Esports World Cup 2026 Open Qualifier · August 9, 2026 · BO3

HOTU 2–1 Inner Circle

HOTU beat Inner Circle 2–1 at Esports World Cup 2026 Open Qualifier on August 9, 2026.

headtr1ck had the best rating of the series, 1.63, with 61 kills and 35 deaths.

Maps

Ancient 13–10

CT rounds / T rounds: HOTU; CT 7/12; T 6/11; Inner Circle; CT 5/11; T 5/12

2D replay

Nuke 3–13

CT rounds / T rounds: HOTU; CT 0/4; T 3/12; Inner Circle; CT 9/12; T 4/4

2D replay

Anubis 13–11

CT rounds / T rounds: HOTU; CT 7/12; T 6/12; Inner Circle; CT 6/12; T 5/12

2D replay

HOTU

Player	K	D	A	+/−	ADR	KAST	HS%	Swing	Rating
n0rb3r7	46	48	10	-2	76.3	68.3%	52.2%	-1.4%	1.13
dwushka	45	47	11	-2	79.0	69.9%	73.3%	-0.3%	1.16
frontales	44	39	11	+5	72.8	69.9%	27.3%	+2.6%	1.33
mizu	36	47	19	-11	71.2	69.9%	47.2%	-2.5%	0.96
kade0	35	47	11	-12	64.3	71.4%	54.3%	-2.4%	0.90

Inner Circle

Player	K	D	A	+/−	ADR	KAST	HS%	Swing	Rating
headtr1ck	61	35	13	+26	104.2	82.6%	39.3%	+4.6%	1.63
Dawy	54	41	15	+13	92.3	79.4%	51.9%	+3.0%	1.39
zeRRoFIX	47	41	17	+6	71.4	77.8%	46.8%	-0.8%	1.08
cptkurtka023	39	47	16	-8	73.0	76.2%	69.2%	-1.1%	0.99
onic	27	44	16	-17	50.6	69.8%	66.7%	-2.8%	0.75

Rating weighs kills, deaths, damage, KAST and round swing per round, each adjusted for the round's economy; about 1.00 is average. Swing is how much a player moved their team's chance of winning the round, per round. Numbers from Subtick's own parse of the match demos.