Gen.G vs BLG Live: Bilibili Gaming Win Worlds 2026, 3-1

Gen.G 1 : 3 BLG

Bilibili Gaming are the 2026 world champions

7:04 PM ET, the trophy: Bilibili Gaming lift the Summoner’s Cup at Barclays Center. “BLG burn all four LCK banners,” the English broadcast called it as the Nexus fell: on the way to the title they beat Hanwha Life Esports in the Swiss stage, Dplus KIA in the quarterfinals, T1 in the semifinals and Gen.G in the final.

7:02 PM ET, BILIBILI GAMING ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS: BLG win the final 3 to 1. Xun steals the Baron from under Gen.G’s noses, BLG win the fight that follows and march straight through the base to end game 4 after 43 minutes, 21 kills to 11. It is Bilibili Gaming’s first Worlds title, two years after losing the 2024 final to T1, and the first for the LPL in five years. Viper wins his second world title, five years after his first with EDward Gaming. Gen.G took game 1 and fought to the very end, but Barclays Center belongs to BLG tonight.

7:00 PM ET, game 4: “Are you kidding me?” Replays show how Gen.G did it: Kiin survives against all odds, Ruler shuts down Bin, and Canyon slips back into the pit to take the soul. Now the Baron is up at 41 minutes, Gen.G poke at it, Knight answers with a stun and both teams circle the pit, 4,800 gold apart.

6:59 PM ET, game 4: Gen.G get the Chemtech Soul. A chaotic fight around the dragon leaves Bin and Knight dead for BLG and Chovy and Duro dead for Gen.G. At 40 minutes BLG still lead 17 to 11 in kills and by 5,000 gold, but with the soul, Gen.G have a real chance to turn this around.

6:56 PM ET, game 4: BLG take the top inhibitor, Chovy answers with a tower in the bottom lane. Dragons are now 3 to 3, so the next one is Chemtech Soul for whoever takes it, and the Baron is back in about three minutes. Another late game in this final, and the next fight could end the series or send it to game 5.

6:55 PM ET, game 4: Knight takes down an inhibitor. Gen.G have the Baron buff, but BLG keep pushing and are inside the Gen.G base. At 35 and a half minutes, BLG lead 15 to 9 in kills, by 6,400 gold and 7 towers to 4.

6:53 PM ET, game 4: Canyon secures the Baron for Gen.G, but the fight around it goes BLG’s way, three for two. Bin flanks in with his teleport and picks up a double kill on Gwen, and although Ruler shuts down Viper, Gen.G are torn apart. Baron buff or not, BLG still hold every card.

6:52 PM ET, game 4: Gen.G need a miracle, and they go looking for it at the Baron. 33 minutes in and 7,300 gold behind, all five Gen.G players are in the pit while Knight hovers outside. If BLG catch them here, the title is theirs.

6:50 PM ET, game 4: BLG are knocking on Gen.G’s base. Five outer towers are down, only the mid lane tier 2 is still standing outside the Gen.G base, and BLG lead by almost 7,000 gold at 31 minutes. Knight has been everywhere on Twisted Fate: 1/0/9, involved in ten of BLG’s eleven kills.

6:49 PM ET, game 4: Knight’s gold cards keep finding targets. Canyon is picked off again as the dragon spawns, BLG run Gen.G down and take the dragon too. Ruler survives and kills Xun on his way out, but at 29 and a half minutes BLG lead by 7,000 gold, towers are 5 to 2 and the Baron buff is still ticking.

6:47 PM ET, game 4: BLG win the Baron fight and take the Baron. Xun’s Paranoia turns out the lights, ON lands a three-man Pop Blossom, Bin hunts down Ruler and Chovy falls too. At 28 minutes, BLG lead 11 to 7 in kills and by 5,800 gold. Ruler picks off Xun, but Kiin, Canyon and Duro are all dead, and BLG are pushing with Baron. Bilibili Gaming are very close to the Summoner’s Cup.

6:45 PM ET, game 4: Gen.G hit back with the mid lane tower, towers are now 3 to 2 for BLG, and Viper has caught up on items. 26 minutes in, Gen.G start the Baron with BLG closing in from the river. This could be the fight that decides game 4.

6:42 PM ET, game 4: BLG deny the soul. Ruler has finished Infinity Edge, teleports fly in from both sides, but BLG play it patiently: they take the dragon Gen.G needed for Chemtech Soul and walk away without a fight. At 24 minutes, BLG lead by 2,300 gold and three towers to two, kills are still 5 to 5, and Gen.G stay on three dragons.

