Lower bracket final: IG vs JDG, CN

The League of Legends Pro League Regional Finals determines China’s last two representatives at the 2026 League of Legends World Championship. With Top Esports claiming the first spot and Team WE being out, it’s only Invictus Gaming and JD Gaming left to fight for the final spot.

Interest over this tournament has been massive, and the trade market on Polymarket for IG vs JDG has reached a volume of $160k seven hours before the match. Looking at how the playoffs went should make it easy to call this match for IG, but the rest of this tournament has shown otherwise.

In the LPL Split 3 playoffs, WE beat JDG and IG bested TES as the two teams went out in the first round of the bracket. In the LPL Regional Finals, the opposite happened for both as JDG eliminated WE and TES knocked down IG. Currently, JDG seems to be in better form than their opponent. Despite IG’s Split 3 heroics, the standout four of the LPL are set to also be their four representatives at Worlds.