Results / Esports World Cup 2026 Open Qualifier / Acend vs NRG
As expected: NRG held serve
Market favoured NRG at 59% · odds 2.28 / 1.57 · 7 books · Series MVP Jeorge 2.23
VetoBO3
1
NRG banned Anubis
NRG banned Anubis2
Acend banned Nuke
Acend banned Nuke3NRG picked Cache
NRG picked Cache4Acend picked Inferno
Acend picked Inferno5NRG banned Ancient
NRG banned Ancient6Acend banned Dust2
Acend banned Dust27Mirage was left over as the decider
Mapsclick a map
pickedCache
2:10 · 0:3
2 : 13
pickedInferno
6:6 · 7:5
13 : 11
–decider
Mirage
7:5 · 2:8
9 : 13
Round history
Mirage1st7:52nd2:8
Acend
NRG
CT win T win kills bomb defuse time
pistols split 1-1NRG won from 0-4 downMVP Jeorge 1.95
Scoreboard
Mirage| Player | K-D | +/- | ADR | KAST | HS% | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acend | ||||||
| h4rn | 16-17 | -1 | 83 | 63.6% | 56% | 1.09 |
| SPELLAN | 14-18 | -4 | 59.1 | 72.7% | 57% | 1.08 |
| Skrimo | 11-17 | -6 | 71.5 | 63.6% | 45% | 1.04 |
| REDSTAR | 15-19 | -4 | 72.5 | 63.6% | 60% | 0.95 |
| KalubeR | 9-18 | -9 | 42.6 | 63.6% | 33% | 0.58 |
| NRG · won | ||||||
| Jeorge | 27-12 | +15 | 112.5 | 86.4% | 52% | 1.95 |
| nitr0 | 15-12 | +3 | 87 | 81.8% | 33% | 1.24 |
| Sonic | 17-14 | +3 | 99 | 90.9% | 53% | 1.2 |
| hallzerk | 14-13 | +1 | 68.7 | 86.4% | 43% | 0.96 |
| Grim | 16-15 | +1 | 75 | 77.3% | 56% | 0.94 |
NRG beat Acend 2–1 at Esports World Cup 2026 Open Qualifier in this CS2 bo3.