T1 lost to Chinese powerhouse TES in the first round of 16
Oct 03, 2024
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'Defending champion'T1 is predicting a bumpy road ahead as he is caught up by Chinese powerhouse TES from his first start at the LOL World Cup.
T1 lost the game to TES, the No. 2 seed of LPL (China), in the first round of the '2024 League of Legends World Championship' (Rold Cup) Swiss Stage (round of 16) at Riot Games Arena in Berlin, Germany on the 3rd (Korea time).
Although he was ahead from the beginning, he gave momentum after allowing the Quadra Kill to the opponent's midliner 'Jackie Love'Wi Wenbo in the battle that unfolded for about 13 minutes, and eventually gave up the Nexus as it was, allowing an ace in which all members were killed in a one-stroke fight in front of the Dragon for about 29 minutes.
As a result, T1, who lost one game, will meet the team with one loss in the second round and aim for a turnaround. The Swiss stage has many opportunities to reach the quarterfinals only when it wins three games, while it is a system that is eliminated when it loses three games. However, from the second round, we will meet teams with the same record by lottery, so we don't know which opponent will wait.
At the Swiss stage, which began last year, T1 started the LOL World Cup lightly by winning the first game against the somewhat easy TL of LCS (North America) with the second seed of LCK. Although he lost in the second round by meeting Gen.G of the same LCK, he met C9 of the LCS again in the third round and won, and in the fourth round, he easily beat LPL's Billy Gaming 2-0 to advance to the quarterfinals and beat three Chinese teams in a row to win the championship.
T1's second round match will be held at the same venue on the night of the 4th or early morning on the 5th.
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