T1, the reigning Worlds 2023 champions, broke their LCK chilly streak on the Esports World Cup with a dominant efficiency all through the match and the primary EWC LoL title.
They didn’t have a simple bracket run, both. After beating BLG, Group Liquid, and Prime Esports to take the title, Group Liquid seemed like T1’s most difficult opponent.
Although he’s a comparatively new mid laner, APA managed to carry his personal in opposition to Faker in all three matches. This definitely introduced hope to Western followers regardless of TL getting knocked out.
Finally, T1 would win their final collection in opposition to Prime Esports, with Faker selecting Yasuo for the primary time since 2022. The shock decide let him run TES over, guaranteeing followers that Faker nonetheless has all of it these years later regardless of ongoing issues together with his wrist.
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T1 are presently tied for fourth within the LCK standings in relation to their home league. In the meantime, Gen.G is dominating the area with a 12-0 rating domestically.
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Nonetheless, issues couldn’t have been extra completely different on the Esports World Cup. Gen.G received knocked out 0-2 by Prime Esports within the very first spherical, with the neighborhood cut up on whether or not or not this loss ought to invalidate Gen.G’s path to the Golden Street, a extremely sought-after achievement in League of Legends.
Even when Gen.G does dominate LCK for the remainder of Summer season and wins Worlds 2024, it’ll be laborious to overlook their misstep at this match.
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With this win, T1 will stroll away $400k richer with the primary prize of their fingers, in addition to the primary EWC title. Although that is one more large worldwide win for T1, a company with a protracted historical past of excellence in LoL, many followers of the staff selected to not watch the match.
Humanitarian issues have been raised in regards to the Esports World Cup’s participation in Saudi Arabia’s Public Funding Fund, to the purpose that it wasn’t instantly clear whether or not Riot would enable LoL to be performed on the match within the first place.
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In 2020, the LEC was pressured to cancel their partnership with NEOM after near-universal backlash from followers, one thing that wasn’t mirrored in 2024 when the Esports World Cup got here round.
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