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The 2024 League of Legends Worlds semi finals have been locked in following Gen.G’s 3-2 victory over FlyQuest in Paris today.
The result means there are no longer any Western teams left in the World Championship, with North American side FlyQuest eliminated by Korean giants and tournament favourites, Gen.G.
FlyQuest came so close to beating Gen.G and shocking the League esports community after taking game one, losing game two and winning game three to give them an incredible chance of making history.
But Gen.G were too strong in the end.
After a dominant game four for Gen.G, FlyQuest’s Sett and Fiddlesticks surprise picks in game five were not enough to help give FlyQuest the win at the Adidas Arena in Paris.
FlyQuest also tried to sneak the baron at 22 minutes but it was a disastrous attempt which led to Gen.G taking it and getting ahead, and after a few teamfights in Gen.G’s favour, they took the game and the series.
It’s been six years since NA beat a Korean team in a best-of-five at Worlds, when Cloud9 defeated Afreeca 3-0 in 2019.
FlyQuest’s Belgian top-laner Bwipo said after the series: “It’s tough to stay positive but we made you guys believe. That was the goal.”
His comments are in line with Riot’s tagline for Worlds 2024: ‘Make them believe.’
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2024 LoL Worlds semi finals match-ups
The final four teams and two semi-final match-ups are as follows:
- Weibo Gaming (WBG, Chinese LPL)
- Bilibili Gaming (BLG, Chinese LPL)
- T1 (Korean LCK)
- Gen.G (Korean LCK)
The first Worlds semi final will see WBG go up against fellow Chinese LPL team BLG on October 26th 2024.
The other Worlds semi final will see Korean LCK teams T1 and Gen.G go head-to-head on October 27th.
This means the grand final in London will be a Chinese vs Korean match-up.
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Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
