The League of Legends World Championship takes a one-day break Tuesday and returns to the Credit Union of Texas Event Center on Wednesday, Oct. 28, with three days of matches that will decide most of the remaining quarterfinal spots.
Every Round 4 series is a best-of-three. Six teams with 2-1 records play to advance, and six teams at 1-2 play to stay alive.
The Round 4 schedule (Central time)
- Wednesday, Oct. 28: T1 vs. Movistar KOI, 3 p.m.; LYON vs. Invictus Gaming, 6 p.m.
- Thursday, Oct. 29: CTBC Flying Oyster vs. Karmine Corp, 3 p.m.; Bilibili Gaming vs. Top Esports, 6 p.m.
- Friday, Oct. 30: Team Liquid vs. LOS, 3 p.m.; G2 Esports vs. Hanwha Life Esports, 6 p.m.
Round 5 follows Saturday, Oct. 31, starting at noon Central, according to the schedule published by RG.org.
T1, the three-time defending champion, needs one more series win to reach the knockout stage. Team Liquid, one of two North American teams still alive along with LYON, plays to avoid elimination Friday, as does South Korea's Hanwha Life Esports.
Monday's results
Two first seeds left Allen without winning a game. Team Liquid swept Anyone's Legend, the top seed from China's LPL, 2-0, and Brazil's LOS swept Team Secret Whales, the top seed from the LCP, 2-0. Both eliminated teams finished 0-3 and leave with $90,000 apiece, GosuGamers reported. Hotspawn noted that Anyone's Legend played without an assistant coach who could not get a U.S. visa.
In Monday's single-game matches, T1 beat CTBC Flying Oyster in about 27 minutes and Bilibili Gaming beat Karmine Corp in about 36 minutes, moving both to 2-1.