6:40 PM ET, game 4: The momentum has swung to BLG. In the next fight Canyon misses a key spear, Viper turns it around and BLG take two more kills, while Chovy and Canyon burn their Flashes. At 21 minutes, BLG lead by 2,400 gold, kills are 5 to 5 and BLG have three towers to Gen.G’s one. Gen.G still hold three dragons, and Baron is next.

6:37 PM ET, game 4: Two big fights in a row. First BLG take the Rift Herald: ON lands Neeko’s Pop Blossom, Kiin goes down and Viper finally gets a kill, with Chovy trading one back. Gen.G are on soul point, one dragon from the soul. Then ON’s ultimate hits two more Gen.G players, Canyon jumps over the wall, misses his spear and dies. BLG are fighting back.

6:35 PM ET, game 4: BLG claw their way back into it. Knight and Xun keep burning Kiin’s Flash in the top lane, and a trade of kills at 16 minutes leaves Gen.G only 4 to 3 up in kills and 300 gold ahead. Gen.G control the dragons, so the next fight around the pit could decide a lot.

6:32 PM ET, game 4: Gen.G dive Viper. Canyon lands Pantheon’s Grand Starfall, Viper is deleted before Knight’s Twisted Fate ultimate can arrive, and Gen.G walk away with the kill. At 14 minutes, Gen.G lead 3 to 2 in kills and by 800 gold. Ruler is 3/0/0 on Xayah and about 3,000 gold ahead of Viper, who is 0/3/0.

6:29 PM ET, game 4: Gen.G take the first dragon and all three voidgrubs. Ten and a half minutes in, kills are still 2 to 2 and gold is 18.2K to 18.3K. No towers have fallen yet.

6:26 PM ET, game 4: An even start to the must-win game for Gen.G. Ruler has already caught Viper twice in the bottom lane and is 2/0/0, while Bin and ON answer with a kill each. After seven and a half minutes, kills are 2 to 2 and gold is dead level: 13.1K for BLG, 13.2K for Gen.G.

6:22 PM ET, game 4: Game 4 is under way. Among the picks: Kiin on Aurora, Canyon on Pantheon, Chovy on Akali and Ruler on Xayah for Gen.G. Bin on Gwen, Xun on Nocturne, Knight on Twisted Fate and ON on Neeko for BLG. Ruler draws first blood on Viper within minutes and then solo kills him again. “This man does not want to lose,” as the casters put it.

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6:10 PM ET, game 4 draft: The game 4 draft is underway. BLG are one win from the Summoner’s Cup, and Gen.G must win to force a deciding game 5. With Fearless Draft, every champion played in the first three games is now off the table.

5:56 PM ET, BLG WIN GAME 3: BLG win the last fight three for nothing, march straight through the Nexus towers and take a 2 to 1 lead. They are one win away from the title. The casters made ON the star of this one: his Alistar set up almost every fight, from Ruler at Baron to the final push. Game 4 is next, and Gen.G must win it to stay alive.

5:55 PM ET, game 3: Another fight near Baron. Bin lands a big Counter Strike with Flash, Xun follows up, and Viper takes down Ruler. Gen.G keep walking into BLG’s fog of war and keep getting punished.

5:54 PM ET, game 3: BLG claim Chemtech Soul, 35 minutes in. Gen.G could not contest it, because Chovy had just been caught and was still waiting to respawn. Xun lost his Guardian Angel in that fight, but Chovy was the only one to die.

5:52 PM ET, game 3: BLG are 5,500 gold ahead and on soul point, with Chemtech Soul up next. They poke at Baron but back off rather than give Gen.G a fight on their terms. Gen.G need one clean teamfight, and Chovy’s Annie has Flash again.

5:50 PM ET, game 3: Disaster for Gen.G at the dragon. Bin flanks with his teleport and zones the whole Gen.G backline, Xun picks off Chovy, and BLG take the dragon plus four kills. Ruler gets one back with the fourth shot onto Knight. Bin is now 7/0 on Jax, and BLG have their third dragon.

5:47 PM ET, game 3: BLG lead by about 3,000 gold and own all three grubs. They catch Chovy in the top lane, ON again leading the charge, and use the Baron buff to chip away at Gen.G’s towers. Gen.G hold the base for now.

