With the announcement of the League of Legends 2016 KeSPA Cup, the qualification process for the Korean Intel Extreme Masters teams is locked in. The KeSPA Cup results will determine qualification for both IEM Oakland and IEM Gyeonggi, which both lead into IEM Katowice 2017.

KeSPA Cup 2016



The winners of the KeSPA Cup will be invited to represent Korea at IEM Gyeonggi alongside the number one ranked team in the LCK Summer Season. If the KeSPA Cup winners are also the top LCK Summer team, the invite will pass down to the second place winners of the KeSPA Cup. Based on Summer Season standings, the highest ranked LCK team outside of the KeSPA playoffs will earn an invite to IEM Oakland this November. Each League of Legends bracket will consist of eight teams, with one Korean team at IEM Oakland and two teams representing their home ground at IEM Gyeonggi.

IEM Oakland Qualification

NA - NALCS Summer Split #1 team TeamSoloMid and #3 team Immortals

EU - EULCS Summer Split #2 team Splyce

China - LPL Summer Split #1 team Edward Gaming

LMS - LMS Summer Split #1 team Flash Wolves

Korea - Highest ranked LCK Summer not in KeSPA Cup by Round of 8

International Wildcard - #1 and #2 in Qualifiers

IEM Gyeonggi Qualification

NA - NALCS Summer Split #2 team

EU - EULCS Summer Split #1 team

China - LPL Summer Split #2 team

LMS - LMS Summer Split #2 team

Korea - LCK Summer Split #1 team and winners of KeSPA Cup

International Wildcard - #1 and #2 in Qualifiers

Tickets are available now for IEM Oakland, which will provide the first explosive League of Legends tournament for Intel Extreme Masters Season 11! Stay tuned for more news and be sure to follow IEM on Twitter and Facebook for all the latest updates.