G2 Esports vs 100 Thieves Result VCT Americas 2026 Stage 1 Playoffs

G2 Esports defeated 100 Thieves 2-0 on May 16, 2026, in the VCT Americas 2026 Stage 1 Upper Bracket Round 1 at Riot Games Arena in Los Angeles. The maps were Pearl 13-4 G2 and Lotus 13-7 G2. G2 advance to the upper bracket semifinals. 100 Thieves drop to the lower bracket where they must win or be eliminated from the Stage 1 playoffs.

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Map results

Pearl

G2 opened on Pearl with a double-duelist strategy deploying Yoru and Phoenix whose execution gave 100 Thieves no structural answer across the opening half. jawgemo was the catalyst, securing six first bloods in a single half that fractured 100 Thieves' defensive setups before they could establish any round-by-round consistency. A pivotal 4v2 advantage in the mid-game saw G2's map discipline force 100 Thieves into an impossible Operator retake scenario that closed out the map in a comprehensive 13-4 blowout. The scoreline reflected a team whose double-duelist preparation gave them the structural platform that 100 Thieves' defensive system had no specific answer for across Pearl's entire map cycle.

Lotus

G2 carried their Pearl momentum directly into Lotus and closed the series 13-7 in a second map that confirmed the individual quality gap between the two rosters. leaf, jawgemo and BABYBAY all posted above 1.50 ratings across the series, three players simultaneously producing high-impact individual outputs that 100 Thieves could not spread their defensive resources to contain across either map. The 2-0 sweep confirmed G2's upper bracket advancement and sent 100 Thieves to the lower bracket needing to win every remaining series to stay alive.

Standout performances

leaf posted a 1.73 match rating, 329 ACS and plus 9 kill differential, the highest individual rating of the series. His output across both maps gave G2 the primary carry platform whose activation alongside jawgemo and BABYBAY gave their system the three-player individual depth that 100 Thieves had no structural preparation to simultaneously neutralise across a 2-0 sweep.

jawgemo posted a 1.64 match rating and 275 ACS. His six first bloods in a single Pearl half were the tactical catalyst that fractured 100 Thieves' defensive structure in the map whose 13-4 scoreline reflected the individual advantage his early-round kills established before 100 Thieves could generate any round-by-round economic recovery.

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EsportScanner free AI Valorant predictions gave G2 a 68% win probability ahead of this match based on their Kickoff head-to-head advantage and group stage form. The prediction landed. G2 won 2-0.

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