Unbeaten Dplus KIA meet BLG again with a Worlds semi at stake

Bilibili Gaming have spent 2026 collecting silverware, but Dplus KIA arrive at their Worlds quarterfinal as the team in form. DK, the LCK's fourth seed, went 3-0 through the Swiss Stage and were the first team to book a knockout place. BLG needed a win-or-go-home final round just to get here.

BLG won First Stand in March, the club's first international title, and took the first two LPL splits. They reached the MSI final in July and lost it 3-2 to Hanwha Life, then lost the Split 3 final to Anyone's Legend, who took China's top seed.

Their Swiss Stage in Allen, Texas was uneven. Movistar KOI beat them in the opening round, and Top Esports came from a game down to beat them 2-1 in round four. BLG went through only by beating Hanwha Life, their MSI final conquerors, in a last round where the loser went home.

DK's run has gone the other way. They beat G2, defending champions T1 and Movistar KOI, the last of them 2-0, for their first Worlds quarterfinal since 2022. They have recent history with BLG too: in July, DK won a deciding third game to knock them out of the Esports World Cup quarterfinals in Paris, then went on to win the event, the first international title for DK and ShowMaker since 2020.

The market still makes BLG a 58% favorite over five games. Is that price reading their season correctly, or underrating what DK have shown in Texas?