KeSPA Cup2026-w31
Weekly Report · Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026
Published 2026-08-16 15:11
The KeSPA Cup schedule produced 10 series this week, 13 games in total. Games averaged 30:10 this week against a season average of 31:10, so they finished earlier than usual. Teams that took a lead tended to close it out quickly.
Results
Group Stage Day 3
Group Stage Day 3
Group Stage Day 3
Group Stage Day 3
Group Stage Day 3
Group Stage Day 3
Group Stage Day 3
Group Stage Day 3
Round 1
Round 1
Team records
No side collected more series than Gen.G this week. The record reads 2 series won and 0 lost, 2-0 across games. The unbeaten column adds 1 more this week: Hanwha Life Esports.
| Team | Series | Games |
|---|---|---|
 Gen.G | 2W 0L | 2W 0L |
 Hanwha Life Esports | 2W 0L | 2W 0L |
 T1 | 2W 1L | 2W 1L |
 Nongshim RedForce | 1W 0L | 1W 0L |
 Kiwoom DRX | 1W 1L | 2W 1L |
 DN SOOPers | 1W 1L | 2W 2L |
 HANJIN BRION | 1W 1L | 2W 2L |
 BNK FEARX | 0W 1L | 0W 1L |
 KT Rolster | 0W 2L | 0W 3L |
 Dplus Kia | 0W 3L | 0W 3L |
Best five
Picking the best player at each position leaves 5 in total this week: Kiin (Top), Canyon (Jungle), Zeka (Mid), Gumayusi (Bot), Duro (Support). 19/3/22, a ratio of 13.67 — that is what Canyon recorded for Gen.G at Jungle, taking 2 of 2 games.
Weekly awards
Meta watch
The reference point for reading this meta is patch 16.14. 로크, Poppy, Orianna — the champions the draft returned to most this week. 로크 led the way at 100.0%. Vi turned that attention into results, winning 60.0% across 5 picks — this week it paid to have the pick. Viktor, Skarner, Galio — champions the draft used more than it did last week. Viktor moved the furthest at +46.2%p.
Best games
39:01 — the longest game of the week, taken by Nongshim RedForce in the meeting between Nongshim RedForce and T1. Nongshim RedForce and T1 finished within 4,989 of each other in total gold, the tightest game of the week, and Nongshim RedForce took it.
Longest game
39:01
Closest game
4,989 gold