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South Korea secured a decisive victory against India in their second Group B match of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games esports League of Legends group stage, held at the Aichi Sky Expo in Japan. Taking the win in about 19 minutes, the team showcased a performance fitting of a ‘super team’.
In the previous first match against Taiwan, ‘Zeka’ Kim Geon-woo started as the mid laner. At the time, South Korea comfortably navigated an unfavorable laning phase before winning consecutive teamfights around objectives to secure their first victory in 26 minutes. Meanwhile, India entered the match with one loss after facing Hong Kong in their opener.
Against India, ‘Faker’ Lee Sang-hyeok started, fielding a lineup of ‘Zeus’ Choi Woo-je, ‘Canyon’ Kim Geon-bu, ‘Faker’, ‘Gumayusi’ Lee Min-hyeong, and ‘Keria’ Ryu Min-seok. In the draft phase, South Korea completed their composition with Galio, Vi, Cassiopeia, Lucian, and Milio, while India countered with Rumble, Jarvan IV, Syndra, Varus, and Blitzcrank.
South Korea comfortably took the lead starting right from the laning phase. Although Indian jungler ‘Infi’ relentlessly targeted mid lane to hand ‘Faker’ two deaths, ‘Faker’ still led in CS and put pressure on ‘Catbot’. In the bottom lane, South Korea opened up more than a two-fold CS gap while securing kills, and top lane firmly held lane priority as well.
‘Canyon”s Vi also contributed to the favorable momentum by securing every Dragon. Afterward, South Korea snowballed even faster through lane swap macro. Securing a massive victory in the Rift Herald teamfight and pulling ahead by a 10,000 gold lead, South Korea advanced into enemy territory with overwhelming firepower and destroyed India’s Nexus in under 19 minutes.
With this win, South Korea moved to 2-0, virtually securing their spot in the semifinals. Their final group stage opponent is Hong Kong, with the match scheduled for 2:00 PM KST.
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