Nongshim Esports Academy vs Dplus KIA Challengers – LCK Challengers League Kickoff 2026 Group Stage LoL Match

Nongshim Esports Academy vs Dplus KIA Challengers League of Legends match ended 2 - 0 in favour of Nongshim Esports Academy and was played on Jan 16, 2026 at 5:00 AM . The match was a Best of 3 series and part of the LCK Challengers League Kickoff 2026 Group Stage Group Stage.

Breakdown of the match

• Nongshim Esports Academy won Game 1 with 18 -  4
• Nongshim Esports Academy won Game 2 with 16 -  6

Key player statistics

• Most kills for the match was made by Lucy with 9 kills.
• Top creep scorer for the match was Lucy with a CS of 653.
• Top kill participation for the match was made by Loopy with a KP of 80%.

Head-to-head stats

Nongshim Esports Academy and Dplus KIA Challengers had previously played each other 16 times . Nongshim Esports Academy had won 7 times , Dplus KIA Challengers had won 9 times and 0 matches were tied.

The prior match between them was played on Aug 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM in LCK Challengers League Kickoff 2026 Group Stage where Dplus KIA Challengers won 2 - 0 .

Match prediction

Strafe users had a clear favorite in this match, and predicted Nongshim Esports Academy to win with 71.2% of the votes in their favor and 28.8% of the votes for Dplus KIA Challengers .

Where to watch

The Nongshim Esports Academy vs Dplus KIA Challengers live match was streamed on strafe.com, Twitch and Youtube. To watch more matches like this, visit the LoL match calendar .

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