On the night of November 2, the final of Worlds 2024 took place between the No. 4 seed of LCK T1 and Chinese champion Bilibili Gaming. With high form from both teams, the match was very attractive. Although Bilibili Gaming took the lead 2-1, Faker kept shining to help T1 returned, equivalent to the score 2-2 before winning the final 3-2.
With this championship, T1 officially owns 5 times to take the throne at the largest League of Legends tournament of the year. They are also the only team to win more than once in history, up to the present time. At the same time, T1 also successfully defended the title of the championship in 2023 when Faker and his teammates defeated Weibo Gaming 3-0 in the last match.
Notably, T1 did this twice before, SKT T1 (the old name of this team) won the championship in 2015 and 2016. The Zeus – Oner – Faker – Gumayusi – Keria squad also went into history when the first world championship twice without changing the squad. Previously, this squad also made achievements in the final of Worlds for 3 consecutive years without changing personnel.
Faker continued to hold the record as the only player won 5 times, and increased the achievement of the player with the biggest age when he was 28 years old. Before that, Faker was also the one who held this record when winning the world championship at the age of 27.
The nearest person who achieved this achievement was Deft when he was 26 years old. However, with the achievements created, it is difficult for the players to break later, especially when Faker is still ready to play in the coming years.
