Bilibili Gaming Beat Defending Champions T1 3-1 in Worlds 2026 Semifinal to Reach Grand Final Against Gen.G

Bilibili Gaming defeated defending champions T1 3-1 in a best of five semifinal at the 2026 League of Legends World Championship on Sunday, November 8, 2026, at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen, Texas. The win makes Bilibili Gaming the second team into the grand final, where Gen.G await.

The result avenges the defeat Bilibili Gaming took in the 2024 final. T1 came into the series chasing a fourth straight Summoner's Cup and a seventh world championship overall for the organisation. That run ended in the semifinals in Allen.

How the series went

Bilibili Gaming won the opening game of the semifinal. T1 struck back in game two to level the series. Bilibili Gaming then won the next two games to close the series 3-1 and take the second place in the grand final.

Game 4: early lead, a T1 Ace, then the close

Bilibili Gaming took control of Game 4 early. They picked up three kills in a Voidgrub teamfight, with T1 jungler Oner, Moon Hyeon-joon, on Wukong taken down first. A successful top gank by Xun on Skarner and a double kill in a 2v2 bottom lane skirmish built a global gold lead of 4,000 in just 12 minutes.

Around the 17 minute mark, T1 picked off knight's Viktor to create a 5v4. Bilibili Gaming support ON landed a Seraphine ultimate that was chained with area of effect abilities from his teammates, and Bilibili Gaming snowballed their advantage from there.

T1 nearly turned the game around the 28 minute mark. T1 scored an Ace with Faker, Lee Sang-hyeok, on Akali at the centre of the fight, took Baron and closed the global gold gap completely. Bilibili Gaming answered by turning a later T1 mid dive, eliminated T1's topside players and pushed down the mid inhibitor. They won the Mountain Soul teamfight, picked off Wukong again and marched into T1's base to close the match, with Peyz's Lucian and Vayne falling in the final push.

What the result pays

With the win, Bilibili Gaming guaranteed at least a second place finish and US$800,000 in winnings. They will chase their first Summoner's Cup and the US$1 million grand prize in the final against Gen.G. T1 bow out in 3rd to 4th place and take home US$400,000.

The road to Allen

Bilibili Gaming entered Worlds 2026 as the second seed of the LPL, after winning the 2026 First Stand Tournament and finishing second at the 2026 Mid-Season Invitational. In the quarterfinals they swept Dplus KIA, a result already covered on The Orbit Post.

T1 entered Worlds 2026 as the third seed of the LCK and beat Karmine Corp 3-1 in the quarterfinals, a result also already covered on The Orbit Post. Gen.G reached the final by sweeping Invictus Gaming 3-0 in the first semifinal, also already covered.

The final in Brooklyn

The Worlds 2026 grand final is on Saturday, November 14 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, between Gen.G and Bilibili Gaming.