G2 vs DK Highlights: DK Win 2-0, Esports World Cup 2026 Group Stage
TL;DR
G2 Esports and Dplus KIA faced off in Group Stage of EWC Esports World Cup 2026. Patch 26.13 was used for the best-of-3. The series took place on July 16, 2026.
Watch on YouTubeG2 Esports and Dplus KIA played a best-of-3 in Group Stage of Esports World Cup 2026. Patch 26.13 was used. The match was played on July 16, 2026.
Both teams entered the series at 1-1.
Dplus KIA's lineup featured Siwoo (top lane), Lucid (jungle), ShowMaker (mid lane), Smash (bot lane), and Career (support). G2 Esports' lineup featured BrokenBlade (top lane), SkewMond (jungle), Caps (mid lane), Hans Sama (bot lane), and Labrov (support).
G2 Esports' previous series was a 1-0 loss to Anyone's Legend in Esports World Cup 2026. Dplus KIA's previous series was a 2-0 win over FURIA in Esports World Cup 2026.
Series result
G2G2 Esports
0 - 2
Dplus KIA win
DKDplus KIA
Picks & Bans
2 games
Dplus KIA
G2 Esports
Draft read
Career moved between Camille and Rell across the series for Dplus KIA. Lucid moved between Vi and Xin Zhao across the series for Dplus KIA. G2 Esports banned Lee Sin twice.
Game 126:19
Dplus KIA won
Game 1 was the shortest game of the series at 26:19. Dplus KIA won from blue side in 26:19. Dplus KIA finished 19-4 in kills and 56.8k to 41.8k in gold, a margin of 15 kills and 15.0k. Dplus KIA led 9-0 in towers, the only Baron, 3-0 in Void Grubs, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 1-0 in inhibitors. Dragons finished 4-0 for Dplus KIA. Dplus KIA secured first blood, while Dplus KIA secured first dragon, while Dplus KIA secured first Rift Herald, while Dplus KIA secured first Baron, while Dplus KIA secured first tower.
ShowMaker led the damage chart for Dplus KIA on Taliyah, finishing 6/0/8 with 27,877 damage and 277 CS. Smash added 24,569 damage on Viktor and ended the game 2/0/11. Hans Sama was the top damage source for G2 Esports, putting up 14,714 on Ziggs in a 1/4/1 game.
Kills
19:4
Gold
56.8k:41.8k
Towers
9:0
Dragons
4:0
Barons
1:0
Game 238:30
Dplus KIA won
Game 2 was the longest game of the series at 38:30. Playing blue side, Dplus KIA finished Game 2 in 38:30. At the end, Dplus KIA led 24-20 in kills and 78.6k to 76.1k in gold. The final gaps overall were 4 kills and 2.5k. Dplus KIA led 9-3 in towers, 3-0 in Void Grubs, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 1-0 in inhibitors. G2 Esports had the edge 1-0 in Barons. Dragons finished 3-2 for Dplus KIA. G2 Esports secured first blood, while G2 Esports secured first dragon, while Dplus KIA secured first Rift Herald, while G2 Esports secured first Baron, while Dplus KIA secured first tower.
On Xin Zhao, Lucid topped Dplus KIA's damage output at 39,870 and finished 7/3/14 and 288 CS. ShowMaker followed with 34,443 damage and a 7/1/7 line on Zoe. G2 Esports got its highest damage total from Hans Sama, who dealt 28,734 on Lucian and finished 3/5/10.
Kills
24:20
Gold
78.6k:76.1k
Towers
9:3
Dragons
3:2
Barons
0:1
Series read
Dplus KIA took the opener and followed with another win in Game 2, completing the best-of-3 in straight games without needing a deciding map. Every game in the series was won from blue side. Every game in the series was longer than the game before it. The kill margin moved from 15 in Game 1 to 4 in Game 2, while the final gold gap changed from 15.0k to 2.5k. ShowMaker produced the series' highest damage total, recording 62,320 for Dplus KIA. ShowMaker gave Dplus KIA 13 kills and 15 assists across the series. Their damage moved from 27,877 in Game 1 to 34,443 in Game 2. Lucid gave Dplus KIA 11 kills and 23 assists across the series. Their damage moved from 8,269 in Game 1 to 39,870 in Game 2.
Next up
Next on the schedule: Bilibili Gaming vs Dplus KIA in Quarterfinals, set for July 17.
