Falcons, Virtus.pro, FUT and Bigodes reach the Worlds groups

Falcons, Virtus.pro, FUT Esports and Bigodes advanced from the RLCS 2026 Worlds Play-In in Fort Worth on 15 September. Four of eight teams reached the group stage; Five Fears, Mate y Tapa, TSM and R8 Esports are out.

Falcons opened Worlds in this bracket, a month after winning the Esports World Cup. dralii, Kiileerrz and Rw9 beat FUT 3-1, then R8 3-1, and took the upper-bracket path into groups.

Virtus.pro did the same. Tawk, Wahvey and 2Piece swept Bigodes 3-0 in the opener, then beat Mate y Tapa 3-1.

The last two tickets went through the lower bracket. Bigodes — Bemmz, nxghtt and Drufinho — beat Five Fears 3-1 and took out R8 3-2. FUT recovered from the Falcons loss with a 3-1 over TSM and a 3-0 sweep of Mate y Tapa, the EU LCQ winners.

The four qualifiers joined the 12 directly seeded teams in a 16-team group stage. Worlds runs through 20 September at Dickies Arena.

Bracket: Play-In.