LCK teams go unbeaten as Demacia Cup Global Invitational begins

LCK teams go unbeaten as Demacia Cup Global Invitational begins

RED Canids 1:0 Natus Vincere
LGD Gaming 1:0 FlyQuest
KT Rolster 1:0 Shopify Rebellion
BNK FEARX 1:0 Team Vitality
Team WE 1:0 GAM Esports
HANJIN BRION 1:0 JD Gaming

The 2026 Demacia Cup Global Invitational opened on October 3 with all three LCK representatives winning their Round 1 matches, while RED Canids , LGD Gaming and Team WE also began the Swiss stage with victories.

KT Rolster defeated Shopify Rebellion , BNK FEARX overcame Team Vitality and HANJIN BRION completed a comeback against JD Gaming to send the entire Korean contingent into the 1–0 bracket.

KT Rolster beat Shopify Rebellion

KT's match against Shopify Rebellion remained relatively quiet through the opening stages before Lee " PerfecT " Seung-min began creating advantages on K'Sante.

PerfecT scored a solo kill before playing a major role in a mid-lane skirmish and later absorbed pressure during a Rift Herald fight.

KT subsequently used K'Sante and Gwak " Bdd " Bo-seong's Ryze in the side lanes before securing Baron and converting their advantage into the victory.

BNK FEARX overcome Vitality

BNK FEARX established early lane priority against Team Vitality and built their initial advantage through kills in the middle and bottom lanes.

Vitality responded through skirmishes and objective fights, but BFX maintained control through their side-lane play.

After Vitality caught Kim "Kellin" Hyeong-gyu's Bard and immediately started Baron, BNK FEARX counterattacked and wiped the opposing team. The resulting Baron buff allowed BFX to close the game.

HANJIN BRION complete comeback against JD Gaming

JD Gaming controlled much of the early action against HANJIN BRION by combining the global pressure of Pantheon and Twisted Fate with Yorick's Teleport.

HANJIN BRION remained in contention after securing two early Dragons and eventually overturned the game during the fight for the fifth Dragon.

The comeback completed a PerfecT Round 1 for the LCK representatives.

Round 2 matchups confirmed

RED Canids also upset Natus Vincere in the opening match, LGD Gaming defeated FlyQuest and Team WE beat GAM Esports .

The Round 2 winners' bracket will feature KT Rolster against RED Canids , HANJIN BRION against Team WE and BNK FEARX against LGD Gaming .

Natus Vincere will meet FlyQuest , GAM Esports will face Team Vitality and Shopify Rebellion will play JD Gaming in the 0–1 bracket.

Round 2 winners' matches begin October 4, with the three teams reaching 2–0 advancing directly to the knockout stage.