{"id":32966,"date":"2023-10-30T00:40:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T04:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=32966"},"modified":"2023-10-30T00:40:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T04:40:04","slug":"lol-worlds-2023-enters-knockout-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/lol-worlds-2023-enters-knockout-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"LoL Worlds 2023 enters knockout stage"},"content":{"rendered":"

The inaugural edition of the Swiss stage at the League of Legends World Championship concluded on Sunday, and many believe that the switch in format was an overwhelming success.<\/p>\n

Over the last two weeks, the 16 teams that qualified for the main event of LoL Worlds 2023<\/a> battled it out for the final eight spots to head into the knockout stage of the tournament.<\/p>\n

JD Gaming and Gen.G both asserted their dominance by winning their first three series to book a place in the knockout stage last week, which has given them nearly two weeks off before their respective quarterfinal matches.<\/p>\n

LNG Esports, T1 and NRG were next to punch their tickets after compiling 3-1 records across their four series each.<\/p>\n

The final day of the Swiss stage was dominated by LPL and LCK<\/a> teams, as Bilibili Gaming defeated G2 Esports, Weibo Gaming edged past Fnatic and KT Rolster dominated Dplus KIA to secure the final three places in the knockout stage.<\/p>\n

The final eight teams include all four representatives from the LPL<\/a>, three LCK teams and the sole Western hope in NRG from the LCS<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For the first time since 2014, there will be no LEC<\/a> representative in the quarters, with Team BDS, MAD Lions, G2 Esports and Fnatic all failing to progress.<\/p>\n

Due to their dominance throughout the 2023 League of Legends<\/a> season, where they won both the LPL Spring and Summer splits as well as the Mid-Season Invitational<\/a>, JD Gaming remain the outright favourites at $2.20 with esports betting sites<\/a> to claim Worlds 2023.<\/p>\n

The opening series of the quarterfinals will feature NRG and Weibo Gaming, which will take place at 5pm KST on Thursday, November 2.<\/p>\n


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Quarterfinals series<\/h2>\n