The League of Legends World Championship 2026 reaches its knockout stage on 3 November. Eight teams play best-of-five, single-elimination series at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen, Texas, and the final is on Saturday 14 November at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, according to Riot Games.
Every quarterfinal and semifinal starts at 22:00 UTC, which is 5:00 pm ET and 3:30 am IST the next morning. The final starts at 19:00 UTC: 2:00 pm ET on 14 November and 12:30 am IST on 15 November.
Knockout schedule
Times below come from Riot's Worlds 2026 primer and the official LoL Esports schedule. US clocks moved back an hour on 1 November, so Texas is on CST (UTC−6) for the whole knockout stage.
Date | Match | UTC | ET | IST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tue 3 Nov | Quarterfinal: Top Esports vs Invictus Gaming | 22:00 | 5:00 pm | 3:30 am, 4 Nov |
Wed 4 Nov | Quarterfinal: Gen.G vs LYON | 22:00 | 5:00 pm | 3:30 am, 5 Nov |
Thu 5 Nov | Quarterfinal: Dplus KIA vs Bilibili Gaming | 22:00 | 5:00 pm | 3:30 am, 6 Nov |
Fri 6 Nov | Quarterfinal: Karmine Corp vs T1 | 22:00 | 5:00 pm | 3:30 am, 7 Nov |
Sat 7 Nov | Semifinal 1 | 22:00 | 5:00 pm | 3:30 am, 8 Nov |
Sun 8 Nov | Semifinal 2 | 22:00 | 5:00 pm | 3:30 am, 9 Nov |
Sat 14 Nov | Final, Barclays Center, Brooklyn | 19:00 | 2:00 pm | 12:30 am, 15 Nov |
Riot lists the quarterfinals and semifinals at 4:00 pm CST and the final at 2:00 pm EST. Semifinal opponents are filled in as the quarterfinals finish.
Format and stages
Play-In Stage, 15–18 October, Riot Games Arena, Los Angeles: four teams in a best-of-five double-elimination bracket, with one place in the Swiss Stage.
Swiss Stage, 23–26 and 28–31 October, Allen, Texas: 16 teams over five rounds. Three wins advanced a team and three losses eliminated it.
Knockout Stage, 3–8 November, Allen, Texas: eight teams in a single-elimination bracket, every series best-of-five.
Final, 14 November, Barclays Center, Brooklyn: best-of-five.
Riot's quarterfinal draw on 31 October paired the two teams that went 3-0 in the Swiss Stage with two of the teams that advanced at 3-2, and drew the other four teams against each other.
Quarterfinalists
The eight teams left are Gen.G, Dplus KIA and T1 from Korea's LCK; Top Esports, Invictus Gaming and Bilibili Gaming from China's LPL; Karmine Corp from Europe's LEC; and LYON from North America's LCS. Rosters can change between series, so check each team's official channels before match day.
All 19 teams at Worlds 2026
Riot's primer lists the qualified teams by league:
League | Teams |
|---|---|
LPL (China) | Anyone's Legend, Bilibili Gaming, Top Esports, Invictus Gaming |
LCK (Korea) | Gen.G, Hanwha Life Esports, T1, Dplus KIA |
LEC (EMEA) | G2 Esports, Movistar KOI, Karmine Corp |
LCS (North America) | Team Liquid Alienware, LYON, Cloud9 Kia |
LCP (Asia Pacific) | Team Secret Whales, CTBC Flying Oyster, MVK Esports |
CBLOL (Brazil) | LOS, FURIA |
Prize pool
Riot's Worlds 2026 primer and venue announcement don't state a prize pool. We'll add the total and the payout by placing in US dollars once Riot publishes them.
Where to watch
Matches stream on the official LoL Esports channels, including lolesports.com, twitch.tv/riotgames, twitch.tv/cblol, twitch.tv/lolesportsla, twitch.tv/lolesportstw and twitch.tv/leagueoflegendsjp, which Riot lists in its primer. Pick'Ems knockout picks lock before the first quarterfinal on 3 November.
Worlds Fan Fest in New York
Riot is running Worlds Fan Fest at Pier 36 in Lower Manhattan from 12 to 14 November: 3:00–9:00 pm EST on 12 and 13 November, and 11:00 am–8:00 pm EST on 14 November. That is 20:00–02:00 UTC (1:30–7:30 am IST the next day) on the first two days, and 16:00–01:00 UTC (9:30 pm–6:30 am IST) on final day.
Results
No knockout series has been played yet. We'll add each result, the final score, the champion, the runner-up and the full standings as they're confirmed by Riot.
History
We list previous Worlds finals only where Riot's own pages confirm the year, venue, winner, runner-up and prize pool. The Riot result pages we checked for earlier editions didn't load those details, so we've left the table out for now rather than rely on third-party wikis.
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Sources & verification
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