FlyQuest win, grab final spot in LCS Spring playoff upper bracket

With the playoff participants already set, FlyQuest held serve Sunday with a win on the final day of the LCS 2026 Spring regular season, finishing in fourth place and booking a spot in the upper-bracket semifinals in the playoffs.

Sentinels also won on Sunday, but with FlyQuest's win, Sentinels finished in fifth place, meaning they will start the playoffs in the losers' bracket.

Eight teams competed in the best-of-three matches in the round-robin regular season with the top six advancing to the playoffs of the League of Legends event. The playoffs, which begin next weekend, will be contested in best-of-five matches in a double-elimination format. The top two teams will qualify for the Mid-Season Invitational.

In Sunday's first match, Sentinels won with relative ease, beating Dignitas in 26 minutes on red and 32 minutes on green.

Ham "HamBak" Yoo-jin of South Korea led Sentinels with a match-high 10 kills as part of a 10-1-13 kill-death-assist ratio.

In the day's second game, FlyQuest topped LYON in 38 minutes on red before LYON won in 29 minutes on red. FlyQuest rebounded, however, winning the final map in 28 minutes on red.

Johnson "Gryffinn" Le, an American/Vietnamese player, led FlyQuest with 20 kills and a 20-4-15 K-D-A.

The playoffs begin Saturday when Cloud9, who finished atop the standings with a perfect 7-0 record, face FlyQuest. On Sunday, LYON take on Team Liquid. Both teams finished with 5-2 records.

Final regular-season standings (Win-loss total, map differential)

1. Cloud9, 7-0, 14-4

2. LYON, 5-2, 12-6

3. Team Liquid, 5-2, 11-7

4. FlyQuest, 4-3, 11-8

5. Sentinels, 3-4, 9-9

6. Shopify Rebellion, 2-5, 5-10

7. Disguised, 2-5, 4-11 (eliminated)

8. Dignitas, 0-7, 3-14 (eliminated)

--Field Level Media