017-07-08 | |||||
| Sat 2017-07-08 | |||||
| Sun 2017-07-09 | |||||
| 2017,7,08,16,00 | |||||
| UOL | 0 | 3 | 2017,7,08,16,0009:0018:0001:00 | TSM | |
Media
Peak viewers
Data about number of viewers is based on information from Esports Charts[1]:
- The tournament's Overall peak was 513 425 viewers
- The tournament's peak Without Chinese viewers was 344 873 viewers
- English streams peak was 281 400 viewers
- Russian streams peak was 979 viewers
- Chinese streams peak was 200 339 viewers
- Twitch.tv peak was 245 689 viewers
Streams
Articles & Videos
- July 1, It’s On | Rift Rivals 2017 - League of Legends by LoL Esports
- July 2, Rift Rivals : The Clash EU vs NA by LoL Esports
- July 3, Rift Rivals O.P. Five | EU LCS Post-Game Lobby by LoL Esports
- July 3, Vedius' Picks to Watch: Rift Rivals 2017 by LoL Esports
- July 3, The Penta - EU Greater Than NA by LoL Esports
- July 4, 2017 Rift Rivals: NA vs. EU | Opening Tease by LoL Esports
- July 5, EU vs. NA | The Rivalry by LoL Esports
- July 5, EU Pride on the Line by Phillip "Costy" Costigan on LoL Esports
- July 6, 2017 Rift Rivals: NA vs. EU | Day 2 Teaser by LoL Esports
- July 7, 2017 Rift Rivals: NA vs. EU | Day 3 Teaser by LoL Esports
- July 8, 2017 Rift Rivals: NA vs. EU | Final: TSM vs. Unicorns of Love by LoL Esports
- July 8, Moments and Memories | Rift Rivals 2017 by LoL Esports
- July 8, Rift Rivals Winner by Kien Lam on LoL Esports
- July 11, NA vs. EU Rift Rivals stats breakdown by Paul Marshall on LoL Esports
- July 11, Mic Check - Rift Rivals 2017 (NA vs. EU) by LoL Esports
- July 11, The Penta - Rift Rivals 2017 (NA vs. EU) by LoL Esports
Interviews
- July 3. DIG Ssumday on regions' chances in Rift Rivals: "EU seems to have more loose ends than NA does" with Inven Global
- July 3, CLG Aphromoo & Stixxay: "NA teams do worse on international events because they overthink" with Inven Global
- July 3, Unicorns rate their chances at Rift Rivals with Pieter van Hulst on Red Bull Esports
- July 4, G2 Zven on UOL and Fnatic at Rift Rivals: “(They) are pure best-of-one teams. They are much better in best-of-ones than best-of-fives, in my opinion.” with Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports
- July 4, Player Spotlight on FNC Caps: Rift Rivals Edition with Jeff Latham on LoL Esports
- July 4, UOL coach Sheepy: “I look the most forward to TSM because of our rematch. They want to have their revenge.” with Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports
- July 5, TSM Doublelift on first NA victory: "We woke up right before the match and we were all sleepy" with Inven Global
- July 5, P1 MikeYeung on being underdog at Rift Rivals: "I won’t let player names decide how I play the game" with Inven Global
- July 5, TSM Bjergsen on his experience at Rift Rivals so far: "Everything’s a lot more fun when we win" with Inven Global
- July 6, Xerxe the UoL/TSM rivalry: “I don’t think it affects us that we lost to TSM, but more that we lost.” with Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports
- July 6, Smoothie on Rift Rivals expectations: “Our team is affected by jet lag pretty hard.” with Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports
- July 6, Zig talks about MikeYeung, P1’s Rift Rivals performance and winning worlds with Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports
- July 6, TSM Svenskeren on EU's perceived superiority over NA: "I guess Europeans love to talk a lot of shit" with Inven Global
- July 6, Bjergsen: “I think we have shown that NA is definitely not garbage, that we are not garbage.” with Darius Matuschak on The Shotcaller
- July 6, UOL Coach Sheepy on the team's strength: "We call it Teamfight: the Movie" with Inven Global
- July 7, Vizicsacsi: “TSM have been our favorite international opponents. Whenever we face them there are fierce battles and great games.” with Darius Matuschak on The Shotcaller
- July 7, Samux on the difference between NA and EU: “They play really standard…in Europe, we like to surprise a bit more.” with Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports
- July 7, Xpecial: “Every single day I wake up and I can’t ever accept not working hard. I can’t disappoint all of these fans. I have to work hard so I deserve this life.” with Darius Matuschak on The Shotcaller
- July 8, Exileh on TSM: “I think we can have a big edge on every part of the game.” with Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports
- July 8, TSM Svenskeren on being one-trick Lee Sin: "I have to try hard in NA where opponents are tough" with Inven Global
- July 8, Exileh: “Getting a lot of criticism grows your character. Every player needs to get through this phase at some point.” with Darius Mataschuk on The Shotcaller
- July 10, Ray on his recent Twitter posts: “It kind of felt like, instead of me carrying on the team, I was kind of being dragged along with the team.” with Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports
- July 10, MikeYeung on his Rift Rivals transformation: “I’ve learned that the best way to play is to play without the fear of making a mistake.” with Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports
- July 10, Broxah: “We’ve been trying to play a bit different in scrims recently rather than playing the same style.” with Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports
- July 11, UoL coach Sheepy: “I think that Rift Rivals will be a wake-up call to many EU teams to work harder.” with Darius Matuschak on The Shotcaller
- July 11, sOAZ: “It’s just harder against top teams to rely on getting kills, so it’s the main issue behind playing this Fnatic style.” with Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports
- July 11, Ryu: “When I was in Europe last year, I felt their macro was (better). But it’s worse now.” with Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports
- July 11, Loulex on jungling at Rift Rivals: “If every lane is pushing, then usually the game is pretty doomed.” with Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports
- July 12, Phoenix1 Toplaner Zig: "I look up to Vizicsasci" with Darius Matuschak on The Shotcaller
- July 12, Vizicsacsi on Rift Rivals: “I think this tournament has to be a wakeup call for all of the European teams.” with Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports
- July 12, Mithy: “We need to get things working again or we will not make it.” with Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports
- July 15, Phreak on P1, Mike Yeung and homegrown NA players: “We’ve definitely seen a resurgence of NA junglers.” with Darius Mataschuk on The Shotcaller
- July 19, Rift Rivals casters settle the region debate with Pieter van Hulst on Red Bull Esports
Announcements
- June 21, Rift Rivals: NA vs. EU Format Update and Tickets by LoL Esports
- June 23, Rift Rivals 2017: NA vs. EU Schedule by LoL Esports
- June 30, How can I watch Rift Rivals 2017? by LoL Esports
Additional Content
Additional Links
References
- ↑ Rift Rivals Blue 2017 esc.watch