LoL EWC Top Eight Draw and Schedule Confirmed

LoL EWC Knockouts Schedule

The LoL quarter-finals of EWC 2026 will take place tomorrow, Friday July 17 with four massive best-of-three series.

Following the top eight draw, the schedule for the beginning of the Knockout Stages looks like this:

• HLE vs T1 – 1:00 PM CEST / 7:00 AM EDT
• Gen.G vs JDG – 1:00 PM CEST / 7:00 AM EDT
• AG.AL vs KCorp – 3:30 PM CEST / 9:30 AM EDT
• BLG vs DK – 3:30 PM CEST / 9:30 AM EDT

The semifinals will then be HLE/T1 vs AG.AL/KCorp and Gen.G/JDG vs BLG/DK, taking place on Saturday, July at 1:00 PM and 3:30 PM CEST.

Polymarket users have MSI champions HLE as the EWC favourites at 39%, though the opening draw against reigning world champions T1 could prove to be quite the hurdle.

The biggest underdogs are KCorp, the only Western team left in the tournament after all of the LPL and LCK representatives avoided elimination.

Their opponents AG.AL (Anyone’s Legend) already defeated LEC champions G2 earlier in the tournament, though the team looked vulnerable and KCorp will have the home crowd advantage.

And DPlus Kia’s players are owed at least a month of unpaid wages, and will want to progress further in the lucrative tournament.

However, to do so they will have to cause a major upset against LPL and First Stand champions BLG.

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