Gen.G swept LYON 3-0 within the second Worlds 2026 quarterfinal, knocking out North America’s final staff. The LCK champions now face Invictus Gaming as they chase their first Worlds last.
Gen.G are into the Worlds 2026 semifinals with out dropping a recreation of their quarterfinal. They continue to be the one staff left unbeaten from the Swiss Stage. The end result removes North America’s final staff, so the LCS is out of Worlds.
Gen.G managed the sequence from the draft onward. Their higher report gave them first alternative in recreation one. They took blue aspect and stayed on it for all three video games.
Kiin and Ruler drive a medical Gen.G sweep
Recreation one took 32 minutes, and Gen.G completed with 19 kills to LYON’s 8. Recreation two was the shortest of the sequence, ending in simply over 25 minutes. Ruler stood out on Ashe, and Canyon stole a dragon on Jarvan IV. Gen.G then used the Baron buff to interrupt into LYON’s base.
Recreation three got here right down to a Dragon Soul combat. Gen.G took again management there, claimed Baron and wiped all 5 LYON gamers with out dropping anybody. Prime laner Kiin managed his lane for the entire sequence.
The sweep was extra one-sided than the groups’ first assembly. Gen.G beat LYON 2-1 within the Swiss Stage on October 25, with Kiin named MVP. That one LYON win was the one recreation Gen.G conceded to any opponent throughout the Swiss Stage.
LYON’s breakthrough run ends one spherical quick
LYON reached the quarterfinal by a 3-2 Swiss Stage report. They beat Workforce Secret Whales and Karmine Corp. Invictus Gaming handed them their different defeat, by the identical 1-2 margin. They then beat LOS 2-1. This quarterfinal was their first look in a Worlds knockout stage.
Earlier than this 12 months, the group had made 4 Worlds appearances and by no means climbed above seventeenth. Gen.G at the moment are assured a minimum of Third-4th place and US$400,000.
For Gen.G, the semifinal is acquainted floor. The win places them in a Worlds semifinal for the third 12 months working. A primary last has to date eluded them, with most up-to-date journeys to Worlds stopping on the Third-4th stage. The LCK can be going for a fifth straight Summoner’s Cup.
Invictus Gaming arrive of their first Worlds semifinal since 2019. Gen.G already beat iG as soon as, in a best-of-one match within the first spherical of the Swiss Stage. This time the 2 sides meet over an extended sequence. One of the best-of-five Grand Closing follows on November 14.
