Worlds 2026 daily update, 1 November: Karmine Corp, LYON and BLG reach the quarter-finals as Hanwha Life go out
Karmine Corp, LYON and Bilibili Gaming won the last three places in the Worlds 2026 quarter-finals, while Hanwha Life Esports, LOS and Movistar KOI went home. Plus the full quarter-final draw, with times in UK time and other major zones. As of 1 November.
As of 1 November 2026. The Swiss Stage is over and the last eight are set. On Saturday night in Allen, Texas, Karmine Corp, LYON and Bilibili Gaming won their deciding series to reach the quarter-finals, while Movistar KOI, LOS and Hanwha Life Esports were knocked out. Riot then drew the quarter-finals, which start on Tuesday. There are no matches today or tomorrow.
Last night’s results (Saturday 31 October)
| Match | Result | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Movistar KOI vs Karmine Corp | Karmine Corp win 2–0 | KC qualify at 3–2, KOI eliminated at 2–3 |
| LOS vs LYON | LYON win 2–1 | LYON qualify at 3–2, LOS eliminated at 2–3 |
| Hanwha Life Esports vs Bilibili Gaming | BLG win 2–0 | BLG qualify at 3–2, HLE eliminated at 2–3 |
Karmine Corp 2–0 Movistar KOI. The all-European decider was closer than the score suggests. KOI led for much of game one before Karmine Corp won a big fight around the Elder Dragon, with their ADC Caliste turning the game on Ashe after about 40 minutes. Game two was one-way traffic, a 26-minute win with jungler Yike dominant on Pantheon. It’s Karmine Corp’s first Worlds, they came through the Play-Ins, and they’re now in the last eight. It’s also a measure of revenge for KC, who lost to KOI at the LEC’s finals in Nice earlier this year.
LYON 2–1 LOS. LOS took game one comfortably and, for a while, looked set to knock out a third team from the Americas this year. LYON’s ADC Berserker kept them alive in a tense 47-minute game two on Yunara, in a game where LYON never held a gold lead, not even when they destroyed the Nexus. LYON then threw away a lead of almost 3,000 gold in game three before coming back to win it, with jungler Inspired key on Nocturne. LOS go home after a run that included wins over Team Liquid and, in the Play-Ins, Cloud9.
Bilibili Gaming 2–0 Hanwha Life Esports. The rematch of this year’s MSI final went BLG’s way. Game one was a superb back-and-forth game that BLG turned around after more than 40 minutes, with mid laner Knight on Orianna winning the final fight. Knight and jungler Bin then ran game two on Locke and Olaf. Hanwha Life going out at the Swiss Stage is the biggest upset of the tournament so far. Their ADC Gumayusi won the last three Worlds with T1 and won’t reach the knockouts in his first year with HLE, although their run of opponents (Top Esports, Gen.G, Invictus Gaming, G2 and BLG) was about as tough as it gets.
Final Swiss Stage standings
| Record | Teams |
|---|---|
| 3–0 (qualified) | Dplus KIA, Gen.G |
| 3–1 (qualified) | T1, Invictus Gaming, Top Esports |
| 3–2 (qualified) | Karmine Corp, LYON, Bilibili Gaming |
| 2–3 (eliminated) | Movistar KOI, LOS, Hanwha Life Esports |
| 1–3 (eliminated) | CTBC Flying Oyster, G2 Esports, Team Liquid Alienware |
| 0–3 (eliminated) | Anyone’s Legend, Team Secret Whales |
That leaves three LCK teams, three LPL teams, one from the LEC and one from the LCS in the last eight.
The quarter-final draw
Every quarter-final is best of five and starts at 5pm US East Coast time in Allen. North America’s clocks went back today, so the UK is five hours ahead of US East Coast time again and these start at 10pm in the UK.
| Date | Match | UK (GMT) | Central Europe (CET) | US East (ET) | US West (PT) | Brazil (BRT) | China (CST) | Korea (KST) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Nov | Top Esports vs Invictus Gaming | 22:00 | 23:00 | 17:00 | 14:00 | 19:00 | 06:00 Wed | 07:00 Wed |
| Wed 4 Nov | Gen.G vs LYON | 22:00 | 23:00 | 17:00 | 14:00 | 19:00 | 06:00 Thu | 07:00 Thu |
| Thu 5 Nov | Dplus KIA vs Bilibili Gaming | 22:00 | 23:00 | 17:00 | 14:00 | 19:00 | 06:00 Fri | 07:00 Fri |
| Fri 6 Nov | T1 vs Karmine Corp | 22:00 | 23:00 | 17:00 | 14:00 | 19:00 | 06:00 Sat | 07:00 Sat |
A best of five can run four hours or more, so in Europe these will finish well after midnight.
Top Esports vs Invictus Gaming. An all-LPL opener, which guarantees China at least one semi-finalist.
Gen.G vs LYON. Gen.G went through the Swiss Stage unbeaten and are big favourites. LYON have now come through two must-win series and will need far more than that against the LCK.
Dplus KIA vs Bilibili Gaming. DK were the other 3–0 team. BLG arrive in form after beating Hanwha Life, and Knight has been one of the best players of the week.
T1 vs Karmine Corp. The reigning champions against a first-time Worlds team on the biggest night of their history. It’s Europe’s last team standing, and the winner meets the winner of DK vs BLG in the semi-finals.
What comes next
The semi-finals are on 7 and 8 November in Allen, and the final is at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on Saturday 14 November. Exact semi-final times are still to be confirmed, so we’ll add them once Riot publishes them.
Catch up with yesterday’s update, Worlds 2026 so far and the storylines fans are talking about. For where to watch, see our how-to-watch guide, and for the rest of the month, our November esports calendar.
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Sources & fact-checks
Dates and platforms were checked against these on 1 November 2026. Release dates move – check the store before you plan around one.
- Hotspawn – Worlds 2026 Swiss Stage Day 8 results: Hanwha Life Esports eliminated, Bilibili Gaming advance to the quarterfinals
- Pogwire – Worlds 2026 quarterfinal draw: T1 vs KC, Gen.G vs LYON, DK vs BLG and TES vs IG
- E.SPORT.FR – Worlds 2026 : la Karmine Corp en quarts, BLG élimine HLE
- LoL Esports – Worlds 2026 primer (format, teams, dates and times)