Invictus Gaming eliminate Top Esports as Ninjas in Pyjamas sweep JD Gaming

Invictus Gaming eliminate Top Esports as Ninjas in Pyjamas sweep JD Gaming

Invictus Gaming and Ninjas in Pyjamas survived elimination in the LPL 2026 Split 3 playoffs, defeating Top Esports and JD Gaming respectively in the opening round of the lower bracket.

IG required all five games to advance, while NIP produced a clean 3:0 sweep.

Invictus Gaming 3:2 Top Esports

Invictus Gaming took the opening game 21:10 after 32:16.

Top Esports immediately answered with a dominant 23:5 victory in Game 2, completely resetting the series.

IG regained control in Game 3 with a 16:12 win, but TES again refused to go away.

Top Esports took Game 4 23:15 and forced a deciding fifth map.

The decider was not close.

Invictus Gaming completely overwhelmed TES, conceding only four kills and closing Game 5 23:4 in 25:04.

• Game 1 — Invictus Gaming 21-10 Top Esports — 32:16

• Game 2 — Top Esports 23-5 Invictus Gaming — 28:20

• Game 3 — Invictus Gaming 16-12 Top Esports

• Game 4 — Top Esports 23-15 Invictus Gaming

• Game 5 — Invictus Gaming 23-4 Top Esports — 25:04

rookie recorded the strongest average K/D/A for Invictus Gaming at 3.0/1.6/8.5.

The defeat eliminates Top Esports from the Split 3 playoffs.

Ninjas in Pyjamas 3:0 JD Gaming

NIP's series was considerably cleaner.

Game 1 was the closest map of the sweep, ending with a 16:16 kill score after 39:42 before Ninjas in Pyjamas secured the victory.

NIP then began pulling away.

They won Game 2 16:9 in 32:56 before finishing the sweep with a 22:10 victory in Game 3 after only 28 minutes.

• Game 1 — Ninjas in Pyjamas win, 16-16 kills — 39:42

• Game 2 — Ninjas in Pyjamas 16-9 JD Gaming — 32:56

• Game 3 — Ninjas in Pyjamas 22-10 JD Gaming — 28:00

The defeat eliminates JD Gaming from the playoffs.

Invictus Gaming advance to face Team WE , while Ninjas in Pyjamas move on to meet LGD Gaming in the next lower-bracket round.