Ninjas in Pyjamas knocked BetBoom out of the Esports World Cup 2026 group stage on August 14 with a 2-0 sweep — the story of the series was Polish prospect Kacper "xKacpersky" Gabara, who closed at a 2.34 rating.
Series map-by-map
- Nuke: NiP 13-3 BetBoom
- Anubis: NiP 13-11 BetBoom
xKacpersky's stat line
- Rating: 2.34
- K-D: 49-20
- ADR: 125.6
- Impact swing: +11.71%
- KAST: 82.5%
xKacpersky was one of the HLTV Prospects Season 2 graduates highlighted in our graduation recap — the Polish rifler started Season 2 at #1 in the ranking. This EWC series is his first tier-one main-event breakout.
BetBoom go home
Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov summed it up bluntly after the loss: "It's a crazy bad tournament for us. We need to go home and fix our problems immediately."
The BetBoom lineup on the day: Boombl4, Aleksandr "zorte" Zagodyrenko, Pavel "S1ren" Ogloblin, Daniil "d1Ledez" Kustov, Kirill "Magnojez" Rodnov.
Wider context
BetBoom's August has been unusually rough: they entered EWC as a top-10 VRS team, exited group stage in the elimination round, and separately had to withdraw from BLAST Open Porto due to visa complications (paiN took their slot — see our earlier report). The org's next stop is FISSURE Playground 3.
