Weibo Gaming of LPL (China) was the first to reach the semi-finals of the LOL World Cup, succeeding in “upset” as it did last year.
Weibo defeated LNG in the same region 3-1 in the quarterfinals of the “2024 League of Legends World Championship” (LOL World Cup) held at Adidas Arena in Paris, France, from the 17th to the 18th (Korea time). As a result, the team will compete with the team that won the match between LCK’s Hanwha Life e-Sports and LPL’s Billibilli Gaming on the 18th to advance to the semifinals. 스포츠토토
While Weibo was the last team to the quarterfinals with 3 wins and 2 losses after going to the fifth round in the Swiss stage (the round of 16), LNG was expected to prevail because it was the favorite to decide to go to Paris early with all three wins, but the result was the opposite.
In addition, Weibo also made a sensation in the last year’s LOL World Cup, even though it barely reached the quarterfinals with three wins and two losses. Of course, in the final, he failed to meet LCK’s T1 and lost 0-3 to finish second, but he made an unusual scene of beating the top team for two consecutive years this year, following last year.
Despite LNG’s advantage in the first set, it showed confidence by choosing the red camp, which is considered to be somewhat disadvantageous for Banpick and hollow larva hunting, but it was eventually defeated. Weibo’s Korean coach Yang Dae-in and Jungler “Tarzan” Lee Seung-yong, the only Korean player in the team who played in LNG for three years until last year, joined forces to quickly return their former team to China.
Following Hanwha Life e-Sports on the 18th, T1 will meet LPL’s TES on the 19th, and Gen.G will play in the quarterfinals at the same place as LCS’ Flyquest on the 20th.
