The Worlds 2026 Swiss Stage is over. Three teams advance to the Worlds 2026 Bracket Stage. Karmine Corp, LYON, and Bilibili Gaming travel to New York for the Quarterfinals. KC and BLG had similar outcomes in their series. Game one was back-and-forth, while game two was dominant. LYON had to work for their win. Fighting back from 1-0 down, they were behind by 9k gold in game two. Gumayusi’s chance at a four-peat crumbles.
Worlds 2026: Karmine Corp Versus Movistar KOI
Draft and Player Ratings
Karmine Corp
- Canna (5.5) – Renekton (5), Rumble (6)
- Yike (6.5) – Wukong (6), Pantheon (7)
- Kyeahoo (5.5) – Syndra (5), Viktor (6)
- Caliste (5.0) – Ashe (4), Sivir (6)
- Busio (6.5 – Total Apex Player of the Series)) – Seraphine (6), Lulu (7)
Movistar KOI
- Myrwn (4.5) – Camille (5), Ornn (4)
- Elyoya (4.0) – Sejuani (5), Lee Sin (3)
- Jojopyun (5.0) – Cassiopeia (6), Anivia (4)
- Supa (3.5) – Zeri (3), Ezreal (4)
- Alvaro (5.0) – Yuumi (5), Karma (5)
Summary
Both teams played slowly early. Neither wanted to make a mistake. Supa was playing on the edge numerous times. Eventually, KC punished his mistakes. The French team needed to accelerate the game. Fortunately, they had Drake stacking on their side. Myrwn died on the Soul spawn. However, Supa and Alvaro died face-checking the rest of KC. KC got Infernal Soul and then won a fight around. Then Caliste and Kyeahoo mispositioned around the Elder. MKOI stalled the game with the Elder Drake. It went to a second Elder fight. The top laners traded their lives. KC had the advantage. They took both major objectives and ended the game.
KC’s top and jungle won their first skirmish. Elyoya died shortly after, and the KC snowball started rolling. Jojopyun was too far in the first teamfight, and the win felt inevitable. Every time the teams met, KC had the advantage. Busio denied them in the closest fight. He polymorphed Myrwn at the perfect time to deny his ult. The writing was on the wall as KC advanced to the Bracket Stage.
Worlds 2026: LOS Versus LYON
Drafts and Player Ratings
LOS
- Zest (5.0) – Aurora (6), Ambessa (5), Renekton (4)
- Curse (5.3) – Vi (7), Qiyana (3), Cho’Gath (6)
- Feisty (5.0) – Cassiopeia (5), LeBlanc (5), Ryze (5)
- Duduhh (5.3) – Kai’Sa (6), Caitlyn (5), Kalista (5)
- Ackerman (5.0) – Nautilus (6), Karma (5), Renata Glasc (4)
LYON
- Dhokla (5.3) – Rumble (4), Gnar (5), K’Sante (7)
- Inspired (5.7 – Total Apex Player of the Series) – Pantheon (6), Lee Sin (5), Nocturne (6)
- Saint (4.7) – Syndra (5), Orianna (5), Taliyah (4)
- Berserker (5.3) – Ezreal (4), Yunara (6), Lucian (6)
- Isles (5.3) – Alistar (4), Lulu (7), Milio (5)
Summary
Once again, Curse kicked off the game for LOS. His gank on Berserker got Duduhh ahead. Saint also died in the mid lane. Every time LOS got an advantage, Inspired struck back. He put out all the fires. LOS kept the lead, but LYON stayed within touching distance. LYON won a Drake fight to give themselves a win condition. LOS set a trap on Isles. They forced the Unbreakable Will to take Baron. The game slowed down as LYON gave two Drakes in a row. LOS went to Baron again. Inspired went for the steal, but he failed. The fight was close until Zest teleported back. With only Dhokla left standing, LOS ended the game.
LYON survived the early game. The gold was even. Then, all of a sudden, LOS attacked the side lanes. They got kill after kill after kill. The gold lead extended to 7k in the blink of an eye. LYON slowed the game down. The situation was similar to the game against TL.
Could LYON scale with their Yunara? LYON came alive in the fights. They traded kills, and LeBlanc and Qiyana could not connect on Berserker. LYON won the Mountain Soul fight. Both teams played around the Baron. Neither could get an edge. Eventually, LYON had a positional advantage on the Baron. 40 seconds before the Elder, they had the Baron. Berserker and Isles ran down the mid lane. They killed Zest and pushed for the end. LOS got the Elder, but no one could stop Berserker.
For the first time in the series, LYON had an early lead. Berserker and Isles won the 2v2. The skirmishes went to LYON. The game was slipping away. That was until LOS made side-lane plays on Saint. He died repeatedly. Eventually, LOS caught Berserker and held their first gold lead. The fights were on a knife’s edge. Neither team could find an advantage. LOS misplayed two fights, and LYON finally ended the series. Saint delivered in the team fights.
Worlds 2026: Hanwha Life Esports Versus Bilibili Gaming
Drafts and Player Ratings
Hanwha Life Esports
- Zeus (5.0) – Rumble (6), K’Sante (4)
- Kanavi (4.0) – Jarvan IV (5), Skarner (3)
- Zeka (5.0) – Cassiopeia (5), Syndra (5)
- Gumayusi (5.0) – Corki (6), Caitlyn (4)
- Delight (4.0) – Alistar (3), Karma (5)
Bilibili Gaming
- Bin (6.0) – Gnar (5), Olaf (7)
- XUN (7.0) – Lee Sin (6), Pantheon (8)
- Knight (8.0 – Total Apex Player of the Series) – Orianna (8), Locke (8)
- Viper (7.0) – Ezreal (7), Yunara (7)
- ON (5.0) – Nautilus (3), Lulu (7)
Summary
The early and mid game was the teams trading back and forth. Neither could garner a significant advantage. HLE won teamfights, but BLG got the Drakes. Knight held an individual lead. He missed one Shockwave, and that cost them a teamfight. Both Delight and ON struggled to find the best angles.
HLE kept forcing Flashes from BLG. That allowed them to take Baron. HLE pushed to extend their lead with the Baron. BLG fought back, but HLE still held the lead. That was until Viper sniped Gumayusi before the Mountain Soul. BLG had set up on the Drake and got it before HLE arrived. In the extended fight, Knight landed a massive Shockwave. He earned a quadra kill, and they won the game.
BLG started the snowball early. Knight helped XUN invade Tarzan. XUN turned that into a gank kill on Zeus. At the same time, Knight ganked bot lane. Kanavi helped Gumayusi get a kill back. The map was on fire. HLE tried a desperate force on the bot lane tower. ON showed up just in time to save Knight. BLG snowballed the game heavily. HLE could never keep up. They had to show up to the Soul fight. Knight and Bin circled HLE. They crumbled. BLG needed one more fight to end the series.
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