Bilibili Gaming ended Dplus KIA’s flawless Worlds 2026 run with a clear sweep within the third quarterfinal. The win retains BLG good in Worlds quarterfinals, cuts the LCK right down to Gen.G and T1 and will arrange a rematch of the 2024 remaining.
The Credit score Union of Texas Occasion Middle in Allen, Texas, hosted the best-of-five collection. Play bought underway at 16:06 Central Time. BLG assist ON was named collection MVP.
DK, the LCK’s fourth seed, had gone 3-0 within the Swiss Stage. With DK out, Gen.G and T1 are the LCK’s final two groups on the occasion. Gen.G booked their place by sweeping LYON 3-0 within the second quarterfinal. Invictus Gaming await them within the semifinals on November 7.
Dragon management determined a one-sided collection
Fifteen dragons have been contested throughout the collection, two of them Elder Dragons. DK took only one, in Sport 3, and gave up the dragon soul in each recreation, Sheep Esports reported.
Xun set the tone in Sport 1 on Naafiri. BLG closed out that recreation after securing each Elder Dragon and Baron.
The sweep brings a monetary reward in addition to progress. US$400,000 and a top-four end at the moment are locked in for BLG, no matter occurs subsequent.
The outcome circled a latest assembly between the 2 sides. On the 2026 Esports World Cup, DK knocked BLG out within the quarterfinals and went on to win the League of Legends occasion.
DK high laner Siwoo advised Inven International he was very upset the run ended so all of a sudden. He added that he would use it as motivation, since his profession just isn’t over.
BLG hold an ideal quarterfinal report in opposition to the LCK
BLG reached the knockout stage the exhausting method. They solely certified for the quarterfinals by beating Hanwha Life Esports 2-0 of their final Swiss spherical.
As soon as there, they prolonged a robust report. BLG have by no means misplaced a Worlds quarterfinal. All three of these wins got here in opposition to LCK groups: 3-2 over Gen.G in 2023, 3-1 over Hanwha Life Esports in 2024 and now the sweep of DK.
The run additionally marks a return to the late levels. BLG missed Worlds final yr. That is their first semifinal since Worlds 2024, the place they completed second after shedding the grand remaining to T1.
That historical past provides the subsequent spherical additional weight. Ought to T1 come by way of on November 6, BLG would meet the group that beat them in that remaining. T1 will get first choose of aspect for Sport 1 of their quarterfinal as a result of they’d the higher report.
The Grand Remaining is ready for November 14 at 14:00 Japanese Time.
