Esports World Cup 2026: Here is each Counter-Strike 2 Group Stage opening fixture and start time

While there are a multitude of events occurring each day at the Parisian Esports World Cup, perhaps the most eye-catching event for the rest of this week revolves around the Counter-Strike 2 tournament that is kicking off its main event proceedings.

Following the Last Chance Qualifier wrapping up, now all eyes are on the Group Stage, with this running between August 12-15, with all 32 teams beginning their campaign at some point today.

Needless to say, there are a lot of matches planned for the course of August 12, so to see who is playing who and when each fixture is set to commence, you can see all of the opening round matches below.

Group A:

• Luminosity vs. GamerLegion at 10:00 BST/11:00 CEST


• BIG vs. Aurora Gaming at 10:00 BST/11:00 CEST


• Team Spirit vs. JijieHao at 11:30 BST/12:30 CEST


• G2 Esports vs. M80 at 13:00 BST/14:00 CEST

Group B:

• Team Falcons vs. K27 at 14:30 BST/15:30 CEST


• Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. Legacy at 14:30 BST/15:30 CEST


• BetBoom Team vs. FaZe Clan at 16:00 BST/17:00 CEST


• MiBR vs. Astralis at 17:30 BST/18:30 CEST

Group C:

• FUT Esports vs. Tyloo at 11:00 BST/12:00 CEST


• Parivision vs. B8 at 16:00 BST/17:00 CEST


• Team Vitality vs. 100 Thieves at 19:00 BST/20:00 CEST


• Lynn Vision Gaming vs. Mouz at 20:30 BST/21:30 CEST

Group D:

• Magic vs. The MongolZ at 13:00 BST/14:00 CEST


• Natus Vincere vs. 3DMax at 17:30 BST/18:30 CEST


• Wildcard vs. Furia at 19:00 BST/20:00 CEST


• 9z Team vs. PaiN Gaming at 20:30 BST/21:30 CEST