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BetBoom come back from a map down to beat Spirit at PGL Bucharest

BetBoom Team beat Team Spirit 2-1 in maps in the opening round of the CS2 tournament PGL Masters Bucharest 2026 on October 24. BetBoom lost the first map, Anubis, then won Ancient and the deciding map, Mirage. The Mirage win came in overtime, the extra rounds played after a tied regulation score.

Editorial cover: BetBoom on the left, the 2-1 score in the centre and Team Spirit on the right.

BetBoom vs Spirit: map scores

The match required two map wins. The table shows the round score on each map.

BetBoom 2:1 Spirit. Maps. Swiss round 1.
MapBetBoomRoundsSpiritRounds
AnubisBetBoom pick1013
AncientSpirit pick133
MirageOvertimeDeciding map1614

How BetBoom turned the series around

BetBoom lost their own pick, Anubis, 10-13 in rounds. That left them trailing 0-1 in maps after the opener.

They won Spirit's pick, Ancient, 13-3. At one map each, the series went to the third and deciding map, Mirage.

BetBoom trailed 4-8 in rounds at half-time on Mirage, then recovered to finish regulation at 12-12. In overtime, BetBoom won another four rounds and Spirit won two, making the final Mirage score 16-14 to BetBoom. That second map win secured the 2-1 match victory.

zorte posted the highest HLTV rating of the series at 1.46, finishing the three maps with 57 kills and 37 deaths.

What the result means for BetBoom and Spirit

After the opening round, BetBoom's match record is one win and no defeats. Spirit's is no wins and one defeat. Both teams remain in the Swiss stage: an opening defeat does not eliminate a team. Eight of the 16 teams will advance to the playoffs.

PGL Masters Bucharest 2026 runs from October 24 to 31. For the format, rosters and schedule in Bucharest local time, see our tournament guide.

Source: HLTV.

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