League of Legends: LPL is not included in the qualifiers for the 2026 Asian Games esports competition.

The LPL has announced shocking news: it will not participate in the Asian Games. This further confirms that the region is falling into an abyss, and it will be extremely difficult to recover its former glory. It cannot even qualify for the only highly entertaining tournament, and it is highly likely that the LCK region will represent the region, with Korean players dominating the competition.

The quadrennial S-level tournament is a competition between national teams. The all-Chinese team versus the all-Korean team is the scene that the audience most wants to see. Imagine the exhibition match where the team completely defeats the other side. Supporters can almost laugh until they cry just imagining the painful expressions of Faker and Ruler. Unfortunately, reality is cruel. It's all just a bubble and an illusion. When League of Legends became an official event, the LPL lost its first match and failed to even make the qualifying list. It was directly eliminated from the competition by the official organizers. It sounds bad, and if you have to find someone to blame, the root of the problem still lies with the LPL region itself.

The officially announced qualifier list only includes Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, India, Kazakhstan, and Laos. This indicates that the scale of China's participation is shrinking, which is not a good sign. Without the LPL, a team that once had the strength to compete, LCK's victory is a foregone conclusion. LPL's glorious achievements are now a thing of the past; with declining popularity and no chance to participate in the Asian Games, they should just prepare for MSI.

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