Gen.G vs T1, Whoever Wins, Will LCK Win Worlds? [Lee Joo-hyun’s Login eSports]
The 2024 League of Legends (LoL) World Championship (hereinafter referred to as Worlds) knockout stage semifinals held in Paris, France will see a civil war between domestic league LCK teams.
2nd seed Gen.G Esports and 4th seed T1 will clash today (27th).
Attention is focused on which of the two teams will represent the LCK in the finals, which will be a showdown of pride with the Chinese league LPL. 토토사이트
The long-awaited Worlds finals will be held at the O2 Arena in London, England on the 2nd of next month.
What’s interesting is that regardless of who Gen.G or T1 wins in the semifinals, the Worlds jinx will smile on the LCK championship.
First of all, if Gen.G wins, the team that wins the previous year’s winning team (defending champion) in the best-of-five will win the championship.
This is because T1 won the 2023 Worlds held in Korea last year.
This jinx has been followed in 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2022.
In all other seasons, the previous year’s champions either failed to advance to Worlds or failed to advance to the knockout stage.
On the other hand, if T1 wins, they can continue the jinx of winning the championship if they beat Gen.G in the semifinals and being eliminated if they win in the quarterfinals.
In fact, the fate of the teams has been determined depending on when they meet Gen.G at Worlds in the past few years.
In the 2020 and 2023 seasons, G2 Esports and Bilibili Gaming (BLG), who defeated Gen.G in the quarterfinals, lost in the semifinals and were eliminated.
On the other hand, in 2021 and 2022, Edward Gaming (EDG) and DRX, who defeated Gen.G in the semifinals, lifted the championship trophy.
However, a jinx is just a jinx, and both teams must first overcome each other in the semifinals to make it a reality.
In recent head-to-head matches, Gen.G has been overwhelming T1.