Preview of the European Closed Qualifiers for the 2026 Esports Nations Cup in Dota 2: format, rosters, and Day 1 schedule

Western Europe

Format

Team Lineups

• endo
• Loller
• DSM
• leif 6
• hallerino
• SONDRE
• hak

• CHILD (coach)

• Damn you
• GiPey
• Sadept
• Nerdio
• Crowley
• Sicxdude
• IFeders

• vStrimi (coach)

• Frank
• Axysys
• Cédric “Davai” Dekmin
• Gargamel
• MindFk

• Akkerdjie (substitute)
• Konuki (substitute)
• Snook’ (coach)

• mYiFlu
• Fimo
• Intergraphic
• ybdomi
• Blaechi
• Scholp
• Defender

• erklaerbaer (coach)

• Atouf
• Cry
• yopoman
• Sullivan “Joraal” Carlotti
• Zep
• Tortipouss
• Sebastian “Ceb” Debs

• Kicknay (coach)

• Simon
• Elliott “Adzantick” Hammond
• Moyez “symetricaL” Lin
• RCE
• Robson “TeaGuvnor” Merritt

• Ivan “Kidaro” Bondarev (coach)

• Dara
• Mr. Diddlez
• Payyd
• --KeY--
• Punjabi
• Strapping Young Handyman
• PK

• Mousey (coach)

• chroMium
• Ic3fog
• Trummy
• MojsLa
• Consequence
• Keyrsla
• GretarAriGudjonsson

• woofer (coach)

• C4deiras
• shoe
• Sy
• RageAgainst
• Fake
• Zanarkand
• GP

• TouroUrso (coach)

• Mumu
• Topita
• Samu “MTD” Hautala
• Nukkumatti
• Wazza

• Topias “Topson” Mikka Taavitsainen (substitute)
• quiqa (substitute)
• Benjamin “NotAHax” Läätä

Schedule for the first day of play

• 6:00 p.m.
  • Iceland vs. France;
  • Italy vs. Ireland.
• 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

Team Rosters

• Tassos “Focus” Michailidis
• Georgios “SsaSpartan” Giannakopoulos
• Athanasios “dEsire” Kartsambas
• Dimitris “ThuG” Plivouris
• Haris “Skylark” Zafiriou
• Locomonski
• SemserrrR

• Nikos “ReaLaxXx” Kiazolis

• Milan “MiLAN” Kozomara
• Mihailo “MikSa`” Jovanović
• Nikola “LeBronDota” Popović
• Danilo “ChodΣX” Popović
• miniorc00
• Lucky
• Kounz

• Nikola “hairy_freak” Babich (coach)

• Tamás “lowskill” Kasás
• george
• aida
• Solar
• kdm
• Drizzt
• seriks

• doedie (coach)

• berale
• Hyorei
• nata
• LaeL
• CHAD
• Paragraph

• 3161 (coach)

• Petr “Muf” Fojtík
• Ondřej “Supream^” Štarha
• Jenik
• Jonas “SabeRLight-” Volek-
• Miroslav “BOOM” Bican
• Filminy

• scream (coach)

• Gago
• PhanTom
• Food-san
• Jure “Pingvincek” Pleshey
• Krayzee
• Timo

• Pasul (coach)

• Mangup
• Deimos
• Dnz
• Zendog
• bEAUTY
• Kaolin
• Libac

• Damir “Mitch” Škaričić (coach)

• aTa
• Mantelis
• yushi
• Profke
• Q11
• Fr0g

• Mazaka (coach)

• Damir “Ulnit” Škaričić
• Alivi “w33” Omar
• Ionut Radu “BliNcc” Mushat
• Michael
• Niamtu “Flash” Angel
• Legacy
• Pittner “bOne7” Armand

• Andrei-Vlad “Mangusu” Satiyanu (coach)

• Twisted
• Richards “Ri4man” Kalniņš
• Yorlak
• Armageddon
• Volten
• Vladoss

• ENE (coach)

• SlaweE
• aNdy_NR
• Kaolin
• Feng
• Lukyno
• Sorano
• HiddenOne

• PIOS (coach)

• cpirra
• Fll0
• Sadpk
• Yilli “garter” Ramadan
• weatherbeaten

• Gras
• Mustus
• t2t4
• Mikk
• SenShi

• vlado_skaljari
• Ch4mb3r
• Gil3
• Nick Wilde
• DibiDus

Schedule for the first day of play

• 5:00 p.m.
  • Hungary vs. Kosovo;
  • Greece vs. Montenegro;
  • Lithuania vs. Israel;
  • Latvia vs. Slovakia;
  • Croatia vs. Slovenia;
  • Romania vs. Estonia.
• 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.