VCT EMEA Stage 2 2026Play-InsTier A

Team Heretics vs Natus Vincere

Team Heretics
21Finished
Natus Vincere

Team Heretics win the series 2-1

Start time
Originally scheduled for
Format
Best of three
Tournament
VCT EMEA Stage 2 2026, Play-Ins
Setting
LAN

In the bracket

Lower bracket round 1 match 2 of the Play-Ins. The winner goes to Lower bracket quarterfinal 1 against Eintracht Frankfurt. The loser is eliminated.

See the full bracket

Maps

  1. Map 1TH62 min
  2. Map 2NAVI56 min
  3. Map 3TH44 min

Recap

Team Heretics took the series 2-1 against Natus Vincere.

Form and rating going into this match

Team Heretics

R1GG rating 1587 to 1599 pts+12 pts

LWWLWLLWWL

50% win rate · 54% of maps won

Natus Vincere

R1GG rating 1477 to 1465 pts-12 pts

LWLLLWLWWL

40% win rate · 44% of maps won

How the rating works

The 90 days before this match

THNAVI
Series8-6 (57%)4-6 (40%)
BO3 series6-6 (50%)4-5 (44%)
At LAN events8-6 (57%)2-4 (33%)
Online–2-2 (50%)
Maps21-17 (55%)11-14 (44%)
BO3 went to a third map5 of 12 (42%)4 of 9 (44%)
Average map length47 min49 min
Against the current top 202-6 (25%)2-4 (33%)

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

Common opponents before this match

OpponentTHNAVI
FUT Esports2-01-2
Karmine Corp1-12-0
BBL Esports1-10-2
Team Liquid0-21-1
Fnatic2-01-0
Gentle Mates1-00-2

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

Team Heretics

  1. Lvs Fire Flux EsportsVCT EMEA Stage 2 20261-2
  2. Wvs FnaticVCT EMEA Stage 2 20262-0
  3. Wvs GIANTXVCT EMEA Stage 2 20262-0
  4. Lvs Karmine CorpVCT EMEA Stage 2 20260-2
  5. Wvs Eternal FireVCT EMEA Stage 2 20262-0

Natus Vincere

  1. Lvs JoblifeVCT EMEA Stage 2 20261-2
  2. Wvs Pcific EsportsVCT EMEA Stage 2 20262-0
  3. Lvs BBL EsportsVCT EMEA Stage 2 20261-2
  4. Lvs Gentle MatesVCT EMEA Stage 2 20260-2
  5. Lvs Team VitalityVCT EMEA Stage 2 20261-2

Lineups

Team Heretics

Registered for this event

  • benjyfishy
  • Boo
  • Koshmaras
  • RieNs
  • Wo0t

Same lineup as at Esports World Cup 2026.

Natus Vincere

Registered for this event

  • chloric
  • CyvOph
  • ExiT
  • hiro
  • Kolosha
  • Ruxic

Since Esports World Cup EMEA Qualifier 2026: CyvOph, Kolosha in; Filu out.

Head to head before this match

Team Heretics 2 : 3 Natus Vincere

Last meeting: , VCT EMEA Stage 1 2026

All 5 meetings

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

All times UTC.Updated