Worlds 2026 Play-In Day 2 Recap: FURIA Eliminates Cloud9, KC Sweeps MVK

Day 2 of the 2026 League of Legends World Championship Play-In ended with FURIA eliminating Cloud9 and Karmine Corp securing a spot in Sunday's final qualification series. The Brazilian team kept its Worlds hopes alive, while KC swept MVK Esports to move one win away from the Swiss Stage.

Worlds 2026 Play-In Day 2 Results

• Karmine Corp 3-0 MVK Esports (Upper Bracket Final)
• FURIA 3-1 Cloud9 (Lower Bracket Semifinal)

FURIA came into Friday's elimination series after losing 3-0 to MVK on opening day. Cloud9 took Game 1 with a 19-10 kill score, but FURIA responded with three consecutive wins. The Brazilian side took Games 2, 3 and 4 with kill scores of 12-9, 14-6 and 16-7, respectively, ending Cloud9's Worlds run.

Mid laner Arthur "Tutsz" Peixoto Machado went 6/2/7 on Viktor in Game 3. ADC Andrey "Ayu" Saraiva followed with a 7/0/5 performance on Miss Fortune in the 28-minute series closer.

In the day's other series, Karmine Corp swept MVK 3-0, winning the three games by kill scores of 9-4, 21-11 and 14-7. After needing five games to beat Cloud9 on Day 1, KC is now through to the Play-In Grand Final on October 18.

Worlds 2026 Play-In Next Matches: October 17-18

Two best-of-five series remain, and only one team can advance to the Swiss Stage:

• Saturday, October 17: FURIA vs MVK Esports (Lower Bracket Final), 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET / 18:00 UTC. The winner faces Karmine Corp; the loser is eliminated.
• Sunday, October 18: Karmine Corp vs Saturday's winner (Play-In Grand Final), 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET / 18:00 UTC. The winner claims the final spot in the Swiss Stage, which begins October 23.

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