Karmine, LYON and Bilibili lock up final 3 knockout spots at LoL Worlds

Karmine Corp, LYON and Bilibili Gaming locked up the final three spots in the knockout stage of the League of Legends World Championship with Round 5 victories on Saturday in Allen, Texas.

In matches of 2-2 teams all facing elimination and the chance to advance on the final day of the Swiss stage, Karmine Corp beat Movistar KOI 2-0, Bilibili likewise swept Hanwha Life, and LYON overcame LOS to win 2-1.

The early-round matches of the Swiss stage consisted of a single map, while advancement and elimination matches were best-of-three.

Half of the 16 Swiss-stage teams qualified for the knockout stage, which gets underway on Tuesday and features a single-elimination bracket. The knockout stage, consisting of best-of-five matches, also will be played in Allen except for the grand final, which will be held at Barclays Center in New York on Nov. 14.

The championship team will receive $1 million from the event's $5 million prize pool.

On Saturday, Karmine Corp, the only team which came out of the play-in to reach the knockout stage, won in 40 minutes and 26 minutes, both on blue. Swedish/Peruvian competitor Martin "Yike" Sundelin led Karmine with the team's most kills (11) and tied for the fewest deaths (two). Joseph "Jojopyun" Pyun of Canada was Movistar KOI's leader with a 6-6-7 kills-deaths-assists ratio.

Bilibili completed their sweep of Hanwha with 42- and 33-minute victories on blue. Zhuo "Knight" Ding of China took home MVP honors in the match behind a 15-1-12 K-D-A ratio. Lee "Gumayusi" Min-hyung was the lead contributor on the all-South Korean Hanwha squad with a 9-4-9 K-D-A ratio.

After LOS won the opening map in 35 minutes on red, LYON stormed back, winning the match behind a 47-minute win on red followed by a 37-minute clincher on blue. Kim "Berserker" Min-cheol of South Korea accounted for 16 of LYON's 34 kills in the victory, while Brazil's Wallyson "Duduhh" Silva had a 10-8-6 K-D-A ratio for LOS in defeat.

The knockout stage begins with the quarterfinals, which will be contested once daily starting on Tuesday.

Quarterfinals

Top Esports vs. Invictus Gaming

Gen.G vs. LYON

Dplus vs. Bilibili Gaming

T1 vs. Karmine Corp

League of Legends World Championship prize pool

1. $1 million

2. $800,000

3-4. $400,000

5-8. $300,000

9-11. $175,000 -- Hanwha Life Esports, LOS, Movistar KOI

12-14. $125,000 -- G2 Esports, Team Liquid, CTBC Flying Oyster

15-16. $90,000 -- Anyone's Legend, Team Secret Whales

17. $50,000 -- MVK Esports

18. $40,000 -- FURIA

19. $30,000 -- Cloud9

--Field Level Media