Rainbow Six Siege Esports World Cup 2026 Phase 2 Day 1 Roundup: Everything you need to know

The first day of the Rainbow Six Siege Esports World Cup 2026 Phase 2 is over. Overall, we could say the day had no upsets, as no shocking results happened.

All the three big regions, including Europe, North America, and Brazil, had reasons to celebrate. Today, four teams will reach the Rainbow Six Siege Esports World Cup 2026 playoffs.

Wildcard 7-4 Team Liquid Alienware

Wildcard began their Rainbow Six Siege Esports World Cup 2026 run on the right track with a 7-4 victory against Team Liquid Alienware.

• Match stats: Wildcard 7-4 Team Liquid Alienware

The match started with a rehost due to João "Jv92" Vitor's problems with his mouse. After an alternative was found, teams were allowed to play.

Wildcard quickly got control of the match as the North American roster clinched the first three rounds. Although Team Liquid Alienware's attacks were shaky, the Brazilians would always put their opponents into some trouble. Eventually, the Brazilians managed to reach the half time with two successful attacks.

After switching sides, Team Liquid Alienware didn't take long to level the scoreboard. It was then when the former Team Liquid player Lorenzo "Lagonis" Volpi, Wildcard's current head coach, asked for a timeout. His words definitely worked as Wildcard won the following three rounds to close out the game.

The Rainbow Six Siege Esports World Cup 2025 MVP of the tournament Adrian "Adrian" Tryka was the best player of the game with a SiegeGG rating of 1.42. He was closely followed by his teammates Jacob "Bae94" Dowling and Evan "Kanzen" Bushore, with ratings of 1.27 and 1.18, respectively.

DarkZero Esports 7-3 Team Secret

DarkZero Esports claimed a comfortable 7-3 win against the Rainbow Six Siege Esports World Cup 2025 champions Team Secret.

• Match stats: DarkZero Esports 7-3 Team Secret

The North Americans had a rock-solid display, with all of the team's players scoring positive SiegeGG ratings. The best player of the match was Leonardo "Kyno" Figueiredo with a SiegeGG rating of 1.39.

Although they won last year's edition, Team Secret can't be compared to their prime version. The European mix has lost three of the five players that reached the Six Invitational 2026 grand final, including Marc "jume" Steinmann, Lucas "Savage" Alves, and the previously mentioned Adrian. Therefore, the BLAST R6 Major Salt Lake City champions were the favorites to take the victory in this clash.

CAG by VARREL 7-0 All Gamers

CAG by VARREL ran over the CN League 2026 Stage 1 second seed All Gamers. The Cyclops completely dominated the Chinese squad on Consulate, winning their six defenses and one attack.

• Match stats: CAG by VARREL 7-0 All Gamers

The best player of the match was Shuuhei "ShuReap" Yaguchi, who scored a SiegeGG rating of 2.06. He is one of the best players in the competition, averaging a SiegeGG rating of 1.26 after 10 maps played.

The Japanese roster has build great momentum after their victories against KINGZERO eSports, MIBR.LOS, Shopify Rebellion, and All Gamers. Although DarkZero Esports are the favorites to win today's series against the Cyclops, CAG by VARREL could cause an upset.

Team Falcons 7-4 M80

Team Falcons comfortably defeated North America's second seed M80 after securing a 7-4 win on Chalet. The Europeans had a rock-solid start, winning four of their six defenses—a number that could have been higher if Shaun "Gunnar" Pottorff hadn't clutched the second round for the Americans.

• Match stats: Team Falcons 7-4 M80

The Europeans only needed two attacks to reach match point. However, the BLAST R6 Major Munich champions managed to survive three more rounds, with Gunnar pushing the game to an eleventh round after his second clutch of the game. Eventually, the Europe and MENA League 2026 Stage 1 champions claimed the victory.

Curiously enough, the two former Team Secret players and current Esports World Cup champions jume and Savage were the best players of their teams, with SiegeGG ratings of 1.65 and 0.93, respectively.

Virtus.pro 7-2 EDward Gaming

Virtus.pro took down the CN League 2026 Stage 1 champions EDward Gaming after handing them a 2-7 defeat on Bank. Although it only took the Europeans nine rounds to clinch the victory, the Chinese roster put up a great fight. In fact, four of Virtus.pro's seven successful rounds had been clutches.

• Match stats: Virtus.pro 7-2 EDward Gaming

EDward Gaming clearly shown that they know how to play professional Siege. Unfortunately, the team struggled in the last twenty seconds of the rounds, being unable to close them out.

Virtus.pro's Nikita "RORICK" Kruchinkin was the best player of the game with a SiegeGG rating of 1.82. However, it's also worth mentioning EDward Gaming's Lin "Carpe" Haoran, who averaged a SiegeGG rating of 1.43.

FaZe Clan 7-2 FNATIC

FaZe Clan had a comfortable debut at the Rainbow Six Siege Esports World Cup 2026 as they took down FNATIC following a 7-2 win on Nighthaven Labs.

• Match stats: FaZe Clan 7-2 FNATIC

The Europeans had the better start to the game as they won two of the initial three rounds. However, the Brazilians quickly took control of the match, quickly closing out the game with six consecutive successful rounds.

FaZe Clan's three best players of the game were Lucas "soulz1" Schinke, Jaime "Cyber" Ramos, and Eduardo "KDS" Santos, with SiegeGG ratings of 1.73, 1.48, and 1.47, respectively.

FURIA 8-6 Weibo Gaming

FURIA's roster secured their first international win of the season as they beat Weibo Gaming on Kafe Dostoyevsky. The Asian super roster put up a fight against the Brazilians, proving that any of those two teams could have taken the win.

• Match stats: FURIA 8-6 Weibo Gaming

A brief look at the stats show what was the real difference between the two lineups: whilst all of FURIA's players ended the game with positive ratings, Weibo Gaming's Taylor "Terd" Ching and Mohamed "SpeakEasy" Yunos clearly performed below expectations, averaging SiegeGG ratings of 0.62 and 0.58 and combining a K-D of 6-23 (-17). Interestingly, three of Terd's four kills in the game were entry kills. Weibo Gaming's best player was Park "Gotti" Geon-woo, who averaged a SiegeGG rating of 1.38.

Regarding FURIA, it's also worth mentioning Lucas "Dias" Dias' contributions and statistics. All in all, the Brazilian didn't have a great game; however, he shone when it most mattered, securing a 4K with Mira to put FURIA in match point and clutching the final round with a terrific 2v1 clutch. Those two rounds saw the former M80 and Team Liquid player getting seven of his nine kills.

Geekey Esports 8-7 ENTERPRISE Esports

The final match of the day was Geekay Esports' maximum overtime victory against ENTERPRISE Esports. The Europe and MENA League 2026 roster produced an absurd comeback, winning four consecutive attacks to send the BLAST R6 Major Salt Lake City quarterfinalists to overtime. They had to make a second comeback after the Australians won the first overtime round, finishing the match with a Geekay 8-7 win.

• Match stats: Geekay Esports 8-7 ENTERPRISE Esports

Geekay Esports finished the game with eleven of the fifteen entry kills of the game, clearly showing a problem in the team to transform those successful entry duels into round wins. The team's best player was Gabriel "AsK" Santos with a SiegeGG rating of 1.10.

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