Twentieth European title, fourth straight championship, eighteenth trophy for Caps: the Samurai crushed Movistar KOI in the LEC Summer 2026 final in Nice and will head to Worlds as Europe's number one seed.
There was no suspense at the Palais Nikaïa. On Sunday, September 20, G2 Esports
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Worlds 2026: inside the LCK’s bootcamp solo queueAbove all, G2 complete a domestic Golden Road for the second time in their history, sweeping all three splits of a single year, as they did in 2024.
Movistar KOI, who reached the final through the lower bracket after knocking out Vitality, NAVI and then Karmine Corp, nonetheless got off to a strong start in game one. The Spanish side took an early lead thanks to Jojopyun's aggression on Caps, but G2 patiently regained control through objectives and perfectly coordinated teamfights, driven by a Hans Sama with a commanding gold lead.
The next two games were far more one-sided: bot lane dominance, BrokenBlade's side-lane pressure, SkewMond's engages and constant threats from Caps on the enemy backline. No game went past 31 minutes.
A rarity for the role, it was support Labros "Labrov" Papoutsakis who was named Finals MVP. The Greek died only twice across the entire series, both times in game two, with scorelines of
Rasmus "Caps" Winther brings his personal tally to eighteen LEC titles, far ahead of any other player in the league's history.
Another symbolic milestone: Luka "Perkz" Perković, G2's head coach since this season, becomes an LEC champion after having been one as a player.
G2 will travel to the United States as Europe's first seed, aiming to improve on last year's quarterfinal exit, a 1-3 loss to Top Esports. Movistar KOI and Karmine Corp will join the Samurai. The World Championship kicks off on October 15 with the Play-In in Los Angeles, before the Swiss Stage, quarterfinals and semifinals in Allen, Texas from October 23, where G2 and MKOI will enter directly, and a final scheduled for November 14 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
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