VIT vs RED Highlights: VIT Win 2-0, Demacia Cup Global Invitational 2026 Round 3
TL;DR
Team Vitality won the best-of-three Other Demacia Cup Global Invitational 2026 series 2-0 against RED on Patch 26.18. Team Vitality did not drop a game, winning the kill count 36-19, with no game longer than 33 minutes.
Watch on YouTubeThe video above covers the full best-of-three Other Demacia Cup Global Invitational 2026 series between Team Vitality and RED. The final score, full Picks and Bans, and game-by-game results are below.
Both teams entered the series at 1-1.
Team Vitality's lineup featured Naak Nako (top lane), Lyncas (jungle), FIESTA (An Hyeon-seo) (mid lane), Carzzy (bot lane), and Fleshy (support). RED Canids' lineup featured zynts (top lane), Aegis (Gabriel Lemos) (jungle), Fuuu (mid lane), Morttheus (bot lane), and Manel (support).
Team Vitality's previous series was a 2-0 win over GAM Esports in Demacia Cup Global Invitational 2026. RED's previous series was a 2-0 loss to KT Rolster in Demacia Cup Global Invitational 2026.
Team Vitality and RED had no recorded recent head-to-head meeting before this series.
Series result
VITTeam Vitality
2 - 0
Team Vitality win
REDRED
Picks & Bans
2 gamesRED Canids
Team Vitality
Draft read
RED Canids banned Rumble twice, while Team Vitality banned both K'Sante and Lee Sin twice.
Game 129:52
Team Vitality won
Game 1 was the shortest game of the series at 29:52. Team Vitality won from red side. Team Vitality finished 19-9 in kills and 65.4k to 49.5k in gold, a margin of 10 kills and 15.9k. Team Vitality led 10-2 in towers, the only Baron, and 2-0 in inhibitors. RED Canids had the edge 3-0 in Void Grubs and 1-0 in Rift Heralds. Dragons finished 3-1 for Team Vitality.
Carzzy led the damage chart for Team Vitality on Caitlyn, finishing 6/1/9 with 37,243 damage and 292 CS. Naak Nako added 35,244 damage on Jayce and ended the game 5/1/9. Morttheus was the top damage source for RED Canids, putting up 24,202 on Ezreal in a 4/6/3 game.
Kills
9:19
Gold
49.5k:65.4k
Towers
2:10
Dragons
1:3
Barons
0:1
Game 233:02
Team Vitality won
Game 2 was the longest game of the series at 33:02. Playing blue side, Team Vitality won Game 2. At the end, Team Vitality led 17-10 in kills and 68.0k to 55.8k in gold. The final gaps overall were 7 kills and 12.2k. Team Vitality led 11-0 in towers, 2-0 in Barons, 3-0 in Void Grubs, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 3-0 in inhibitors. RED Canids led dragons 2-1.
On Lucian, Carzzy topped Team Vitality's damage output at 32,212 and finished 6/3/7 and 337 CS. FIESTA (An Hyeon-seo) followed with 23,441 damage and a 1/4/3 line on Viktor. RED Canids got its highest damage total from Morttheus, who dealt 22,779 on Yunara and finished 3/5/3.
Kills
17:10
Gold
68.0k:55.8k
Towers
11:0
Dragons
1:2
Barons
2:0
Series read
Team Vitality 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 longer than the game before it. The kill margin moved from 10 in Game 1 to 7 in Game 2, while the final gold gap changed from 15.9k to 12.2k. Carzzy produced the series' highest damage total, recording 69,455 for Team Vitality. Carzzy gave Team Vitality 12 kills and 16 assists across the series. Their damage moved from 37,243 in Game 1 to 32,212 in Game 2. Naak Nako gave Team Vitality 11 kills and 11 assists across the series. Their damage moved from 35,244 in Game 1 to 20,457 in Game 2.
Next up
Next on the schedule: KT Rolster vs Team Vitality in Quarterfinals, set for October 12.
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