MKOI Jojopyun 🇨🇦 believes the gap between Western and Eastern teams at Worlds 2026 is not really big: "I feel like people say it every year, like, “oh, the West will be strong.” But this year, just from scrims, I feel the gap is not really big, to be honest." "I feel like there's just so much fighting, and the game is pretty solved. So whoever just performs better in those skirmishes will snowball the game, anything can happen." "The game is very snowball-y right now, so I feel like it could go either way, as long as you don't get stomped in lane. I feel like it's much harder to get stomped in lane than in scrims, because in scrims, of course, you're going to limit test much harder. So I feel like the gap is pretty close."

Sjokz 🇧🇪 introduces the three teams that will represent Europe at the World Championship! 🇪🇺 G2 Esports 🇩🇪 🇪🇺 Movistar KOI 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 Karmine Corp 🇫🇷

Five organizations have qualified for both Worlds and WSCI 🏆 🇰🇷 T1 / T1 Academy 🇰🇷 Dplus KIA / Dplus KIA Challengers 🇨🇳 Bilibili Gaming / BLG Junior 🇪🇸 Movistar KOI / Movistar KOI Fénix 🇹🇼 CTBC Flying Oyster / CTBC Flying Oyster Academy