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Match preview · Thunderpick World Championship 2026

Aurora vs 9z — match preview

16 October at 16:00 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

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Best of 3 (LAN)

Aurora come in ranked #6 in the world, 9z #17.

Aurora meet 9z 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.

Aurora — recent form

3 wins in their last 5 matches we covered.

W vs Ninjas in Pyjamas — 2–0 15 October at 10:35

L vs 9z — 0–2 14 October at 10:55

W vs Spirit — 2–0 11 October at 13:30

L vs Vitality — 1–2 10 October at 15:45

W vs 1win — 2–0 9 October at 10:30

Across everything we have covered: Aurora won 13 of 21, and our own call was right in 15 of 21.

9z — recent form

2 wins in their last 5 matches we covered.

L vs Falcons — 1–2 15 October at 13:30

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

Across everything we have covered: 9z won 5 of 15, and our own call was right in 11 of 15.

Head to head

These two have met 2 times in matches we covered.

L vs 9z — 0–2 14 October at 10:55

W vs 9z — 2–0 3 October at 16:00

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.

Aurora9z
50%8 maps Cache 50%4 maps
56%9 maps Dust2 43%7 maps
62%16 maps Mirage 67%6 maps
50%8 maps Inferno 25%4 maps
78%9 maps Nuke 30%10 maps
75%12 maps Anubis -0 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.

Aurora ban most often: Ancient 85%, Cache 29%, Inferno 28%

9z ban most often: Anubis 93%, Mirage 24%, Inferno 19%

Line-ups

Player rating: ★ top · high · average · low

Aurora
woxic woxic1.05
XANTARES XANTARES1.05
★ Wicadia Wicadia1.13
★ Jimpphat Jimpphat1.13
kyxsan kyxsan0.97
9z
dgt dgt1.07
max max0.87
meyern meyern0.93
luchov luchov0.97
★ HUASOPEEK HUASOPEEK1.09

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 Aurora predictions and results
All 9z predictions and results

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