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5:44 PM ET, game 3: Big fight at Baron, and it goes to BLG. ON’s Alistar walks in and finds Ruler without Flash, BLG take down three members of Gen.G and secure the Baron. Viper is 5/1/5 on Taliyah.

5:42 PM ET, game 3: Haymaker for haymaker. This time BLG win the dragon fight with Bin’s teleport on their side. ON tanks everything at the front, Xun dies, but BLG take down Canyon and Chovy, Viper’s Seismic Shove pushing Chovy straight into his grave, while Knight keeps Kiin and Ruler away. BLG take their second dragon.

5:40 PM ET, game 3: Gen.G hit back hard. Chovy finishes Bin with Tibbers, and while BLG’s top laner is dead, Ruler’s Curtain Call opens the next fight: he takes down ON and then Xun. Canyon falls too, but so does Viper, and Gen.G come out of a chaotic chain of picks with a big gold swing.

5:38 PM ET, game 3: BLG win the next fight. ON walls off every Gen.G follow-up with Unbreakable Will, Kiin dives into the backline on Ambessa and gets locked up and burst down, and Viper goes on a killing spree. BLG take the mid lane outer tower.

5:36 PM ET, game 3: Big pick before the third dragon. Xun flashes in with Vi’s Vault Breaker, Viper follows with Seismic Shove, and Ruler is dead in the mid lane before the fight can even start. BLG now have the numbers around the dragon.

5:34 PM ET, game 3: Gen.G take the Rift Herald while BLG work the bot side of the map. Gen.G lead by about 500 gold, mostly thanks to Ruler, and Kiin is still a full level up on Bin.

5:32 PM ET, game 3: Gen.G are getting the small edges this time. They take their second dragon while BLG trade for the first tower in the top lane. Bin goes aggressive on Kiin with Xun’s help, but Duro arrives on Rakan to save his top laner, and Bin has to burn Flash. Kiin is a full level ahead of Bin, and Ruler has his Ghostblade done after farming a big wave in the bot lane.

5:27 PM ET, game 3: BLG take all three voidgrubs, the first clean sweep of grubs in the series. That suits Bin’s Jax, who wants to split push. Moments later Canyon walks into BLG’s jungle and ON escapes on Alistar with about 50 HP.

5:26 PM ET, game 3: Ruler answers straight away. Three Curtain Call shots on Jhin, and the last bullet catches Knight even through his Flash. Gen.G take the kill and the first dragon.

5:25 PM ET, game 3: First blood to BLG for the third game in a row. Viper’s Taliyah locks Duro in place with Seismic Shove and BLG finish him in the bot side river. Earlier Duro had saved Chovy from ON’s dive, but Chovy is now without Flash.

5:23 PM ET, game 3: No kills yet, but Gen.G look good in the top lane. Kiin has built a lead over Bin’s Jax, and when Xun and Canyon show up, Gen.G come out two Flashes to one, with Bin forced to burn his. In the mid lane Chovy gets level 2 first, but Knight answers with a long trade that leaves Chovy on 200 HP under his tower.

5:19 PM ET, game 3: Game 3 is underway, and this time both teams have drafted for dive. Gen.G go Ambessa for Kiin, Wukong for Canyon, Annie for Chovy, Jhin for Ruler and Rakan for Duro. BLG finally give Bin his Jax, unbeaten for him this year, with Vi for Xun, Viktor for Knight, Alistar for ON and another mage in the bot lane for Viper: Taliyah. Viper and Chovy were once teammates on Griffin.

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5:07 PM ET, between games: Thebausffs joins the broadcast. He picked Gen.G 3 to 1 before the series, but after two ranged top laners in game 2 he says he has “no respect” left for the top laners.

4:59 PM ET, between games: Riot uses the break to announce a new era for League next year: a modernized client, a visual revamp of Summoner’s Rift and new ways to play your favorite champions. The full reveal comes in January. Everything we know: League of Legends New Dawn, new client and Summoner’s Rift revamp in 2027.

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4:57 PM ET, between games: Two numbers from the broadcast after game 2: Viper dealt about 94,000 damage to champions in the 53 minute game, close to the international record for damage per minute. And ON won a World Final game with eight deaths, something no player had done before. The analysts point to Xun as the difference maker, 4,000 gold up on Canyon at his peak.

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4:53 PM ET, BLG WIN GAME 2: BLG break through and level the series at 1 to 1 after more than 50 minutes. Gen.G survived a Baron siege with no inhibitors and stole the Elder with Canyon’s last breath, but BLG kept coming and finally ended it. The casters called it one of the highest quality games they have ever seen, and nobody in Barclays Center will argue. Game 3 is next.

