FOKUS vs Acend: Result & Stats
FOKUS played Acend in a best-of-3 at Esports World Cup 2026: Open Qualifier on Sunday, 9 August 2026. The tie sits in Play-Ins of a B-tier event with $100,000 in prize money on the line. FOKUS arrive with a 55% win rate over 47 matches in the past six months, against Acend's 57% over 72. Recent form reads 2–3 for FOKUS and 3–2 for Acend. On the map pool, FOKUS's Overpass stands out, 8–2 across their last 10 plays on it. They have met once before, and Acend won it. Acend won the series 2–1.
Map Veto
who banned and picked whatA team playing its own pick tends to win more often than its overall form suggests, which is why we do not price the per-map betting markets before the veto is known.
Team Comparison
Last 180 days · 47 vs 72 matchesMap Pool
FOKUS vs Acend, W–L per mapCounted from each team's recent finished matches: 135 maps for FOKUS, 94 for Acend. A strong map here often decides the veto, and a team playing its own pick tends to overperform its overall form.
Lineups
K/D and average damage per round (ADR) over each player's last three months of matches.
Pre-match odds
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Line Movement
pre-match prices only · FOKUS implied %CSGOEmpire opened FOKUS at 1.42 (66% implied). By kick-off the price was 1.45 (65%) over 5h of pricing, the line has barely moved.
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When was FOKUS vs Acend?
The best-of-3 match was played on Sunday, 9 August 2026, part of Esports World Cup 2026: Open Qualifier. Acend won 2–1.
What maps were played in FOKUS vs Acend?
The best-of-3 was played on Inferno (Acend's pick), Cache (FOKUS's pick), Dust2 (decider).
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