T1 Reach Semifinals in All 11 Worlds Appearances

T1 defeated Karmine Corp 3-1 in the Worlds 2026 quarterfinals on Friday, Nov. 6, securing a semifinal place in all 11 of the organization’s League of Legends World Championship appearances.

The defending champions won the first two games before Karmine Corp took the third. T1 won the fourth game to eliminate Europe’s last remaining team at the tournament.

T1 will face Bilibili Gaming in the semifinals on Sunday, Nov. 8, at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen, Texas. The best-of-five series is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. Pacific time. The first team to win three games will advance to the Grand Final in New York City on Nov. 14.

Bilibili Gaming reached the semifinals with a 3-0 quarterfinal sweep of Dplus KIA. The matchup will be a rematch of the 2024 Worlds final, which T1 won 3-2.

T1 entered Worlds 2026 as the LCK’s third seed. The team beat LOS in the opening Swiss Stage round on Oct. 23, then lost to Dplus KIA in the next round. T1 followed with a win over CTBC Flying Oyster and secured its playoff place on Oct. 28 by beating Movistar KOI 2-0. It finished the Swiss Stage with a 3-1 record.

The semifinal appearance continues T1’s record at Worlds. The organization first won the tournament in 2013 as SK Telecom T1 and has reached at least the semifinals in every edition it attended.

T1 won the 2013, 2015 and 2016 World Championships before losing the 2017 final to Samsung Galaxy. It returned to the semifinals in 2019 and 2021, reached the final in 2022 and won three consecutive titles from 2023 through 2025. Its six championships are the most in League of Legends history.

Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok played on all six of T1’s championship-winning teams. The 2026 semifinal gives T1 a chance to reach its ninth Worlds final and win a seventh title.

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Reviewed and fact-checked by Alex Panasenko on November 7.