LPL 2026 Split 3
TheShy 2026 LPL Schedule & Results
Invictus Gaming plays its Split 3 in the four-team Nirvana group. Six best-of-three series decide everything: finish in the top two and IG advances to the Knights' Road gauntlet; finish in the bottom two and the 2026 season is over. Below is the complete fixture list — results and TheShy's champion and KDA are posted here within 24 hours of every series.
How Split 3 works for IG
- Twelve teams are split by Split 2 standings into the eight-team Ascend group and the four-team Nirvana group: IG, LNG, Ninjas in Pyjamas (NIP) and Weibo Gaming.
- Inside the Nirvana group, teams play a double round robin of best-of-threes — six matches each — under Hard Fearless Draft rules.
- The top two Nirvana teams advance to the Knights' Road: single-elimination best-of-fives against the Ascend group's bottom two, with playoff spots on the line. The bottom two are eliminated from the 2026 season.
- Split 3 runs July 22 to August 23 on a five-city tour (Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou, Xi'an). Matches use the LPL's usual 3:00/5:00/7:00 PM Beijing slots; exact times are confirmed by official announcement.
All six IG fixtures
| Date | Match | Home week | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Jul 25, 2026 · 09:00 UTC | Invictus Gaming vs Weibo Gaming | Shenzhen (NIP) | Upcoming — TheShy's return debut |
| Sun, Aug 2, 2026 · 09:00 UTC | LNG vs Invictus Gaming | Shanghai (IG) | Upcoming |
| Thu, Aug 6, 2026 · 09:00 UTC | Invictus Gaming vs Ninjas in Pyjamas | Beijing (JDG) | Upcoming |
| Sun, Aug 9, 2026 · 07:00 UTC | Invictus Gaming vs LNG | Beijing (JDG) | Upcoming |
| Sun, Aug 16, 2026 · 09:00 UTC | Weibo Gaming vs Invictus Gaming | Suzhou (LNG) | Upcoming |
| Sat, Aug 22, 2026 · 09:00 UTC | Ninjas in Pyjamas vs Invictus Gaming | Xi'an (WE) | Upcoming |
Results
IG has not played a Split 3 match yet — the Nirvana group opens on July 25. After each series this section gains a results table with the score, TheShy's champions and his KDA for every game. TheShy's 2026 season stats currently show zero official games played.
The road ahead
The path has no slack: six BO3s to reach the Nirvana top two, then a single-elimination BO5 in the Knights' Road, then a lower-bracket playoff run. Media assessments call this the strongest Nirvana group the LPL has ever produced, and TheShy's own words on stream set the tone: “I can't afford to lose a single one.”
In IG's favor: three world champions (TheShy, Rookie, Meiko) plus MSI-winning jungler Wei, and a home week in Shanghai. Against them: nine months without an official match for TheShy, a rebuilt bot lane, and zero margin for error.
Sources: Leaguepedia, LPL official announcements (retrieved July 24, 2026).