HOTU have claimed the RLG Tesla Cup trophy after a 2-0 win over GamerLegion (Dust2 13-6, Nuke 13-9).
The win serves as a massive boon for HOTU's Major chances, as they now stand at 73.3% as per HLTV's invite predictor. The Russian squad is now set to travel to Moscow for GLuck Moscow Cyber Games 2026, which will be their final tournament before the invite cutoff.
HOTU's Tesla Cup campaign was flawless, as they qualified for the grand final with three 2-0 wins over Luminosity, B8 and GamerLegion.
The latter was their opponent in the grand final as well, with HOTU once again barely breaking a sweat in a one-sided 2-0 victory.
Dmitry "mizu" Kondratev dominated on the Dust2 opener and racked up 24 kills, 140 ADR and a 2.40 rating for his troubles, before David "n0rb3r7" Danielyan took over on Nuke to finish the map with a 1.69 rating.
Outside of HOTU, who massively increased their chances of making Singapore, the event also had a big impact on several other squads' chances of qualifying.
FaZe clinched qualification with a third-place finish, while B8 missed a golden opportunity in the game against Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken's troops and now sit at 12.0%.
Envy and Luminosity also came into the event with a slim chance of making it, but both squads are out of the race after respective early exits.
Envy
Bryan 'Maka' Canda
Lucas 'Lucky' Chastang
Kévin 'misutaaa' Rabier
Jeremy 'Kursy' Gast
Filip 'Graviti' Brankovic
Damien 'wasiNk' Dufour
FaZe
David 'frozen' Čerňanský
Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken
Ryan 'Neityu' Aubry
Jakub 'jcobbb' Pietruszewski
Jason 'JBOEN' Boe Nielsen
Niclas 'enkay J' Krumhorn
David 'n0rb3r7' DanielyanPast 3 months
GamerLegion
Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner
Aleksandr 'shalfey' Marenov
Sebastian 'Tauson' Tauson Lindelof
Timur 'FL4MUS' Marev
Milan 'hypex' Polowiec
Adrian 'imd' Pieper
HOTU
David 'n0rb3r7' Danielyan
Aidos 'kade0' Khairzhan
Dmitry 'mizu' Kondratev
Aleksandr 'dwushka' Pakhnevich
Kim 'frontales' Argunov
Rustem 'mou' Telepov
Dmitry 'mizu' KondratevPast 3 months
Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenPast 3 months
Luminosity
Aleks 'Rainwaker' Petrov
Aurélien 'afro' Drapier
Lucas 'lux' Meneghini
Simon 'yxngstxr' Boije
Oscar 'AZUWU' Bell
Alexander 'kakafu' Szymanczyk
B8
Alexey 'alex666' Yarmoshchuk
Andrii 'npl' Kukharskyi
Artem 'kensizor' Kapran
Dmytro 'esenthial' Tsvir
Danylo 's1zzi' Vinnyk
Ivan 'maddened' Iordanidi