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. The spring split began on February 7 and concluded with the spring finals on April 28. Both the regular season and playoffs were won by

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with a roster consisting of

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, TheOddOne,

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, and

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. The summer regular season and playoffs were both won by

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in their debut split, with a roster consisting of Balls,

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, Hai, Sneaky and LemonNation. Cloud9 also set a historic regular season finish of 25–3, a record which stood until PAX 2013. Cloud9, TeamSoloMid and Team Vulcun qualified for the

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by placing first, second and third respectively in the summer playoffs."League Of Legends Season 3 Championship Series Details Announced"
January 10, 2013.

Spring

Regular season

Playoffs

Bracket

Final standings

Promotion tournament

Summer

Regular season

Playoffs

Bracket

Final standings

Promotion tournament

References

External links

Season Three Official Rules
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