LYON sweep Cloud9 to reach the LCS Spring 2026 grand final

LYON beat Cloud9 3-0 in the upper bracket final on June 7. The sweep sends LYON to the grand final on June 14 and locks an MSI spot in Daejeon, South Korea.

The result extends a pattern. Cloud9 went 7-0 in the regular season and beat LYON in both meetings. But LYON also beat Cloud9 in the Lock-In final to take the region's First Stand ticket. Different trophy, same opponent, same result. Cloud9 keep winning the games that don't decide an international spot — and losing the ones that do.

Kim "Berserker" Min-cheol carried the sweep — a dominant series capped by his game 3 Miss Fortune, against the org he won the 2022 LCS title with.

Cloud9 now drop to the lower bracket final against Team Liquid on June 13. Team Liquid got there 3-1 over FlyQuest in the lower bracket semifinal, ending FlyQuest's run. The match carries the region's last MSI ticket — the winner also joins LYON in the grand final.

Both matches run at Mullett Arena at Arizona State University in Tempe. June 13 decides Cloud9's season while June 14 decides the title. To reach the MSI Main Stage, Cloud9 must beat Team Liquid — then beat the team that just swept them.