HOTU down Inner Circle 2-1 at Esports World Cup 2026: Open Qualifier

HOTU knocked off Inner Circle 2-1 in a hard-fought series at the Esports World Cup 2026: Open Qualifier playoffs. The series went the distance, with HOTU ultimately prevailing on Anubis after dropping Nuke.

Esports World Cup 2026: Open Qualifier · Playoffs 9 Aug · 15:30

Inner Circle 1 : 2 HOTU

Ancient: HOTU won 13-10 over Inner Circle.

Nuke: Inner Circle won 13-3 over HOTU.

Anubis: HOTU won 13-11 over Inner Circle.

headtr1ck carried for Inner Circle with a 1.74 rating, while frontales led HOTU with a 1.13 rating. The win propels HOTU further into the Esports World Cup 2026: Open Qualifier playoffs.

Inner Circle

34

PlayerKDADRRTG

headtr1ck

61 35 94.3 1.74

Dawy

54 41 95.0 1.32

zeRRoFIX

46 41 72.7 1.12

cptkurtka023

39 47 76.2 0.83

onic

27 44 49.9 0.61

HOTU

29

PlayerKDADRRTG

frontales

44 39 65.9 1.13

n0rb3r7

46 48 78.1 0.96

dwushka

45 47 78.4 0.96

mizu

36 47 73.3 0.77

kade0

34 47 58.3 0.72