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Worlds 2026 Swiss Round Three: Gen.G Face LYON and Dplus Kia Face Movistar KOI for Quarter-Final Spots
Round three runs over 26 and 27 October (KST). Gen.G play LYON and Dplus Kia play Movistar KOI, best-of-three, for the quarter-finals. Hanwha Life meet Invictus Gaming and T1 meet CTBC Flying Oyster in single games.
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Round two of the Worlds 2026 Swiss Stage ended on the morning of 25 October (KST) (the results). Round three is next, over 26 and 27 October.
In the Swiss Stage, teams only play others with the same record. Riot had published the pairings by 11:00 KST on 25 October.
The three groups
| Record | What is at stake | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| 2-0 | Win: into the quarter-finals | Movistar KOI, LYON, Gen.G, Dplus Kia |
| 1-1 | Win: 2-1. Lose: 1-2, one loss from elimination | Top Esports, CTBC Flying Oyster, G2 Esports, Karmine Corp, Invictus Gaming, Hanwha Life Esports, T1, Bilibili Gaming |
| 0-2 | Lose: eliminated | Anyone’s Legend, LOS, Team Secret Whales, Team Liquid Alienware |
Matches between 2-0 teams and between 0-2 teams are best-of-three. Matches between 1-1 teams stay best-of-one.
The pairings (KST)
| Day | Time | Match | Format | At stake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 26 Oct | 02:00 | Hanwha Life Esports vs Invictus Gaming | Bo1 | 1-1: winner to 2-1 |
| Mon 26 Oct | 03:00 | Top Esports vs G2 Esports | Bo1 | 1-1: winner to 2-1 |
| Mon 26 Oct | 04:00 | Movistar KOI vs Dplus Kia | Bo3 | 2-0: winner to the quarter-finals |
| Mon 26 Oct | 07:00 | Gen.G vs LYON | Bo3 | 2-0: winner to the quarter-finals |
| Tue 27 Oct | 02:00 | CTBC Flying Oyster vs T1 | Bo1 | 1-1: winner to 2-1 |
| Tue 27 Oct | 03:00 | Bilibili Gaming vs Karmine Corp | Bo1 | 1-1: winner to 2-1 |
| Tue 27 Oct | 04:00 | LOS vs Team Secret Whales | Bo3 | 0-2: loser eliminated |
| Tue 27 Oct | 07:00 | Team Liquid Alienware vs Anyone’s Legend | Bo3 | 0-2: loser eliminated |
Hanwha Life open the round against China’s Invictus Gaming. On the second day, T1 face CTBC Flying Oyster of the LCP, the league for Taiwan, Vietnam and the wider Asia-Pacific.
For Korean fans
Two LCK teams, Gen.G and Dplus Kia, are one series win from the quarter-finals, and both play on Monday 26 October. The other two, Hanwha Life and T1, are in the 1-1 group, where a single game decides whether they move to 2-1 or fall to 1-2.
Schedule and records from Riot Games’ official LoL Esports schedule. Times are Korea Standard Time; Allen, Texas is 14 hours behind.
Where these numbers come from
Sources
- Riot Games (LoL Esports schedule) — Official schedule (esports-api getSchedule): round-two results and records, and the round-three pairings, time slots and match formats for 26–27 October 2026 KST. Pairings read 25 October 2026, 11:00 KST. · https://lolesports.com/en-US/schedule
What we checked
- Round-three slots on the official schedule: 26 Oct 02:00 and 03:00 KST best-of-one, 04:00 and 07:00 best-of-three; 27 Oct the same four slots.
- Records after round two: 2-0 Movistar KOI, LYON, Gen.G, Dplus Kia; 1-1 Top Esports, CTBC Flying Oyster, G2 Esports, Karmine Corp, Invictus Gaming, Hanwha Life Esports, T1, Bilibili Gaming; 0-2 Anyone's Legend, LOS, Team Secret Whales, Team Liquid Alienware.
What we left out, and why
- Predictions. We report the pairings Riot published, not who is likely to win.
The data behind this
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