Bilibili Gaming Beats Gen.G 3-1 to Win LoL Worlds, Ending Korea's Run

Bilibili Gaming, known as BLG, won the 2026 League of Legends World Championship by beating Gen.G 3-1 in the final at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, according to CGTN. It is the first world title for the club and the first for China's League of Legends Pro League (LPL) since EDward Gaming won in 2021.

The result ends four straight years of titles for teams from South Korea's League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK). BLG also knocked out all four LCK teams at the event, Esports Insider reported.

How BLG got to the trophy

Oct. 15: The tournament opened with 19 teams. It ran through Nov. 14, according to Esports.net and Esports Insider.
End of the Swiss stage: BLG took the last quarterfinal place by beating Hanwha Life Esports, the MSI 2026 champions, 2-0, according to Esports.net.
Nov. 5: Dplus KIA lost 3-0 to BLG in the quarterfinals, Esports.net reported.
Nov. 8: T1 lost 3-1 to BLG in the semifinals, according to Esports.net. CGTN described T1 as the defending champion.
Nov. 14: BLG beat Gen.G 3-1 in a best-of-five final, per CGTN.

How the final unfolded

Gen.G won the first game, which CGTN said lasted 38 minutes. BLG answered with a 53-minute second game, the longest of the tournament, to level the series at 1-1. BLG then won the third game in 37 minutes, and CGTN reported that BLG closed out the series in the fourth game after about 42 minutes, breaking through at a late-game fight around Baron Nashor and destroying Gen.G's Nexus.

Zhuo “Knight” Ding was named the final's Most Valuable Player, according to CGTN. Two years ago, Knight finished as a runner-up when BLG lost the 2024 final to T1, Esports.net reported. CGTN said Park “Viper” Do-hyeon won his second world title after winning with EDward Gaming in 2021, while his four teammates won their first.

What Gen.G said afterward

Esports Insider reported that Gen.G players said they had strayed from their own plans in the final. Chovy said the team broke its own rules, and Duro, playing his first Worlds, said he regretted that the team dropped its drafting plan. Esports.net reported that Chovy also called some of the team's plays disappointing.

Gen.G still reached its first Worlds final in nine years, according to Esports.net. Runner-up is the team's best result in eight Worlds appearances. The team had finished in third or fourth place in 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025. Gen.G takes home $800,000 as runner-up, while semifinalists T1 and Invictus Gaming received $400,000 each, according to Esports Insider.

What it means for the 2027 season

The title was BLG's second international trophy of 2026. The team won the First Stand Tournament in São Paulo in March, beating G2 Esports 3-1 in the final and collecting the $250,000 top prize, Esports Insider reported. According to the outlet, no team had won both events in a year since 2016, which gives the LPL a strong claim to the competitive edge heading into the new season.

Esports.net reported that BLG lifted the trophy in only its third Worlds appearance, and that the winner's share comes from a $5 million prize pool.

The calendar also changes. Esports Insider said First Stand will open the 2027 season as First Stand: All In, a one-off expanded event that Riot Games calls the largest tournament it has ever produced, and that the outlet describes as taking the season opener to China. The event was first announced for Southeast Asia, and that region will now host First Stand in 2028 instead. The 2027 Mid-Season Invitational will be held in Valencia.

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Around Prague, based on reporting by Esports Insider, Esports.net, CGTN

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