Since 2018, China's JD Gaming has been able to reach the finals of the League of Legends World Championship, the world's biggest esports tournament. Not until this year when the team lose during the best-of-five semi-final match.
Fans react during the League of Legends Worlds Championship semi-final match between T1 and JDG at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia on October 29, 2022. - T1 won the best of five match 3-1 and will advance to the world finals in San Francisco.ELIJAH NOUVELAGE/AFP via Getty Images
(Photo : ELIJAH NOUVELAGE/AFP via Getty Images) Fans react during the League of Legends Worlds Championship semi-final match between T1 and JDG at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia on October 29, 2022. - T1 won the best of five match 3-1 and will advance to the world finals in San Francisco.
JD Gaming Fails to Reach Finals
For the first time since 2018, China's bet for the world's biggest esports tournament JD Gaming has failed to reach the finals of the League of Legends World Championship 2022. Based on a report by South China Morning Post, the Chinese team lost with a 1-3 score against the T1 team of South Korea for the best-of-five semi-finals. This was held at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Every representative from China has reached the finals since 2018, and three out of four of that teams had won the event, except in 2020 when Suning Team lost to South Korea's Damwon Gaming.
How The Game Went Through
JD Gaming won the first game but fell short in the following games as they lost the rest of it continuously. According to One Esports, T1 pressured the Chinese team to cross-map on champions like Ryze, Nocturne, and Gangplank.
Lee Sang-hyeok, popularly known as Faker, is also at his best when the game is happening as he uses his signature champion, Ryze's Realm Warp, when he was against Yagao's (Zeng Qi) Sylas. In the end, T1 obtained 30 kills to seven and all four dragons into Ocean Soul, which made JD Gaming fall short during the last three games.
"I'm extremely happy right now. I had some good feelings this year, and I'm just one step way from [the championship] so it's really great. This time around I will hold onto the opportunity for my fans," Faker stated.
Historic Milestones for the Event
Aside from there will be no Chinese team in the grand finals of the League of Legends World Championship this year which has never happened since 2018, there will also be a matchup between two teams from the same country that last time occurred in 2017. According to Dot Esports, South Korea dominated the esports event as three out of four teams from the region occupied the berths.
South Korea's T1 team will be advancing to the finals that will be held on November 5th in San Francisco. They have the chance to take the coveted Summoner's Cup trophy and win the prize money of $2.225 Million.
The winner of the match between Gen.G and DRX, which will take place today, will be T1's contender for the grand finals.
