Follow-Up: League of Legends Worlds 2026 Swiss Round 2: Dplus KIA Stun Defending Champions T1 in 41 Minutes as All Three LPL Teams Win
Round 2 of the Swiss Stage at the 2026 League of Legends World Championship concluded on October 24 at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen, Texas, with all eight best-of-one matches played. Dplus KIA came from behind to beat three-time defending champions T1 in 41 minutes, Gen.G defeated Hanwha Life Esports, and China's LPL bounced back from a winless opening round as Top Esports, Invictus Gaming and Bilibili Gaming all won.
The full Round 2 results: Top Esports 1-0 Anyone's Legend, Movistar KOI 1-0 CTBC Flying Oyster, G2 Esports 1-0 LOS, LYON 1-0 Karmine Corp, Invictus Gaming 1-0 Team Secret Whales, Gen.G 1-0 Hanwha Life Esports, Dplus KIA 1-0 T1, and Bilibili Gaming 1-0 Team Liquid Alienware. Gen.G closed out Hanwha Life Esports in about 29 minutes, while Dplus KIA's win over T1 went past 41 minutes and turned on an Elder Dragon team fight.
After two rounds, Gen.G, Dplus KIA, Movistar KOI and LYON lead the field at 2-0, eight teams sit at 1-1, and Anyone's Legend, LOS, Team Secret Whales and Team Liquid are 0-2, one loss from elimination. LPL first seed Anyone's Legend dropped into the 0-2 pool after losing the all-LPL match against Top Esports.
Round 3 runs on October 25 and 26. On Sunday, October 25, starting at 10 a.m. PT, Hanwha Life Esports face Invictus Gaming and Top Esports face G2 Esports in best-of-ones, followed by two best-of-three qualification series, Movistar KOI vs. Dplus KIA and Gen.G vs. LYON, whose winners become the first teams to secure quarterfinal spots. On October 26, CTBC Flying Oyster play T1 and Bilibili Gaming play Karmine Corp in best-of-ones, followed by best-of-three elimination series between LOS and Team Secret Whales, and Team Liquid and Anyone's Legend.
Worlds 2026 features 19 teams and a US$5 million prize pool, with US$1 million to the champion. The Swiss Stage runs through October 31, with three wins advancing a team and three losses eliminating it. The Knockout Stage follows in Allen from November 3 to 8, and the final is set for November 14 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Matches stream free on lolesports.com and Riot Games' official channels.
Source: GSM · USA
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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