LYON swept FlyQuest on Saturday to advance to the lower-bracket semifinal of the League Championship Series 2026 Lock-In in Los Angeles.
Team Liquid, which won the other lower-bracket quarterfinal on Friday with a 3-0 sweep of Disguised, faces LYON on Feb. 27.
Sentinels and Cloud9 meet in the upper-bracket final on Sunday, with the winner taking one berth in the grand final on March 1. The lower-bracket final for the other berth is Feb. 28.
Following the eight-team Swiss stage, there are six teams competing in the double-elimination playoffs, and all matches are best-of-five. The overall winner on March 1 qualifies for the 2026 First Stand Tournament.
LYON captured the first map against FlyQuest in 30 minutes, the next in 38 and Game 3 in 29. Kang “Saint” Sung-in led LYON with a 29-1-20 kill-death-assist ratio, and fellow South Korean Kim “Berserker” Min-cheol had a 13-1-27 K-D-A ratio.
Ibrahim “GaKGoS” Bulut of Turkey paced FlyQuest with an 8-13-4 K-D-A ratio.
2026 Lock-In at Los Angeles prize pool
1. TBD, qualifies for First Stand Tournament
2. TBD, qualifies for America’s Cup
3. TBD, qualifies for America’s Cup
4. TBD
5-6. FlyQuest, Disguised
7. Dignitas
8. Shopify Rebellion
–Field Level Media
