The EWC match played on 2026-05-14 between Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS gaming and Team Secret (Vietnamese Team) ended with a win for Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS gaming. With 20 combined kills, fights were rare, and the game lasted 34:16. When kills are scarce, the gold and objective gaps are what explain the result. The total gold gap grew to 11,271, with Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS gaming ahead. At that size the item tiers differ, so the late-game combat figures should be read as numbers produced after the gap opened. The clearest objective gap came from Towers: 10 for Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS gaming against 2 for the other side.

The standout line on the winning side belongs to Evi, who finished on Shen with a KDA of 7/3/5. 4,120 is the end-of-game gold gap Marble built over Eddie in the Bot matchup, the largest positional gap in this game. The draft started with Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS gaming removing Varus and Team Secret (Vietnamese Team) removing Rumble. Those first two cards set the direction of the draft. Game 1 of the series. The series ran to 3 games in total, and the patch applied was 16.9.