Team Liquid eliminates Anyone’s Legend as NA shocks the LPL

The LCS’ Team Liquid has defeated LPL representative Anyone’s Legend to eliminate the Chinese squad ahead of the Worlds 2026 playoffs.

Liquid pulled off the shock upset in a best-of-three series on Monday, Oct. 26 sending AL home earlier after a 2-0 loss.

Team Liquid upsets Anyone's Legend

The victory marks the first time in seven years that Team Liquid has defeated a Korean or Chinese team at a World Championships.

In the match, TL’s Sean "Yeon" Sung had a standout performance, anchoring his team in game two with a 10/1/4 performance on Xayah.

Korean import Lim "Quid" Hyeon-seung channeled Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok in the first game, picking up the Galio and playing to a similar level as the Unkillable Demon King in that first clash.

For the LPL’s Anyone’s Legend, it’s a disaster. The LPL’s top seed was humiliated in convincing fashion. Their drafts looked out of place, their rotations slow, and their standard of play sub-par.

For a team helmed by legendary jungler Lee "Tarzan" Seung-yong, this was not the international performance expected of the squad. The LPL now has just two representatives remaining in contention.

And for NA, a new spark of hope has illuminated from the unfortunate loss yesterday.

In the other elimination match, LOS handed Team Secret Whales a ticket home when the Vietnamese team failed to live up to the grade.

Worlds 2026 continues on Wednesday, with more eliminations on the way.