Dplus and Gen.G became the first two teams to punch their tickets to the knockout stage of the League of Legends World Championship in Swiss stage action on Sunday in Allen, Texas.
The Swiss stage 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 Sunday in a Round 3 high match, Dplus swept Movistar KOI in 39 minutes on red and 25 minutes on blue. Sin “Smash” Guem-jae of South Korea recorded a 13-2-5 kill-death-assist ratio for Dplus. Canadian Joseph “Jojopyun” Pyun led Movistar KOI with four kills to go with eight deaths and six assists.
In the other Round 3 high match, Gen.G rallied from a loss on red in 36 minutes to LYON in the opening map to close out with wins in 27 and 32 minutes, both on blue, to take the match 2-1.
South Korean Kim “Kiin” Ki-in was selected the match’s most valuable player after posting a 10-4-16 K-D-A ratio for Gen.G. South Korea’s Kang “Saint” Seong-in had a 12-5-9 K-D-A ratio for LYON.
In the best-of-one mid matches, Invictus Gaming downed Hanwha Life Esports in 29 minutes on blue. China’s Zi “JiaQi” Jiaqi recorded a 12-4-6 K-D-A ratio for Invictus. Choi “Zeus” Woo-je of South Korea had a 6-5-1 K-D-A ratio for Hanwha.
In the other mid match, Top Esports handled G2 Esports in 36 minutes on blue. China’s Yu “JackeyLove” Wenbo had a 7-2-8 K-D-A ratio for Top Esports. France’s Steven “Hans Sama” Liv recorded three kills for G2.
Monday’s Round 3 schedule:
Mid matches (1-1 teams; best-of-one)
–CTBC Flying Oyster vs. T1
–Bilibili Gaming vs. Karmine Corp
Low matches (0-2 teams; best-of-three)
–LOS vs. Secret Whales
–Team Liquid vs. Anyone’s Legend
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
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