--- title: "Falcons start Worlds in the Play-In against FUT" meta: "og:description": "Team Falcons open the 2026 World Championship in the Play-In. They meet FUT Esports on Tuesday, 15 September at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth. Falcons won the Esp…" "og:title": "Falcons start Worlds in the Play-In against FUT" "twitter:description": "Team Falcons open the 2026 World Championship in the Play-In. They meet FUT Esports on Tuesday, 15 September at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth. Falcons won the Esp…" "twitter:title": "Falcons start Worlds in the Play-In against FUT" description: "Team Falcons open the 2026 World Championship in the Play-In. They meet FUT Esports on Tuesday, 15 September at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth. Falcons won the Esp…" --- Results [Team Falcons4Spacestation Gaming0](https://sarpbc.org/matches/b73f3b3e-0c01-4de3-ba0c-f64f8ee4932b?from=lateral_bar) [Karmine Corp0NIP.eStar3](https://sarpbc.org/matches/428dff67-6023-44a1-8a03-a8f2d706bbfc?from=lateral_bar) [Team Falcons4Karmine Corp0](https://sarpbc.org/matches/e120cc50-c1d1-49aa-ac75-e4fdb94eb8c1?from=lateral_bar) [Spacestation Gaming4NIP.eStar3](https://sarpbc.org/matches/1f26812f-a3c3-40d6-bbce-6e1a0b7486e2?from=lateral_bar) [Karmine Corp4Vitality3](https://sarpbc.org/matches/c403af2f-19b4-4216-a330-97044ee8f3c7?from=lateral_bar) [Team Falcons4Twisted Minds2](https://sarpbc.org/matches/02d0d114-03c8-41af-bfa1-3bd86ee5ea52?from=lateral_bar) [NIP.eStar4Gentle Mates2](https://sarpbc.org/matches/5c5eee9d-1d9a-48aa-a78b-9f41283ee38a?from=lateral_bar) [Spacestation Gaming4Shopify Rebellion3](https://sarpbc.org/matches/85715826-e917-4b62-b3ce-c5d2a7d64a43?from=lateral_bar) [Twisted Minds4NRG Esports1](https://sarpbc.org/matches/9823bfc1-0293-4d04-abe2-928da11373f5?from=lateral_bar) [Shopify Rebellion4TSM0](https://sarpbc.org/matches/bb43ddc1-3c95-4541-b1e4-3bf662d8a07d?from=lateral_bar) [Karmine Corp4R8 Esports3](https://sarpbc.org/matches/ffb3afe3-2bec-42e5-9341-eee9825ab1b3?from=lateral_bar) [Gentle Mates4MIBR.LOS0](https://sarpbc.org/matches/588852b3-c587-4c89-a480-6ce41be84573?from=lateral_bar) [FURIA Esports1NRG Esports4](https://sarpbc.org/matches/cb308a99-83ec-4f73-bb6f-42a2ace13bf2?from=lateral_bar) [FUT Esports3Shopify Rebellion4](https://sarpbc.org/matches/63ec4326-9d61-47e6-909c-07e3976d10e6?from=lateral_bar) [R8 Esports4Five Fears0](https://sarpbc.org/matches/a8883418-895c-4c63-bea5-cc684ed5cfcc?from=lateral_bar) [MIBR.LOS4Wildcard0](https://sarpbc.org/matches/35a30d8b-ec97-4145-8aca-61eb53e6035d?from=lateral_bar) [NIP.eStar3Twisted Minds2](https://sarpbc.org/matches/299f3147-2fc4-49aa-9e51-f91bfa76d8ca?from=lateral_bar) [TSM0Vitality3](https://sarpbc.org/matches/c1fbca19-0dc9-48e5-a24e-00067e5b7bff?from=lateral_bar) [Spacestation Gaming3Karmine Corp0](https://sarpbc.org/matches/2616d279-6565-4ea7-8c26-f3b0c5510902?from=lateral_bar) [Gentle Mates2Team Falcons3](https://sarpbc.org/matches/ef806fae-8296-4746-a7c9-e3b0c5c69147?from=lateral_bar) # Falcons start Worlds in the Play-In against FUT Geoffroy September 1, 2026 at 8:43 PM 1 min read Team Falcons open the 2026 World Championship in the Play-In. They meet FUT Esports on Tuesday, 15 September at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth. Falcons won the Esports World Cup on 16 August, [4-0 against Spacestation Gaming](https://sarpbc.org/news/falcons-win-ewc-2026). That result does not put them in the Worlds group stage. The other first-round Best-of-Fives: - [Five Fears](https://sarpbc.org/team/five-fears) vs [Mate y Tapa](https://sarpbc.org/team/mate-y-tapa) - [Bigodes](https://sarpbc.org/team/bigodes-rl) vs [Virtus.pro](https://sarpbc.org/team/virtus-pro-rl) - [TSM](https://sarpbc.org/team/tsm-rl) vs [R8 Esports](https://sarpbc.org/team/r8-esports-rl) The Falcons lineup is [dralii](https://sarpbc.org/player/dralii), [Kiileerrz.](https://sarpbc.org/player/kiileerrz) and [Rw9.](https://sarpbc.org/player/rw9). FUT qualified through the NA LCQ with [jstn](https://sarpbc.org/player/jstn), [Chronic](https://sarpbc.org/player/chronic) and [Cheese](https://sarpbc.org/player/cheese-carlos-aguado). ## [Format](#format) Eight teams, GSL, all matches Best-of-Five. Two losses eliminate a team. Four advance into a 16-team group stage. [Virtus.pro](https://sarpbc.org/team/virtus-pro-rl), [Team Falcons](https://sarpbc.org/team/team-falcons-rl), [TSM](https://sarpbc.org/team/tsm-rl) and [Five Fears](https://sarpbc.org/team/five-fears) reached the Play-In on points. [Mate y Tapa](https://sarpbc.org/team/mate-y-tapa) (EU), [R8 Esports](https://sarpbc.org/team/r8-esports-rl) (MENA), [FUT Esports](https://sarpbc.org/team/fut-esports-rl) (NA) and [Bigodes](https://sarpbc.org/team/bigodes-rl) (SAM) came through the [Last Chance Qualifiers](https://sarpbc.org/news/lcq-worlds-2026-qualified-teams). ## [Fort Worth](#fort-worth) Worlds runs 15–20 September, 20 teams, $1,200,000. Play-In and groups are closed. The arena opens to the public for the playoffs, Friday 18 through Sunday 20 September. [Sign in to reply](https://sarpbc.org/login)