Results / Esports World Cup 2026 Open Qualifier / Inner Circle vs NIO
As expected: Inner Circle held serve
Market favoured Inner Circle at 88% · odds 1.04 / 7.4 · 3 books · Series MVP zeRRoFIX 2.75
VetoBO3
1
Inner Circle banned Inferno
Inner Circle banned Inferno2NIONIO banned Dust2
3Inner Circle picked Mirage
Inner Circle picked Mirage4NIONIO picked Ancient
5Inner Circle banned Nuke
Inner Circle banned Nuke6NIONIO banned Anubis
7Cache was left over as the decider
Mapsclick a map
pickedMirage
12:0 · 1:0
13 : 0
NIOpicked
Ancient
11:1 · 2:0
13 : 1
Round history
Ancient1st11:12nd2:0
Inner Circle
NIO
CT win T win kills bomb defuse time
INN 2/2 pistols, +7 follow-ups13-1 demolitionMVP onic 2.32
Scoreboard
Ancient| Player | K-D | +/- | ADR | KAST | HS% | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inner Circle · won | ||||||
| onic | 19-4 | +15 | 122.6 | 100% | 68% | 2.32 |
| Dawy | 21-5 | +16 | 114.8 | 100% | 48% | 2.08 |
| headtr1ck | 13-4 | +9 | 97.5 | 92.9% | 31% | 1.72 |
| cptkurtka023 | 10-7 | +3 | 79.5 | 100% | 70% | 1.56 |
| zeRRoFIX | 4-8 | -4 | 67.9 | 85.7% | 50% | 0.79 |
| NIO | ||||||
| Darki | 9-14 | -5 | 68.6 | 57.1% | 56% | 0.79 |
| Krepu | 7-14 | -7 | 52.3 | 57.1% | 57% | 0.69 |
| Raptour | 6-13 | -7 | 57.9 | 57.1% | 50% | 0.65 |
| Volt4 | 4-13 | -9 | 39.9 | 35.7% | 75% | 0.38 |
| v1cks | 2-13 | -11 | 36.4 | 35.7% | 50% | 0.35 |
Inner Circle beat NIO 2–0 at Esports World Cup 2026 Open Qualifier in this CS2 bo3.