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Nov 5, 2022; San Francisco, California, USA; Fans react during the League of Legends World Championships between T1 and DRX at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\nFURIA and Sentinels cruised to victories on Wednesday as the League of Legends Americas Cup got underway with the upper-bracket semifinals in Sao Paulo.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n FURIA routed Cloud9 2-0 before Sentinels swept Red Canids 2-0, sending the winners to the upper-bracket final on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n The four-team, double-elimination tournament features the second- and third-place finishers from the League Championship Series Lock-In and the Campeonato Brasileiro de League of Legends Cup. The winners of the latter two events qualified for the First Stand Tournament, scheduled for next week in Sao Paulo.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n The two matches on Thursday were best-of-three, while the remaining matches, including the grand final on Sunday, will be best-of-five.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n FURIA handled Cloud9 in 27 minutes and 36 minutes, both on red. Arthur “Tutsz” Machado led all-Brazilian FURIA with a 12-3-20 kill-death-assist ratio. The United States’ Robert “Blaber” Huang finished at 5-7-7 for Cloud9.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Sentinels downed Red Canids in 33 minutes and 27 minutes, both on blue. South Korea’s Ham “HamBak” Yoo-jin paced Sentinels with a 10-5-18 K-D-A ratio. Argentina’s Lucas “Kaze” Fe wound up at 9-6-6 for Red Canids.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n Cloud9 and Red Canids will meet in the lower-bracket semifinal on Thursday, with the winner advancing to oppose the FURIA-Sentinels loser in the lower-bracket final on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n