Dplus KIA and Gen.G become the first teams through to the Worlds knockout stage, which returns to Allen Nov. 3

Two South Korean teams are already sure of a return trip to Allen for the knockout rounds of the League of Legends World Championship.

Dplus KIA and Gen.G each won their third-round series on Sunday at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center, making them the first two teams to clinch quarterfinal spots, Field Level Media reported. Both finished the Swiss Stage unbeaten at 3-0.

How Sunday went

Dplus KIA needed only two games against Movistar KOI. It won the first in 39 minutes on the red side and closed the series in 25 minutes on blue. Sin "Smash" Guem-jae led Dplus with 13 kills, two deaths and five assists, according to the report.

Gen.G had a harder afternoon. LYON took the opening game in 36 minutes before Gen.G won the next two, in 27 minutes and then 32, to take the series 2-1. Kim "Kiin" Ki-in was named the match's most valuable player after a 10-4-16 line.

In the best-of-one games among teams that entered the day at 1-1, Invictus Gaming beat Hanwha Life Esports in 29 minutes and Top Esports beat G2 Esports in 36 minutes. Those results leave Invictus and Top Esports at 2-1 alongside LYON and Movistar KOI, while Hanwha Life and G2 drop to 1-2.

Monday's card

Round 3 wraps up Monday. T1, which fell to 1-1 with its Saturday loss to Dplus KIA, plays CTBC Flying Oyster in a single game, and Bilibili Gaming meets Karmine Corp in the other one-game match.

Two best-of-three series decide which winless teams survive: LOS against Team Secret Whales and Team Liquid against Anyone's Legend. A third loss ends a team's tournament.

What comes next

Eight of the 16 Swiss Stage teams move on. The stage continues through Oct. 31, and the single-elimination knockout stage, played in best-of-five series, starts Nov. 3 in Allen, according to Field Level Media. The final moves to Barclays Center in New York on Nov. 14.

The event carries a $5 million prize pool, with $1 million going to the champion.

Sources

fieldlevelmedia.com

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