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Match preview · Thunderpick World Championship 2026

9z vs Aurora — match preview

14 October at 10:30 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

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9z meet Aurora at Thunderpick World Championship 2026. The model has not priced this one yet — it waits for the map veto, because which maps get played moves the number more than anything else on this page. What follows is what we already know about both teams.

9z — recent form

2 wins in their last 5 matches we covered.

L vs FURIA — 0–2 7 October at 14:00

W vs BETBOOM — 2–0 6 October at 16:30

L vs Natus Vincere — 0–2 5 October at 14:20

W vs TYLOO — 2–0 4 October at 13:30

L vs Aurora — 0–2 3 October at 16:00

Across everything we have covered: 9z won 4 of 13, and our own call was right in 10 of 13.

Aurora — recent form

4 wins in their last 5 matches we covered.

W vs 1win — 2–0 9 October at 10:30

W vs FURIA — 2–1 6 October at 17:40

W vs BETBOOM — 2–1 5 October at 19:20

L vs Falcons — 0–2 4 October at 14:20

W vs 9z — 2–0 3 October at 16:00

Across everything we have covered: Aurora won 11 of 17, and our own call was right in 13 of 17.

Head to head

These two have met once in matches we covered.

L vs Aurora — 0–2 3 October at 16:00

Also at Thunderpick World Championship 2026 that day

Falcons vs Ninjas in Pyjamas 14 October at 13:00
Legacy vs PARIVISION 14 October at 15:30
FURIA vs BETBOOM 14 October at 18:00

When the prediction goes up

Our call publishes before kickoff, never after — that is the whole point of keeping a public record. When it does, this page fills in with the probability for each team, the per-map calls once the veto is done, and afterwards the result and whether we were right.

More on these teams

All 9z predictions and results
All Aurora predictions and results

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