4:52 PM ET, game 2: Gen.G somehow hold the line. Their Nexus towers are still standing after the Baron siege, and BLG have to reset. Then BLG come back: ON dives in, Duro goes down, and Gen.G’s defense finally looks broken.

4:50 PM ET, game 2: Unbelievable scenes. Canyon steals the Elder Dragon with Feast and his dying breath, and the Elder buff on Kiin and Duro stops BLG from ending the game with Gen.G down to three players. BLG still take the mid and top inhibitors and their third Baron, and Knight then breaks the last one. All three Gen.G inhibitors are down, super minions in every lane, and Gen.G are stuck in their base as game 2 passes 50 minutes.

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4:47 PM ET, game 2: The Elder fight is on, 47 minutes in. Gen.G start the Elder Dragon, but Chovy gets caught over the wall and Viper’s Mega Inferno Bomb finishes him. ON then engages onto Ruler and BLG take down Gen.G’s main carry. BLG are going for the Elder.

4:44 PM ET, game 2: Fists flying in the mid lane, but nobody can land the decisive fight. Gen.G got out of the Baron without losing anyone, Xun burned his Guardian Angel, and Kiin lost his in the next skirmish but limped away alive. Elder Dragon is the next big moment.

4:42 PM ET, game 2: Gen.G answer with a Baron of their own. Canyon wins the smite again with Feast, and Chovy’s two-man Shockwave keeps BLG off the pit. Nobody dies, but the buffs are now split: Cloud soul for BLG, Baron for Gen.G.

4:40 PM ET, game 2: Cloud soul to BLG. ON hooks over the wall onto Kiin, Knight’s Miasma locks the Vayne down and Gen.G have to back off the pit. Kiin survives, but the soul is BLG’s. ON is 0/8 and still one of the most useful players on the map.

4:39 PM ET, game 2: Gen.G hold. They survive the whole Baron siege with every inhibitor standing, and the bottom inhibitor is back up. Next up is the soul dragon, and whoever takes it gets the Cloud soul. Game 2 is heading for 40 minutes, and BLG still have the better map.

4:36 PM ET, game 2: BLG take their second Baron. Ruler kills Bin on the way out, but BLG happily trade their top laner for the buff. BLG also took the sixth dragon, so the drakes are 3 to 3 and both teams are on soul point. BLG lead by about 4,000 gold.

4:33 PM ET, game 2: BLG break the bottom inhibitor, their first of the series. ON trades himself for Kiin once again, and Viper’s Mega Inferno Bomb forces Chovy’s Flash. Both teams are walking into each other’s faces now.

4:31 PM ET, game 2: BLG took Baron after the pick on Canyon and use it well: every Gen.G tier 2 tower is down, BLG lead 6 towers to 3 and are back up by about 4,000 gold. Gen.G answer by taking the third dragon of their own, Cloud, and are now on dragon soul point.

4:29 PM ET, game 2: Chaos in the middle of the map. Ruler shuts down Viper, BLG collapse and take two back, then trade ON for Chovy, and Knight goes on a killing spree. BLG also catch Canyon, and with Gen.G’s jungler dead Gen.G have to give up the area. Ruler then snipes ON with Trueshot Barrage, his seventh death of the game, and Gen.G are first to the fifth dragon.

4:25 PM ET, game 2: History repeats itself. At the fourth dragon Canyon wins the smite battle with Feast on Cho’Gath, ON’s dive on Ruler falls short, Chovy lands a Shockwave on two, and Kiin’s Vayne tears through BLG before Bin finally takes him down. Gen.G win the fight, take the drake and cut BLG’s lead by almost 3,000 gold. Ruler’s Ezreal is level 15 and winning every poke war.

4:21 PM ET, game 2: Baron is up. Gen.G finally get a structure, using the Herald to break the mid lane outer tower, but Viper answers by taking Gen.G’s last outer tower. BLG lead by 4,500 gold, and Xun’s Naafiri is a Baron threat on his own.

4:19 PM ET, game 2: Gen.G take the third dragon and stop BLG from reaching soul point. BLG let it go and keep pushing with Bin’s Gnar in the side lane. 19 minutes in, BLG lead by 3,500 gold.

