Top Esports overturns Bilibili Gaming 's lead to qualify for Worlds quarterfinals

Top Esports overturns Bilibili Gaming 's lead to qualify for Worlds quarterfinals

Top Esports defeated Bilibili Gaming 2–1 in the Worlds 2026 Swiss Stage, recovering from an opening-game defeat to secure a quarterfinal place.

Top Esports finished its Swiss campaign at 3–1, becoming the second LPL qualifier after Invictus Gaming . Bilibili Gaming dropped to 2–2 and must win one final series to ADVANCE .

knight powers Bilibili Gaming ’s opening victory

Bilibili Gaming controlled Game 1, winning 21–6 in kills behind knight ’s Orianna.

His teamfight Impact helped Bilibili Gaming establish the series lead and move within one victory of qualification.

knight continued to create opportunities ON LeBlanc in Game 2, but Top Esports found a response through JackeyLove ’s teamfighting.

Top Esports wins the pivotal second game

Top Esports recovered to win Game 2 13–10 in kills, forcing a deciding game.

A crucial Dragon -area fight featured Creme and Tian reaching Viper , helping Top Esports deny Bilibili Gaming the opportunity to complete the series.

The equaliser shifted the contest into a final draft with the quarterfinal berth still available to either team.

Tian helps break open the decider

Top Esports produced a much more decisive Game 3, with Tian ’s early movement helping establish control.

His Pantheon finished 4/1/11, while Creme ’s Syndra went 6/0/8 and 369 ’s Renekton completed a deathless 3/0/5 performance.

Top Esports closed with a 17–3 kill advantage and approximately 11, 300 more gold, completing consecutive victories after the difficult opener.

The result expanded the confirmed knockout field to five teams: Generation Gaming , Dplus KIA , T1 , Invictus Gaming and Top Esports .