Gen.G lost in the second round of T1 and round of 16, respectively, and eventually faced off in the third round
Oct 16, 2025
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LCK (Korea)'s Gen.G and T1 will face off from the beginning of the LOL World Cup. This is because both teams were in the same group as they lost in the second round.
Gen.G and T1 lost to China's AL (Anyone's Legend) and Taiwan's CFO, respectively, in the second round of the '2025 League of Legends World Championship' (Lold Cup) Swiss Stage at the Smart e-Sports Center in Beijing, China on the 16th. The AL, which showed off its strong performance by catching Hanwha Life e-Sports, the second seed of LCK, in the first round held the previous day, overwhelmed even Gen.G, the No. 1 seed and MSI winner, and immediately won two games.
CFO also continued to pressure T1 with a complete victory over LEC's Fnatic in the first round, proving to be the best dark horse early in the tournament with two wins.
As a result, Gen.G and T1 failed to continue their winning momentum in the first round and were among the same group with 1 win and 1 loss, and they were forced to fight a civil war in a match draw held immediately after the second round. The team that won in the third round is one step closer to the knockout stage (the quarterfinals) with two wins and one loss, but the losing team will go on a difficult journey to reach the quarterfinals only when it wins two consecutive games. However, in the second win or second loss, LCK may be rather advantageous to switch to the multi-game system of best-of-three games where LCK is strong rather than a single-game system.
Unlike the two teams, KT Rolster, the third seed in LCK, beat Vietnam's TSW for its second win on the day, becoming the first of the four LCK teams to be in the two-win group and competing with LPL's TES to advance to the quarterfinals. AL and CFO, who beat Gen.G and T1 side by side, will also compete to advance to the quarterfinals through a showdown.
In addition, Hanwha Life Insurance, which lost to AL in the first round, lost to Taiwan's PSG in the last game of the second round, showed a clear difference in weight class from the middle, and won, and was in the 1-1 group to compete for its second win against the 100 Cves, the third seed of LTA (America). The 10 Cves had a surprise show in the first round to beat No. 1 LPL seed Billy Gaming, but the Chinese team TES, who met again in the second round, failed to overcome.
Meanwhile, four teams, including Fnatic and Movistar Koy, PSG and VKS, faced each other and entered a 'Guillotine Match' to determine the two eliminated teams.
Four teams from the two-win group will be held on the 17th, eight teams from the one-win group will be held on the 18th, and four teams from the two-loss group will be held on the 19th.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
