VCT Americas Stage 2 2026Play-InTier A

Cloud9 vs Evil Geniuses

Cloud9
12Finished
Evil Geniuses

Evil Geniuses win the series 2-1

Start time
Originally scheduled for
Format
Best of three
Tournament
VCT Americas Stage 2 2026, Play-In
Setting
Online

In the bracket

Upper bracket round 2 match 4 of the Play-In. The winner goes to Upper bracket round 3 match 2 against FURIA Esports. The loser drops to Lower bracket round 1 match 1.

See the full bracket

Maps

  1. Map 1C936 min
  2. Map 2EG41 min
  3. Map 3EG56 min

Recap

Evil Geniuses beat Cloud9 2-1 at VCT Americas Stage 2 2026.

Form and rating going into this match

Cloud9

R1GG rating 1470 to 1451 pts-19 pts

WWWLLLLLLL

30% win rate · 40% of maps won

Evil Geniuses

R1GG rating 1429 to 1448 pts+19 pts

LWLLWLWWLL

40% win rate · 42% of maps won

How the rating works

The 90 days before this match

C9EG
Series3-3 (50%)2-4 (33%)
BO3 series3-3 (50%)2-4 (33%)
At LAN events2-3 (40%)2-3 (40%)
Online1-0 (100%)0-1 (0%)
Maps8-7 (53%)5-8 (38%)
BO3 went to a third map3 of 6 (50%)1 of 6 (17%)
Average map length46 min44 min
Against the current top 201-2 (33%)0-3 (0%)

Completed series, forfeits left out. Map length counts maps with a start and end time.

Common opponents before this match

OpponentC9EG
Sentinels0-21-2
Team Envy0-22-0
100 Thieves1-00-1
KRÜ Esports1-00-1
MIBR1-00-1
Leviatán Esports0-10-1

Teams both sides played in the 180 days before the match, with each side's series record against them.

Last 5 results before this match

Cloud9

  1. Wvs Fluxo W7MVCT Americas Stage 2 20262-1
  2. Wvs 100 ThievesVCT Americas Stage 2 20262-0
  3. Wvs KRÜ EsportsVCT Americas Stage 2 20262-0
  4. Lvs LOUDVCT Americas Stage 2 20261-2
  5. Lvs G2 EsportsVCT Americas Stage 2 20260-2

Evil Geniuses

  1. Lvs NRGVCT Americas Stage 2 20260-2
  2. Wvs FURIA EsportsVCT Americas Stage 2 20262-0
  3. Lvs MIBRVCT Americas Stage 2 20260-2
  4. Lvs Leviatán EsportsVCT Americas Stage 2 20260-2
  5. Wvs Team EnvyVCT Americas Stage 2 20262-0

Lineups

Cloud9

Registered for this event

  • FireBallOps
  • Jackk
  • OXY
  • v1c
  • Zellsis

Since Esports World Cup Americas Qualifier 2026: FireBallOps, v1c in; notexxd, traded, Xeppaa out.

Evil Geniuses

Registered for this event

  • bao
  • dgzin
  • Paincakes
  • supamen
  • Zerona

Same lineup as at Esports World Cup Americas Qualifier 2026.

Head to head before this match

Cloud9 1 : 1 Evil Geniuses

Last meeting: , VCT Americas Stage 2 2025

All 2 meetings

Schedule checked 10/22/26, 4:22 PM

All times UTC.Updated