Entering the match against Team Liquid, although this was a crucial match for GAM Esports, not many spectators had faith in the VCS representative. The yellow-black team had disappointed in their first two rounds of the Swiss stage, while TL had posed some challenges for T1. However, in the end, GAM secured a convincing victory to keep their hopes alive in this World Championship.
Notably, with the victory over TL, GAM has once again set a new record for VCS teams. Specifically, for the first time in the history of VCS and the World Championship, a team from the Vietnamese LoL scene has managed to defeat a Major team in a BO3 match during the Main Event of the tournament. Previously, TW had successfully won in a BO3 against Team BDS, but that was only in the Play-In stage.
Additionally, in the past two years, GAM has truly made World Championship champions worry. At the World Championship 2022, GAM eliminated Top Esports, sending them home. Before losing to GAM, the first ticket in their group that year had belonged to Rogue, a team that had an undefeated record of 4-0 (up until the GAM – TES match). The remaining ticket was a competition between DRX and TES. However, when TES was defeated by GAM, their record became 3 losses – 1 win. DRX then had no trouble defeating RGE and GAM. It was DRX’s victory over GAM that officially extinguished all hopes for TES when DRX’s record was now 4-1. At that time, TES had two World Championship champions, Tian and JackeyLove.
In 2023, once again, GAM has “sent” the World Championship champions home, this time taking down two players, including Pyosik and CoreJJ. It can be said that GAM is the first representative from a minor region (VCS) to achieve this for two consecutive years at the World Championship. Meanwhile, Levi has surpassed three junglers who have been world champions in official international tournaments, including Tian (World Championship 2022), Jiejie (ASIAD), and Pyosik (World Championship 2023).
Ahead, GAM and Levi will clash with DK – a team that has also been World Champion, and their jungler Canyon is still around. If they can overcome DK, GAM could be considered the most remarkable team in the history of the World Championship, even if they do not win the title.