Worlds 2026 quarterfinals from Nov 3: teams, times, where to watch

Worlds 2026 quarterfinals at a glance

The Worlds 2026 quarterfinals (League of Legends) start on Tuesday, November 3, in Allen, Texas. One best-of-five quarterfinal is played each day until Friday, November 6, and matches start at 11 pm Paris time. The semifinals follow on November 7 and 8 in the same arena, and the final is on Saturday, November 14, in Brooklyn, at 8 pm Paris time.

Five teams are already through: Gen.G, Dplus KIA, T1, Invictus Gaming and Top Esports. The last three places are decided on October 31, the final day of the Swiss stage, and the quarterfinal draw takes place the same day.

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The qualified teams and the draw

Gen.G and Dplus KIA finished the Swiss stage at 3-0. T1, Invictus Gaming and Top Esports qualified at 3-1. For the three remaining places, six teams at 2-2 play best-of-three series on Saturday, October 31: Movistar KOI vs Karmine Corp (starting at 6 pm Paris time), LOS vs LYON (9 pm) and Hanwha Life Esports vs Bilibili Gaming (midnight). Each winner qualifies at 3-2 and each loser is out.

So the bracket was not set when we wrote this. The draw comes right after the Swiss stage: it pairs the two 3-0 teams with two of the 3-2 teams, then the remaining four teams are drawn into two more matches.

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Format, venues and calendar

The knockout stage is single elimination: eight teams, every series best of five. The quarterfinals run from Tuesday, November 3 to Friday, November 6, and the semifinals on Saturday, November 7 and Sunday, November 8. All of them start at 11 pm Paris time at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen.

The final is played on Saturday, November 14, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, at 8 pm Paris time. Europe moved to winter time on October 25, and all the times in this article already take that into account.

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Where to watch Worlds 2026

Riot's official broadcast is in English on Twitch, YouTube and Kick, and the schedule and results are on lolesports.com. In French, OTP, the official LEC broadcaster, covers Worlds on Twitch and YouTube, with co-streams from Kameto, Skyyart, Trayton and Zaboutine, announced by LoL Esports on October 14.

The Pick'Ems for the knockout stage opened on October 31 and lock on November 3, before the first quarterfinal. You play on lolesports.com/pickems or in the League of Legends client, with a Riot account.

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Prize pool and what to know

The official Worlds guide does not mention the prize pool. According to several trackers, it is 5 million dollars, with 1 million for the champion; treat those figures as unconfirmed by Riot until it announces them.

The tournament started with 19 teams: 15 went straight to the Swiss stage and 4 played the play-in for a single place, which Karmine Corp won. Karmine Corp, the only French team, is at its first Worlds and plays Movistar KOI on October 31 to stay alive.

Worlds Fan Fest runs at Pier 36 in Lower Manhattan from November 12 to 14.

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