Top Esports qualified for the League of Legends World Championship 2026 on September 17 by defeating Invictus Gaming 3-1 in the upper bracket of the LPL Regional Finals. The victory secured TES as China’s third seed, joining first seed Bilibili Gaming and second seed Anyone’s Legend. The result reversed IG’s 3-2 win over TES on September 5 in the LPL Split 3 lower bracket final, a recent result that had influenced prediction markets and betting platforms before the rematch. Invictus Gaming dropped into the Regional Finals lower bracket and must win an elimination match to secure its Worlds place. All four LPL teams in the Regional Finals will qualify directly for the Worlds Swiss stage, a format in which teams are matched against opponents with similar records rather than playing a full round-robin schedule. Prediction markets, including activity on Polymarket and Robinhood, have grown significantly in recent years, while recency bias shaped market expectations for the match.