B8 started IEM Kraków 2026 with a 2:1 loss against NRG. The team lost the first map, Dust2, 4:13, bounced back on the second map, Mirage, but NRG dominated 13:2, and the decider, Inferno, went again to NRG — 13:11. The standout player of the match was oSee from NRG, finishing with a 1.54 rating.
As a result, B8 drop to the lower bracket, and their debut with new AWPer sekugawa didn’t go as well as it could have. The newcomer ended up as the lowest-rated player on the team, although this was his first match on HLTV.
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