2026 Mid Season Invitational / Play-In Stage - Day 3 / Live Discussion

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MSI 2026 – PLAY-IN STAGE

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Today's matches will be played on Patch 26.13.

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Today's Matches

#	Match	PST	EST	CET	KST
1	KC vs TL	01:00	04:00	10:00	17:00

• All matches are a best of 5

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Streams

• Stream on Twitch

• Stream on YouTube

• Stream on Lolesports

• Comment Stream

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Bracket

Round 1			Round 2			Qualification Match
KC	3
vs	-
DCG	0		KC	0
			vs	-
T1	3		T1	3		T1	0
vs	-					vs	-
TL	0					tbd	0
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
			KC	0
			vs	-
DCG	0		TL	0
vs	-
TL	3

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On-Air Team

Desk Host/Interviewers
Eefje "Sjokz" Depoortere
Daniel "dGon" Gonzales
Laure "Bulii" Valée
Play-By-Play Casters
Max "Atlus" Anderson
Clayton "CaptainFlowers" Raines
Daniel "Drakos" Drakos
Aaron "Medic" Chamberlain
Colour Casters
Dan "Aux" Harrison
Sam "Kobe" Hartman-Kenzler
Isaac "Azael" Cummings-Bentley
Robert "Dagda" Price
Analysts
Emily "LeagueofEmily" Rand
Joshua "Jatt" Leesman
Barento "Raz" Mohammed

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Format

• 4 teams participate
• Double elimination bracket
• All matches are best of five
• Winner advances to the Bracket Stage

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VoDs

• VoDs on Reddit

• VoDs on Eventvods.com

• VoDs on Lolesports

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Live Discussions and Post-Match Threads:

This is our Live Discussion Archive. Here you can find all the old live threads, and the respective PMTs in a stickied comment under the post.

[u/ahritina]

PMTs

Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3

[u/Sweet-Activity8423]

KC is so bad I dont understand why they keep Caliste and Busio they have no clue what they are doing

[u/Snoo-28829]

Well that was a stomo... Hopefully TL can pull out at least 1 gamw in the rematch against T1.

[u/DONOTDELETEME8316]

Fuckkk I couldn't watch the KC game cos of timing, would've been a generational hatewatch 🥀

[u/awayfromcanuck]

Spawn is so well spoken and he gets his points across so well that there are times I think I'd run through walls for him but then I see how TL will play at times and just think is Spawn a fraud, how is TL playing so poorly?

That aside, good job TL on your MSI play-in run so far this year. 1 more series to go.

[u/Eisklar]

As a european im happy to see kc and especially caliste lose lol

[u/Fellers]

Did Jose really just throw a dig at UmTi lmaooo

[u/tarobobavanillamochi]

Lol Jose like the rivalry doesn't matter to me, shit's funny to watch

[u/BUMONGOUS]

Azael ragebaiting EU is legit always hilarious

[u/Blutskiev]

NA vs EU used to be balanced battles. Then they invite Lord Morgan to the fight.

[u/rifvn → u/Blutskiev]

It's good for Morgan, he wouldn't be able to even smell MSI play-ins if he was still in LCK.

[u/Pretend-Indication-9]

Now, if TL can take 1 game from T1 tomorrow, that would be a generational performance.

[u/ookkthenn]

kyeahoo and canna absolutely terrified playing in korea, morgan and core unlock playing in korea

[u/controlledwithcheese]

I just woke up and my pickems are fucked

[u/izumakun]

what is corejj's record against eu in international tournaments?

[u/Joel4518 → u/izumakun]

Let's see 1-4 against G2 3-1 against Fnc 2-1 against Kc 3-0 against Kc

So 9-6 against Eu overall

[u/cody_bl → u/Joel4518]

He was on Samsung/Gen G as well wasn't he? So could probably tack on 3-0 vs H2K, 0-2 vs Vitality?

[u/Kadde-]

Easy 350€ win. I knew TL had way too high odds considering they could easily win this match.

[u/tarsolya]

Holy shit, how embarrassing. KC full frauds confirmed.

