If you searched for Gen.G vs BLG head to head, here is the short answer: in Riot international best-of-fives they are level at 2-2. The Worlds 2026 final is set as Gen.G of the LCK against Bilibili Gaming (BLG) of the LPL.
Gen.G swept Invictus Gaming 3-0 in their semifinal at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen, Texas, and BLG beat T1 3-1 at the same venue the next day to reach the final for the second time in three years. Neither team has lost a knockout series at this event.
This guide sticks to results reported by Riot esports and established outlets as of November 10, 2026.
It covers the full head to head and why the old results come with a caveat, every series both teams played on the way to Brooklyn, their wider 2026 seasons, how the five lanes line up and which records are on the line.
It does not predict a winner or rate either roster; the numbers are laid side by side so you can read them yourself.
Head to head: 2-2 in Riot best-of-fives, but with different rosters
Gen.G and BLG have met four times in best-of-five series at Riot international events. BLG won the first two: a 3-0 in the MSI 2023 lower bracket semifinal, then a five-game 3-2 in the Worlds 2023 quarterfinals that sent BLG to the semifinals. In 2024 it flipped.
At MSI 2024 in Chengdu, China, Gen.G beat BLG 3-1 in the upper bracket final, then beat them 3-1 again in the May 19 grand final to win their first international title under the Gen.G name.
In 2026 the two teams never crossed paths: not at First Stand, not at MSI and not in the Worlds Swiss Stage, so this final is their first meeting of the year. Keep one caveat in mind. That 2-2 is a team record, not a player record.
In 2023 and 2024 Gen.G's bot laner was Peyz and BLG's was Elk; Ruler was playing for JDG and Viper for Hanwha Life Esports. At MSI 2024, Kiin, Canyon and Chovy were already on Gen.G and Bin, Xun, Knight and ON on BLG, but the two current starting fives have never faced each other in a best of five.
Their 2026 seasons also ran in opposite directions. Gen.G won both the LCK Cup and the LCK, yet their best international finish before Worlds was a First Stand semifinal.
BLG won First Stand for the organization's first international title and reached the MSI final, where they lost 3-2 to Hanwha Life Esports.
Gen.G vs BLG: 2026 season compared (as of November 10, 2026)
| Category | Gen.G (LCK) | BLG (LPL) |
|---|---|---|
| Worlds 2026 Swiss Stage | 3-0 (IG and HLE 1-0, LYON 2-1) | 3-2 (lost to MKOI and TES, beat TLA and KC 1-0, beat HLE 2-0) |
| Worlds quarterfinal | LYON 3-0 | Dplus KIA 3-0 |
| Worlds semifinal (Allen, Texas) | Invictus Gaming 3-0 | T1 3-1 |
| First Stand 2026 (São Paulo) | Semifinal (lost 0-3 to G2) | Champions (beat G2 3-1, first international title) |
| MSI 2026 (Daejeon) | Lost the Road to MSI decider 2-3 to T1, T1 took the slot | Runner-up (lost 2-3 to Hanwha Life Esports) |
| 2026 domestic league | LCK Cup champions, LCK champions (beat HLE 3-1, back to back) | LPL Split 1 and Split 2 champions, Split 3 runner-up (lost 1-3 to AL) |
| Head to head in Riot best-of-fives | 2 wins (MSI 2024 upper bracket final and grand final, both 3-1) | 2 wins (MSI 2023 lower bracket semifinal 3-0, Worlds 2023 quarterfinal 3-2) |
| Worlds finals | First since Samsung Galaxy won in 2017, first under the Gen.G name | Second final, after losing to T1 in 2024 |
Records on the line in this final
- LCK: after DRX in 2022 and T1 from 2023 to 2025, a Gen.G win would give the LCK five Worlds titles in a row.
- LPL: a BLG win would be the first LPL Worlds title since EDG in 2021.
- Gen.G: their first final since Samsung Galaxy won in 2017 and the first under the Gen.G name.
- BLG: a second shot after losing the 2024 final to T1, and a win would be the organization's first Worlds title.
- T1: their semifinal loss to BLG makes this the first final without T1 since 2021.
Lane by lane: how much finals experience each player brings
- 1Top: Kiin vs BinKiin first played Worlds with Afreeca Freecs in 2018 and reached the semifinals with Gen.G in 2024 and 2025; this is his first final. Bin is in his third Worlds final after Suning in 2020 and BLG in 2024, and he was the First Stand 2026 final MVP.
- 2Jungle: Canyon vs XunCanyon won Worlds and the finals MVP with DAMWON Gaming in 2020 and finished runner-up with DWG KIA in 2021, so this is his third final. His 2020 opponent was Suning, with Bin in the top lane. Xun was part of BLG's 2024 runner-up roster and plays his second final.
- 3Mid: Chovy vs KnightChovy has several LCK titles and MSI trophies but has never played a Worlds final until now. He was Gen.G's mid laner when they beat BLG twice at MSI 2024. Knight returns to the final after BLG's 2024 run.
- 4Bot: Ruler vs ViperIt is the only lane where two Korean players face each other. Ruler was runner-up in 2016 and champion in 2017 with Samsung Galaxy, and this is his third final. Viper won with EDG in 2021 and is back five years later; a win would make him a two-time champion with two different Chinese teams. Ruler, Viper and Canyon are the only world champions among the ten starters.
- 5Support: Duro vs ONDuro reached the final in only his second Worlds appearance. ON was BLG's support when they knocked Gen.G out of Worlds 2023, and this is his second final after 2024.
While you wait for the final, put your own solo queue next to the pros
Before the final, try the champions Chovy, Knight, Ruler and Viper played this event in your own ranked games, and the same situations start to look different. DOR is a free game recorder for Windows.
Leave it running and it detects League of Legends automatically, records the whole game and turns kills, multikills and objectives into automatic clips collected in My Clips in the app.
Open those clips and compare them with the moments you noticed in the final, such as when a team commits to a fight or how they set up around Baron. Our guide to saving a LoL pentakill clip shows how the automatic clips are gathered.
Replay and spectator recording is on by default for League, so when you play back a .rofl replay, that playback is recorded too.
Replays only play on the patch they were made on, and since 26.21 downloads are capped at 10 per hour, as covered in our LoL replay download limit guide, so play the games you want to keep before the patch changes and turn them into video. The steps are in how to save a LoL ROFL replay as an MP4, and how to VOD review your League games walks through reviewing them.
You can trim any moment in the app to 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1, then merge several clips in DOR Studio (dor.gg/studio) and export an mp4 or share a dor.gg link. Everything DOR does for League is on the League of Legends game page.
