Esports World Cup 2026PlayoffsTier S

Gentle Mates vs NRG

Gentle Mates
12Finished
NRG

NRG win the series 2-1

Start time
Originally scheduled for
Format
Best of three
Tournament
Esports World Cup 2026, Playoffs
Setting
LAN, France

In the bracket

Quarterfinal 4 of the Playoffs. The winner goes to Semifinal 2 against BBL Esports. The loser is eliminated.

See the full bracket

Maps

  1. Map 1M862 min
  2. Map 2NRG51 min
  3. Map 3NRG53 min

Recap

NRG took the series 2-1 against Gentle Mates.

Form and rating going into this match

Gentle Mates

R1GG rating 1586 to 1570 pts-16 pts

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70% win rate 路 60% of maps won

NRG

R1GG rating 1658 to 1674 pts+16 pts

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60% win rate 路 62% of maps won

How the rating works

The 90 days before this match

M8NRG
Series7-3 (70%)12-7 (63%)
BO3 series6-3 (67%)11-6 (65%)
At LAN events5-3 (63%)9-6 (60%)
Online2-0 (100%)3-1 (75%)
Maps15-10 (60%)30-19 (61%)
BO3 went to a third map4 of 9 (44%)7 of 17 (41%)
Average map length45 min50 min
Against the current top 205-2 (71%)6-5 (55%)

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

Common opponents before this match

OpponentM8NRG
Team Liquid3-11-0
FUT Esports2-10-1
Nongshim RedForce1-10-1
XLG Gaming1-02-0
Karmine Corp1-01-0
BBL Esports0-11-0

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

Gentle Mates

  1. Wvs Nongshim RedForceEsports World Cup 20262-1
  2. Wvs XLG GamingEsports World Cup 20262-1
  3. Wvs FUT EsportsEsports World Cup EMEA Qualifier 20263-0
  4. Wvs Team LiquidEsports World Cup EMEA Qualifier 20262-0
  5. Lvs Eternal FireVCT EMEA Stage 1 20260-2

NRG

  1. Wvs Karmine CorpEsports World Cup 20262-1
  2. Lvs Team VitalityEsports World Cup 20261-2
  3. Wvs Paper RexEsports World Cup 20262-1
  4. Lvs FUT EsportsVCT Masters London 20261-2
  5. Lvs Leviat谩n EsportsVCT Masters London 20261-2

Lineups

Gentle Mates

Registered for this event

  • bipo
  • marteen
  • Minny
  • Proxh
  • starxo

Since Esports World Cup EMEA Qualifier 2026: Proxh in; GLYPH out.

NRG

Registered for this event

  • brawk
  • Ethan
  • Keiko
  • mada
  • skuba

Same lineup as at VCT Masters London 2026.

Head to head before this match

Gentle Mates and NRG have not played each other in our records.

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

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