4:18 PM ET, game 2: Kiin’s Vayne and ON’s Camille trade one for one: ON engages, Chovy’s Shockwave kills the Camille, but BLG still take down Kiin. The next dragon is 30 seconds away and would give BLG soul point.

4:16 PM ET, game 2: BLG pick Chovy off again. Xun dodges the Shockwave on Naafiri and is now on a killing spree. Every pick on Gen.G’s Orianna adds to a BLG lead that keeps growing.

4:15 PM ET, game 2: Gen.G take the Rift Herald, but BLG use the time to push the mid lane tower.

4:14 PM ET, game 2: Knight and Viper catch Chovy in a side lane, and BLG turn it into a second dragon. BLG lead by about 2,000 gold, much like in game 1, but this time their composition is built for the teamfights.

4:13 PM ET, game 2: BLG are taking control of the map. Bin and Viper take the first tower in the top lane after 11 and a half minutes, then BLG group five in the bot lane, push Ruler out and take a second tower. BLG lead in gold and three of their players have finished their first item. Ruler’s Trinity Force is finished, and he remains the main threat for Gen.G.

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4:10 PM ET, game 2: A stat from the broadcast: if Ruler wins today, 3,297 days will have passed since his first title in 2017, the longest gap between two Worlds wins by any player.

4:09 PM ET, game 2: BLG take two of the three voidgrubs and have the first dragon, but ten minutes in it is Ruler who has the gold lead over Viper. There is history here: when Viper won Worlds 2021 with EDG, he went through Ruler’s Gen.G in the semifinal and Canyon’s DWG KIA in the final.

4:07 PM ET, game 2: Ruler answers in the bot lane. He catches Viper with Ezreal Mystic Shots, hits every skill shot and takes him down while ON’s Camille dive comes up short.

4:06 PM ET, game 2: BLG win the level 6 fight at the scuttle crab. Chovy goes down to Xun’s bleed, Canyon follows, and BLG walk on to the first dragon. Gen.G took a fight their composition did not want.

4:05 PM ET, game 2: Gen.G hit back in the mid lane. ON roams on Camille and burns Chovy’s Flash, then dives again, but Duro body blocks for his mid laner, Canyon waits in the fog on Cho’Gath and Chovy takes the kill on ON. Kills are 1 to 1.

4:03 PM ET, game 2: First blood to BLG once more. Xun ganks the top lane early on Naafiri, Kiin’s Vayne burns Flash and Xun hunts him down. Bin now has a Flash advantage on Gnar.

4:00 PM ET, game 2: Game 2 is about to start, BLG on the blue side. BLG’s plan is all-in on diving the backline: Cassiopeia for Knight, Naafiri for Xun, Ziggs for Viper, Gnar for Bin and a flex Camille on support for ON. Gen.G go for range and control with Orianna for Chovy, Ezreal for Ruler, Karma for Duro, Cho’Gath in the jungle for Canyon and a Vayne counterpick in the top lane for Kiin. With Chovy on Orianna, Knight’s best champion at this tournament is now gone for the rest of the series. Bans include Nautilus, Qiyana, Nocturne, Galio, Vi, Jace, Lulu, Akali and Viktor.

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3:51 PM ET, game 2 draft: The game 2 draft is under way, and with Fearless Draft the ten champions from game 1 are gone. An early surprise: Jace is banned, a flex pick that both Kiin and Canyon can play.

3:49 PM ET, between games: Porter Robinson and Dillon Francis visit the broadcast. Porter got Dillon into League, and both pick Gen.G to win it all.

3:36 PM ET, between games: The analyst desk points to one thing: Kiin. BLG got all four drakes and Knight finished about 100 CS ahead of Chovy, yet Kiin’s Olaf kept Knight away from every big fight, so Ruler could shoot freely from the back. Chovy gave up farm to stay grouped with his team, and it paid off. Game 2 draft is next.

3:32 PM ET, GEN.G WIN GAME 1: Gen.G take game 1 and lead the series 1 to 0. They break both inhibitors, and the last fight in BLG’s base ends with a triple kill for Ruler on Corki. BLG had the better early game, with first blood, first tower, the Herald and the Hextech soul, but Gen.G won every big teamfight from Baron onwards and let BLG have the objectives. Ruler, who lifted the Summoner’s Cup in 2017, finished the game without dying.

3:30 PM ET, game 1: Gen.G win the second Elder fight as well. Knight flanks in early with a Blast Cone and Canyon burns his Guardian Angel, but Kiin cuts down Viper in the backline and Ruler wins the duel against Bin. Gen.G take the Elder Dragon and another Baron and lead by 8,500 gold with both buffs. Ruler is still deathless. Gen.G are going for the end of game 1.

