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. The finals were played in

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Spring

Rosters

Regular season

Playoffs

Summer

Rosters

Regular season

''H2k finished above Fnatic after defeating them in a tiebreaker game'' ''Team Vitality finished above Schalke 04 after defeating them in a tiebreaker game''

Playoffs

:''The semi-finals match between fnatic and H2k was delayed two days due to technical reasons.''

EU Regional Qualifiers

References

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