Anyone's Legend and JD Gaming qualify for the 2026 LOL Esports World Cup

After close to two months of grueling competition at the 2026 Esports World Cup China Qualifiers, two teams will have the task of bringing China its first EWC LoL title. and emerged victorious and secured their appearance. After the official announcement of the tournament’s relocation to Paris, these teams are slotted to compete in the main event, scheduled to start on July 15.

The only team to win a game off Anyone’s Legend all-tournament was JDG during the Upper Bracket qualifying series that went AL’s way 3-1. This forced JDG to play for the last Online Qualifier slot in the Lower Bracket qualifying series. After a thrilling back-and-forth five-game series, JDG emerged with the last spot after winning the series 3-2.

Ever since the 2026 season started, the Pandas have struggled to get the victory against JDG. AL has only been able to come out victorious once from the five series played against their opponent. However, thanks to some creative drafting across the series, like a surprising Rumble support piloted by Kim “" Jin-hong in Game 2, Anyone’s Legends was able to break their three-series losing streak against JDG.

JinDong Gaming had to regroup and bounce back from the unexpected defeat to secure the last spot for the 2026 EWC edition. JDG had just played against their Week 7 opponent during the 2026 LPL Split 2 regular season: Weibo Gaming. Though WBG had won the most recent encounter, the team led by Yun “" Chun-chia and Tsai “" Ming-hong evened their series wins against Weibo Gaming in 2026. If either AL or JDG wins Split 2 of the LPL, the runner-up slot will be handed to WBG.

One of the big teams that missed their chance to qualify through the Online Qualifiers is . BLG has attended both previous EWC editions, though they’ve been eliminated in the quarterfinals both times. The current LPL and First Stand champions sit atop the LPL Split 2 regular season standings with a commanding 12-2 record. However, JDG handed them their second head-to-head series defeat of the season after their initial victory in Week 1 of the 2026 Split 1 regular season.

BLG’s form dipped after their upset loss, but they managed to recoup their form by winning seven series in a row. This set up a Loser’s Semifinals match-up against Weibo Gaming, a team that hadn’t won a series against BLG all season long. WBG quickly dispatched of BLG with a commanding 2-0 victory. The only way the back-to-back attendee can find its way to the 2026 EWC edition is by winning LPL Split 2.