Bilibili Gaming bests G2 Esports in First Stand Tournament grand final

Field Level Media
23 Mar 2026, 02:10 GMT+10

(Photo credit: Shawn Dowd/Rochester Democrat and Chronicle / USA TODAY NETWORK)

Bilibili Gaming beat G2 Esports in the grand final of the First Stand Tournament knockout stage on Sunday in Sao Paulo, taking home the $250,000 first-place prize.

Bilibili won the event with a 3-1 victory, its second of the tournament over G2 Esports after a 3-0 sweep in the upper-bracket final of Group A play. Bilibili finished the event with a 4-0 record and a combined game record of 12-3.

The $1 million League of Legends competition began with eight teams competing at Riot Games Arena in the first cross-regional tournament of the season. All matches were best-of-five.

G2 Esports won the opener of the grand final in 38 minutes on blue. But Bilibili swarmed back by winning the next three to finish off the victory with a 40-minute victory on red, 28-minute triumph on blue and a clinching 27-minute win on blue.

Chen 'Bin' Zebin of China led Bilibili with a 17-7-18 kill-death-assist ratio, complemented by Chinese teammate Peng 'XUN' Lixun posting a 16-11-31 K-D-A. Rasmus 'Caps' Winther of Denmark led G2 with an 18-8-21 K-D-A ratio.

First Stand Tournament prize pool

1. $250,000 -- Bilibili Gaming

2. $150,000 -- G2 Esports

3-4. $125,000 -- JD Gaming, Gen.G Esports

5-6. $100,000 -- FEARX, LYON

7-8. $75,000 -- Secret Whales, LOUD

--Field Level Media

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