Stake Esports Publishes Stake Ranked Episode 6 Main Event Bracket

Bracket and Opening Matches

Stake Esports published the bracket for the Stake Ranked Episode 6 Main Event on 5 November 2026, with the event live from 17 to 20 November. According to HLTV, eight teams compete in Barcelona, Spain, for a $100,000 prize pool.

All four upper bracket quarterfinals are on 17 November. Inner Circle face Betclic at 12:00 CET, BIG play Sangal at 14:30 CET, Ninjas in Pyjamas meet UNITY at 17:00 CET and GamerLegion take on Luminosity at 19:30 CET. The four winners move into the upper bracket semifinals.

Formats, Schedule and Prize Pool

The bracket is double elimination. Every match is a best-of-three and the grand final is a best-of-five. The upper bracket semifinals are on 18 November at 17:00 CET and 19:30 CET, the upper bracket final is on 19 November at 17:00 CET, and the grand final is on 20 November at 17:30 CET.

Teams that lose drop into the lower bracket. Round 1 is on 18 November at 12:00 CET and 14:30 CET. Round 2 is on 19 November at 12:00 CET and 14:30 CET, and round 3 follows at 19:30 CET. The lower bracket final is on 20 November at 14:00 CET.

HLTV lists $25,000 for first place, $17,500 for second, $13,500 for third and $11,000 for fourth. Fifth and sixth receive $9,000 each, and seventh and eighth $7,500 each. The Counter-Strike 2 map pool is Cache, Dust2, Mirage, Inferno, Nuke, Ancient and Anubis.

Who Is in the Field

The eight teams are Luminosity Gaming, Ninjas in Pyjamas, IC Esports, BIG, GamerLegion, Betclic Apogee Esports, Sangal Esports and UNiTY esports. According to Betluck, Alliance withdrew voluntarily and Betclic Apogee Esports took the freed slot.

Prosquad News reports that the event closes the 2026 circuit created by StarLadder and Stake. Luminosity lost four straight series between 20 and 28 October, and GamerLegion beat them 13-3 on Nuke at the EWC 2026 opener.