Preview of the European Closed Qualifiers for the 2026 Esports Nations Cup in Dota 2: format, rosters, and Day 1 schedule
Regional closed qualifiers for the 2026 Esports Nations Cup begin on June 29. Read on for details on the qualifier format and participating teams in Western and Eastern Europe.
Western Europe
Format
In Western Europe, the qualifiers will take place from June 29 to July 1, with two spots in the main tournament allocated to ten teams. Teams are placed in a two-tier bracket with best-of-three series.
Team Lineups
Norway
- endo
- Loller
- DSM
- leif 6
- hallerino
- SONDRE
- hak
- CHILD (coach)
Italy
- Damn you
- GiPey
- Sadept
- Nerdio
- Crowley
- Sicxdude
- IFeders
- vStrimi (coach)
Belgium
- Frank
- Axysys
- Cédric “Davai” Dekmin
- Gargamel
- MindFk
- Akkerdjie (substitute)
- Konuki (substitute)
- Snook’ (coach)
Switzerland
- mYiFlu
- Fimo
- Intergraphic
- ybdomi
- Blaechi
- Scholp
- Defender
- erklaerbaer (coach)
France
- Atouf
- Cry
- yopoman
- Sullivan “Joraal” Carlotti
- Zep
- Tortipouss
- Sebastian “Ceb” Debs
- Kicknay (coach)
United Kingdom
- Simon
- Elliott “Adzantick” Hammond
- Moyez “symetricaL” Lin
- RCE
- Robson “TeaGuvnor” Merritt
- Ivan “Kidaro” Bondarev (coach)
Ireland
- Dara
- Mr. Diddlez
- Payyd
- --KeY--
- Punjabi
- Strapping Young Handyman
- PK
- Mousey (coach)
Iceland
- chroMium
- Ic3fog
- Trummy
- MojsLa
- Consequence
- Keyrsla
- GretarAriGudjonsson
- woofer (coach)
Portugal
- C4deiras
- shoe
- Sy
- RageAgainst
- Fake
- Zanarkand
- GP
- TouroUrso (coach)
Finland
- Mumu
- Topita
- Samu “MTD” Hautala
- Nukkumatti
- Wazza
- Topias “Topson” Mikka Taavitsainen (substitute)
- quiqa (substitute)
- Benjamin “NotAHax” Läätä
Schedule for the first day of play
June 29, Moscow time.
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6:00 p.m.
- Iceland vs. France;
- Italy vs. Ireland.
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9:00 p.m.
- Great Britain vs. Portugal;
- Finland vs. Switzerland;
- Belgium vs. the winner of the Iceland vs. France match;
- Norway vs. the winner of the Italy vs. Ireland match.
Eastern Europe
Format
In Eastern Europe, the qualifiers will take place from June 29 to July 1. Two teams will be selected from among the fourteen participants to compete in the ENC. Teams will start in a double-elimination bracket, with all matches played to two wins.
Team Rosters
Greece
- Tassos “Focus” Michailidis
- Georgios “SsaSpartan” Giannakopoulos
- Athanasios “dEsire” Kartsambas
- Dimitris “ThuG” Plivouris
- Haris “Skylark” Zafiriou
- Locomonski
- SemserrrR
- Nikos “ReaLaxXx” Kiazolis
Serbia
- Milan “MiLAN” Kozomara
- Mihailo “MikSa`” Jovanović
- Nikola “LeBronDota” Popović
- Danilo “ChodΣX” Popović
- miniorc00
- Lucky
- Kounz
- Nikola “hairy_freak” Babich (coach)
Hungary
- Tamás “lowskill” Kasás
- george
- aida
- Solar
- kdm
- Drizzt
- seriks
- doedie (coach)
Israel
- berale
- Hyorei
- nata
- LaeL
- CHAD
- Paragraph
- 3161 (coach)
Czech Republic
- Petr “Muf” Fojtík
- Ondřej “Supream^” Štarha
- Jenik
- Jonas “SabeRLight-” Volek-
- Miroslav “BOOM” Bican
- Filminy
- scream (coach)
Slovenia
- Gago
- PhanTom
- Food-san
- Jure “Pingvincek” Pleshey
- Krayzee
- Timo
- Pasul (coach)
Croatia
- Mangup
- Deimos
- Dnz
- Zendog
- bEAUTY
- Kaolin
- Libac
- Damir “Mitch” Škaričić (coach)
Lithuania
- aTa
- Mantelis
- yushi
- Profke
- Q11
- Fr0g
- Mazaka (coach)
Romania
- Damir “Ulnit” Škaričić
- Alivi “w33” Omar
- Ionut Radu “BliNcc” Mushat
- Michael
- Niamtu “Flash” Angel
- Legacy
- Pittner “bOne7” Armand
- Andrei-Vlad “Mangusu” Satiyanu (coach)
Latvia
- Twisted
- Richards “Ri4man” Kalniņš
- Yorlak
- Armageddon
- Volten
- Vladoss
- ENE (coach)
Slovakia
- SlaweE
- aNdy_NR
- Kaolin
- Feng
- Lukyno
- Sorano
- HiddenOne
- PIOS (coach)
Republic of Kosovo
- cpirra
- Fll0
- Sadpk
- Yilli “garter” Ramadan
- weatherbeaten
Estonia
- Gras
- Mustus
- t2t4
- Mikk
- SenShi
Montenegro
- vlado_skaljari
- Ch4mb3r
- Gil3
- Nick Wilde
- DibiDus
Schedule for the first day of play
June 29, Moscow time.
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5:00 p.m.
- Hungary vs. Kosovo;
- Greece vs. Montenegro;
- Lithuania vs. Israel;
- Latvia vs. Slovakia;
- Croatia vs. Slovenia;
- Romania vs. Estonia.
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8:00 p.m.
- Czech Republic vs. the winner of the Hungary vs. Kosovo match;
- Winners of the Greece vs. Montenegro and Lithuania vs. Israel matches;
- Serbia vs. the winner of the Latvia vs. Slovakia match;
- Winners of the Croatia vs. Slovenia and Romania vs. Estonia matches;
- The losers of the Greece vs. Montenegro and Lithuania vs. Israel matches;
- Losers of the Croatia vs. Slovenia and Romania vs. Estonia matchups;
Where to watch the regional closed qualifiers for the Esports Nations Cup 2026
- Broadcast in English: enc_en.
Photo — EWC Foundation.
