D-Plus Defeats T1 to Confirm Advance to the LOL World Cup for 6th consecutive Year
Sep 12, 2024
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D-Plus Kia has come from behind to win against T1 and will head to the League of Legends World Championship' (Lold Cup) for the sixth consecutive year.
On the other hand, T1, which won the LOL World Cup last year, was on the verge of not even getting a chance to stand on the stage, let alone challenge for the second consecutive time.
D-Plus won 3-2 against T1 in the Korean regional selection match for the LOL World Cup at LCK Arena in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 12th, qualifying for the LOL World Cup as the third seed after Hanwha Life e-Sports and Gen.G. Initially, T1 won lightly against D-Plus in the second round of the last playoff, and was expected to dominate again on the day, but D-Plus continued to bite T1, which was somewhat exhausted by losing the final round after going down to the race.
D-Plus lost the first set after a long game of 42 minutes, but succeeded in counterattack in the second set and gave up the third set by trailing in a one-stroke fight, but with persistent tenacity to catch the fourth set again, it led the game to the final fifth set.
In the fifth set, he started unfavorably, giving up three kills within the first 10 minutes, but caught up to 5-5 and caught four kills with Kim Haram's strong performance at the top in the 21st minute, and succeeded in the subsequent Baron hunt, catching the big fish after completely winning the game.
As a result, D-Plus has also set a new LCK record to play in the LOL World Cup for six consecutive years since 2019. D-Plus won the LOL World Cup in 2020 and finished second in 2021, respectively. However, they lost in the quarterfinals in 2022 and ended the tournament in a tie for ninth place last year.
T1 lost to Hanwha Life Insurance 1-3 in the playoff final, falling behind to regional selection, and then lost again in the game where the third seed ticket was at stake, falling into a difficult situation to seek the fourth seed. KT Rolster and BNK Pierx played on the 13th, and the team that won here will play a guillotine match against T1 on the 14th for the last ticket to the LOL World Cup.
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