comeback2026-08-19
MOUZ13–11GamerLegion
MOUZ went into the break 2–10 down on T, took the second half 11–1 on CT — 13–11 over GamerLegion.
Nuke · MOUZ started on T
Esports World Cup 2026
Paris, France
Spirit Win the Esports World Cup 3-1 With Two Overtime Maps After FUT Take Cache
FUT opened the Paris final 13-10 on Cache, and Spirit needed overtime twice to turn it — 16-13 on Anubis and 16-14 on Ancient — before Nuke closed it 13-5. Spirit finished 6-1, thirteen maps to four; FUT reached the final at 5-1. Thirty-two teams played fifty-six matches, seventeen of them going to a deciding map. Cache was on the server eleven times, while Anubis was banned first in thirteen matches and played in seven.
2026-08-12 – 2026-08-23, part of Season 5. 56 matches played across 115 maps at Tier 1 events — HLTV Majors and international LAN events with a prize pool between $600,000 and $2,000,000.
championWho took it
Spirit won this event's chronologically last recorded match.
Why no bracket is shown
matches.stage is empty on every row in this snapshot — no bracket, round, or placement is derivable for this event, or any other on this site.
momentsThe maps worth remembering here
The maps from this event that were not ordinary — a half thrown away and won back, a game that would not end, a side that conceded nothing. Ranked by how rare each reading is across every map in this snapshot, rarest first.
marathon2026-08-19
GamerLegion22–19MOUZ
GamerLegion and MOUZ played 41 rounds and triple overtime before it broke, 22–19.
Ancient · GamerLegion started on T
shutout2026-08-13
G213–1BIG
G2 beat BIG 13–1, conceding a single round.
Inferno · G2 started on T
marathon2026-08-16
magic19–179z
magic and 9z played 36 rounds and double overtime before it broke, 19–17.
Ancient · magic started on T
comeback2026-08-19
FURIA13–9Aurora
FURIA went into the break 3–9 down on T, took the second half 10–0 on CT — 13–9 over Aurora.
Mirage · FURIA started on T
comeback2026-08-14
B813–11Vitality
B8 went into the break 3–9 down on T, took the second half 10–2 on CT — 13–11 over Vitality.
Inferno · B8 started on T
comeback2026-08-14
MOUZ16–12FUT
MOUZ went into the break 3–9 down on T, took the second half 9–3 on CT, and won overtime 4–0 — 16–12 over FUT.
Nuke · MOUZ started on T
marathon2026-08-13
Spirit19–15Luminosity
Spirit and Luminosity played 34 rounds and double overtime before it broke, 19–15.
Dust2 · Spirit started on T
decider2026-08-22
FUT16–13FURIA
The series went the distance and the decider went to overtime — FUT took it 16–13.
Dust2 · FUT started on CT
What these readings are drawn from
Drawn from results, half-by-half round counts and overtime only. This snapshot carries no demo data, so nothing here is about an individual player.
formatHow the event was run
Double elimination Bo3 - Upper bracket quarter-finals Bo1 | Single elimination Bo3 - Grand final Bo5 3rd place decider match Bo3
maps playedWhat was picked, banned and left over
Every map this event's veto touched, picked or played, at least once — Anubis was the most first-banned map (13 matches), and Ancient was the most first-picked (10 matches).
- Dust II24 maps played
52.6% CT · 47.4% T — 2.6pts CT-leaning
picked 18 · banned 32 · left over 6 · first ban 8 · first pick 10 · decider 6
- Ancient19 maps played
48.0% CT · 52.0% T — 2.0pts T-leaning
picked 19 · banned 29 · left over 8 · first ban 6 · first pick 10 · decider 8
- Inferno18 maps played
50.0% CT · 50.0% T — an even split
picked 12 · banned 36 · left over 8 · first ban 9 · first pick 4 · decider 8
- Mirage18 maps played
60.6% CT · 39.4% T — 10.6pts CT-leaning
picked 7 · banned 32 · left over 17 · first ban 9 · first pick 4 · decider 17
- Nuke18 maps played
58.4% CT · 41.6% T — 8.4pts CT-leaning
picked 13 · banned 34 · left over 9 · first ban 9 · first pick 5 · decider 9
- Cache11 maps played
48.7% CT · 51.3% T — 1.3pts T-leaning
picked 6 · banned 44 · left over 6 · first ban 2 · first pick 5 · decider 6
- Anubis7 maps played
45.5% CT · 54.5% T — 4.5pts T-leaning
picked 7 · banned 47 · left over 2 · first ban 13 · first pick 2 · decider 2
Per-map veto counts and the thin-sample rule
A row marked "thin sample" played under a quarter of this event's own busiest map — the same relative cut `/pro-meta` uses for a thin season or month, applied here within this one event. A map with no CT/T bar was banned before it was ever played, not omitted.
against the seasonHow it compares with its own season
This event played 115 maps at 52.8% CT; Season 5 as a whole played 196 maps at 52.4% CT (2.4pts CT-leaning) — 0.4pts more CT-sided than the season as a whole.