LoL Worlds 2026 Schedule, Knockout Bracket Dates and Tickets

The League of Legends (LoL) World Championship 2026 reaches its Swiss Stage on Friday, Oct. 23, in Allen, Texas, and runs to the Grand Final on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Riot Games, which makes League of Legends and runs the event known as Worlds, has set the full schedule from the opening Play-In to the trophy lift. Below is every stage with its dates and venues, how the Swiss and Knockout stages work, where to find tickets and how to watch, plus a free printable bracket tracker.

Worlds 2026 schedule at a glance

Date	Day	Stage	Venue	Start (ET / CT)
Oct. 23	Friday	Swiss Stage	Allen, Texas	1 p.m. EDT / 12 p.m. CDT
Oct. 24	Saturday	Swiss Stage	Allen, Texas	1 p.m. EDT / 12 p.m. CDT
Oct. 25	Sunday	Swiss Stage	Allen, Texas	1 p.m. EDT / 12 p.m. CDT
Oct. 26	Monday	Swiss Stage	Allen, Texas	Check LoL Esports schedule
Oct. 28	Wednesday	Swiss Stage	Allen, Texas	4 p.m. EDT / 3 p.m. CDT
Oct. 29	Thursday	Swiss Stage	Allen, Texas	4 p.m. EDT / 3 p.m. CDT
Oct. 30	Friday	Swiss Stage	Allen, Texas	4 p.m. EDT / 3 p.m. CDT
Oct. 31	Saturday	Swiss Stage	Allen, Texas	Check LoL Esports schedule
Nov. 3	Tuesday	Quarterfinal 1	Allen, Texas	Check LoL Esports schedule
Nov. 4	Wednesday	Quarterfinal 2	Allen, Texas	Check LoL Esports schedule
Nov. 5	Thursday	Quarterfinal 3	Allen, Texas	Check LoL Esports schedule
Nov. 6	Friday	Quarterfinal 4	Allen, Texas	Check LoL Esports schedule
Nov. 7	Saturday	Semifinal 1	Allen, Texas	Check LoL Esports schedule
Nov. 8	Sunday	Semifinal 2	Allen, Texas	Check LoL Esports schedule
Nov. 14	Saturday	Grand Final	Barclays Center, Brooklyn	2 p.m. EST / 1 p.m. CST

Start times before Nov. 1 are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) and Central Daylight Time (CDT). United States clocks fall back on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, so from then Texas is on Central Standard Time (CST). Riot’s primer does not confirm start times for Oct. 26, Oct. 31 or the Knockout Stage, so check the LoL Esports schedule on each day. Swiss daily starts are listed in Central time: 12 p.m. CDT on Oct. 23, 24 and 25, and 3 p.m. CDT on Oct. 28, 29 and 30.

The Play-In finished in Los Angeles

Worlds 2026 opened with the Play-In from Oct. 15 to 18 at Riot Games Arena in Los Angeles. Four teams played a best-of-five, double-elimination bracket, and one team advanced to the Swiss Stage. That round is over. In all, 19 teams qualified for Worlds, 16 of them play the Swiss Stage, and 8 reach the Knockout Stage.

How the Swiss Stage works

Sixteen teams play the Swiss Stage at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen, Texas, over two blocks of dates: Friday, Oct. 23, to Monday, Oct. 26, and Wednesday, Oct. 28, to Saturday, Oct. 31. The format runs five rounds. In each round a team is paired with another team that holds the same win-loss record. A team that reaches three wins advances to the Knockout Stage, and a team that reaches three losses is eliminated. The rounds mix best-of-one and best-of-three matches. The Round 1 matchups were set by a random draw on Oct. 18.

Knockout Stage and bracket

The eight teams that survive the Swiss Stage move into the Knockout Stage, a single-elimination bracket of best-of-five matches, also in Allen, Texas. The quarterfinals run Tuesday, Nov. 3, through Friday, Nov. 6, one match a day. The semifinals follow on Saturday, Nov. 7, and Sunday, Nov. 8. The two semifinal winners meet in the Grand Final. Because the Knockout Stage falls after the Nov. 1 clock change, start times fall on Central Standard Time; Riot has not posted them yet, so confirm each on the LoL Esports schedule.

The Grand Final in Brooklyn

The Worlds 2026 Grand Final is Saturday, Nov. 14, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, at 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). That is 1 p.m. Central Standard Time and 11 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. The best-of-five match decides the champion.

Worlds Fan Fest in Manhattan

Riot is holding a Worlds Fan Fest at Pier 36 in Lower Manhattan over final weekend. It runs Thursday, Nov. 12, from 3 to 9 p.m. EST; Friday, Nov. 13, from 3 to 9 p.m. EST; and Saturday, Nov. 14, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST. Riot has not announced whether admission is free or ticketed, so watch the LoL Esports site for details.

Tickets

Tickets for Worlds 2026 are sold through Ticketmaster using its Smart Queue system. Riot ran a Fan First sign-up from June 1 to June 30, a presale that opened July 22 at 8 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), and a general sale that opened July 24 at 8 a.m. PDT. The Ticketmaster help page for League of Legends Worlds 2026 lists the ticketed dates by venue and uses mobile entry. Availability and prices are not published here, so check the official Ticketmaster event page for the exact date you want and whether seats remain. Riot’s own Worlds 2026 ticket sales post explains the sale steps.

How to watch

Riot streams the matches on lolesports.com and its Twitch channels, including twitch.tv/riotgames for the English broadcast.

Free printable bracket tracker

Our free Worlds 2026 schedule and knockout bracket tracker lists every date from the Swiss Stage to the Grand Final, with blanks for the teams that advance, each quarterfinal and semifinal matchup, the final score and the champion. It prints in color or an ink-saver version for any home printer. It is fan-made and unofficial, with no Riot logos or art. Put the key dates on your October 2026 printable calendar and November 2026 printable calendar, and track the final weekend on a printable weekly calendar.