BLG’s 2-3 defeat to HLE in the League of Legends MSI final ended the team’s path under market rules requiring wins across major regional events, First Stand, MSI and Worlds.
Polymarket closed its market on whether BLG would complete the 2026 "Golden Road" as "No" after the League of Legends MSI tournament ended with BLG losing 2-3 to HLE in the final. The result mattered because the market’s rules required BLG to win all major regional events as well as First Stand, MSI and Worlds, making the MSI defeat enough to invalidate the outcome.