Top Esports defeated Invictus Gaming 3-1 in the LPL Regional Finals upper bracket on September 17, securing China’s third seed at the League of Legends World Championship 2026. The result reversed IG’s 3-2 victory over TES on September 5, which had influenced prediction-market expectations, including a $218,000 position backing IG. TES joins first seed Bilibili Gaming and second seed Anyone’s Legend, while IG drops to the lower bracket but remains able to qualify because all four Regional Finals teams advance directly to the Worlds Swiss stage.