Recently, LPL No. 2 seed BLG completed a 3-0 aggregate sweep against LCK No. 1 seed GEN in the 2023 MSI loser group match. The last time an LPL team kept a clean sheet in the world was back in the S4 World Finals, when the All-Chinese Class OMG swept NJS 3-0 on aggregate. In other words, after 3147 days, LPL once again kept a clean sheet against the LCK team in the world arena, and the same all-Chinese team completed the sweep of the LCK team. Therefore, this hearty victory can be described as significant, not only responding to the statement that many people believe that the LPL is inferior to LCK this season, but also proving once again that domestic players are not inferior to Korean players.
In fact, more than ten years of League of Legends professional tournaments, LCK has not many records of clean sheets in major events. So far, LCK has only been swept five times in major events. Among them, GEN has been on the list three times, and in these five records, the LPL team has completed three sweeps of the LCK team, and they have also become the protagonists of this record as an all-Chinese class. So, let's take stock of these five sweep records.
First time: S4 World Finals (OMG VS NJS)
Since the S3 World Finals SKT clean sheet, the LCK division has become the first division at that time, and the LPL is also in the shadow of LCK. Therefore, in the S4 World Finals, anti-Korean became the theme of the LPL. And in the quarterfinals of the S4 World Finals, OMG defeated NJS with a clean sweep. That victory allowed domestic players to see the dawn of anti-Korea, and that game can also be said to be one of the most classic Bo5 in the world competition. Although OMG was not able to go further after the clean sheet NJS, keeping a clean sheet LCK team as an all-Chinese class was undoubtedly a very cool thing for all domestic players at that time.
2nd time: S8 World Finals (C9 VS AF)
The S8 Global Finals seems to be the most heartfelt in LCK history, in that year's quarterfinals, LCK's teams were all eliminated, especially LCK's second-seeded AF, which was even c9 clean sheet when facing the third-seeded C9 in the LCS division. And C9 also set its best record in team history that season.
THIRD TIME: MSC (GEN VS TES)
Due to the cancellation of 2020 MSI, LCK and LPL jointly held the MSC Mid-Season Cup at that time. Although the Mid-Season Cup is not a world competition, it is also a big event. In the final four of MSC, TES, which was also in the all-Chinese class at that time, completed the sweep of GEN, which was also the first time that GEN was swept in a large-scale event after changing its name.
4th: 2020 World Finals (G2 VS GEN)
The G2 of the 2020 season is still quite strong, and the double C of Caps and Perkz is very strong, and it is called LEC's galaxy battleship. In the quarterfinals of the S10 World Finals, G2 completed the sweep against GEN with an aggregate score of 3-0, living up to its name as a LEC galaxy battleship. This time, it is also the second time that GEN has been swept away in a major event.
5th: 2023MSI (BLG VS GEN)
In fact, before the two sides have yet to meet, in fact, judging from the overall performance of the two teams, GEN's more consistent performance seems to give them a better chance of winning. But what I didn't expect was that the all-Chinese class BLG was able to adjust so well in this game, almost ending the three games with a perfect performance. And this game is also the third time that GEN has been swept away in a major event.
Finally, dear friends, which of the five sweeping games do you think is the most classic?