A glimmer of hope for T1
Recently, T1 lost to Hanwha Life Esports and thereby lost their place in the LCK Summer 2024 finals as well as having to go down to the regional qualifiers to compete for a spot in the group of Korean League of Legends representatives to this year's Worlds. In fact, this was a predictable loss as T1 has yet to show that they have truly reached their maximum ping form despite having just won against Dplus KIA in the losers bracket a few days ago. However, according to a fan who just discovered it, T1 still has a basis for confidence in the remaining journey of this year as in history, this sad achievement of T1 is still unprecedented.
Specifically, in 2016, T1 also had a similar scenario this season, that is, after winning the World Championship (2015), they also lost in the Summer of 2016 and only finished 3rd overall. However, T1 was still able to go to the World Championship that same year without having to play the regional qualifiers because of their high Championship Points (they were the previous LCK Spring champions). At the 2016 World Championship, T1 had an extremely good performance and that was also the year that marked the first time in the history of League of Legends that a team defended the championship. Up to now, SKT T1 2016 is still the only team to achieve this feat.
Narrow window but still has a chance for T1
First, T1 only needs to win 1 out of 2 matches in the regional qualifiers to immediately have a spot at the 2024 World Championship, and the best, of course, is to win Dplus KIA in the first match. Not only will they secure a 3rd seed position, but T1 will also have a little more time to rest instead of having to play 2 consecutive matches in just 2 days. Moreover, the World Championship arena has always been a “fertile land” for T1 and T1 has never reached this tournament without reaching at least the Semifinals. Therefore, T1 fans have every reason to hope.
At the same time, the regional qualifiers will be difficult because the teams will compete with the mindset of their last chance. But T1 itself has been tempered through adversity. It will be too early to say that T1 can repeat the achievements of 2016, but passing the regional qualifiers is a feasible thing, especially when DK, KT and FOX were all defeated by T1 in this year's Summer.
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