BLG beat T1 3-1 and face Gen.G in Worlds 2026 final

BLG beat T1 3-1 to reach the Worlds 2026 final and will face Gen.G on November 14. Game scores, key moments and prize money are inside.

FireGhost

November 9, 2026, 08:30 AM4 min read

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BLG beat T1 3-1 to reach the Worlds 2026 final. The LPL side knocked out the three-time defending champions and will face Gen.G for the Summoner's Cup on November 14.

It was a rematch of the 2024 final, which T1 won. This time BLG finally got past T1 in a best-of-five at Worlds.

Key facts

Result: BLG 3-1 T1 (semifinal)
Kills by game: 18-6 BLG, 10-22 T1, 19-10 BLG, 21-9 BLG
Final: BLG vs Gen.G, November 14, Brooklyn, New York
T1 prize: $400,000 (3rd-4th place)
BLG have locked in at least $800,000; the champion takes $1 million

How did BLG beat T1?

BLG won game one with an 18-6 kill lead, according to Strafe. Knight went 8/0/9 on Orianna. T1 answered in game two, where Faker finished 4/0/13 on Syndra and the kills read 22-10.

League of Legends Syndra official splash art — Faker went 4/0/13 on Syndra in game two (Source: Riot Games Data Dragon)

Game three decided the series. BLG won it 19-10, and Viper's Ezreal finished 7/1/8. In game four, Bin went 7/1/7 on Renekton. Xun's Skarner led the team with 16 assists in a 2/1/16 line. BLG took that game 21-9.

Inven Global wrote that BLG opened game four by picking up three kills in a Voidgrub fight. T1 fought back around the 28-minute mark with an Ace that erased the gold gap. BLG then punished a mid dive and turned the game around.

A historic streak is over

Strafe reports that T1 had never lost a best-of-five to an LPL team in the Worlds knockout stage. This series ended that record. It also stopped T1's run of four straight finals. Even so, T1 have finished in the top four at all 11 of their Worlds appearances.

Game	Winner	Kills
1	BLG	18-6
2	T1	22-10
3	BLG	19-10
4	BLG	21-9

How did BLG reach this final?

GosuGamers says BLG entered as the LPL's second seed. The team had won First Stand earlier this year and finished second at MSI. The Swiss Stage was still rocky. BLG lost round one to Movistar KOI, then beat Team Liquid Alienware and Karmine Corp.

They lost 2-1 to Top Esports in round four. In the final round they swept Hanwha Life Esports to reach the knockouts. Then they beat DK 3-0 in the quarterfinals. According to Strafe, BLG had also beaten T1 at MSI and the Esports World Cup in 2026.

To catch up on the road here, read our T1 vs KC quarterfinal report, our Gen.G sweep of IG and our T1 vs BLG preview.

How did the season end for T1?

T1 lost the 2022 final to DRX. In the next three years they beat Weibo Gaming, BLG and KT Rolster in the final to lift three straight titles, as Strafe recalls. The 2024 final set the stage for this rematch. This year the bid for a fourth straight Summoner's Cup ended in the semifinals, and T1 leave in 3rd-4th place.

There is no official word yet on roster plans for next season. Until the organisation says something, treat any offseason talk about T1 as rumour.

What can we expect from the final?

BLG now meet Gen.G, who became the first finalist with a 3-0 win over IG. BLG lost the 2024 final to T1. This time they are chasing their first Summoner's Cup. The champion earns $1 million, and the runner-up takes $800,000.