m0NESY is the most-picked “golden card”
Esports World Cup 2026 – Playoffs
Format
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You can create your teams on the Fantasy page here.
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Sixteen-team single-elimination bracket with third place decider.
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Grand final is BO5, all other matches are BO3.
Teams
Things to note
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Somewhat unusually, the first quarter-final will happen right after the end of the round of 16.
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The third place decider guarantees that all teams making semi-finals will play out two rounds.
Player prices & pick stats
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The bracket draw produced a lopsided bracket with Vitality, Spirit, Natus Vincere, and Falcons all being drawn into the bottom side of it. Minor player price adjustments were made to account for that.
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The most popular “golden card” pick is Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov who goes for $235k, the fourth most-picked overall and present roughly on every fifth team. His pick rate is double that of Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut, who goes for the same price, and almost double that of Danil “donk” Kryshkovets, who goes for $240k.
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The second-most picked player is Yasin “xfl0ud” Koç. The Turkish rifler goes for $195k while his team is set to face magic in round of 16, the biggest underdog of the playoffs, and he has shown a strong performance at the event so far with a 1.42 rating. Notably, FUT are set to meet the winner of GamerLegion vs. MOUZ, the latter of which FUT bested in the group stage.
Prizes
1. Shadow Daggers | Tiger Tooth (Factory New)
2. AK-47 | Asiimov (Minimal Wear)
3. AWP | Redline (Field-Tested)
4. M4A4 | The Battlestar (Minimal Wear)
5-10. Desert Eagle | Mecha Industries (Factory New)
