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9INE

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2026-08-09 09:00 UTC

Esports World Cup 2026 Open Qualifier

HOTU

PredictionHigh confidence

Our model gives HOTU a 71% chance to beat 9INE at Esports World Cup 2026 Open Qualifier. Bookmakers price 9INE at 2.4 and HOTU at 1.5 (implied 38% vs 62%).

9INE

2.4odds

HOTU

1.5odds

Our read29%

71%

Market38%

62%

median decimal odds · 22 books

FormatBO3Tier★Form26-28 · 49-27Pistols9IN 56%Likely mapsAncient · Dust2 · Overpass

Model read: track record · HLTV rank · firepower · form, weighted by sample size. All figures respect the data-range filter.

Recent form

Head-to-head

past meetings & common opponents

outbnox, cej0t, shield

inSt0m4k, b1elany, flayy

HOTU

outdukefissura, kAlash

indwushka, kade0

IstanbuLAN 2026 7mo ago

outbnox, cej0t, shield

inSt0m4k, b1elany, flayy

HOTU

outdukefissura, kAlash

indwushka, kade0

IEM Rio 2026 Closed Qualifier

◂ 9IN fared bettervs 8 shared opponentsHOT fared better ▸

BetBoom#100-45-10

9INE vs BetBoom

Apr 3LOverpass9-13Dust24-13 Feb 28LNuke10-13Overpass7-13

HOTU vs BetBoom

Mar 26LDust23-13Ancient8-13 Jan 28LAnubis16-12Dust27-13Mirage10-13 Jan 28LAnubis13-7Mirage10-13Nuke11-13

+3 earlier meetings

GamerLegion#212-22-0

9INE vs GamerLegion

Jun 24WNuke13-10Ancient16-14 Apr 1LAncient6-13Inferno7-13

HOTU vs GamerLegion

Jul 22WDust213-11Ancient13-8

HEROIC#301-22-1

9INE vs HEROIC

Aug 7LAncient13-10Mirage3-13Nuke6-13

HOTU vs HEROIC

Jul 21WMirage10-13Cache13-6Dust213-8

Inner Circle#311-32-0

9INE vs Inner Circle

Jun 25LNuke7-13Dust213-10Ancient13-16 Mar 24LAnubis7-13

HOTU vs Inner Circle

Mar 25WMirage13-8Dust216-12

Gentle Mates#433-55-3

9INE vs Gentle Mates

Apr 26LAncient6-13Inferno5-13 Apr 2WAnubis9-13Nuke13-4Overpass13-9 Jan 23LOverpass13-10Nuke10-13Ancient14-16

HOTU vs Gentle Mates

Feb 22WMirage13-9Nuke0-13Overpass13-6 Feb 14LAnubis13-3Nuke2-13Overpass10-13 Jan 21WAnubis16-12Ancient13-11

fnatic#512-02-2

9INE vs fnatic

Mar 7WAnubis13-7Ancient13-6

HOTU vs fnatic

Jul 14LAncient0-13Dust23-13 Feb 22WAnubis13-11Dust213-1

Sashi#522-22-0

9INE vs Sashi

Jun 23LDust210-13Nuke13-11Ancient6-13 Feb 22WAncient13-8

HOTU vs Sashi

May 19WNuke13-7Dust213-6

EX-ex-RUBY#601-22-3

9INE vs ex-RUBY

Feb 5LOverpass5-13Nuke13-6Ancient7-13

HOTU vs ex-RUBY

May 20WNuke5-13Ancient13-5Overpass13-5 Mar 13LAncient2-13Dust211-13

9INE 12-20combined map recordHOTU 22-19edge · HOTU

Firepower

roster ratings

9INE · avg 1.1 · top +0.07

Player	Mp	K-D	ADR	KAST	HS	Rating
flayy	68	1.2	74.7	72.7%	37%	1.17
b1elany	24	1.03	74.2	73.1%	55%	1.11
kraghen	110	0.98	73.4	72.8%	48%	1.1
St0m4k	24	0.99	71.2	75%	50%	1.06
raalz	118	0.94	68.8	70.5%	66%	1.05

HOTU · avg 1.15 · top +0.1

Player	Mp	K-D	ADR	KAST	HS	Rating
mizu	181	1.15	80.1	73.6%	50%	1.25
n0rb3r7	181	1.07	81.3	72.5%	54%	1.21
dwushka	56	1.06	74.4	74.5%	63%	1.13
frontales	157	1.18	68.2	74.4%	33%	1.13
kade0	69	0.89	68.4	69.7%	58%	1.01

Projected veto

likely picks & bans

Veto read

Neither side's habitual bans cleanly remove the other's best maps. The veto is live.

