The undisputed best team from Europe, MAD Lions, had to squeak through the group stage of the 2021 League of Legends World Championship after tense tiebreakers and dmatic comebacks. Their quarterfinal opponents, DWG KIA, breezed through their group, becoming just the fourth team in Worlds history to post an undefeated group stage record.
The two teams’ individual roads to their quarterfinal matchup couldn’t have been more dichotomous. DWG KIA and MAD Lions each won multiple domestic titles this season, but when the focus turned to the World Championship, they went down different paths over the last two weeks. While DWG KIA skated through the tournament’s “group of death,” MAD Lions have already had to fight for their Worlds lives on three sepate occasions.
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