Things aren’t looking good for the reigning world champion T1 and its star player Faker in 2024. The South Korean top team has already missed three opportunities to qualify for the Worlds in League of Legends. Now they have one last chance, otherwise the 2024 Worlds in LoL will take place without the reigning champion and their star player.
How could T1 have qualified for the Worlds? South Korea has 4 spots for the Worlds, with two spots allocated through the regular league and two through a playoff tournament, the Regional Finals:
The safest way is to win the Summer Split of the LCK, but T1 only placed third there. Hanwha Life won.
The other way is to be the best team in South Korea over the year and qualify through Championship Points: That was achieved by Gen G, who have our Lord and Savior
Chovy and jungler Canyon, who are strongly set up this year.
There was a decider match for 3rd place between the third and fourth place in the league, between T1 and DK. T1 was actually considered the clear favorite to win the match. But here awaited the final boss: Showmaker.
Showmaker Haunts Faker
How did T1 miss the penultimate chance? In a “Best of Five” duel on September 12, T1 was actually considered the clear favorite.
DK is no longer the team from 2020 when they became world champions, with Canyon in the jungle and the outstanding BeryL as support, but they still have midlane star Showmaker and proved too great a hurdle for T1.
Chovyis considered the legitimate successor of Faker in the role of the strongest midlaner.
Especially Showmaker delivered an impressive performance in the midlane, and botlaner Aiming matched well against Gumayusi.
Ultimately, the decisive match 5 went clearly to DK with 15 to 6 kills.
Here, Faker was once in control, but in the end, it wasn’t enough:
Showdown on Saturday
What is now the last chance? Everything is now hinging on a decisive match on Saturday, September 14. Faker and T1 will face the winners of the ongoing match between KT Rolster and Fox. Currently, KT Rolster is leading 2-0 – in this match, it will be about whether Faker even gets to the Worlds in 2024: LoL pro Faker completely lost it after the defeat against Gen G, fans are worried: ‘I think he needs a break’
Faker and T1 Win 3-2 and Will Be at the Worlds
Update September 14, 12:11 PM: Faker and T1 have won 3-2 against KT Rolster. They were able to seize their very last chance and will be part of the LoL Worlds 2024 in Europe. In the LCK channel on Twitch, 123,000 viewers watched in the end.
Both teams were watching each other and were basically waiting for the Baron, but then T1 executed an attack that led to 3 kills, allowing them to comfortably decide the game in their favor.
For Faker, this will be his 9th participation in the LoL Worlds – this is a record.