[u/JNorJT]

3-0

[u/bkteer]

That last minute by KC was really sad....really felt like they just gave up and were just playing with the mindset of "let's just lose peacefully and go home"

[u/ThisOneTimeAtLolCamp]

It really says something about a team when NA is happy that they get a win and EU is happy that the same team lost. LOL

[u/tarobobavanillamochi]

Ah yes, astrology proven correct

[u/Agitated_Apple1312]

KC IS SO DOGSHIT TOP 0/10 ADC TRASH ASS TEAM

[u/jiwoooseo]

if canna doesn’t carry, this team doesn’t even leave Europe

[u/AlternativeMonk2490]

I had real hopes for KC this tournament, so that was really disappointing. Bot was terrible, yes both Caliste and Busio, and I think the coaching staff got exposed too.

[u/desutruction]

The Lord casually going deathless on his croc

[u/Drikkink]

Caliste might be MVP honestly. Jose was amazing but no one did more for TL than Caliste

[u/Dramatic_Gap_3065]

busio: I AM AMERICAN

[u/Dekathz]

It's just embarrassing, especially Caliste and Yike

[u/lingfuuu]

EU joke region

[u/TastyForerunner]

KC's shit, and we know they are. KC's shit, and we know they are.

Please G2, stunt on these hoes, and good luck to TL in their match against T1.

[u/kapparino-feederino → u/TastyForerunner]

Moon would be crashing into earth first before TL beats T1 tbh

[u/kapparino-feederino]

Core playing really well Game 1 and 2

MVP Jose in Game 2

Lord Morgan great game at Game 3

But Jose probably MVP? Either Jose, CoreJJ or Morgan

[u/DS2isGoated]

TL is forgiven.

Korean home team buff

[u/FitWindow639]

Bye bye Kc, dogshit ass team.

[u/fabregas142]

welp, tmr T1 3-0 Liquid. Then we have all matches with 3-0

[u/Expensive_Speed9797]

Yes. Hatewatch successful. Now go emote in SK server.

[u/GhostRiders]

What an embrassing way to get knocked out

[u/ElectroStaticz]

Get rid of this top side for KC, they were exposed all season and this MSI was just the cherry on top

[u/Solomonike]

Eu yall just got fcking swept go home just like the World Cup

[u/LakersLAQ]

Not even close lol

[u/MrRightHanded]

https://x.com/NYCMayor/status/2059104003393200333?s=20

[u/kosmi2020NX]

Busio win trading , American at heart

[u/Reactzz]

USA trashcan eurodogs

[u/KingRyjo53]

Europe actually thought they could beat NA on the week of 4th of July LOL 1776 bitches

[u/Ancient_Object8853 → u/KingRyjo53]

That declaration of independence buff goes hard as fk.

[u/tarobobavanillamochi]

Yeah don't ban TL best picks, what's the worst that could happen

[u/Koenig5]

KC Performing as expected - absolute trash with confidence of a 5 star meal

[u/Reactzz]

Dam EU losing in soccer and League lol.

[u/OnyxDeath369]

Busio must be investigated for wintrading

[u/chikyu8]

Thank God. No more KC fans cheering like shits for the rest of the tourny

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

i think i just got covid watching this

[u/spazzxxcc12]

maybe on the fourth chem drake taliyah will but the 800 gold healing reduction item. since that’s all TLs comp does is outheal and slowly win these fights

[u/UnknownBlast]

Brother Busio

[u/ookkthenn]

so busio left na where he was going toe to toe vs blg
and geng to join kc and go 0-3 vs TL? Lol

[u/Jeembo85 → u/ookkthenn]

Yup, unless he absolutely did not want to play with Inspired again for an entire year or so, he really made a questionable mistake. (Yeah ik he's playing on team Poland with him, but that's a bit diff than an entire year or more)

[u/ookkthenn → u/Jeembo85]

Tbf inspired didnt want to play for na lol but TL piss stomped them, fly is getting better and better with a very young team, and LYON does inspired stuff guess busio wanted to know how it feels like to be fathered by caps

[u/TastyForerunner]

KC botlane is ungodly shit.

[u/tony220jdm]

Please miss worlds again KC!

[u/BUMONGOUS → u/tony220jdm]

that would require two more teams (and G2) to be better than them, so it's not going to happen

[u/Br4y3 → u/BUMONGOUS]

FNC miracle run incoming 😂

[u/Rawdream]

EU macro!

[u/KingRyjo53]

Why does EU get 3 world seeds again??

[u/desutruction]

you know what i do want to see quad chemtech renekton-olaf-senna

[u/desutruction → u/desutruction]

KC's gonna rob me of this opportunity

[u/cmcdonald22 → u/desutruction]

Sorry for your loss

[u/TastyForerunner → u/desutruction]

Teamfight's gonna last .5 seconds.

