T1, Bilibili Gaming win Round 3 mid matches at LoL Worlds
T1, the three-time defending champion, and Bilibili Gaming won their Round 3 mid matches at the League of Legends World Championship in Swiss stage action on Monday in Allen, Texas.
In Round 3 low matches, LOS and Team Liquid posted sweeps to eliminate Secret Whales and Anyone's Legend, respectively.
The Swiss stage runs through Oct. 31 in Allen, with early-round matches consisting of a single map before advancement and elimination matches will be best-of-three.
Half of the 16 Swiss-stage teams will qualify for the knockout stage, which gets underway on Nov. 3 and features a single-elimination bracket. The knockout stage, consisting of best-of-five matches, also will be played in Allen except for the grand final, which will be held at Barclays Center in New York on Nov. 14.
The championship team will receive $1 million from the event's $5 million prize pool.
On Monday in the best-of-one mid matches, T1 handled CTBC Flying Oyster in 27 minutes on blue, led by South Korea's Mun "Oner" Hyeon-jun, who recorded a 4-1-5 kill-death-assist ratio.
In the other mid match, Bilibili Gaming defeated Karmine Corp in 36 minutes on blue, with Park "Viper" Do-hyeon of South Korea posting a K-D-A ratio of 5-1-6.
In the best-of three low matches, LOS notched a pair of wins on red (40 minutes, 37 minutes) over Secret Whales, guided by a K-D-A ratio of 11-5-14 by Brazil's Wallyson "Duduhh" Silva.
In the other low match, Team Liquid opened with a 33-minute victory on red and completed the sweep of Anyone's Legend with a 47-minute win on blue. American Sean "Yeon" Sung posted a K-D-A ratio of 13-4-13 for the winners.
Wednesday's Round 4 schedule:
High matches (2-1 teams; best-of-three)
--Movistar KOI vs. T1
--Invictus Gaming vs. LYON
League of Legends World Championship prize pool
1. $1 million
2. $800,000
3-4. $400,000
5-8. $300,000
9-11. $175,000
12-14. $125,000
15-16. $90,000 --Team Secret Whales, Anyone's Legend
17. $50,000 -- MVK Esports
18. $40,000 -- FURIA
19. $30,000 -- Cloud9
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