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Match preview · Thunderpick World Championship 2026

9z vs Falcons — match preview

15 October at 13:00 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

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Best of 3 (LAN)

9z come in ranked #17 in the world, Falcons #5.

9z meet Falcons 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

3 wins in their last 5 matches we covered.

W vs Aurora — 2–0 14 October at 10:55

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

Across everything we have covered: 9z won 5 of 14, and our own call was right in 10 of 14.

Falcons — recent form

3 wins in their last 5 matches we covered.

W vs Ninjas in Pyjamas — 2–0 14 October at 14:20

L vs Spirit — 0–2 9 October at 19:05

W vs Natus Vincere — 2–1 6 October at 21:00

L vs Vitality — 1–2 5 October at 18:30

W vs Aurora — 2–0 4 October at 14:20

Across everything we have covered: Falcons won 10 of 15, and our own call was right in 13 of 15.

Head to head

No meeting between 9z and Falcons in our records yet — this is the first one we cover.

The map pool

Win, pick and ban rates over the last three months. This is where a series is often decided before it starts — a team can steer the veto onto a map the opponent rarely plays.

9zFalcons
50%4 maps Cache -0 maps
50%6 maps Dust2 73%11 maps
60%5 maps Mirage 57%7 maps
25%4 maps Inferno 80%5 maps
33%9 maps Nuke 67%3 maps
-2 maps Ancient 33%6 maps
-0 maps Anubis 40%5 maps

How they veto

The maps each side removes most often. Two teams that ban the same map hand the series to a third one neither wanted.

9z ban most often: Anubis 93%, Mirage 25%, Ancient 20%

Falcons ban most often: Cache 100%, Inferno 29%, Nuke 18%

Line-ups

Player rating: ★ top · high · average · low

9z
dgt dgt1.09
max max0.89
meyern meyern0.91
luchov luchov0.95
★ HUASOPEEK HUASOPEEK1.10
Falcons
karrigan karrigan0.79
NiKo NiKo1.11
★ m0NESY m0NESY1.38
TeSeS TeSeS1.07
kyousuke kyousuke1.10

Also at Thunderpick World Championship 2026 that day

Aurora vs Ninjas in Pyjamas 15 October at 10:30

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 Falcons predictions and results

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Statistical model estimates, published for entertainment. Match data: HLTV.org.