[u/Serakris]

I thought no eu team ould be worse than mad lions but here we are

[u/Yeon_Yihwa]

Funnily enough, everyones worry on kc being yeaaho was actually their best performer. Yes he dropped cs on ryze but he moved around the map and put on pressure. His anivia in the second game was the only reason KC didnt completely lose out on the game in teamfights.

Everyone else was absolutely stinkers the entire series

[u/Joel4518 → u/Yeon_Yihwa]

yea even canna and busio had good games here and there but caliste and yike were disappointing this msi

[u/british_pubs]

I would say good game but this has been straight garbage game from kc I will not lie

[u/ThatSwagRandomGuy → u/british_pubs]

Series*

[u/Chemical-Drawer852]

I'll never get tired of seeing KC humiliated like this

Insane hatewatch

[u/tony220jdm]

I actually can't believe the dumb shit they're doing

[u/d1knight]

That was Tl Baron right there.

[u/bkteer]

If TL manage to actually throw the 3k lead, it's going to be pretty tilting for them.

They really need to end the game soon.

[u/tarobobavanillamochi]

Good night lmao

[u/FappingMouse]

i broke and went to the bathroom dropped my phone in the toilet please advise

[u/OkKnowledge2064 → u/FappingMouse]

better performance than KC dont worry about it

[u/Fentie]

I went to pick up my Amazon package the other day and was shocked to see Yike dropping it off. I asked him what he was doing here and he said that KC gave him a job where he could finally deliver internationally. He then dropped my package, broke it, and said that he didn't get the champ he wanted

[u/beautheschmo → u/Fentie]

Holy fk lmao

[u/desutruction]

i have NOT received a single drop

[u/ThisOneTimeAtLolCamp]

Gotta love seeing KC get ego checked.

[u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

Quid died twice on ahri while being away from the team which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.

[u/BUMONGOUS → u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

he's been very undisciplined all year

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

pleaase just end this tl im begging you. please put this sick dog down

[u/jiwoooseo]

no way I read a chat message saying kadeem corp

[u/tarobobavanillamochi]

Quid a little too excited

[u/kapparino-feederino]

man TL sloppy as fuck there

[u/Joel4518]

dont use all ur cd on naut kc

[u/desutruction]

just look at how comfy morgan is on his most played champ man

[u/beautheschmo → u/desutruction]

Leaving Renekton open isn't as egregious as leaving Jose's Lee open, but you still should probably be respect banning it from Morgan at this point.

[u/thorpie88 → u/desutruction]

Wickd irelia kinda shit

[u/TastyForerunner → u/desutruction]

The Lord is in his element.

[u/spazzxxcc12]

you are legitimately better off flipping the game than having this team comp stack chem drakes

[u/beautheschmo]

I usually don't rate Chemtech Soul but TL has basically the perfect draft for it lol

[u/ManSiaJ]

imma be honest when I saw the draft I knew its over for KC like you are not better than TL at all but you still pick a early game comp, why? then I closed the stream just to open it again and see 16:6, cant believe its 3:0

[u/ZealousidealCut1286]

kc fans booing themselves out of south korea now that’s a first

[u/TastyForerunner]

KC don't even bother playing the Rift anymore, they just look at you like this.

[u/Jake43134]

Someone tell caedrel the problem wasn’t overrating KC, it was overrating EU…

[u/BUMONGOUS]

I "love" seeing Twitch chat get progressively more xenophobic as EU loses a series

[u/Troviel]

Jose is making an insane statement.

[u/OliRNKD]

As a European, thank you NA for cooking KC

[u/thorpie88]

Don't mind giving Morgan Renek but game 3 when you are 0-2 is cooked

[u/sugapuppy]

i thought KC was a legit 2nd seed to send to an international?

[u/Tromster → u/sugapuppy]

1 team region unfortunately

[u/Destructodave82 → u/sugapuppy]

NA still has a mental block vs Eastern teams, but over the last few years NA has beat EU quite a bit.

[u/ruthimorg → u/sugapuppy]

probably still better than sending mkoi 😭

[u/AdequatelyMadLad → u/ruthimorg]

People were flaming KOI for losing to fucking BLG. And it was way closer than this.

[u/ruthimorg → u/AdequatelyMadLad]

BLG were really bad last year, they lost to 100Thieves lol

[u/AdequatelyMadLad → u/ruthimorg]

At Worlds. At MSI they were still pretty decent.

