Jordan Woodruff
Dplus swept Karmine Corp in the League of Legends grand final at the Esports World Cup on Sunday in Paris to claim the $600,000 first prize and 1,000 club points.
Geum-jae “Smash” Shin earned Most Valuable Player honors — and a $25,000 check — for leading Dplus to the championship. One day before his 20th birthday, the South Korea native piled up 22 kills and 18 assists versus just four deaths during the best-of-five match.
Dplus needed 31 minutes to capture Game 1, 34 to take Game 2 and just 27 to complete the sweep. Su “ShowMaker” Heo compiled a 13/3/16 K-D-A line to help Dplus.
France’s Caliste Henry-Hennebert paced Karmine Corp with a 7/9/5 line. Karmine earned $340,000 and 750 club points for its second-place finish.
In the third-place match, Gen.G defeated 2-1 in the best-of-three match to secure $220,000 and 500 club points. Gen.G won the final game in 30 minutes as South Korea’s Ki-in “Kiin” Kim and Geon-bu “Canyon” Kim each registered nine kills and nine assists versus two deaths.
T1 settled for $140,000 and 300 club points as the fourth-place finisher. South Korea’s Soo-hwan “Peyz” Kim paced T1 in the match with 13 kills and 15 assists vs. 14 deaths.
The Esports World Cup features competition in 25 titles and a $75 million prize pool. Other events this month include DOTA, PUBG, EA Sports FC, Call of Duty: Warzone, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Rocket League, Counter-Strike 2 and Fortnite.
Esports World Cup League of Legends prize pool (money, EWC club points)
1. $600,000, 1,000 — Dplus
2. $340,000, 750 — Karmine Corp
3. $220,000, 500 — Gen.G
4. $140,000, 300 — T1
5-8. $90,000, 200 — Hanwha Life Esports, AG.AL International, JD Gaming, Bilibili Gaming
9-12. $55,000, 0 — G2 Esports, Sentinels, GAM Esports, MIBR.LOS
13-16. $30,000, 0 — FURIA, Team Secret, Movistar KOI, LYON
–Field Level Media
