Worlds 2026 Swiss Stage Schedule: Round 1 Draw, Matchups and Times
The Worlds 2026 Swiss Stage begins on Saturday, 24 October 2026 at 00:00 WIB (01:00 in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines) at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen, Texas, and the round 1 draw is done: T1 face LOS, Gen.G face Invictus Gaming, and Anyone’s Legend face Karmine Corp, the Play-In winners. Sixteen teams, five rounds, eight quarterfinal spots. Times follow the official lolesports.com schedule and the LoL Esports Worlds 2026 primer, converted to Southeast Asian time.
Worlds 2026 Swiss Stage Round 1 Draw Results
The draw took place right after the Play-In final, early on Monday, 19 October (WIB). Pool 1 teams drew Pool 4 teams, Pool 2 drew Pool 3, and teams from the same league could not meet in this round. Every round 1 match is best of 1.
| Provisional slot (WIB / SGT) | Round 1 match | Pools |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 / 01:00 | Gen.G (LCK 1) vs Invictus Gaming (LPL 4) | 1 vs 4 |
| 01:00 / 02:00 | Team Liquid Alienware (LCS 1) vs CTBC Flying Oyster (LCP 2) | 1 vs 4 |
| 02:00 / 03:00 | Anyone’s Legend (LPL 1) vs Karmine Corp (LEC 3) | 1 vs 4 |
| 03:00 / 04:00 | G2 Esports (LEC 1) vs Dplus KIA (LCK 4) | 1 vs 4 |
| 04:00 / 05:00 | Hanwha Life Esports (LCK 2) vs Top Esports (LPL 3) | 2 vs 3 |
| 05:00 / 06:00 | LOS (CBLOL 1) vs T1 (LCK 3) | 2 vs 3 |
| 06:00 / 07:00 | Team Secret Whales (LCP 1) vs LYON (LCS 2) | 2 vs 3 |
| 07:00 / 08:00 | Bilibili Gaming (LPL 2) vs Movistar KOI (LEC 2) | 2 vs 3 |
When it posted the bracket, LoL Esports said the match order was not final. The lolesports.com schedule (midday 19 October) gives each match a time, but in draw order, and Liquipedia notes the order can still change. What is fixed: round 1 starts at 00:00 WIB and the eight matches run back to back.
T1, champions of the last three Worlds, open against Brazil’s champions, while Team Secret Whales from Vietnam, the last Southeast Asian team left, play LYON.
Karmine Corp Win the Worlds 2026 Play-In
The Play-In at Riot Games Arena, Los Angeles, was a Bo5 double elimination bracket; only the winner moved on.
| Date (WIB) | Round | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, 16 Oct | Upper round 1 | Karmine Corp 3-2 Cloud9 Kia |
| Friday, 16 Oct | Upper round 1 | MVK Esports 3-0 FURIA |
| Saturday, 17 Oct | Upper final | Karmine Corp 3-0 MVK Esports |
| Saturday, 17 Oct | Lower round 1 | FURIA 3-1 Cloud9 Kia |
| Sunday, 18 Oct | Lower final | MVK Esports 3-1 FURIA |
| Monday, 19 Oct | Play-In final | Karmine Corp 3-0 MVK Esports |
Karmine Corp won all three series, 9-2 in games, and took the Pool 4 slot. Vietnam’s MVK Esports beat FURIA twice but lost twice to KC.
All 16 Worlds 2026 Swiss Stage Teams
| League | Teams (seed) |
|---|---|
| LCK (Korea) | Gen.G (1), Hanwha Life Esports (2), T1 (3), Dplus KIA (4) |
| LPL (China) | Anyone’s Legend (1), Bilibili Gaming (2), Top Esports (3), Invictus Gaming (4) |
| LEC (EMEA) | G2 Esports (1), Movistar KOI (2), Karmine Corp (3) |
| LCS (North America) | Team Liquid Alienware (1), LYON (2) |
| LCP (Asia Pacific) | Team Secret Whales, Vietnam (1); CTBC Flying Oyster, Taiwan (2) |
| CBLOL (Brazil) | LOS (1) |
No team from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore or Thailand is in the field. Qualification paths and prize money per placement are in our Worlds 2026 schedule guide.
Worlds 2026 Swiss Format: Bo1, Bo3, Three Wins to Advance
- Three wins to reach the quarterfinals, three losses and you are out.
- Rounds 1 and 2 are best of 1.