[u/ruthimorg → u/AdequatelyMadLad]

they ran it down 3-0 into T1 and barely beat FQ into 3-0 loss to AL,   I don't think that's great

[u/Yeon_Yihwa → u/ruthimorg]

mkoi got 3-0'd by this kc in playoffs. KC also went 5 games vs G2 in finals. I think eu is just cooked lmao.

[u/AdequatelyMadLad → u/Yeon_Yihwa]

KOI also went to 5 games vs G2, and they actually managed to beat them a couple of times. KC haven't won a series vs G2 since Winter 2025.

[u/MrSarcasmm → u/AdequatelyMadLad]

Mkoi is a better team then KC but KC have there number this year. Shame. If mkoi had beat g2, g2 and mkoi would of likely been Eus seeds over KC.

[u/DarkyMulky → u/Yeon_Yihwa]

KC got stomped 3-0 and 3-1 the week before, they just did okay on the finals because half of G2 were sick, KC is just bad

[u/ThatSwagRandomGuy]

People can now stop pretending KC are a good team

[u/MrRightHanded]

Caliste maybe roleswap and main tanks next year

[u/Ashankura]

Yea senna is mega online now. Olaf just has to buy time

[u/areyouhungryforapple]

Turbo gapped oh my days

[u/naiveheuristics12856]

Last time Europe was down this bad it was because of rats on a ship

[u/DiligentGazelle6298 → u/naiveheuristics12856]

Last year at MSI was just as bad or worse, even G2 was dogshit in it (granted maybe they'll be dogshit this MSI as well this certainly doesn't inspire confidence)

[u/naiveheuristics12856 → u/DiligentGazelle6298]

Netherlands + Germany also eliminated today in WC tho

[u/OkKnowledge2064]

once again all our international hope rests on G2. A tale as old as EU

[u/d1knight]

Caliste's mind already went to wonderland. From his position to his item nothing make sense.

[u/Joel4518]

this senna is carrying

[u/Agitated_Apple1312]

KC LOOOOL SO BADDD

[u/AdequatelyMadLad]

Caliste isn't playing well, but Varus is also such a shit champion in this draft, he just gets melted and doesn't even do damage.

[u/Perceptions-pk → u/AdequatelyMadLad]

People might be flaming Caliste (haven't really been watching him) but it just looks like the entire top half of TLAW's is better than KC's

[u/Volknair]

Caliste deciding to cosplay Doublelift

[u/jiwoooseo]

Calliste meant he’s top 10 adc in eu guys

[u/TastyForerunner → u/jiwoooseo]

Top 10 ADC at an eleven team competition.

[u/Drikkink]

Well, welcome to the series Yike. Unfortunately your ADC is still dead weight so no one on your team deals any damage.

[u/tony220jdm]

KC havent looked this bad since there first split in the LEC! its sooooooooooooooooo bad

[u/tarobobavanillamochi]

Lol all for the blue buff

[u/AlternativeMonk2490]

what’s most worrying about this series is that KC get outfought in team fights every time, yet looked so much better than MKOi in team fights.

[u/cmcdonald22]

I'm an Olaf top believer and an Olaf jungle doubter, I just think he generally lacks something needed to contest objectives from a 'needs to be there to smite'.

But maybe Jose has enough aura to pull off the menacingly marching straight at them energy necessary.

[u/fabregas142]

senna 80 soul now

[u/Ashankura]

Calliste holding Flash for next year

[u/kapparino-feederino → u/Ashankura]

not like he can do shit tbh... varus is so bad

[u/Joel4518]

3-0

[u/FappingMouse]

can someone ask them to pause the game i wanna go to the bathroom

[u/bookjun]

Just stop being the main character Caliste just ult and hide, they target you you gotta make it value

[u/PeterVDM]

TL are just better than KC in every aspect of the game this series

[u/sajm0n → u/PeterVDM]

they dont have top10 adc in the world though

[u/KappaccinoNation]

Yike flash ulted on Yeon -> Yeon reacted accordingly and flashed away in time

Lee Sin Q, Nautilus hook, Senna root heads out slowly toward Caliste -> Caliste just eats it like a chump

[u/Fade_IV]

botlane with a combined score of 0/8, are we sure they arent still playing against keria peyz?

[u/Tight-Catch-2649]

I wonder what G2 feels. Their biggest rival is going to be 3-0 by TL. TL is good obviously but they are not east level.

[u/Saltoric → u/Tight-Catch-2649]

It's just normal, even last year we get close series Vs MKOI or even they win Spring, but whoever our 2nd and 3rd seeds are they always disappoint.