3:27 PM ET, game 1: Gen.G siege the top side towers with the Baron buff. Ruler’s Corki is 3/0/5 with Infinity Edge done, and Chovy is 5/1/6 with a hand in every Gen.G kill. Knight still leads his lane in CS, but Kiin has kept him out of every big fight. BLG need a miracle fight to turn this around.

3:24 PM ET, game 1: Same story at the Elder. Xun smites the Elder Dragon for BLG, but Gen.G win the teamfight once more. Kiin keeps Knight out of the fight on Olaf, Viper goes down, and Canyon’s Guardian Angel saves him from the Elder execute. Gen.G now lead by 4,500 gold, the biggest gap of the game, and BLG have not found a kill in the last 20 minutes of play.

3:21 PM ET, game 1: Elder Dragon is up, and game 1 could be decided right here. Gen.G have used the Baron time to take over the vision around the pit, and Canyon has a Guardian Angel on Lee Sin. BLG have the Hextech soul on their side.

3:19 PM ET, game 1: Gen.G are on the attack with the Baron buff. Bin is caught without Flash in the top lane, Canyon kicks him into the wall and Gen.G pick up their seventh kill. The momentum has flipped.

3:16 PM ET, game 1: Huge swing. BLG secure the Hextech dragon soul, but Gen.G win the fight around it. ON falls first, Viper goes down after him, and Gen.G walk straight to Baron and take the first Baron of the final unopposed.

3:13 PM ET, game 1: First tower to BLG, and the bonus gold goes to Knight. He is now about 1,000 gold and 20 CS ahead of Chovy, and Bin has a similar lead over Kiin after knocking down another tower.

3:11 PM ET, game 1: Dragon soul point for BLG. They take the third drake while ON’s Renata ultimate keeps Gen.G from engaging. 18 minutes in, BLG lead by about 1,300 gold, built on small edges in the top lane, mid lane and support.

3:09 PM ET, game 1: BLG take the Rift Herald too. Bin teleports into the fight, Canyon hovers for a steal but BLG deny it. Gen.G keep giving up side waves to reach these objective fights without winning them.

3:07 PM ET, game 1: Trade in the top side. Canyon finds Knight with a Sonic Wave and Dragon’s Rage and Gen.G take him down. BLG answer straight away: Xun drops Cataclysm on a Chovy without Flash and Viper finishes the Syndra. Kills are 3 to 3.

3:05 PM ET, game 1: BLG take the second dragon as well. Canyon throws out an early Smite to beat Viper’s Rend, but Viper holds it and secures the drake for BLG. The Kalista and Renata duo is doing exactly what it was picked for: early control of every neutral objective.

3:03 PM ET, game 1: First blood goes to BLG. Kiin pops his ultimate on Olaf and dives in during the voidgrub fight, but goes down first, with the kill to Knight on Locke. Gen.G hit back, Canyon gets caught by ON’s ultimate on the way out, and the fight ends two kills each. Gen.G take two of the three voidgrubs, BLG already have the first dragon.

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3:00 PM ET, game 1: Six and a half minutes in and still no kills. Viper and Ruler trade Flash in the bot lane, and BLG use their bot lane priority to start the first dragon.

2:54 PM ET, game 1: Game 1 is underway. Gen.G are on the blue side, BLG on the red side.

2:53 PM ET, draft: Canyon first picks Lee Sin. Chovy goes Syndra, Kiin Olaf, Ruler Corki and Duro Nami. BLG answer with Kalista and Renata Glasc for Viper and ON, K’Sante for Bin, Jarvan IV for Xun and Locke for Knight, a pick aimed straight at Chovy’s Syndra. Both of Bin’s signature picks, Jax and Camille, are banned, and so is Knight’s Orianna, which he has used to win whole games at this tournament.

2:43 PM ET: The players are on stage and the Worlds 2026 final begins. Ruler was in his first World Final in 2016 and won the title in 2017. Knight and Chovy, two of the best mid laners in the world, have been friends since 2019, and one of them leaves New York as world champion tonight.

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Before the final, opening ceremony: The night opens with the opening ceremony at Barclays Center, with Vic Mensa, Coco Jones, Sofia Reyes and Soyeon on stage.

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Before the final, outside the arena: Fans line up outside Barclays Center in Brooklyn for the final.