Plays: Ancient · Dust2 · Overpass · Removed: Mirage · Inferno · Anubis · Nuke every map shows both teams' win% (9IN / HOT)

19INE BAN Mirageproj. removed

9IN 50% 1-1

HOT 56% 15-12

9INE on Mirage

HEROIC 3–13 1d ago W

BRUTE 13–3 6d ago

HOTU on Mirage

G2 Ares 8–13 8d ago L

Aurora 9–13 13d ago W

INFINITE 13–9 14d ago L

HEROIC 10–13 18d ago W

Entropy 13–9 26d ago W

Vexar 13–0 27d ago L

Aurora 4–13 4mo ago W

ARCRED 19–17 4mo ago

2HOTU BAN Infernoproj. removed

9IN 27% 4-11

HOT n/a 0g

9INE on Inferno

6666 13–7 6d ago W

Walczaki 16–13 3mo ago L

BET-M 11–13 3mo ago L

Gentle Mates 5–13 3mo ago L

Dripmen 7–13 4mo ago L

Misa 11–13 4mo ago L

GamerLegion 7–13 4mo ago L

Monte 11–13 5mo ago

HOTU on Inferno

no recent maps

39INE PICK Ancient

9IN 61% 17-11

HOT 50% 16-16

9INE on Ancient

ABT 13–10 today W

HEROIC 13–10 1d ago L

ABT 10–13 1d ago L

Inner Circle 13–16 1mo ago W

GamerLegion 16–14 2mo ago L

Sashi 6–13 2mo ago W

BET-M 13–5 3mo ago L

Gentle Mates 6–13 3mo ago

HOTU on Ancient

EAC 13–8 8d ago L

Astralis 10–13 14d ago W

GamerLegion 13–8 17d ago W

Astralis 16–13 17d ago L

fnatic 0–13 25d ago W

Vexar 13–3 27d ago L

TDK 8–13 2mo ago W

Rune Eaters 13–7 2mo ago

4HOTU PICK Dust2

9IN 45% 10-12

HOT 63% 33-19

9INE on Dust2

BRUTE 10–13 6d ago W

Inner Circle 13–10 1mo ago L

Sashi 10–13 2mo ago L

Walczaki 14–16 3mo ago L

BET-M 4–13 3mo ago W

HYPERSPIRIT 13–8 4mo ago L

Dripmen 11–13 4mo ago W

Misa 13–9 4mo ago

HOTU on Dust2

GenOne 13–4 1d ago L

G2 Ares 6–13 8d ago W

XCLAN 13–1 8d ago W

GamerLegion 13–11 17d ago W

HEROIC 13–8 18d ago L

fnatic 3–13 25d ago W

Entropy 16–13 26d ago W

BRUTE 13–2 27d ago

59INE BAN Anubisproj. removed

9IN 33% 4-8

HOT 87% 13-2

9INE on Anubis

ABT 13–2 1d ago L

Liquid 6–13 4d ago L

Walczaki 8–13 3mo ago L

Gentle Mates 9–13 4mo ago L

Inner Circle 7–13 5mo ago W INFINITE Talent 13–3 5mo ago W

Alliance 19–15 5mo ago W

fnatic 13–7 5mo ago

HOTU on Anubis

W Galactik rebels 13–1 1d ago L

EAC 10–13 8d ago W

Aurora 13–9 13d ago W

INFINITE 13–5 14d ago W

QUAZAR 13–9 25d ago W

PCIFIC 13–3 2mo ago W

FAVBET 13–5 5mo ago W WATERMELON 13–10 5mo ago

6HOTU BAN Nukeproj. removed

9IN 64% 14-8

HOT 59% 13-9

9INE on Nuke

Inner Circle 7–13 1mo ago W

GamerLegion 13–10 2mo ago W

Sashi 13–11 2mo ago

HOTU on Nuke

W Galactik rebels 13–1 1d ago W

Astralis 13–7 14d ago W

KOLESIE 13–9 2mo ago W

Rune Eaters 13–7 2mo ago W

Rune Eaters 13–6 2mo ago W

Rune Eaters 13–8 2mo ago L

Tricked 13–16 3mo ago L ex-RUBY 5–13 3mo ago

7DECIDER Overpassleft over

9IN 62% 8-5

HOT 52% 11-10

9INE on Overpass

Misa 17–19 4mo ago L

BetBoom 9–13 4mo ago W

Gentle Mates 13–9 4mo ago W

Monte 13–3 5mo ago W

FOKUS 13–7 5mo ago L

