The Last Upset
LYON Face Gen.G, the Last Korean Team NA Beat at Worlds
Team Liquid beat Gen.G in October 2021. No North American team has won a Worlds series against a Korean team since.
7–59
North America’s Worlds series record against Korean teams, all time
14–72
North America’s Worlds game record against Korean teams, all time
The Take
Liquid got the win, but the edge it gave them in the group didn’t last: Gen.G beat them in a tiebreaker later that day. North America then went through four full Worlds without a series win against Korea. Tonight’s best-of-three is North America’s first series against a Korean team at this Worlds. The drought isn’t LYON’s own history, since the club spent 2018 to 2024 as Rainbow7 and Movistar R7, but this year they’re the ones carrying North America’s name into it.
| Year | NA series vs Korea | NA games vs Korea |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1–7 | 1–9 |
| 2022 | 0–6 | 0–6 |
| 2023 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| 2024 | 0–3 | 3–6 |
| 2025 | 0–3 | 0–4 |
Sources
19 pages on Leaguepedia
- 2014 Season World Championship
- 2015 Season World Championship
- 2016 Season World Championship
- 2017 Season World Championship/Main Event
- 2018 Season World Championship/Main Event
- 2019 Season World Championship/Main Event
- 2020 Season World Championship/Main Event
- 2021 Season World Championship/Main Event
- 2022 Season World Championship/Main Event
- 2023 Season World Championship/Main Event
- 2024 Season World Championship/Main Event
- 2025 Season World Championship/Main Event
- Season 2 World Championship
- Season 3 World Championship
- 2017 Season World Championship/Play-In
- 2020 Season World Championship/Play-In
- 2023 Season World Championship/Play-In
- 2024 Season World Championship/Play-In
- 2026 Season World Championship/Main Event
Overheard
“Gen.G have many strengths but they are so much better than every other team especially at laning phases”
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23 Oct 2026
In a video interview with Inven the day before the Swiss Stage, LYON mid laner Saint said he wanted to face and beat as many Korean mid laners as possible at Worlds, and named Gen.G's Chovy among the players he had studied on VODs.
Inven →“At this Worlds, I want to meet and beat as many Korean mid laners as possible.”
이번 롤드컵에서는 되도록 많은 한국인 미드 라이너를 만나 이기고 싶다
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