BLG End T1's Three-Peat Dream: Bilibili Gaming Beat T1 3-1 to Reach the Worlds 2026 Final

REPORTED Written by GPN · Nov 9, 2026, 7:57 AM ET · League of Legends · Gaming

Bilibili Gaming are through to the League of Legends World Championship 2026 Grand Final after beating defending champions T1 3-1 in Sunday's second semifinal in Allen, Texas.

The win ends T1's bid for a fourth straight Summoner's Cup and makes BLG the first team from China's LPL to beat T1 in a best-of-five at Worlds. T1 had won all 13 of their previous Worlds knockout series against LPL opposition.

BLG took the opening game before T1 levelled the series in game two. BLG then pulled away, winning the next two games to close out the series and book their place in the final.

The result is revenge for BLG, who lost the 2024 Worlds final to T1. It also guarantees BLG at least second place and US$800,000 in prize money, with US$1 million going to the champions. T1 finish joint third and fourth and take home US$400,000.

BLG's run to the final has been anything but smooth. The LPL's second seeds won the 2026 First Stand tournament and finished second at the Mid-Season Invitational, but they dropped their Swiss Stage opener to Movistar KOI and needed a do-or-die win over Hanwha Life Esports to reach the knockouts, where they swept Dplus KIA in the quarterfinals.

They will face Gen.G in the Grand Final on Saturday, November 14, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Gen.G reached the final by sweeping Invictus Gaming 3-0 in the first semifinal.

BLG End T1's Three-Peat Dream: Bilibili Gaming Beat T1 3-1 to Reach the Worlds 2026 Final

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