Thunderpick World Championship Closed Qualifier 2026

Finished

Game: Counter-Strike 2
Region: Eastern Europe
Tier: Tier B
Format: Online
Dates: 09.09.26 – 13.09.26

Winner

Where this event leadsNext stop: Thunderpick World Championship 2026 · 14.10.26 – 18.10.26Teams from this event who played there:

NIP

Playoffs12.09.26 – 13.09.26

Final placings
#	Team
1	Virtus.pro
2	Heroic
3	HOTU
4	BBL
5	1WIN
6	100 Thieves
7	Wildcard
8	FOKUS

Bracket

QuarterfinalFOKUS1Virtus.pro2 BBL2Wildcard0 HOTU2100 Thieves0 Heroic21WIN1

SemifinalBBL1HOTU2 Virtus.pro2Heroic1

Grand finalVirtus.pro3HOTU0

Matches 7 matches

12.0908:10BO3Quarterfinal 2

FOKUS51%11 : 2

Virtus.pro49%2 12.0911:40BO3Quarterfinal 4

BBL46%22 : 0

Wildcard54%0 12.0914:00BO3Quarterfinal 3

HOTU54%22 : 0

100 Thieves46%0 12.0917:00BO3Quarterfinal 1

Heroic68%22 : 1

1WIN32%1 13.0908:00BO3Semifinal 2

BBL40%11 : 2

HOTU60%2 13.0911:25BO3Semifinal 1

Virtus.pro28%22 : 1

Heroic72%1 13.0915:00BO5Grand final

Virtus.pro27%33 : 0

HOTU73%0

Group A09.09.26 – 11.09.26

Final placings
#	Team
1	Heroic
2	Virtus.pro
3	K27
4	BESTIA

Went through to a later stage Eliminated here

Matches 5 matches

09.0908:00BO3Group A

K2762%22 : 1

Virtus.pro38%1 09.0911:15BO3Group A

Heroic73%22 : 0

BESTIA27%0 10.0908:00BO3Elimination match

BESTIA54%00 : 2

Virtus.pro46%2 10.0908:30BO3Winners match

Heroic68%22 : 1

K2732%1 11.0908:10BO3Decider match

K2760%00 : 2

Virtus.pro40%2

Group B09.09.26 – 11.09.26

Final placings
#	Team
1	HOTU
2	Wildcard
3	Team Nemesis
4	EYEBALLERS

Went through to a later stage Eliminated here

Matches 5 matches

09.0908:00BO3Group B

HOTU66%22 : 0

Wildcard34%0 09.0914:00BO3Group B

EYEBALLERS37%00 : 2

Team Nemesis63%2 10.0911:00BO3Elimination match

Wildcard49%22 : 1

EYEBALLERS51%1 10.0912:00BO3Winners match

HOTU51%22 : 1

Team Nemesis49%1 11.0911:00BO3Decider match

Team Nemesis64%00 : 2

Wildcard36%2

Group C09.09.26 – 11.09.26

Final placings
#	Team
1	BBL
2	100 Thieves
3	3DMAX
4	Acend

Went through to a later stage Eliminated here

Matches 5 matches

09.0911:15BO3Group C

3DMAX69%22 : 0

Acend31%0 09.0914:00BO3Group C

100 Thieves75%11 : 2

BBL25%2 10.0914:00BO3Winners match

3DMAX70%11 : 2

BBL30%2 10.0914:40BO3Elimination match

Acend36%00 : 2

100 Thieves64%2 11.0914:10BO3Deciedr match

3DMAX51%00 : 2

100 Thieves49%2

Group D09.09.26 – 11.09.26

Final placings
#	Team
1	FOKUS
2	1WIN
3	NIP
4	Infinite

Went through to a later stage Eliminated here

Matches 5 matches

09.0917:00BO3Group D

1WIN79%22 : 1

Infinite21%1 09.0917:15BO3Group D

NIP72%00 : 2

FOKUS28%2 10.0917:00BO3Elimination match

NIP78%22 : 0

Infinite22%0 10.0917:10BO3Winners match

FOKUS29%22 : 0

1WIN71%0 11.0917:00BO3Decider match

1WIN42%22 : 1

NIP58%1

13.0915:00BO5Playoffs

Virtus.pro27%33 : 0

HOTU73%0 13.0911:25BO3Playoffs

Virtus.pro28%22 : 1

Heroic72%1 13.0908:00BO3Playoffs

BBL40%11 : 2

HOTU60%2 12.0917:00BO3Playoffs

Heroic68%22 : 1

1WIN32%1 12.0914:00BO3Playoffs

HOTU54%22 : 0

100 Thieves46%0 12.0911:40BO3Playoffs

BBL46%22 : 0

Wildcard54%0 12.0908:10BO3Playoffs

FOKUS51%11 : 2

Virtus.pro49%2 11.0917:00BO3Group D

1WIN42%22 : 1

NIP58%1

Thunderpick World Championship Closed Qualifier 2026: map stats

Map	Played	Avg rounds	CT round win %
Cache	14	22.5	52%
Ancient	13	20.5	58%
Mirage	12	22.5	58%
Dust II	11	21.7	47%
Nuke	7	19.7	64%
Anubis	5	22.2	51%
Inferno	5	22.2	51%

Source: Liquipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0

Thunderpick World Championship Closed Qualifier 2026 at a glance

Thunderpick World Championship Closed Qualifier 2026 is a Counter-Strike 2 event, tier B, for the Eastern Europe region, played 09.09.26 – 13.09.26. 16 teams take part in 5 stages: Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D, Playoffs. Format: Online. Virtus.pro won Thunderpick World Championship Closed Qualifier 2026.