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T1 Beat CTBC Flying Oyster to Go 2-1 at Worlds 2026. In 2024 and 2025, 9 of 12 Teams at 2-1 Qualified
T1 won their single game against CTBC Flying Oyster 14 kills to 6 on 27 October (KST) and moved to 2-1 in the Swiss Stage. In Riot's records for the last two Swiss Stages, 12 teams reached 2-1 and nine went on to the quarter-finals.
The table this is written from: /worlds-2026
T1 are one win from the quarter-finals of the 2026 World Championship. They beat CTBC Flying Oyster in a single game at 02:00 Korea time on 27 October and moved to 2-1 in the Swiss Stage. Their only loss so far was to Dplus Kia.
The game, from Riot’s live stats
| T1 | CTBC Flying Oyster | |
|---|---|---|
| Kills | 14 | 6 |
| Gold | 56,668 | 50,500 |
| Towers | 7 | 4 |
| Dragons | 1 | 2 |
| Barons | 1 | 0 |
T1 played Doran, Oner, Faker, Peyz and Keria. CTBC Flying Oyster drop to 1-2.
How 2-1 teams have done
From 2-1, a team plays a best-of-three: win it and it is through. Lose, and it has one more best-of-three at 2-2. We put every Swiss Stage match of 2024 and 2025 in order from Riot’s schedule and followed every team that reached 2-1.
| Year | Teams at 2-1 | Qualified | Went out |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | 4: Top Esports, Hanwha Life, FlyQuest, T1 (won the title) | Dplus Kia, G2 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5: Hanwha Life, Gen.G, G2, CTBC Flying Oyster, Top Esports | FlyQuest |
| Both | 12 | 9 | 3 |
Read the nine with care. Six 2-1 teams meet each other in three matches, so exactly three go through at once in every year; that half is built into the format. The real test is the other half: of the six teams that lost at 2-1 and fell to 2-2, three recovered and three went out.
Compare yesterday’s count for teams at 1-2: three of twelve got through (Hanwha Life at 1-2).
T1’s own two years
In 2024 T1 were at 2-1, won their next series, and went on to win the title. In 2025 they were at 1-2 and still won it. Neither year says what happens in this one.
Who T1 could meet
Six teams are at 2-1 after round three: T1, Invictus Gaming, Top Esports, Bilibili Gaming, Movistar KOI and LYON. Riot’s schedule lists nine best-of-three matches, all still “TBD”, from 29 October to 1 November (KST) for rounds four and five; the pairings had not been published when we wrote. Gen.G and Dplus Kia are already through at 3-0 (the order they qualified in). Every team’s record and every 2-1 path are on our Worlds 2026 page.
Results and game statistics from Riot Games’ official LoL Esports schedule and live stats feed. Times are Korea Standard Time. This is a count of past fields, not a forecast.
Where these numbers come from
Sources
- Riot Games (LoL Esports schedule) — Official schedule and match details (esports-api getSchedule, league 98767975604431411; getEventDetails, match 115660540726095049): T1 1–0 CTBC Flying Oyster, best-of-one, 27 Oct 2026 02:00 KST; every completed Swiss Stage match of 2024, 2025 and 2026, in order, and the 2024 and 2025 knockout results. Read 27 October 2026, 07:25 KST. · https://lolesports.com/en-US/schedule
- Riot Games (LoL Esports live stats feed) — Final frame of T1 vs CTBC Flying Oyster (game id 115660540726095050): kills, total gold, towers, dragons, barons, line-ups. · https://lolesports.com/en-US/schedule
What we checked
- T1 (blue) 1–0 CTBC Flying Oyster: kills 14–6, gold 56,668–50,500, towers 7–4, dragons 1–2, barons 1–0.
- Teams at 2-1 in 2024: Top Esports (3-1, lost a quarter-final), Hanwha Life (3-1, lost a quarter-final), FlyQuest (3-2, lost a quarter-final), T1 (3-1, won the title), Dplus Kia (2-3), G2 (2-3).
- Teams at 2-1 in 2025: Hanwha Life (3-1, lost a quarter-final), Gen.G (3-1, lost a semi-final), G2 (3-1, lost a quarter-final), CTBC Flying Oyster (3-2, lost a quarter-final), Top Esports (3-2, lost a semi-final), FlyQuest (2-3).
- Teams at 2-1 in 2026 after round three: T1, Invictus Gaming, Top Esports, Bilibili Gaming, Movistar KOI, LYON.
What we left out, and why
- 2023, which the official schedule feed does not cover from the start of the Swiss Stage.
- Round-four pairings: Riot's schedule still listed them as TBD when we wrote.
- Predictions. Twelve teams over two years is a small group.
The data behind this
Written from the same data
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