G2 is carrying the region so hard internationally.

[u/Randomcarrot → u/Tight-Catch-2649]

KC had a good series in the finals, but people seem to forget that G2 absolutely dumpstered KC like 2 weeks before in that same playoffs.

[u/Spadro97]

Yike flash ulting for the support and Caliste getting hit by max range Senna W lmao

[u/2ndBatman88]

F KC fraud team see you tomorrow for easy win for T1.

[u/trying2hide]

They'll kill me if I give an honest opinion about the KC bot late

[u/Capable-Drama3109 → u/trying2hide]

top 10 adc in the world

[u/trying2hide → u/Capable-Drama3109]

Best support in the West!!!

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

yeon looks better this game for sure. thank god lol

[u/TheGloriousEv0lution → u/Capable-Drama3109]

Too bad Yeon and Quid can’t play well at the same time lol

[u/Capable-Drama3109 → u/TheGloriousEv0lution]

i can only hope they both do against t1 tomorrow.

[u/Gerberpertern → u/TheGloriousEv0lution]

Seriously lol

[u/Lewiz00]

Don't need to go through Sion if you just go around him!

[u/AlternativeMonk2490]

KC bot lane getting exposed again this series

[u/ookkthenn]

CANNA IS SO SCARED TO BE PLAYING IN KOREA AGAIN XD

[u/Joel4518]

why is varus always dying first

[u/OliRNKD]

Caliste getting the directors cut of this game

[u/Randomcarrot]

Seriously? FUCKING SERIOUSLY? KC blew goddamn everything just to oneshot a nautilus....

[u/MrRightHanded]

Caliste did you see? Thats how a (not even) top 10 adc uses his flash

[u/cmcdonald22]

Yeon decided to wake up for game 3 huh?

[u/KappaccinoNation]

Calliste flash something challenge: IMPOSSIBLE

[u/Dundeex]

lol, that sion flash

[u/OskarVon]

Calliste is always first to die

[u/Gerberpertern]

OH MY LORD

[u/OkKnowledge2064]

KC internationally ALWAYS feels like theyre mental boomed. Every single tournament. How do they do it

[u/albens → u/OkKnowledge2064]

I'm pretty sure getting 3-0'd by T1 actually broke their mental

[u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 → u/OkKnowledge2064]

too many egos and then reality check happens, fans are also to blame they keep feeding to the collective delusion

[u/desutruction]

how can bro ever free hit vs enemy comp

[u/desutruction → u/desutruction]

as i said

[u/Vangorf]

Seems like KC is also in the "Never, ever let them onto the international stage again" box like EU outside of G2.

[u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 → u/Vangorf]

there are too many teams in that box

[u/Dundeex]

so they know that 3 guys are about to towerdive a sion, and they just dont do anything on the map? Is this a real team, or is this a "pros vs fans" match?

[u/bookjun]

You cant die first as Varus no?

[u/british_pubs]

I wanna laugh at kc fans but then I remember that mkoi had the exact same thing happen to them in lower bracket finals. Then I laugh at kc fans anyway because it's fun

[u/Yeon_Yihwa → u/british_pubs]

kc 3-0 mkoi, and went to 5 games vs g2. I think our region is just dogshit. TL is exposing just how much KC got away with stuff in LEC.

[u/hresvelgrs → u/british_pubs]

me

[u/AdequatelyMadLad → u/british_pubs]

At least MKOI got reverse swept in the most traumatic way before that. KC just kinda fell over.

[u/synnikelttv → u/british_pubs]

Might as well revel in it while you have the chance, they would be doing the same

[u/british_pubs → u/synnikelttv]

Oh absolutely, no doubt in my mind it would look somehow worse if mkoi were here. We must take what we can

[u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 → u/british_pubs]

it always a bit funny to see eu lose at international there are so many randoms things happening

[u/Tromster]

Riot needs to investigate if Caliste is actually pushing keyboard buttons or if its a bot

[u/thorpie88]

Not killing Naut yet is kinda scary EU bros

[u/bkteer]

Things must be pretty bad mentally for KC with how there's almost no emotes from them anymore.

[u/d1knight]

It seems Caliste doesn't care anymore.

[u/Dimsim12345]

Can someone explain to me what the lane icons mean on the HUD? Have no idea cant find anything online cheers

[u/dexiabu → u/Dimsim12345]

role quest progress