Team Liquid eliminate Anyone's Legend as LØS survive and T1, BLG reach 2–1
Team Liquid eliminate Anyone's Legend as LØS survive and T1, BLG reach 2–1
Team Liquid eliminated LPL first seed Anyone’s Legend with a 2–0 victory, while LØS swept Team Secret Whales as the Worlds 2026 Swiss Stage produced its first exits.
T1 and Bilibili Gaming also won their third-round matches, advancing to 2–1 and moving within one series of the quarterfinals.
Team Liquid 2–0 Anyone’s Legend
Liquid recovered from defeats against CTBC Flying Oyster and Bilibili Gaming to keep their tournament alive.
The opening game ended in 33:13, with Liquid recording 16 kills to five. Josedeodo played Lee Sin, while Morgan fielded Camille as Liquid established a convincing series lead.
Game two was considerably longer, lasting 47:29. Anyone’s Legend finished ahead 18–17 in kills, but Liquid secured the victory and completed the sweep.
Yeon recorded a combined 13/4/13 across Lucian and Xayah, while Morgan finished 9/3/15 on Camille and Kled. CoreJJ contributed 27 assists, participating in 28 of Liquid’s 33 kills.
The result left Anyone’s Legend winless in the Swiss Stage after earlier defeats against Karmine Corp and Top Esports. Liquid advanced to 1–2, needing two further series victories to reach the quarterfinals.
LØS 2–0 Team Secret Whales
LØS also recovered from an 0–2 start, defeating Team Secret Whales in two extended games.
The Brazilian representatives won the opener in 40:04, ending 14–9 in kills. They followed with a 37:23 victory and a 22–13 kill score to eliminate the LCP first seed.
Zest finished the series 12/3/11 across Gnar and Kennen. Curse contributed 6/4/23, while Ackerman supplied 29 assists on Renata Glasc and Seraphine.
The sweep kept LØS in contention at 1–2. Team Secret Whales exited without a Swiss-stage victory.
T1 1–0 CTBC Flying Oyster
T1 bounced back from their defeat against DK by beating CFO in 27:23, recording 14 kills to six.
Keria finished 2/0/10 on Rakan, participating in 12 of T1’s 14 kills. Oner added 4/1/5 on Vi, while Faker recorded 2/1/8 on Galio.
T1 moved to 2–1, while CFO fell into the elimination bracket at 1–2.
Bilibili Gaming 1–0 Karmine Corp
BLG secured their second consecutive win, defeating Karmine Corp in 36:20 with a 14–11 kill score.
Knight finished 3/1/11 on Orianna, and Xun recorded 2/2/12 on Jarvan IV. Both participated in every BLG kill. Viper added 5/1/6 on Kai’Sa.
BLG advanced to 2–1, completing their recovery from an opening defeat against Movistar KOI. Karmine Corp dropped to 1–2 after successive losses to LYON and BLG.
