The first EWC will determine the T1 trophy winner. Faker's Time is making a comeback.
With a total prize pool of 60 million dollars (approximately 83 billion won) at stake, the domestic league champion team 'Gen.G' was considered a strong contender to win the E-Sports World Cup (EWC) held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. However, they lost in the quarterfinals, leaving only T1 to advance to the semifinals to be held on the 7th. Once again, similar to last year's 'League of Legends World Championship (Worlds)', only T1 remains. It's time for "Faker (Lee Sang-hyeok), please do it" once again.
'Gen.G', which had been drawing attention as a strong winning team after winning the domestic league and the international competition 'Mid-Season Invitational (MSI)' this year, lost 2-0 to the Chinese league team 'Top Esports (TES)' on the 6th. TES put a lot of pressure on Gen.G from the beginning of the first set and had the upper hand in teamwork from the middle of the game.
As a result, in the semifinals on the 7th, T1 and the North American league 'Team Liquid (TL)', Chinese league 'TES', and European league 'G2 Esports (G2)' will face off for a spot in the finals. Attention is focused on whether T1, the last hope of the domestic league LCK, will be able to win the first League of Legends EWC championship.
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