Experts: Team Vitality is still considered the favorite of EWC 2026

Bookmaker BETBOOM experts said that the Counter-Strike 2 squads of Team Vitality, Team Falcons and Team Spirit have the best chance of winning the playoffs of the Esports World Cup 2026. Analysts believe least in magic, Legacy and GamerLegion.

The odds are taken from the BETBOOM bookmaker website and are current at the time of publication of the material. See the rating of esports bookmakers on.

The matches of the last stage of the Esports World Cup 2026 for CS2 will be held on August 19-23. The teams will fight in single-elimination format. You can follow the schedule and results of matches in the report.

EWC 2026 playoff bracket:

• 1/8 finals 08/19/26 at 17:00 G2 Astralis
• 08/19/26 at 19:55 FURIA Aurora
• 08/19/26 at 17:00 FUT Esports magic
• 08/19/26 at 19:55 GamerLegion MOUZ
• 08.20.26 at 14:00 NAVI Legacy
• 08/20/26 at 14:00 Falcons Mongolz
• 08/20/26 at 16:55 FaZe Vitality
• 08/20/26 at 16:55 B8 Spirit

1/4 finals

• 08.20.26 at 19:50 TBD TBD
• 08.21.26 at 14:00 TBD TBD
• 08/21/26 at 16:55 TBD TBD
• 08.21.26 at 19:50 TBD TBD

Semi-final

• 08.22.26 at 17:00 TBD TBD
• 08.22.26 at 19:55 TBD TBD

Final

• 08.23.26 at 14:30 TBD TBD