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. The summer regular season and playoffs were both won by Cloud9 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

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. Cloud9, TeamSoloMid and Team Vulcun qualified for the Season 3 World Championship 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

Summer

Regular season

Playoffs

References

{{League of Legends Championship Series League of Legends Championship Series seasons North American League of Legends Championship North American League of Legends Championship North American League of Legends Championship North American League of Legends Championship