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Aug 10, 2026, 02:02 PM
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s1mple on the participants in the 2026 Esports World Cup for CS2: “Half of the teams there are just a bunch of nobodies.”

Dan Kleiman
Alexander “s1mple” Kostylev during a match.

BC.Game Esports CS2 sniper Alexander “s1mple” Kostylev took to his personal Telegram channel to criticize the lineup of participants for the upcoming 2026 Esports World Cup in Counter-Strike 2.

Man, I looked at the teams participating in the EWC main stage. It’s *** [horrible]. Half of the teams there are just a bunch of nobodies. I’m just *** [shocked].

Read also: The group stage matchups and schedule for the first day of the 2026 Esports World Cup in CS2 have been announced.

Earlier, Alexander “s1mple” Kostylev also commented on his team’s loss in the decisive match of the group stage of the open qualifiers for the 2026 Esports World Cup in CS2 against 100 Thieves, with a score of 1:2 on maps.

Photo by Adela Sznajder, ESL.

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