Round 4 of the
Demacia Cup Global Invitational 2026 brought the Swiss Stage to a dramatic close. With only two tickets to the Knockout Stage remaining, all four rosters entered today's fixtures facing an uncompromising scenario: win and advance, or lose and go home.
continued their lower-bracket surge with a clean 2-0 sweep over Brazil's
, while
rallied from behind to dispatch
2-1, locking in the final eight-team playoff field.
FLY versus RED: North America cruise through
Game one developed as a tense battle of patience, with both squads trading neutral posture until a decisive clash erupted around Baron Nashor. RED Canids attempted a desperate initiation from a compromised angle, but FlyQuest cleanly punished the misplay, securing an ace without losing a single champion before taking the nexus. The Brazilian side unraveled entirely in game two, bleeding early deaths across the map and failing to halt North America’s cross-map rotations.
Fahad "
" Abdulmalek dismantled RED Canids in game two, running riot on Lucian to post a dominant 5/1/0 scoreline within 12 minutes. Backed by composed objective setups from Johnson "
" Le, FlyQuest closed out the 2-0 victory to reach the Knockout Stage, while RED Canids bowed out of the competition in 9th-10th place.
NAVI versus JDG: LPL resilience halts Europe
NAVI kicked off the series with an explosive opener, abusing heavy burst combinations that repeatedly caught JD Gaming off-guard in the late game to take a 1-0 lead. However, game two completely turned on a disastrous Baron call from NAVI. Despite Volodymyr "
" Sorokin carrying a massive kill share on Olaf, JDG seized the Baron buff alongside huge bounties, leveling the series before systematically suffocating NAVI in the decider behind a 14,000 gold lead by minute 25.
JD Gaming’s veteran composure proved decisive once the pressure mounted. Punishing NAVI's unforced macro slips in sidelanes, the LPL squad wrapped up the 2-1 reverse sweep to claim their place in the quarter-finals, ending NAVI’s tournament campaign in 9th-10th place.
Demacia Cup 2026 Knockout Stage bracket confirmed
Following the conclusion of Round 4, the official draw finalized the quarter-final bracket for the Knockout Stage. All playoff matches will transition into Bo5 series, taking place offline at the Beijing JD Esports Center from October 12th to 15th and concluding on October 17th. With a total prize pool of ¥1,500,000 CNY (≃ $223,729 USD) on the line, the remaining rosters now head directly into high-stakes regional clashes:
With the Swiss Stage completed, the surviving eight teams now head directly into the single-elimination bracket, where a single best-of-five defeat will send them packing.
