Invictus Gaming, seeded fourth from the LPL, beat LYON to reach the League of Legends Worlds 2026 quarterfinals. Players and Korean commentators say the low seed gave IG freedom, while favorites BLG and TES carried the heavier expectations.
Four teams — LCK's HLE, LEC's G2 and KC, and the LCP's CFO — have fallen into the 1-2 bracket at the League of Legends World Championship, where a third loss ends the run. Only BLG's win over KC kept Chinese hopes of a deep Swiss run alive.
G2 beat LOS in the second round of the League of Legends World Championship Swiss stage, pushing the underdogs to 0-2 while climbing to 1-1. With best-of-three elimination matches next, every remaining series carries the season.
At the 2026 Demacia Cup international invite, three of the four semifinalists are Korean LCK teams while only WE carries China's LPL banner, after BRO eliminated LGD in a reverse sweep.
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