Spirit and Aurora dropped to the lower bracket in the ESL One Birmingham playoffs
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Author: hexeliyaa
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Published at: 2026-03-26 20:48:00
The first day of the ESL One Birmingham 2026 playoffs is over. As a result, the upper-bracket finalists have been determined – Tundra Esports and Team Yandex.
- Team Spirit did not impress today in the best way. On the first map Yatoro played Clinkz with a score of 0/10/8, and the game was clearly in favor of Team Yandex. On the second, the Dragons came back in their usual style. As analyst CrystalMay said, the new patch works better for the underdog, so Team Spirit should have had a much better chance against Team Yandex than a couple of days ago. However, even that did not help the Dragons: the final map again ended not in their favor; over the whole map they found only 7 kills.
- Tundra Esports beat Aurora. In all three games of the series Pure played Alchemist. Analysts noted that Aurora really missed Mikoto in today’s matches, but it’s worth saying that the team as a whole is playing a bit worse on the new patch. On the third map the team completely misjudged their strength on the Tormentor, so it took the lives of Mars and Hoodwink. The second game was remarkable: Tundra Esports led by 25k net worth, but Pure made several mistakes, which led to the opponent simply destroying the Ancient. But on the third map the carry of Tundra Esports redeemed himself and pulled off a Rampage.
ESL One Birmingham 2026 takes place from March 22 to 29, 2026 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The total prize pool of the championship is $1,000,000, which will be shared among 16 teams.