Hanwha Life Esports and LOS extended their stays at the League of Legends World Championship on Friday in Allen, Texas, prevailing in fourth-round Swiss stage action.
In matchups of teams with 1-2 records, LOS squeezed past Team Liquid 2-1, and Hanwha Life Esports swept G2 Esports 2-0.
The results set up the final three Swiss stage matches on Saturday, with the winners advancing to the playoffs and the losers eliminated. Karmine Corp will oppose Movistar KOI, LOS will clash with LYON, and Hanwha Life Esports will face off with Bilibili Gaming.
The early-round matches of the Swiss stage consisted of a single map, while advancement and elimination matches are best-of-three.
Half of the 16 Swiss-stage teams will qualify for the knockout stage, which gets underway on Tuesday 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 Friday, Hanwha Life Esports downed G2 Esports in 28 minutes on red and 26 minutes on blue.
Seo “Kanavi” Jin-hyeok posted a 12-4-22 kill-death-assist ratio for all-South Korean Hanwha Life Esports. Turkey’s Sergen “BrokenBlade” Celik paced G2 Esports at 7-5-4.
LOS registered a 30-minute victory on blue before Team Liquid claimed a 38-minute win on red. LOS took the decisive third map in 47 minutes on red.
South Korea’s Kim “Zest” Dong-min powered LOS with a 12-4-14 K-D-A ratio. Argentina’s Brandon “Josedeodo” Villegas wound up at 9-7-17 for Team Liquid.
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 — G2 Esports, Team Liquid, CTBC Flying Oyster
15-16. $90,000 — Anyone’s Legend, Team Secret Whales
17. $50,000 — MVK Esports
18. $40,000 — FURIA
19. $30,000 — Cloud9
–Field Level Media
