T1 Takes Revenge on BLG, Advances to Saudi EWC LoL Semifinals [eSports World Cup Zoom In]

T1 properly avenged their loss in Chengdu, China in Saudi Arabia.

The eSports World Cup (EWC), an international eSports tournament hosted by the Saudi Esports Federation, opened on the 3rd.

The EWC is an expanded version of the Gamers 8 that Saudi Arabia has been hosting, and is held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia.

The EWC League of Legends (LoL) competition began on the 5th.

Gen. G Esports and T1 participated in this EWC LoL event as representatives of the domestic league LCK. 메이저사이트

Bilibili Gaming (BLG) and Top Esports (TES) participated from the Chinese league LPL, and G2 Esports and Fnatic participated from the European league LEC.

Team Liquid and FlyQuest participated as representatives of the North American league LCS.

The eight teams are strong teams that won and were runners-up in the spring season in Korea, China, Europe, and North America, which are considered the four major regions of the League of Legends Pro League.

These teams also faced each other at the MSI (Mid-Season Invitational), an international LoL tournament held in Chengdu, China.

At that tournament, Gen. G won the championship and BLG was runner-up.

T1 lost to BLG and finished in third place, and G2 finished in fourth place.

T1, who participated in the opening match of the EWC LoL event on the 5th, won against BLG with a set score of 2 to 1.

They succeeded in shaking off the regret of not being able to advance to the MSI finals due to losing to BLG.

After winning against BLG, T1 will play against Team Liquid in the semifinals on the 7th.

The reasons for T1's victory were the surprise ban pick and the performance of long-range dealer 'Gumayusi' Lee Min-hyung.

While T1 showed a changed ban pick to match the EWC, which was played on a different patch version than the 2024 LCK Spring, BLG failed to show a flexible response.

In particular, T1 won the first set by showing the joker card Top Jerry despite the short preparation period.

In the second set, BLG took the upper hand in important team fights with their strong engagement ability and took down T1.

In the third set, where the match was decided, Lee Min-hyung's performance was dazzling.

Lee Min-hyung, who chose Jin, turned the situation from a somewhat unfavorable start with his precise skill use.

In particular, in the latter half of the dragon battle, he showed off his brilliant performance by using his ultimate skill, 'Curtain Call', to catch the enemy supporter and using his W skill, Murderous Rhyme, to bind Corki, the main dealer, 'Knight' Zhu Ding.

Meanwhile, MSI champion Gen.G will play TES at midnight today (12 AM on the 6th).

If Gen.G wins, they will face the winner of the match between G2 and FlyQuest in the semifinals.

With T1's victory over BLG, attention is focused on Gen.G's match today.

If Gen.G wins today, there is a high possibility that a Korean team war will occur in the finals.

Since they met their rival Chinese team early, if they win, the remaining matchups will be easy.

Except for G2, the other three teams are considered relatively weak teams.

The eSports World Cup will run for a total of 8 weeks until the 25th of next month, and there are a total of 19 participating events.

The total prize pool is over 60 million dollars (approximately 84 billion won), which is the largest amount ever, breaking the highest prize pool of Gamers 8 of 45 million dollars.

The domestic League of Legends pro league LCK is taking a break by clearing the first week of July for the EWC.