League of Legends Worlds 2026 Swiss Stage Opens With Upsets as LPL Champions Anyone's Legend Fall to Karmine Corp
The Swiss stage of the 2026 League of Legends World Championship (Worlds 2026) opened on October 23 at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen, Texas, with a first day full of upsets: China's LPL champions Anyone's Legend fell to Europe's Karmine Corp, and fellow LPL team BLG lost to MKOI.
In the day's other matches, South Korea's Dplus Kia beat European veterans G2, CTBC Flying Oyster defeated North America's Team Liquid, and defending champions T1 beat LOS.
The tournament's play-in stage was held from October 15 to 18 at the Riot Games Arena in Los Angeles. The Swiss stage runs through October 31, the knockout stage begins November 3, and the final is scheduled for November 14 at Barclays Center in New York.
Source: GSM·America
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：英雄联盟全球总决赛比赛场馆（资料图）。图片来源：Wikimedia Commons（Bruce Liu 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0）。 / Photo: A League of Legends World Championship venue (file photo), via Wikimedia Commons (photo by Bruce Liu, CC BY-SA 3.0).
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