G2 demolish XL with flawless victory in LEC Summer 2023 Final: Results, schedule & more

Luís Mira

The playoff stage of the 2023 LEC Summer Split is officially underway. Here is everything you need to know about the final split of this season in Europe’s top LoL league.

The League of Legends European Championship (LEC) was revamped for the 2023 season and now has a new, three-split format, with matchdays on Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays. There were also two new teams for LEC fans to follow: Team Heretics, who acquired Misfits Gaming’s slot, and KOI, who merged with Rogue. Unfortunately, neither team has made it to the Season Final.

As the winners of the Winter and Spring splits, respectively, G2 Esports and MAD Lions automatically qualified for the LEC Season Finals. They’ll be joined by EXCEL, SK Gaming, Fnatic, and Team BDS.

G2 Esports went in as the favorites, and they certainly proved they’re the best team in Europe.

G2 vs XL is a rematch of a recent best of 5 that went in G2’s favor, albeit after going the full 5 games with XL making it look very close. However, the final was a one-sided affair where it didn’t look like EXCEL had a chance of winning.

Meanwhile, Team Heretics was eliminated from the Season Finals and Worlds 2023 contention. Jankos has gone as far as considering retirement following their loss.

Here is everything you need to know about the LEC Summer split, including all the rosters, the latest results, and the full schedule.

LEC Summer 2023: Stream

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

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

LEC Summer 2023: Dates, schedule and results

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

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

The Summer Split took place from June 23 through July 30, with a full week break in the first week of July for Riot Games’ traditional annual mid-year break.

  • Regular Season: June 17-July 3
  • Group Stage: July 15-July 23
  • Playoffs: July 24-July 30

Playoffs (July 24 — July 30)

Day 1: July 24

Stage Match PT ET GMT
Upper Final G2 3-2 EXCEL 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM

Day 2: July 28

Stage Match PT ET GMT
Lower Round 1 Fnatic 3-1 Heretics 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM

Day 3: July 29

Stage Match PT ET GMT
Lower Final EXCEL 3-1 Fnatic 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM

Day 4: July 30

Stage Match PT ET GMT
Grand Final G2 3-0 EXCEL 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM

Group Stage (July 15 — July 23)

Group A

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

Group B

Placement Team Record
1 EXCEL 2-0
2 SK Gaming 1-1
3 Fnatic 1-1
4 MAD Lions 0-2

Day 1: July 15

Stage Match PT ET GMT
Upper Round 1 MAD Lions 0-2 EXCEL 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM
Upper Round 1 Fnatic 0-2 SK 11 AM 2 PM 7 PM

Day 2: July 16

Stage Match PT ET GMT
Upper Round 1 Heretics 1-2 BDS 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM
Upper Round 1 G2 2-0 KOI 11 AM 2 PM 7 PM

Day 3: July 17

Stage Match PT ET GMT
Upper Round 2 SK 1-2 EXCEL 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM
Upper Round 2 BDS 0-2 G2 11 AM 2 PM 7 PM

Day 4: July 22

Stage Match PT ET GMT
Lower Round 1 Fnatic 2-0 MAD Lions 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM
Lower Round 1 Heretics 2-0 KOI 11 AM 2 PM 7 PM

Day 5: July 23

Stage Match PT ET GMT
Lower Round 2 SK 0-2 Fnatic 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM
Lower Round 2 BDS 0-2 Heretics 11 AM 2 PM 7 PM

Regular Season (June 17 — July 3)

Green = Qualified for group stage. Red = Eliminated.

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

Week 1 (June 17-19)

Day Match PDT EDT BST
June 17 MAD Lions 1-0 Vitality 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM
Heretics 1-0 SK 10 AM 1 PM 6 PM
KOI 1-0 EXCEL 11 AM 2 PM 7 PM
G2 1-0 BDS 12 PM 3 PM 8 PM
Fnatic 1-0 Astralis 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
June 18 Vitality 1-0 SK 8 AM 11 AM 4 PM
EXCEL 0-1 Fnatic 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM
MAD Lions 1-0 G2 10 AM 1 PM 6 PM
KOI 0-1 BDS 11 AM 2 PM 7 PM
Heretics 1-0 Astralis 12 PM 3 PM 8 PM
June 19  EXCEL 0-1 SK 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM
BDS 0-1 Astralis 10 AM 1 PM 6 PM
KOI 0-1 MAD Lions 11 AM 2 PM 7 PM
Fnatic 0-1 G2 12 PM 3 PM 8 PM
Vitality 0-1 Heretics 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM

Week 2 (June 24-26)

Day Match PDT EDT BST
June 24 SK 0-1 BDS 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM
EXCEL 1-0 Heretics 10 AM 1 PM 6 PM
KOI 0-1 Fnatic 11 AM 2 PM 7 PM
Vitality 0-1 G2 12 PM 3 PM 8 PM
Astralis 0-1 MAD Lions 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
June 25 EXCEL 1-0 BDS 8 AM 11 AM 4 PM
Astralis 1-0 Vitality 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM
Heretics 0-1 KOI 10 AM 1 PM 6 PM
G2 1-0 SK 11 AM 2 PM 7 PM
MAD Lions 0-1 Fnatic 12 PM 3 PM 8 PM
June 26  BDS 0-1 Heretics 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM
MAD Lions 0-1 EXCEL 10 AM 1 PM 6 PM
G2 1-0 Astralis 11 AM 2 PM 7 PM
KOI 0-1 SK 12 PM 3 PM 8 PM
Fnatic 1-0 Vitality 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM

Week 3 (July 1-3)

Day Match PDT EDT BST
July 1 Astralis 1-0 SK 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM
Vitality 0-1 KOI 10 AM 1 PM 6 PM
EXCEL 0-1 G2 11 AM 2 PM 7 PM
Fnatic 1-0 Team BDS 12 PM 3 PM 8 PM
MAD Lions 0-1 Heretics 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM
July 2 EXCEL 1-0 Astralis 8 AM 11 AM 4 PM
G2 1-0 KOI 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM
Heretics 0-1 Fnatic 10 AM 1 PM 6 PM
Team BDS 1-0 Vitality 11 AM 2 PM 7 PM
SK 1-0 MAD Lions 12 PM 3 PM 8 PM
July 3  Vitality 0-1 EXCEL 9 AM 12 PM 5 PM
BDS 1-0 MAD Lions 10 AM 1 PM 6 PM
KOI 1-0 Astralis 11 AM 2 PM 7 PM
Heretics 0-1 G2 12 PM 3 PM 8 PM
SK 1-0 Fnatic 1 PM 4 PM 9 PM

LEC Summer 2023: Teams & rosters

The vast majority of LEC teams remained unchanged from the Spring Split. One of the exceptions is Fnatic, who replaced bot laner Martin ‘Rekkles’ Larsson and support Henk ‘Advienne’ Reijenga.

On June 10, the LEC giants finally confirmed their bot lane for the Summer season. It will be made up of Korean AD Carry Oh ‘Noah’ Hyeon-tae, who joined from Ultraliga side Zero Tenacity, and Polish support Adrian ‘Trymbi’ Trybus, who won LEC Summer 2022 with Rogue.

Fnatic have a new bot lane in Noah and Trymbi

EXCEL have secured the services of Korean jungler Lee ‘Peach’ Min-gyu, a DRX academy graduate, to replace Andrei ‘Xerxe’ Dragomir, while Team Heretics have confirmed the signing of Vincent ‘Vetheo’ Berrié as their new mid laner.

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