Dplus, Gen.G, LYON and Movistar KOI all improved to 2-0 on Saturday at the League of Legends World Championship’s Swiss stage in Allen, Texas.
Swiss-stage action runs through Oct. 31 in Allen, with early-round matches consisting of a single map before advancement and elimination matches will be best-of-three.
Half of the 16 Swiss stage teams will qualify for the knockout stage, which gets underway on Nov. 3 and features a single-elimination bracket. The knockout stage, consisting of best-of-five matches, also will be played in Allen except for the grand final, which will be held at Barclays Center in New York on Nov. 14.
The championship team will receive $1 million from the event’s $5 million prize pool.
On Saturday in a Round 2 high match, Dplus took down three-time defending champion T1 in 42 minutes on blue. Sin “Smash” Guem-jae of South Korea recorded a 4-0-3 kill-death-assist ratio for Dplus. For T1, South Korea’s Kim “Peyz” Soo-hwan notched a K-D-A of 4-1-2.
In the other Round 2 high matches, Gen.G registered a 29-minute victory over Hanwha Life Esports in red, LYON defeated Karmine Corp in 38 minutes on red and Movistar KOI downed CTBC Flying Oyster in 33 minutes on blue.
In Round 2 low matches, Top Esports triumphed over Anyone’s Legend in 30 minutes on blue, G2 Esports prevailed in 39 minutes on red over LOS, Invictus Gaming got past Secret Whales on red in 30 minutes and Bilibili Gaming bested Team Liquid in 32 minutes on red.
The Sunday schedule
High matches (2-0 teams)
–Movistar KOI vs. Dplus
–Gen.G vs. LYON
Mid matches (1-1 teams)
–Hanwha Life Esports vs. Invictus Gaming
–G2 Esports vs. Top Esports
League of Legends World Championship prize pool
1. $1 million
2. $800,000
3-4. $400,000
5-8. $300,000
9-11. $175,000
12-14. $125,000
15-16. $90,000
17. $50,000 — MVK Esports
18. $40,000 — FURIA
19. $30,000 — Cloud9
–Field Level Media
