Match preview · Thunderpick World Championship 2026 Closed Qualifier

HOTU vs Nemesis — match prediction & analysis

10 September at 13:45 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

Every call we publish goes up before the match and stays up afterwards, right or wrong. This is the reasoning behind HOTU vs Nemesis at Thunderpick World Championship 2026 Closed Qualifier.

Our call: HOTU to win — 66% (a high-risk pick)

How it ended

HOTU won 2–1. ✅ Our call was right — we said HOTU at 66%.

Cache — 2–13

Nuke — 13–8

Ancient — 13–3

HOTU

✅ Strong recent form: 26 wins in last 38 (73%) shows momentum

Head to head

HOTU and Nemesis have met once in the period we track — HOTU 1, Nemesis 0.

The maps

Cache — HOTU's pick

Nuke — Nemesis's pick

Ancient — the decider

Our picks

🎯 Series — HOTU to win 2-0

🎯 HOTU to win Cache

🎯 HOTU to win Ancient

More on these teams

All HOTU predictions and results
All Nemesis predictions and results

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