If you wanted to see a competitive five-game series at the MSI 2026 Play-In stage, you were in the wrong place. Every single series wrapped in a clean 3-0 sweep, a streak of dominance that made the double-elimination bracket look less like a tournament and more like a formality.
The headlining result: T1 defeated Team Liquid 3-0 on June 28 in Daejeon, South Korea, continuing a pattern of one-sided outcomes that defined the entire Play-In stage.
Faker reaches a milestone nobody else is close to
The T1 win carried extra weight beyond the bracket implications. Their iconic mid laner Faker became the first player in League of Legends history to reach 100 career MSI wins.
Team Liquid did not stop at the T1 loss. The squad also swept Karmine Corp 3-0 in their own Play-In series, meaning the organization finished the bracket stage with a combined six-game win streak before eventually falling to T1.
