All participants in the 2026 Esports Nations Cup for CS2 have been determined
The regional qualifiers for the 2026 Esports Nations Cup in Counter-Strike 2 recently concluded. As a result, all participants in the LAN tournament have been announced.
List of participating national teams for the 2026 Esports Nations Cup
France
- Hugo “Brooxsy” Di Bono
- Thomas “Djoko” Pavoni
- Pierre “Ex3rcice” Büling
- Étienne “drac” Salayun
- Julien “jL” Buzogani
- Pierrick “cHeuuuuk” Riott (coach)
United Kingdom
- Owen “smooya” Butterfield
- Kai “CYPHER” Watson
- Marco “MMS” Salomon
- Oscar “AZUWU” Bell
- Sebastian “volt” Malosh
- Max “MiGHTYMAX” Heath (coach)
Germany
- Johannes “tabseN” Vodartz
- David “prosus” Hesse
- Fritz “slaxz-” Dietrich
- Elias “s1n” Stein
- Jan “kyuubii” Ali
- Jan “Swani” Müller (coach)
Denmark
- Jamie “Leakz” Jensen
- Jason “salazar” Salazar
- Oliver “IceBerg” Berg
- Philip “Lucky” Ewald
- Christian “Vster” Vestergaard
Lithuania
- Justinas “jL” Lekavičius
- Vilius “tAk” Keserauskas
- Matas “MAGILA” Magila
- Žygimantas “nukkye” Khmelyauskas
- Deividas “Uzman” Narutis
- Albinas “tooizera” Šeputis (coach)
Romania
- Lavrentiy “lauNX” Cyrlea
- Adrian “XELLOW” Guta
- Alexander “s0und” Stefan
- Mihai “fNk” Kostach
- Radu “HOLY” Vrancanu
- Catalin-Ionut “BTN” Stanescu (coach)
Poland
- Wojciech “Prism” Zieba
- Patrick “Demho” Tomaszewski
- Roland “ultimate” Tomkovyak
- Konrad “Qlocuu” Kloczek
- Mateusz “Ex1st” Witman
- Grzegorz “SZPERO” Dżamalek (coach)
Bulgaria
- Teodor “SPELLAN” Nikolov
- Dimitar “Skrimo” Yanulov
- Hristiyan “REDSTAR” Pironkov
- Kaloyan “shaiK” Borisov
- Georgi “SHiPZ” Grigorov
- Milen “milky” Iliev (coach)
Brazil
- João “naitte” Maia
- Adriano “WOOD7” Serato
- Italo “ksloks” Mainberg
- Mateus “Tuurtle” Anhaiya
- Lucas “destiny” Bulo
Argentina
- Martin “tomaszin” Korna
- Nicolás “buda” Kramer
- Ignacio “nacho” Rodríguez
- Sebastián “righi” Righi
- Joaquín “Brooxsy” Biglieri
- Lorenzo “RUGO” Rugo (coach)
Chile
- David “dav1deuS” Tapia
- Matías “HUASOPEEK” Ibáñez
- Marcelo “wait” Cárdenas
- icepeek
- sotoz1n
- gazz
Morocco
- Adil “ScreaM” Benrlitom
- Nabil “Nivera” Benrlitom
- Ali “hAdji” Khainous
- Ryan “Yeneurs” Admi
- hawk
Kazakhstan
- Zhasulan “Botpa1” Esembek
- Sanzhar “def1zer” Talgat
- Mustafa “forkyz” Maulenkul
- Danial “demente” Ismailov
- Kaisar “ICY” Faiznurov
Turkey
- Ahmet “darendeli” Şengül
- Orhan “Vej” Hamarat
- Kadir “cadnyx” Tuncay
- Semih “zemix” Baykara
- Aziz “souv” Altynsoy
- Sezgin “Fabre” Kalaychi (coach)
Australia
- Joshua “INS” Potter
- Declan “Vexite” Portelli
- Alistair “aliStair” Johnston
- Jay “Liazz” Tregillagas
- Jared “HaZR” O’Brie
- Aaron “AZR” Ward (coach)
United States
- Wyatt “snav” Filippi
- Carson “nosraC” O’Riley
- Paytin “junior” Johnson
- Hizar “Momo” Riman
- Mason “mason” Watkins
Canada
- Joshua “steel” Nissan
- Justin “FaNg” Cockley
- Colby “Walco” Walsh
- Evindar “Drop” Isik
- Andrew “shiraz” McGrath
- Damian “daps” Steel (coach)
Mexico
- Brian “Marro” Valles
- José “SecretAgent” Fernández
- Edgar “MarKE” Maldonado
- Jorge “b1” Diaz
- Arturo “AMC” Carrasco
- LuckyLena (coach)
Uzbekistan
- Timur “DSSj” Abdullin
- Boris “Ryujin” Kim
- Amirbek “wetfy” Timurov
- Daniel “icyvlone” Li
- Ruslan “fr0k” Gizatov
- Dmitry “iksou” Mikhailichenko (coach)
China
- Qingsong “SPine” Long
- Hao “rage” Yu
- Guanshen “suki” Wang
- Jiancong “tutu” Wu
- Yihan “L1haNg” Li
Mongolia
- Undrakhbayar “ROUX” Zolbayar
- Yalalt “yAmi” Oyuunbileg
- Chinguun “hasteka” Bayarmaa
- Tengis “sk0R” Batjargal
- Sergelen “sergelen19k” Baldansaruul
- Munkh-Ochir “Redka” Myagmarsuren (coach)
South Africa
- Jonathan “Doru” Fox
- Wilhein “wilj” Smith
- Kian “Triton” Gibson
- Marshan “March” Smith
- Michael “FROZ3N” van der Walt
- Tiaan “T.c” Korzen (coach)
Indonesia
- Andre “WasteOfAmmo” Joshua Poluakhan
- Muhammad “marsyy” Suleiman
- Ahmad Rismana “neorah” Handachnida
- SpicyWolfy
- CIELLE
Vietnam
- Huy Lam “iCeyDal” Huy
- Nguyen Cong Hoang “Sylvain” An
- Thai Dat “tad” Nguyen
- nTK
- KJ
The 2026 Esports Nations Cup for Counter-Strike 2 will take place from November 10 to 15 in Saudi Arabia. Twenty-four national teams will compete in the championship, 16 of which will advance to the playoffs following the group stage. The tournament’s total prize pool will be $1,320,000.
Photo: Esports Foundation.
Alexey Mikhailov
