Bilibili Gaming ended Dplus KIA’s flawless Worlds 2026 run with a clean sweep in the third quarterfinal. The win keeps BLG perfect in Worlds quarterfinals, cuts the LCK down to Gen.G and T1 and could set up a rematch of the 2024 final.
The Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen, Texas, hosted the best-of-five series. Play got underway at 16:06 Central Time. BLG support ON was named series MVP.
DK, the LCK’s fourth seed, had gone 3-0 in the Swiss Stage. With DK out, Gen.G and T1 are the LCK’s last two teams at the event. Gen.G booked their place by sweeping LYON 3-0 in the second quarterfinal. Invictus Gaming await them in the semifinals on November 7.
Dragon control decided a one-sided series
Fifteen dragons were contested across the series, two of them Elder Dragons. DK took just one, in Game 3, and gave up the dragon soul in every game, Sheep Esports reported.
Xun set the tone in Game 1 on Naafiri. BLG closed out that game after securing both Elder Dragon and Baron.
The sweep brings a financial reward as well as progress. US$400,000 and a top-four finish are now locked in for BLG, whatever happens next.
The result turned around a recent meeting between the two sides. At the 2026 Esports World Cup, DK knocked BLG out in the quarterfinals and went on to win the League of Legends event.
DK top laner Siwoo told Inven Global he was very disappointed the run ended so suddenly. He added that he would use it as motivation, since his career is not over.
BLG keep a perfect quarterfinal record against the LCK
BLG reached the knockout stage the hard way. They only qualified for the quarterfinals by beating Hanwha Life Esports 2-0 in their last Swiss round.
Once there, they extended a strong record. BLG have never lost a Worlds quarterfinal. All three of those wins came against LCK teams: 3-2 over Gen.G in 2023, 3-1 over Hanwha Life Esports in 2024 and now the sweep of DK.
The run also marks a return to the late stages. BLG missed Worlds last year. This is their first semifinal since Worlds 2024, where they finished second after losing the grand final to T1.
That history gives the next round extra weight. Should T1 come through on November 6, BLG would meet the team that beat them in that final. T1 will get first pick of side for Game 1 of their quarterfinal because they had the better record.
The Grand Final is set for November 14 at 14:00 Eastern Time.
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