Top Esports are into the quarterfinals of the 2026 League of Legends World Championship.
TES beat Bilibili Gaming in a Round four qualification match of the Swiss stage. Both teams came in at 2-1. TES leave with a 3-1 record and a spot among the final eight.
BLG aren’t out. They drop to 2-2 and now face one last Swiss elimination match. Win and they reach the quarterfinals. Lose and their Worlds run is over. Their opponent hasn’t been set yet.
The all-LPL clash went to three games. In the Swiss format, qualification and elimination matches are best-of-three. Every other Swiss match is best-of-one.
Questions for BLG
BLG ran Yone for knight, Maokai for Xun, and a Kalista-Renata bot lane.
Viper and knight also took heat after the loss. Both have won big before. Viper is a 2021 world champion with EDward Gaming. knight won MSI 2023 with JDG and reached the 2024 Worlds final.
BLG made the 2023 semifinals and the 2024 final, where they lost to T1. They now need one more win to keep that kind of run alive.
TES now return to the knockout stage. They made the semifinals in 2020 and the quarterfinals in 2024. The quarterfinals are best-of-five.
