Bilibili Gaming beat defending champions T1 3-1 in the Worlds 2026 semifinals on November 8, ending T1’s run of three consecutive world titles and booking a place against Gen.G in the final at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

The win avenged BLG’s defeat to T1 in the 2024 final and ended T1’s streak of four consecutive Worlds finals; it also marked the first time T1 had lost a best-of-five Worlds knockout series to an LPL team since its first Worlds appearance in 2013.

T1’s only game win came in Game 2, when Oner stole Baron with Lee Sin and Faker played Syndra; BLG took the other three games, with Faker’s mid-lane death in Game 3 proving pivotal and T1’s attempted comeback in Game 4 falling short.

BLG’s Viper and ON had the edge over T1’s bottom lane across the series, while Faker said BLG had prepared better, the match had not gone as T1 expected, and he hoped to return stronger.

BLG reached the semifinal after going 3-2 in the Swiss Stage, then eliminated Hanwha Life and swept Dplus KIA 3-0 in the quarterfinals; Gen.G advanced to the final with 3-0 knockout wins over LYON and Invictus Gaming.

The final pits LCK representative Gen.G, with Chovy appearing in his first Worlds final, against LPL representative BLG, featuring Knight; either team’s victory will create a new champion.

The best-of-five final is scheduled to start at 4 a.m. Korea Standard Time on November 15; Worlds 2026 began on October 15, featured 19 teams and has a US$5 million prize pool.