The regular season of the
LEC Versus 2026
has just concluded. While the story of
Los Ratones’ elimination
has been on everyone’s keyboards, the other eight teams are still in the running. Starting this weekend, the eight best European teams compete to earn
EU’s First Stand slot. Find out all about the tail-end of this tournament as well as our favorites analysis in this LEC Versus 2026 playoffs betting preview.
LEC Versus 2026 playoffs odds
No odds available.
The bookmaker isn’t offering odds for this tournament, or it has already ended.
Odds are provided by third parties for informational purposes only and are subject to fluctuation.
Eight playoffs teams remaining
The LEC Versus 2026 playoffs teams (with regular season wins-losses) are:
- 1. Karmine Corp (8-3)
- 2. Natus Vincere (7-4)
- 3. Team Vitality (7-4)
- 4. Team Heretics (6-5)
- 5. GIANTX (6-5)
- 6. Movistar KOI (6-5)
- 7. G2 Esports (6-5)
- 8. Fnatic (5-6)
The teams participating in the LEC Versus 2026 playoffs. Image Source: LEC
Playoffs schedule and first matches
- February 16th:
Round 1 upper bracket matches 1 and 2 (NAVI vs FNC, VIT vs MKOI)
- February 17th:
Round 1 upper bracket matches 3 and 4 (TH vs G2, KC vs GX)
- February 20th:
Round 2 upper bracket matches 1 and 2
- February 21st:
Round 1 lower bracket matches 1 and 2
- February 22nd:
Round 2 lower bracket matches 1 and 2
- February 23rd:
Round 3 lower bracket
- February 27th:
Upper bracket finals
- February 28th:
Lower bracket finals
- March 1st:
Grand finals
- The LEC Versus Playoffs is a
double-elimination bracket
among the remaining eight teams.
- The round 1 and 2 matches are Best of 3s, while the four last matches are Best of 5s.
- The upper, lower, and grand finals will be played in the Olimpic Arena in Badalona, Spain.
The
finals winner
will represent Europe at
First Stand 2026, starting on March 16th in the Riot Games Arena in São Paulo, Brazil.
The schedule of the LEC Versus 2026 playoffs. Image Source: LEC
LEC Versus playoffs: Who are the favorites?
Coming into the LEC Versus,
G2 Esports
was the easy favorite.
- As Worlds quarter finalists (the
first LEC team to get there since 2022) and only European team to put up a fight internationally , they were all but set up to do well after running it back with the same roster.
- With outright odds of 3 at the start of the LEC Versus (courtesy of
GG.Bet Esports), the consensus was clear.
The tournament however didn’t go that way at all.
G2 barely qualified for the playoffs on the very final game of the split. While they level up for playoffs every single split, they were one single game away from being eliminated before playoffs for the first time since they joined the EU LCS ten years ago.
Instead, the current favorites are
Karmine Corp, the winners of last year’s Winter split. With
LoL odds
of 4, seeing them at the forefront is no surprise. What’s unexpected, though, is
seeing them have no clear competition.
Last year, it was
Fnatic who took out KC, but they’ve been very uninspiring in 2026.
Vitality
and
NAVI
have shown strength and consistency, without being outstanding. As for
MKOI
and
TH, they had a great final day after a dim season.
In short:
- KC are the favorites
to win the tournament, but they only look good
thanks to the rest of Europe being weak.
- G2
are nowhere near the powerhouse they’re supposed to be, but they should somehow
still finish top 3.
- Just about every match is a toss-up in the current state of things.
Featured Image Source: LEC
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