01 · Tournament route
Stage and upstream/downstream relationship
This series sits in LCS · Playoffs, downstream of regular competition. The official schedule confirms the stage label but the captured evidence does not show the full bracket, predecessor or next-round pairing.
02 · Match stakes
Format, advancement and elimination impact
This is a best-of-five: the first team to three game wins takes the series. The playoff or qualifier result is confirmed, but an exact advancement, elimination or qualification claim is withheld when the captured schedule does not show it.
03 · Source state
Confirmed official status
Official status: Final. LoL Esports schedule records Team Liquid Alienware as the series winner with the displayed 3–1 score.
04 · Before play
Match-specific pre-match condition
The best-of-five ended in four games, separating it from a sweep and from a full five-game series. The official record does not expose the game-by-game sequence.
05 · After play
Confirmed result and actual impact
Team Liquid Alienware is the confirmed series winner and Cloud9 Kia the confirmed loser. The page does not convert that result into a specific advancement, elimination, seed or next opponent unless the official evidence states it.
06 · Change log
Update timeline
- Match or event date
Sep 27 is the official date or event window stored for this record.
- Record published
MonsterSnow first published this source-bounded record on the date shown.
- Latest verified update
Final was the latest supported state after the official source check shown in the evidence boundary.
07 · Same-day context
How this differed from other matches that day
This was the only League of Legends playoff series in the September 27 desk. The two same-day VALORANT entries were group-stage best-of-threes that both ended 2–0.
Evidence boundary
What the source does—and does not—prove
The official schedule supports the completed best-of-five series result. This record does not add game-by-game data, standings effects or an inferred next opponent.
Official source checked: Sep 28, 2026 · 14:32 CST. Predicted scores, unsupported bracket consequences, unconfirmed start times and third-party statistics are excluded.
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