Sentinels and Disguised each won their Round 3 mid matches on Saturday at the League Championship Series 2026 Lock-In in Los Angeles.
Sentinels rallied from an early deficit to defeat Team Liquid 2-1 and remain in third place at 2-1, then Disguised broke a 1-1 tie to take down LYON and remained in fourth place, also at 2-1.
Using a Swiss style format with three rounds, the matches are best-of-three, except the last-chance tiebreaker is best-of-one. After the three rounds, the 3-0 team will choose its opponent from among the three 2-1 teams for the upper bracket. The 0-3 team will be eliminated.
Among the trio of 1-2 teams, the one with the best game record will auto-advance as the fifth seed in the lower bracket. The remaining two teams will compete in the last-chance tiebreaker to claim the sixth and final seed in the playoffs.
The playoffs will be double-elimination, with all matches best-of-five. The overall winner qualifies for the 2026 First Stand Tournament.
Because they each can finish no worse than 2-1 in the Swiss stage, Cloud9 and FlyQuest will qualify for the tournament.
Dignitas will face elimination in the low match in Round 3 on Sunday.
On Saturday, Team Liquid opened with a 29-minute win on red against Sentinels, which rebounded with a 46-minute victory on red to even the match. In the decisive game, Sentinels prevailed in 33 minutes on blue. Cho “Rahel” Min-seong of South Korea notched a 25/8/18 kill-death-assist ratio for Sentinels, while Brandon “Josedeodo” Villegas of Argentina posted a 7/9/26 K-D-A ratio for Team Liquid.
Disguised pulled off a 33-minute win on red to gain the early upper hand, but LYON pulled even with a 31-minute victory on blue. Not to be denied, Disguised secured a 28-minute triumph in red to earn the win. For Disguised, Sajed “sajed” Ziade of the United States led the way with a K-D-A of 15/5/8. Kang “Saint” Seong-in of South Korea paced LYON with a K-D-A ratio of 7/11/12.
Upcoming Round 3 schedule
Sunday
High match: Cloud9 vs. FlyQuest
Low match: Dignitas vs. Shopify Rebellion
2026 Lock-In at Los Angeles standings
Place, Team, Matches (Maps)
1. Cloud9, 2-0 (4-0)
2. FlyQuest, 2-0 (4-1)
3. Disguised, 2-1 (5-4)
4. Sentinels, 2-1 (5-3)
T5. LYON, 1-2 (2-2)
T5. Team Liquid, 1-2 (2-2)
7. Dignitas, 0-2 (0-4)
8. Shopify Rebellion, 0-2 (0-4)
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. TBD
6. TBD
7. TBD
8. TBD
–Field Level Media
