Adekvat on Group D at the 2026 Dota 2 Esports World Cup: “The most competitive group”
Caster Rustam “Adekvat” Mavlyutov commented on his personal Telegram channel about the teams’ performance at the 2026 Dota 2 Esports World Cup following the first day of the group stage.
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On Group A
- BB and Falcons will be locked in a fierce battle
for the top spot in the group. - PR is a sure bet for the top 8
. - RE is likely the best among the EU qualifiers. I hope they get a favorable matchup in the elimination round and advance to the playoffs. They’re playing pretty well.
On Group B
- PTime and Aurora will battle it out for the top spot in the group
. - Nigma and Liquid are still a mystery, but they still have room to improve.
- LVLUP and L1 are both headed for an early exit from the tournament.
About Group C
In Group [C], everything went pretty much as expected. MOUZ are tenacious but inconsistent. You have to be extra careful against them. And Spirit has made more of a splash in the media so far than they’ve actually shown in today’s series.
About Group D
All the matches in [D] turned out to be very interesting and full of unexpected twists. There will be plenty of surprises, and this is probably the most competitive group.
Earlier, Rustam “Adekvat” Mavlyutov summed up the Nigma Galaxy vs. Yellow Submarine match at the closed European qualifier for The International 2026: “The guys definitely still have everything ahead of them. Today, the veterans came out on top.”
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