DK Aims for 'Undefeated Preliminaries'... But Opponent is T1 [Lee Joo-hyun's Login eSports]

In the final held at the Gyeongju Indoor Gymnasium on the 8th, Hanwha Life Esports defeated Gen.G Esports 3-2 and won the 2024 LCK (League of Legends Champions Korea) Summer Split Championship.

The winning team, Hanwha Life, will advance to the 2024 League of Legends World Championship (Worlds) held in Europe starting at the end of this month as the 1st seed of the domestic league LCK.

Gen.G, which finished in second place, will advance as the 2nd seed.

A total of four teams will participate as representatives of the LCK.

The LCK Worlds Representative Qualifier will be held from the 12th to the 14th for the remaining two spots. 토토사이트

All matches in the qualification will be played as a best-of-five series.

In the 3rd seed match on the 12th, T1 will face off against DPlus Kia (DK).

The team that wins this match will advance to Worlds as the 3rd seed of the LCK, and the losing team will get another chance on the 14th.

Attention is focused on whether D-Plus Kia can continue the myth of 'undefeated in the preliminary round'.

D-Plus Kia has advanced to the World Championship for five consecutive years from 2019 to last year, including the days of its predecessors, DAMWON Gaming and DAMWON KIA.

If they succeed in advancing this year, they will set a record of advancing to the World Championship for six consecutive years.

In 2020, when he participated in the World Championship, he won the championship, and in 2021, he was runner-up.

It is noteworthy that in 2019 and 2022, he won the upper group matchup in the qualifiers and advanced as the third seed.

Last year, he started in the lower group and advanced to the final match, earning the fourth seed.

Diplo Kia's mid laner, "Showmaker" Heo Su, also shared this record of "undefeated in the qualifiers."

However, since their opponent is T1, there is a high possibility that Dipl Kia's undefeated streak will be broken.

This is because T1 has an overwhelming advantage in recent matches between the two teams.

T1 has met Dipl Kia 16 times in the LCK from 2022 to this year, recording 15 wins and 1 loss.

In their most recent matchup in the 3rd round of the 2024 Summer Split Playoffs, T1 won with a set score of 3 to 1.

Meanwhile, KT Rolster and BNK Fierx will face off on the 13th.

The two teams have met four times in the regular league this year, and KT Rolster is ahead with 3 wins and 1 loss.

However, in their most recent matchup in the 2nd round of the Summer regular league, BNK Fierx won with a set score of 2 to 1.

The winner on the 13th will face the loser on the 12th in a final match for the last remaining ticket.

Tickets for the LCK representative selection tournament can be reserved through Interpark starting 48 hours before each match.

Tickets for the first round match between T1 and D-Plus Kia on the 12th will go on sale starting at 5 PM on the 10th (Tuesday).

The ticket price is 30,000 won, the same as the playoffs. It starts at 5 PM on weekdays and 3 PM on weekends, and will be live-streamed on online platforms such as AfreecaTV, Naver eSports & Games, and the LCK YouTube channel.