Two LCK sides won their civil wars on Saturday in Round 2 of the 2026 Worlds Swiss Stage. Gen.G Esports beat Hanwha Life Esports in 29 minutes, and Dplus KIA came back to beat T1. Both now sit at 2-0, one win from the quarterfinals, InvenGlobal reported. The matches were played at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen, Texas.
Gen.G and Dplus KIA hold their nerve
The Gen.G game pitted the LCK’s first and second seeds against each other, with both seen as title contenders. Kim ‘Canyon’ Geon-bu, on Qiyana, answered Seo ‘Kanavi’ Jin-hyeok’s ultra-early counter-jungling and turned the game around in growth. From there Gen.G swept every objective. Hanwha Life took a single Void Grub. With Hextech Soul and Baron in hand, Gen.G closed it out.
Dplus KIA’s win over T1 was harder won. As they had done against G2 Esports a day earlier, they absorbed bad moments, played the options they had and limited the damage. The turn came in the Elder Dragon fight, where Oh ‘Career’ Hyeong-seok landed a perfect ultimate. T1, InvenGlobal noted, failed to use the range and poke of their composition at the decisive moment.
Trouble for the LPL, a good night for the LEC
The LPL had already lost every match on day one. Now its first seed, AL, has dropped to the 0-2 pool after losing the intra-league game to TES. Once ace Lee ‘Tarzan’ Seung-yong was shut down, the team came apart. For TES, ‘369’ stepped in late because starting top laner ‘ZUIAN’ had visa problems, and he dominated on Ambessa. IG and BLG beat TSW and Team Liquid Alienware respectively, taking both to 1-1.
In the LCS-LEC matchup, LYON beat Karmine Corp after a tense game. Karmine Corp had the early initiative in every lane but lost out to LYON’s objective control, led by ‘Inspired’, and their focus in late teamfights. Movistar KOI and G2 both beat teams from smaller regions, so the LEC still ended the round on a high. Movistar KOI and LYON joined Gen.G and Dplus KIA at 2-0.
Round 3 draw
The Round 3 draw was completed early on the 26th, Korean time. Gen.G and Dplus KIA avoided a second straight civil war: Gen.G will play LYON and Dplus KIA will face Movistar KOI, with a place in the quarterfinals going to each winner.
Eight teams at 1-1 play best-of-one matches. Hanwha Life meets IG, T1 meets the LCP’s CFO, TES plays G2 and BLG plays Karmine Corp. In the 0-2 pool, AL faces Team Liquid and CBLOL’s LOS takes on TSW. The losers there are eliminated, and every match with qualification or elimination at stake is a best-of-three.
Sources
- Gen.G and DK triumph while T1 and Hanwha Life fall in LCK civil wars (Roundup)
- Gen.G and Dplus KIA Avoid Civil War… HLE vs. IG, T1 vs. CFO Target 2nd Win
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