paiN vs Wildcard (2-1) - Esports World Cup 2026 (group lower bracket)

Esports World Cup 2026·group lower bracket

FINAL

paiN

#26 World

2—1

Wildcard

#38 World

SS-Tier·Prize pool $2,000,000·Paris, FranceLAN

MAP 1Inferno

paiN

CT 6 · T 6

12–16

Wildcard

CT 6 · T 6 · OT 4

MAP 2Nuke

paiN

CT 4 · T 9

13–3

Wildcard

CT 3 · T 0

MAP 3Mirage

paiN

CT 11 · T 2

13–7

Wildcard

CT 6 · T 1

MATCH REPORT

MVP

snow · paiN

1.26 rating · 48–36 K–D · 81 ADR

paiN edged out Wildcard 2–1 at Esports World Cup 2026 on 15 August 2026. The best-of-3 series ran across Inferno, Nuke, Mirage.

Inferno went 16–12 to Wildcard after overtime. reck led the map with a 1.44 rating and 23 kills. Nuke went 13–3 to paiN in one-sided fashion. saffee led the map with a 1.61 rating and 15 kills. Mirage went 13–7 to paiN. snow led the map with a 1.55 rating and 20 kills.

Standout moments: nEMANHA's a 1v5 clutch in round 3 on Mirage, Cxzi's a 1v3 clutch in round 11 on Mirage, snow's a 1v1 clutch in round 11 on Mirage. snow earned series MVP with a 1.26 rating (48–36 K–D, 81 ADR).

Map Veto

· BO3 sequence

WildcardbannedAncient

Ban

paiNbannedCache

Ban

WildcardpickedInferno

← Map 1

paiNpickedNuke

← Map 2

WildcardbannedAnubis

Ban

paiNbannedDust2

Ban

DeciderisMirage

← Map 3

Rosters

paiN

Rodrigo Bittencourt

Guilherme Barbosa

João Vinicius

Vinicius Moreira

Rafael Costa

Coach

rikz

Henrique Waku

coach

Wildcard

Nemanja Đukić

Jaxon Cornwell

Ethan Serrano

Miłosz Knasiak

Jadan Postma

Danny Strzelczyk

Player Stats

Player
paiN
saffee Rafael Costa	21	19	2	78.1	10%
piriajr Guilherme Barbosa	19	16	9	64.6	47%
snow João Vinicius	14	19	5	71.0	71%
biguzera Rodrigo Bittencourt	12	20	9	56.2	50%
v$m Vinicius Moreira	14	19	9	61.9	71%
Wildcard
reck Ethan Serrano	23	13	8	86.6	30%
Cxzi Danny Strzelczyk	23	17	10	84.5	48%
nEMANHA Nemanja Đukić	17	16	5	80.0	53%
HexT Jadan Postma	19	16	3	66.0	32%
mhL Miłosz Knasiak	11	18	3	49.4	18%

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Match Context

paiN is 2-3 in their last 5, and Wildcard is 1-4 in their last 5. VRS Elo ratings gave paiN a 63% pre-match win probability.

Win Probability

Pre-match · VRS Elo

paiN

63%

Wildcard

37%

Recent Form

paiN

2–0

1–2

0–1

0–2

Wildcard

0–1

0–2

2–0

0–2

Tournament

Esports World Cup 2026

Paris, France·LAN·$2,000,000

Aug 12, 2026

paiN vs Wildcard (2-1) - Esports World Cup 2026

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Rosters

paiN

Wildcard

Player Stats

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