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WORLD FINALS 2026 · TOKYO · NOV 20–22

World Finals predictions

These are our predictions for the Brawl Stars World Finals 2026. We calculate them from the matches each team has played against the other World Finals teams since October 30. Pick who you think wins each match and compare your prediction with ours.

Matches start at 12:00 Tokyo time.

Who advances from each group

The opener winners play the upper bracket: whoever wins advances first. The losers drop to the lower bracket, and whoever loses there is out. The decider, between the upper bracket loser and the lower bracket winner, decides second place. Each match shows its likeliest pairing and who wins it.

Group A

OPENER 1HMBLE65 %Team Heretics35 %
OPENER 2RED Canids85 %Reply Totem15 %
UPPER BRACKET · FOR 1STHMBLE62 %RED Canids38 %Likeliest pairing: 55 in 100.
LOWER BRACKET · THE LOSER IS ELIMINATEDTeam Heretics83 %Reply Totem17 %Likeliest pairing: 55 in 100.
DECIDER · FOR 2NDHMBLE65 %Team Heretics35 %Upper bracket loser against lower bracket winner. Likeliest pairing: 32 in 100.
1ST PLACEHMBLE43 %RED Canids36 %Team Heretics18 %
2ND PLACEHMBLE35 %RED Canids32 %Team Heretics30 %

Group B

OPENER 1NAVI63 %Crazy Raccoon37 %
OPENER 2Team Elektros91 %NOVO Esports9 %
UPPER BRACKET · FOR 1STTeam Elektros80 %NAVI20 %Likeliest pairing: 57 in 100.
LOWER BRACKET · THE LOSER IS ELIMINATEDCrazy Raccoon58 %NOVO Esports42 %Likeliest pairing: 57 in 100.
DECIDER · FOR 2NDNAVI63 %Crazy Raccoon37 %Upper bracket loser against lower bracket winner. Likeliest pairing: 48 in 100.
1ST PLACETeam Elektros75 %NAVI15 %Crazy Raccoon6 %
2ND PLACENAVI44 %Crazy Raccoon24 %Team Elektros20 %

The opening matches

Each match is best of 5 sets, and each set is best of 3 games on the same map.

GROUP A · OPENER
OUR PREDICTION · 65 %HMBLE 3–1againstTeam Heretics
STRENGTH
54 against 48.
HEAD TO HEAD
HMBLE won 11 of 15 sets.
ITS MAP
Beach Ball: HMBLE is 5–1 and Team Heretics 1–4.
Watch out for Crystal Arcade: Team Heretics is 2–3 there and HMBLE 1–8.
Your prediction
GROUP A · OPENER
OUR PREDICTION · 85 %RED Canids 3–0againstReply Totem
STRENGTH
49 against 35.
HEAD TO HEAD
They have not played each other yet.
ITS MAP
Kaboom Canyon: RED Canids is 4–0 and Reply Totem 1–8.
Watch out for Hot Potato: Reply Totem is 5–1 there and RED Canids 1–3.
Your prediction
GROUP B · OPENER
OUR PREDICTION · 63 %NAVI 3–1againstCrazy Raccoon
STRENGTH
52 against 48: nearly even.
HEAD TO HEAD
NAVI won 9 of 12 sets.
ITS MAP
Ring of Fire: NAVI is 8–0 and Crazy Raccoon 4–6.
Watch out for Open Business: Crazy Raccoon is 6–1 there and NAVI 3–7.
Your prediction
GROUP B · OPENER
OUR PREDICTION · 91 %Team Elektros 3–0againstNOVO Esports
STRENGTH
64 against 45.
HEAD TO HEAD
Team Elektros won 8 of 10 sets.
ITS MAP
Beach Ball: Team Elektros is 4–0 and NOVO Esports 0–2.
Watch out for Belle's Rock: NOVO Esports is 5–3 there and Team Elektros 0–4.
Your prediction

GLOBAL BANS WE EXPECT

  • Lou
  • Amber
  • Melodie

The brawlers the 8 group teams ban the most.

EACH TEAM'S BRAWLER

  • HMBLE: Chester
  • RED Canids: Rico
  • Reply Totem: Chester
  • Team Heretics: Chester
  • Crazy Raccoon: Gale
  • Team Elektros: Amber
  • NOVO Esports: Chester
  • NAVI: Surge

The one each team plays the most. If it gets banned, they have to change their plan.

How we calculate it: each team's strength comes from its matches against the other World Finals teams; beating a strong team is worth more and recent matches weigh more. With that strength we calculate each game, set and match. The maps are the 18 the teams are practicing, since the official list has not been published.