- Round 3: 1-1 matches are best of 1, while 2-0 (to advance) and 0-2 (to stay alive) matches are best of 3. The first bracket graphic swapped these labels before LoL Esports corrected it on X.
- Round 4 (2-1 and 1-2) and round 5 (2-2) are best of 3.
- From round 2, opponents are drawn from teams with the same record. No rematches; same-league matchups are allowed.
- 3-0 teams advance as 1st and 2nd, 3-1 teams as 3rd to 5th, 3-2 teams as 6th to 8th. In the quarterfinal draw, the two 3-0 teams are paired with two of the 3-2 teams.
Worlds 2026 Swiss Stage Schedule (WIB and SGT)
| Day, date | Round | Matches | Slots (WIB) | Slots (SGT/MYT/PHT) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 24 Oct | Round 1 | 8 Bo1 | 00:00 to 07:00, hourly | 01:00 to 08:00, hourly |
| Sunday, 25 Oct | Round 2 (1-0 and 0-1) | 8 Bo1 | 00:00 to 07:00, hourly | 01:00 to 08:00, hourly |
| Monday, 26 Oct | Round 3 | 2 Bo1 (1-1), 2 Bo3 (2-0) | 00:00, 01:00, 02:00, 05:00 | 01:00, 02:00, 03:00, 06:00 |
| Tuesday, 27 Oct | Round 3 | 2 Bo1 (1-1), 2 Bo3 (0-2) | 00:00, 01:00, 02:00, 05:00 | 01:00, 02:00, 03:00, 06:00 |
| Thursday to Saturday, 29 to 31 Oct | Round 4 (2-1 and 1-2) | 2 Bo3 per day | 03:00 and 06:00 | 04:00 and 07:00 |
| Sunday, 1 Nov | Round 5 (2-2) | 3 Bo3 | 00:00, 03:00, 06:00 | 01:00, 04:00, 07:00 |
Riot lists dates in Texas time, so a 23 October midday match in Allen lands early on Saturday in Southeast Asia. Each new round is drawn after the previous one ends. Quarterfinals run 4 to 7 November at 05:00 WIB (06:00 SGT), and the final at Barclays Center, New York, is on Sunday, 15 November at 02:00 WIB (03:00 SGT).
How to Watch the Worlds 2026 Swiss Stage
Official English broadcasts are on lolesports.com, the LoL Esports YouTube channel and Twitch (riotgames). Liquipedia also lists Thai and Vietnamese broadcasts, but no official Indonesian, Malay or Filipino stream.
Pick’Ems and Worlds Content in the League Client
According to Riot’s global announcement:
- Swiss Stage Pick’Ems (League client or lolesports.com/pickems) lock before the first Swiss match, Saturday, 24 October at 00:00 WIB (01:00 SGT). Knockout picks open on 31 October and lock before the first quarterfinal on 4 November.
- True Damage Know My Name skins for Ekko, Akali, Yasuo, Senna and Qiyana arrive in patch 26.21, scheduled for 21 October. Yasuo is the featured Worlds 2026 skin, and part of its proceeds goes to tier 1 LoL Esports teams.
- Season 3: Worlds 2026 Pass includes a Prestige Chroma and a Prestige Emote. Team icons and regional emotes return, and Elite chromas for the 2013 SKT T1 championship skins arrived in patch 26.20.
- After the final, skins used by the winning team in the final get 33 percent off, excluding Prestige, Ultimate, Mythic Variant, Exalted and Transcendent skins.
- Wild Rift gets a Worlds Volibear skin with DIY customization and a Worlds pass.
Skins and passes in LoL PC are bought with RP. If you need RP on an Indonesian account, League of Legends PC RP top up on ItemGame only needs your Riot ID; SEA server rules are in our guide to buying LoL RP on PC.
FAQ
When does the Worlds 2026 Swiss Stage start? Saturday, 24 October 2026 at 00:00 WIB (01:00 SGT/MYT/PHT). The last round is on Sunday, 1 November.
Who do T1 play in Swiss round 1? LOS, Brazil’s CBLOL champions, in a Bo1 provisionally set for 05:00 WIB (06:00 SGT) on 24 October.
Who won the Worlds 2026 Play-In? Karmine Corp, beating MVK Esports 3-0 in the final on Monday, 19 October (WIB).
Is the Swiss Stage Bo1 or Bo3? Both. Rounds 1 and 2 and the 1-1 matches in round 3 are Bo1; every match that can send a team through or out is Bo3.
