VCT EMEA Stage 1 2026PlayoffsTier A

Team Liquid vs Gentle Mates

Team Liquid
12Finished
Gentle Mates

Gentle Mates win the series 2-1

Start time
Originally scheduled for
Format
Best of three
Tournament
VCT EMEA Stage 1 2026, Playoffs
Setting
LAN, Germany

In the bracket

Lower bracket round 1 match 2 of the Playoffs. The winner goes to Lower bracket quarterfinal 2. The loser is eliminated.

See the full bracket

Maps

  1. Map 1TL33 min
  2. Map 2M850 min
  3. Map 3M855 min

Recap

Gentle Mates beat Team Liquid 2-1 at VCT EMEA Stage 1 2026.

Form and rating going into this match

Team Liquid

R1GG rating 1618 to 1594 pts-24 pts

LWWLWWLLWW

60% win rate 路 61% of maps won

Gentle Mates

R1GG rating 1482 to 1507 pts+25 pts

LLWWLLLWWW

50% win rate 路 50% of maps won

How the rating works

The 90 days before this match

TLM8
Series8-4 (67%)5-6 (45%)
BO3 series7-4 (64%)4-5 (44%)
At LAN events8-4 (67%)5-6 (45%)
Maps18-10 (64%)15-16 (48%)
BO3 went to a third map3 of 11 (27%)3 of 9 (33%)
Average map length46 min48 min
Against the current top 205-3 (63%)2-5 (29%)

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

Common opponents before this match

OpponentTLM8
Natus Vincere1-02-1
Team Heretics2-00-1
FUT Esports0-11-1
Karmine Corp2-01-0
Fnatic1-11-0
GIANTX1-01-0

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

Team Liquid

  1. Lvs Team VitalityVCT EMEA Stage 1 20261-2
  2. Wvs Gentle MatesVCT EMEA Stage 1 20262-0
  3. Wvs Natus VincereVCT EMEA Stage 1 20262-1
  4. Lvs FUT EsportsVCT EMEA Stage 1 20260-2
  5. Wvs Team HereticsVCT EMEA Stage 1 20262-0

Gentle Mates

  1. Lvs Team LiquidVCT EMEA Stage 1 20260-2
  2. Lvs Team HereticsVCT EMEA Stage 1 20260-2
  3. Wvs Natus VincereVCT EMEA Stage 1 20262-0
  4. Wvs Karmine CorpVCT EMEA Stage 1 20262-1
  5. Lvs FUT EsportsVCT EMEA Stage 1 20261-2

Lineups

Team Liquid

Registered for this event

  • kamo
  • MiniBoo
  • nAts
  • purp0
  • Wayne

Same lineup as at VCT Masters Santiago 2026.

Gentle Mates

Registered for this event

  • bipo
  • GLYPH
  • marteen
  • Minny
  • starxo

Same lineup as at VCT Masters Santiago 2026.

Head to head before this match

Team Liquid 1 : 2 Gentle Mates

Last meeting: , VCT EMEA Stage 1 2026

All 3 meetings

Schedule checked 10/22/26, 4:17 PM

All times UTC.Updated