LYON breeze past FURIA, advance at Mid-Season Invitational

Field Level Media|published: Sat 4th July, 11:18 2026

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LYON coasted to a 3-0 sweep of FURIA on Saturday to advance to Round 2 in the upper bracket of the League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational in Daejeon, South Korea.

LYON recorded a 44-minute win on red and 38- and 28-minute victories on blue. Kacper "Inspired" Sloma of Poland paced the victors with a 18-7-36 kills-deaths-assists ratio.

LYON advanced to face Bilibili Gaming, who posted a 3-2 victory over T1.

T1 started fast with a 41-minute win on blue before Bilibili Gaming responded with a 29-minute victory on blue and 34-minute win on red. T1 answered with a 33-minute win on red, however Bilibili Gaming ended the match with a 27-minute triumph on red.

Zhuo "Knight" Ding of China powered Bilibili Gaming with a 25-10-28 kills-deaths-assists ratio.

All matches are best-of-five in the $2 million tournament, which concludes on July 12 with a top prize of $500,000. The winner of the grand final also qualifies for this fall's 2026 World Championship.

2026 Mid-Season Invitational prize pool:

1. $500,000

2. $300,000

3. $240,000

4. $200,000

5-6. $160,000

7-8. $110,000

--Field Level Media

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