Team Spirit advanced to the playoffs of the Esports World Cup 2026, defeating BIG

Team Spirit defeated BIG in the duel for reaching the playoffs of the Esports World Cup 2026 in Counter-Strike 2. The confrontation ended with a score of 2:1 - 9:13 on Cache, 13:10 on Dust2 and 13:7 on Mirage.

The team of Boris magixx Vorobyov guaranteed themselves a slot in the next stage of EWC 2026. Previously, Natus Vincere, Team Falcons, FaZe Clan, B8 Esports, FUT Esports, FURIA Esports, GamerLegion, G2 Esports and Aurora Gaming made it to the playoffs.

EWC 2026 for CS2 takes place from 12 to 23 August. The teams are fighting for a prize fund of $2 million. The schedule and results of the event can be tracked in the report.

Match statistics:

• Cache BIG Spirit 13:9
• Dust2 BIG Spirit 10:13
• Mirage BIG Spirit 7:13

Group A grid:

• 1/4 finals 08/12/26 at 13:35 Spirit 0 JiJieHao 1
• 08/12/26 at 12:00 Luminosity 0 GamerLegion 1
• 08/12/26 at 15:00 G2 1 M80 0
• 08/12/26 at 12:00 BIG 1 Aurora 0

Semi-final

• 08/13/26 at 14:00 JiJieHao 0 GamerLegion 2
• 08/13/26 at 16:20 G2 2 BIG 1

• Round 1 08/13/26 at 14:00 Spirit 2 Luminosity 0
• 08/13/26 at 16:55 M80 0 Aurora 2

Round 2

• 08/15/26 at 21:10 BIG 1 Spirit 2
• 08/15/26 at 19:50 JiJieHao 0 Aurora 2