Riot Games will broadcast the upcoming North American Challenger Series qualifier finals and third-place match, the Daily Dot has learned.
The June 10 broadcast will feature two separate, consecutive matches, with the third-place match running June 16. All three matches will feature full Riot broadcast shoutcasting and production and will be streamed on the company’s Twitch channel.
Riot requires each pre-qualified team to maintain three out of five of its active roster (starters and substitutes) to retain its spot in the Challenger Series. Since four pre-qualified teams (Team Coast, Winterfox, Final Five, and Team Fusion) could run afoul of this rule, it’s adding an alternate third-place match. In the event that one of these teams can’t field valid “three-fifths” roster, the winner of this match will take their place. All the teams have filed their proper paperwork, however, and it appears Riot views the alternate match as a simple precaution.
The first game will feature the Alexey “Alex Ich” Ichetovkin-led Misfits against MAGnetic, a team featuring former Team SoloMid Darkness players.
The second game’s participants will be announced after tonight’s semifinal matches: Counter Logic Gaming Black versus MAelstrom Gaming (MAGnetic’s sister team) and Odyssey Gaming versus Cloud9 Tempest.
Counter Logic Gaming Black is best known for AD carry Trevor “Stixxay” Hayes as well as its recent addition in mid lane, William “Scarra” Li.
Odyssey, formed off the backbone of a disbanded Team Fusion’s Head Coach Rohit “CurryshotGG” Nathani and support Lawrence “Trance” Amador, is a newbie on the scene. But it’s got big-backing in the form of multimillionaire pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli and has some serious firepower thanks to its recent acquisition of former EU LCS player Pierre “Steeelback” Medjaldi.
