Bilibili Gaming is the League of Legends world champion. The LPL team beat Gen.G 3-1 today in the Worlds 2026 Final at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, and LoL Esports posted the official championship graphic at 7:02 PM ET / 4:02 PM PT. Check out the official post down below:
Bilibili Gaming posted its own championship message at 7:35 PM ET, calling the trophy the team's first Summoner's Cup:
How The Final Unfolded
The best-of-5 series started at 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT, after the Opening Ceremony presented by Mastercard at the same arena, a rundown covered in League Of Legends Worlds 2026 Opening Ceremony Will Bring K/DA And True Damage To Barclays Center. Gen.G, the LCK's first seed, came in having dropped only 1 game in the entire tournament. BLG, the LPL's second seed, had taken the longer route through Swiss and then knocked out 3-time defending champions T1 in the semifinals.
Gen.G took Game 1. LoL Esports posted "GEN.G TAKE THE LEAD IN THE WORLDS FINAL!" at 3:32 PM ET / 12:32 PM PT, with an official 1-0 graphic of a Gen.G player celebrating on stage. The official Game 1 graphic is below:
BLG tied the series in Game 2. At 4:53 PM ET / 1:53 PM PT, LoL Esports posted, "WHAT. A. THRILLER. BLG STRIKE BACK AND EQUALIZE!" The official 1-1 graphic showed BLG bot laner Viper, with his name across the back of the jersey. The official Game 2 graphic is below:
Game 3 put BLG in front. At 5:57 PM ET / 2:57 PM PT, LoL Esports posted, "BLG ARE ONE WIN AWAY FROM CLAIMING THE SUMMONER'S CUP!" over a 2-1 graphic. The official Game 3 graphic is below:
Game 4 ended the series. LoL Esports posted the championship graphic at 7:02 PM ET / 4:02 PM PT, confirming Bilibili Gaming as the 2026 world champion on a 3-1 score. The official championship poster names the starting five around the Worlds 26 branding: top laner Bin, jungler Xun, mid laner Knight, Viper and support ON.
Knight Is The Finals MVP
LoL Esports named Knight the Worlds 2026 Finals MVP, presented by OPPO, at 7:25 PM ET / 4:25 PM PT:
Knight is BLG's mid laner and captain. Minutes after the series ended, LoL Esports also posted a "KNIGHT, WORLD CHAMPION" graphic with Knight at the center of the frame, giving a thumbs up in a white BLG jacket.
The same stretch of posts marked first titles and a repeat one. At 7:08 PM ET, LoL Esports posted "WORLD CHAMPION ONCE AGAIN" over a photo of Viper lifting the Summoner's Cup on the Barclays Center stage. Viper, listed on the official team page as Dohyeon Park, won his first World Championship in 2021 with EDward Gaming. At 7:14 PM ET, the official account followed with "FINALLY WORLD CHAMPION" and a graphic built around Bin, who had lost 2 previous Worlds Finals, including the 2024 Final to T1 in London.
The Road To Brooklyn
Gen.G reached the Final at 10-1 in games. The team went 3-0 in the Swiss Stage in Allen, Texas, including a 2-1 win over LYON that locked up a Knockout Stage berth, a result covered in League Of Legends Worlds 2026: DK And Gen.G Go 3-0 To Lock In Quarterfinal Spots. Gen.G then swept LYON 3-0 in the quarterfinals and swept Invictus Gaming 3-0 in the semifinals. LoL Esports had ranked that run as the second most dominant Worlds path of all time, behind SKT's 15-1 mark in 2015, heading into today. After the Final, Gen.G's tournament record stands at 11 game wins and 4 losses.
BLG advanced from Swiss at 3-2, then swept Dplus Kia 3-0 in the quarterfinals and beat T1 3-1 in the semifinals. LoL Esports said that semifinal made BLG the first LPL team to eliminate T1 at a World Championship, and it ended T1's run of World Championships in 2023, 2024 and 2025. One of those titles came against BLG, when T1 won 3-2 in the 2024 Final in London. The full event path, from Los Angeles through Allen to Brooklyn, was laid out when the U.S. host cities were announced in League Of Legends Worlds 2026 Returns To The U.S. In October. Here Are The Dates And Cities.
Gen.G's starting lineup in Brooklyn was Kiin in the top lane, Canyon in the jungle, Chovy in the mid lane, Ruler as the bot laner and captain, and Duro at support. Chovy was still chasing a first World Championship; LoL Esports had noted before the Final that Keria, Deft, Doran and Pyosik from the 2020 DRX roster had already won the title. Ruler won Worlds in 2017 with Samsung Galaxy and was that tournament's MVP. Canyon won in 2020 with DAMWON Gaming.
The official Worlds 2026 primer also says the International Tournament Skin Promotion will let players buy skins used by the winning team in the Final at 33% off, with Prestige, Ultimate, Mythic Variant, Exalted and Transcendent skins excluded from that sale.
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