by The opening round of the League of Legends World Championship Swiss Stage took place in Berlin, Germany, on October 3, with each of the 16 teams playing a best-of-one series.
Esports betting sites expected to see some lopsided games, and that was exactly what we witnessed, as the likes of Bilibili Gaming (BLG), Hanwha Life Esports (HLE), and G2 Esports claimed impressive victories in their respective fixtures.
BLG kicked off the first round of the Swiss Stage in a clash with MAD Lions KOI, and even though MAD shot out to an early lead, the top seed from the League of Legends Pro League (LPL) regained the ascendancy and ran away with the win in under 27 minutes.
Many expected Top Esports (TES) vs T1 to be the pick of the bunch on day one, as the reigning world champions took on a resurgent Chinese squad who secured the second seed from the LPL.
The clash was close throughout the 30 minutes, but it was TES who secured a vital win that dropped T1 into the loser’s bracket.
Gen.G entered their round one series against Weibo Gaming (WBG) as overwhelming favourites with GG Bet; however, their win was less than convincing, as it took the pre-tournament favourites 45 minutes to defeat the LPL team.
Dplus KIA and Fnatic clashed in the fourth series of the day, where the LCK’s third seed controlled the game and held a gold lead throughout before claiming the win in just over 35 minutes.
Thanks to a masterclass from LNG bot-laner Chen “GALA” Wei, the third seed from the LPL took down the top seed from the LCS, Team Liquid.
GALA’s stat-line read 9/1/9, which has him situated in equal second in the KDA list for the Swiss Stage, and with that 18.0 KDA, he propelled LNG to a dominant win inside 35 minutes.
The final three fixtures of day one featured Hanwha Life Esports vs PSG Talon, FlyQuest vs GAM Esports, and G2 Esports vs paiN Gaming, with HLE, FlyQuest and G2 winning their respective matches with relative ease to book their spot in the 1-0 bracket.
The #Worlds2024 Swiss Stage Round 2 bracket!
Note: The match order is still TBD. pic.twitter.com/JlFRjYikuR
— LoL Esports (@lolesports) October 3, 2024
The first match of day two will be an all-LPL fixture with Bilibili Gaming taking on LNG Esports before Gen.G clashes with Top Esports in the following series.
Below is a list of Swiss Stage round two series, set to be played on Friday, October 4.
- Bilibili Gaming ($1.30) vs LNG Esports ($3.40) @ 2pm CET
- Gen.G ($1.40) vs Top Esports ($2.75) @ 3pm CET
- G2 Esports ($3.40) vs Hanwha Life Esports ($1.30) @ 4pm CET
- Weibo Gaming ($1.40) vs Team Liquid ($2.75) @ 5pm CET
- T1 ($1.06) vs paiN Gaming ($8.00) @ 6pm CET
- Dplus KIA ($1.25) vs FlyQuest ($3.75) @ 7pm CET
- Fnatic ($1.40) vs GAM Esports ($2.75) @ 8pm CET
- PSG Talon ($2.00) vs MAD Lions KOI ($1.72) @ 9pm CET
