KPL Grand Finals: JD Gaming vs Weibo Gaming in Chengdu
Nov 11, 2026, 9:27 AM · 3 min read
Live schedule and standings: King Pro League Grand Finals 2026
The 
JD Gaming and 
Weibo Gaming play the final at 10:30 (Europe/Paris, CET), in a best-of-seven, at the Chengdu Phoenix Hill Sports Park Gymnasium. The tournament prize pool is ¥70,000,000. Liquipedia lists ¥20,000,000 for first place and ¥10,000,000 for second.
The event opened on 2 October with 12 teams. In Guangzhou, those teams were split into a Masters Group and an Elite Group for a cross-group round robin in Bo5. The top four in Masters and the Elite Group winner went straight to the knockout. Fifth and sixth in Masters, and second to fifth in Elite, went to the Play-In, also in Guangzhou, from 20 to 22 October: six teams played Bo7, and the three winners joined the knockout. Eight teams then played a double-elimination bracket in Changsha, from 27 October to 8 November. All knockout series, and the grand final, are Bo7, with Global Ban/Pick. If a series is tied 3-3, the seventh game is an Ultimate Battle, with hidden drafts.
JD Gaming, unbeaten in the upper bracket
JD Gaming came through the upper bracket without a series loss. The team beat 
Talent Gaming 4-2 on 27 October, winning games 1, 2, 5 and 6. It then swept 
Wolves 4-0 on 2 November, and beat Weibo Gaming 4-2 in the upper-bracket final on 6 November. In that series, JD Gaming took games 1, 2, 4 and 6; Weibo Gaming took games 3 and 5.
As the upper-bracket winner, JD Gaming has side selection for game 1 of the grand final.
Weibo Gaming, through the lower bracket
Weibo Gaming also started in the upper bracket. The team beat Kuaishou Gaming 4-3 on 29 October and 
EDward Gaming 4-2 on 3 November, then dropped to the lower bracket after the 2-4 loss to JD Gaming. On 8 November, Weibo Gaming beat Talent Gaming 4-3 in the lower-bracket final, winning games 1, 2, 5 and 7. That result set up a second meeting with JD Gaming, this time for the title.
Recent meetings
Their earlier meetings in 2026 include these three. Weibo Gaming won 4-1 in the KPL Spring playoffs on 1 April. JD Gaming won 3-2 in Summer Stage 2 on 25 July. Weibo Gaming won 3-1 in Summer Stage 3 on 16 August. The upper-bracket final then went to JD Gaming, 4-2.
AG Super Play, the two-time defending champions, were eliminated in the Play-In on 21 October, 2-4 to 
TOP Esports Armor. The title will therefore change hands this year.
The grand final page on ReadyCheck carries the series, the games and the streams. The
Data: Liquipedia, ReadyCheck and the official KPL pages, checked on 11 November 2026 at 10:21 (Europe/Paris, CET).
