Results / Esports World Cup 2026 Open Qualifier / Inner Circle vs ASTRAL
As expected: Inner Circle held serve
Market favoured Inner Circle at 90% · odds 1.03 / 9.8 · 25 books · Series MVP cptkurtka023 2
VetoBO3
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ASTRAL banned Dust2
ASTRAL banned Dust22
Inner Circle banned Inferno
Inner Circle banned Inferno3ASTRAL picked Ancient
ASTRAL picked Ancient4Inner Circle picked Mirage
Inner Circle picked Mirage5ASTRAL banned Anubis
ASTRAL banned Anubis6Inner Circle banned Nuke
Inner Circle banned Nuke7Cache was left over as the decider
Mapsclick a map
pickedAncient
9:3 · 4:3
13 : 6
pickedMirage
6:6 · 7:0
13 : 6
Round history
Ancient1st9:32nd4:3
Inner Circle
ASTRAL
CT win T win kills bomb defuse time
pistols split 1-113-6 demolitionMVP cptkurtka023 2
Scoreboard
Ancient| Player | K-D | +/- | ADR | KAST | HS% | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inner Circle · won | ||||||
| cptkurtka023 | 21-15 | +6 | 128.8 | 84.2% | 67% | 2 |
| onic | 13-11 | +2 | 79.7 | 78.9% | 54% | 1.31 |
| headtr1ck | 14-10 | +4 | 57.1 | 84.2% | 14% | 1.09 |
| Dawy | 10-12 | -2 | 77.5 | 94.7% | 50% | 1.05 |
| zeRRoFIX | 13-10 | +3 | 69.1 | 68.4% | 38% | 1 |
| ASTRAL | ||||||
| Neqy | 14-14 | 0 | 78.6 | 78.9% | 71% | 1.14 |
| swiz | 13-15 | -2 | 79.9 | 73.7% | 54% | 1.04 |
| RaY5ive | 12-15 | -3 | 67.9 | 68.4% | 67% | 0.92 |
| meowpop | 12-14 | -2 | 65.6 | 73.7% | 83% | 0.89 |
| gxx- | 6-14 | -8 | 57.6 | 73.7% | 50% | 0.72 |
Inner Circle beat ASTRAL 2–0 at Esports World Cup 2026 Open Qualifier in this CS2 bo3.