BetBoom 7–13 5mo ago W

JiJieHao 13–4 6mo ago L ex-RUBY 5–13 6mo ago

HOTU on Overpass

GenOne 7–13 2mo ago L

GenOne 5–13 2mo ago L

TDK 13–16 2mo ago L

DEPO 10–13 2mo ago W ex-RUBY 13–5 3mo ago L

BIG 5–13 5mo ago W

ex-Zero Tenacity 13–9 5mo ago W WATERMELON 13–5 5mo ago

Projected from each team's veto habits (BO3), assuming 9INE vetoes first. Usual first ban: 9INE Mirage · HOTU Inferno.

Map lab

pick the 3 maps · per-map H2H + prediction

layout

Pick 3 maps ✓

Best-case draws · each side’s strongest realistic Bo3 · tap to load

The veto swings it: 9INE 61% on their maps vs HOTU 79% on theirs. Whoever shapes the pool is favoured. Inferno (50%) is the closest to a toss-up.

9INE51%to win the seriescoin-flipiMap edgesAncient: 9INE 60% · Dust2: HOTU 67% clear · Overpass: 9INE 58%Why9INE hold the edge across the maps (2 of 3 lean their way).Outcomes9INE 51%: 2-1 31%, 2-0 20% · HOTU 49%: 2-0 27%, 2-1 22%
series odds add up every way a team can win, not just one scoreline

9INE 51%49% HOTU

It’s nearly a coin-flip. 9INE only lead because their Ancient is strong enough that nicking just one of the close maps wins the series.

Ancient9IN v HOT

60%

40%

17-11record16-16

61%win50%

60%CT win53%

48%T win47%

64%pistol53%

83%convert82%

Dust29IN v HOT

33%

67%

10-12record33-19

45%win63%

48%CT win51%

47%T win53%

55%pistol50%

71%convert85%

Overpass9IN v HOT

58%

42%

8-5record11-10

62%win52%

65%CT win56%

46%T win47%

42%pistol62%

100%convert77%

Pistol, eco & sides

win% · convert if won · eco if lost · CT/T per map

ct / t side win% (Nuke skews CT, Dust2 T)pistol won the opening pistolconv then won round 2eco lost pistol, won round 2

Map

9INct

9INt

HOTct

HOTt

9INpistol

9INconv

9INeco

HOTpistol

HOTconv

HOTeco

Ancientpool

60%176/293

48%141/292

53%177/337

47%137/294

64%36/56

83%30/36

15%3/20

53%34/64

82%27/33

7%2/29

Dust2pool

48%124/256

47%100/215

51%260/509

53%294/550

55%24/44

71%17/24

25%5/20

50%52/104

85%44/52

25%13/52

Overpasspool

65%75/116

46%67/145

56%111/199

47%109/233

42%11/26

100%10/10

20%3/15

62%26/42

77%20/26

13%2/16

Mirageban

58%14/24

25%2/8

52%148/283

55%143/259

50%2/4

100%2/2

0%0/2

57%31/54

86%25/29

17%4/23

Infernoban

43%75/175

46%69/151

n/a

57%17/30

53%9/17

15%2/13

n/a

Anubisban

43%48/111

50%64/129

58%85/147

63%102/161

54%13/24

92%12/13

18%2/11

53%16/30

94%15/16

14%2/14

Nukeban

58%130/223

52%120/233

57%117/206

50%116/230

43%19/44

94%17/18

24%6/25

50%22/44

77%17/22

14%3/21

colour = vs league averagebelowavgabove

Pistols

9INE wins more pistol rounds: 56% vs 53%. Winning a pistol usually wins you the next few rounds too, so this is a small head start.

