The 2019 League of Legends World Championship group stage continues as Group C finds its two play-off teams. As expected, Korean powerhouse SK Telecom T1 has topped the ⛎group, losing only one match. The LEC’s Fnatic clinched the second spot, which was closely contested unt🐻il the final game. To much surprise, Chinese squad Royal Never Give Up will not be advancing to the quarter-finals.
SK Telecom T1 ended the first round robin undefeated, taking crushing victories over Fnatic, Royal Never Give Up, and Clutch Gaming. Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok put up a classic performance to power the Korean squad to the top of the group standings. As the second round robin began, SKT secured their fourth straight victory with a win over RNG. Now standing 4-0, they next took on Fnatic to continue the streak. The European squad stunned as they took a 21-7 kill lead, and ended SKT’s undefeated record after twenty-seven minutes. The LCK champions then faced off against Clutch Gaming, saving their top spot with a victory over the N🌳orth Americans. SK Telecom T1 ended their group stage run with a 5-1 record, and the first seed going into the quarter-finals.
Fnatic entered Group C with a mountain in front of them as they stood against SK Telecom T1 and Royal Never Give Up༒. The LEC runners-up kicked off their Worlds run with an immediate loss to SKT. They followed up with a win over Clutch Gaming before suffering another defeat at the hands of RNG. Fnatic's second round robin began with a match against Clutch, with the Europeans finally securing the win after nearly 50 minutes. They followed that win with another, this time over tournament favorites ✅SK Telecom T1.
The final match of the day pit Fnatic against Royal Never Give Up, both stꦆanding with a record of three wins, two losses. The winner would advance to the play-offs, while the loser would be eliminated. Fnatic took the Rift by storm, crushing RNG in just over thirty minutes. With that victory, the EU squad locked in their quarter-final spot.
The League of Legends 2019 Wor♎ld Championship group stage has only one day remaining, where the final two play-off teams will be decided. The knock-out stage will begin on October 26th in Madrid, Spain.