Wrong Side of Kanavi
Caps’s G2 Have Never Beaten a Kanavi Team
Five series against three different clubs, and G2 have won one game in ten. The last Worlds meeting was the quarterfinal that ended G2’s 2025, a year ago today.
5–0
Kanavi’s teams v Caps’s G2, in series
9–1
Kanavi’s teams v Caps’s G2, in games
The Take
Kanavi jungles and Caps plays mid, so the record belongs to their teams. Still, it doesn’t matter which shirt Kanavi wears: JD Gaming, Top Esports and now Hanwha Life have all beaten G2. G2’s one game win came in that 3–1 quarterfinal on 30 October 2025. Tonight both teams come in at 1–2 in series, it’s a best-of-three, and the loser goes home.
| Date | Event | Kanavi’s team | Score v G2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Oct 2022 | Worlds | JD Gaming | 1–0 |
| 14 Oct 2022 | Worlds | JD Gaming | 1–0 |
| 15 Oct 2025 | Worlds | Top Esports | 1–0 |
| 30 Oct 2025 | Worlds quarterfinal | Top Esports | 3–1 |
| 5 Jul 2026 | MSI | Hanwha Life Esports | 3–0 |
Sources
16 pages on Leaguepedia
- 2022 Season World Championship/Main Event
- 2025 Season World Championship/Main Event
- 2026 Mid-Season Invitational
- Kanavi
- Caps
- 2021 Season World Championship/Main Event
- 2021 Season World Championship/Play-In
- 2024 Season World Championship/Main Event
- 2026 Season World Championship/Main Event
- 2016 Season World Championship
- 2017 Season World Championship/Main Event
- 2018 Season World Championship/Main Event
- 2018 Season World Championship/Play-In
- 2019 Season World Championship/Main Event
- 2020 Season World Championship/Main Event
- 2023 Season World Championship/Main Event
Overheard
“I think, for me, I was quite out of it. There were a lot of thoughts screaming in my head.”
ONE Esports →
2 more overheard
11 Oct 2022
At the press conference after JD Gaming’s Worlds 2022 group stage win over G2, Kanavi said a skirmish at G2’s red buff was the point where his team worked out how to win the fights. Earlier, G2 had taken three of JDG’s players in a top-side fight and secured a free Baron.
ONE Esports →“After the skirmish at the enemy red buff, we started to know how to win team fights”
5 Jul 2026
After Hanwha Life swept G2 3–0 in the MSI 2026 winners’ bracket in Daejeon, Zeus said that G2 could not carry out its plans once HLE won the first game, but that they would still be a tricky opponent next time.
Inven Global →“After we won it, I felt they weren't able to execute what they wanted, which made the subsequent sets easier to handle. G2 remains a tricky team to face, even if we meet them again.”
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