T1 Beats Karmine Corp 3-1, Will Face Bilibili Gaming in Semifinals

T1 defeated Karmine Corp 3-1 in the Worlds 2026 quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals. The match was played on Friday, November 6 at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen, Texas. The Korean team took the first two games in 36 and 30 minutes. Karmine Corp won one game in a 37-minute battle to extend the series. T1 closed out the series in the 35-minute final game.

With this result, T1 extended a streak that began in 2021 and reached the Worlds semifinals for the sixth consecutive time. Their semifinal opponent will be Bilibili Gaming. The matchup will be played on Sunday, November 8 and offers a chance to reach the final.

Karmine Corp began the tournament on October 15. The team beat Cloud9 3-2 in the Play-In stage, then won its first Swiss Stage match 1-0 against Anyone's Legend, before losing to LYON and Bilibili Gaming. Finally, it beat CTBC Flying Oyster and Movistar KOI 2-0 each to advance to the elimination rounds.

The two teams had split their previous meetings this year: T1 won 3-0 at the Mid-Season Tournament, while Karmine Corp won 2-1 at the Esports World Cup. The most recent meeting between T1 and Bilibili Gaming ended in a Bilibili Gaming win in a single-game match in the Esports World Cup 2026 group stage.