After pistol

Win the pistol → both win the next round about the same (81% vs 82%). Lose the pistol → both fight back about the same (20% vs 18%).

Mentality & map flow

comebacks, blown leads

Margins

9INE average a 5.4-round margin (21 blown, biggest 8); HOTU average 5.9 (27 blown, 22 OTs). Hover any ⓘ for the matches behind it.

9INE

Comebacks (won from 3+ down)i18/59 (31%)Comebacks (won from 3+ down)Of the 59 maps they won, 18 (31%) were won after trailing by 3+ rounds. So 31% of their wins were comebacks, not 31% of all games.vs AllianceAnubisfrom 8 down vs TrickedNukefrom 7 down vs TrickedAncientfrom 6 down vs WalczakiInfernofrom 5 down vs Gentle MatesOverpassfrom 4 down

Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)i21/59 (36%)Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)Of the 59 maps they lost, 21 (36%) were lost after leading by 3+ rounds: leads they threw away.vs NRGDust2led 8 · lost 23-25 vs MonteInfernoled 7 · lost 11-13 vs ex-RUBYAncientled 6 · lost 7-13 vs OGInfernoled 6 · lost 15-19 vs Inner CircleAncientled 6 · lost 13-16

Biggest comebackifrom 8 downBiggest comebackLargest deficit erased to win a map.vs AllianceAnubisfrom 8 down · won 19-15

Biggest lead blowni8 roundsBiggest lead blownLargest lead held and still lost.vs NRGDust2led 8 · lost 23-25

Avg map margini5.4 roundsAvg map marginAverage round difference across maps.

Close maps (≤3) · OTi31% · 14Close maps (≤3) · OT31% of their maps were decided by ≤3 rounds (nailbiters); 14 went to overtime.vs K27Ancient12-16 vs BIG AcademyNuke12-16 vs BIG AcademyDust228-24 vs Gentle MatesAncient14-16 vs NRGDust223-25

HOTU

Comebacks (won from 3+ down)i31/108 (29%)Comebacks (won from 3+ down)Of the 108 maps they won, 31 (29%) were won after trailing by 3+ rounds. So 29% of their wins were comebacks, not 29% of all games.vs Gentle MatesAnubisfrom 8 down vs WWDust2from 7 down vs EntropyDust2from 7 down vs BetBoomAnubisfrom 6 down vs MANADust2from 6 down

Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)i27/73 (37%)Leads blown (lost from 3+ up)Of the 73 maps they lost, 27 (37%) were lost after leading by 3+ rounds: leads they threw away.vs WWNukeled 7 · lost 8-13 vs NOVAQOverpassled 6 · lost 13-16 vs ex-RUBYDust2led 6 · lost 11-13 vs BetBoomNukeled 5 · lost 11-13 vs BebopAncientled 5 · lost 26-28

Biggest comebackifrom 8 downBiggest comebackLargest deficit erased to win a map.vs Gentle MatesAnubisfrom 8 down · won 16-12

Biggest lead blowni7 roundsBiggest lead blownLargest lead held and still lost.vs WWNukeled 7 · lost 8-13

Avg map margini5.9 roundsAvg map marginAverage round difference across maps.

Close maps (≤3) · OTi29% · 22Close maps (≤3) · OT29% of their maps were decided by ≤3 rounds (nailbiters); 22 went to overtime.vs NOVAQOverpass13-16 vs BetBoomAncient23-25 vs SangalOverpass16-14 vs Gentle MatesAnubis16-12 vs ALTAYDust216-14

9INE vs HOTU FAQ

Who is favored to win 9INE vs HOTU?

HOTU are favored with a 71% model win probability, and are the bookmakers' favorite too.

What are the betting odds for 9INE vs HOTU?

Bookmakers price 9INE at 2.4 and HOTU at 1.5 (implied 38% vs 62%).

When do 9INE and HOTU play?

9INE vs HOTU is scheduled for 2026-08-09 09:00 UTC at Esports World Cup 2026 Open Qualifier.