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It&#8217;s a much-needed statement after a rough stretch for the French outfit, who qualified through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/b8-vitality-ewc-2026\">B8 lower-bracket grind<\/a> at EWC and were swept out of BLAST Bounty Summer by Team Liquid in their worst placement since October 2023.<\/p>\n<h2>Spirit Scrape Past B8 to Set Up the Rematch<\/h2>\n<p>On the other side of the bracket, Team Spirit dispatched B8 to punch their own ticket to the quarterfinal, but the win came with familiar caveats. Per Strafe&#8217;s reporting, donk once again carried the load for Spirit, whose T-side has looked lost whenever teams find a way to lock him down &#8211; a pattern that stretches back through a disappointing BLAST Bounty final loss to MOUZ and a shaky group stage run at EWC itself.<\/p>\n<h2>ZywOo vs Donk Headlines the Quarterfinal<\/h2>\n<p>The two teams now collide in what&#8217;s being billed as the showstopper of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/ewc-2026-cs2-draw\">EWC CS2 quarterfinal bracket<\/a>, with ZywOo and donk widely considered two of the game&#8217;s premier talents going head-to-head for a semifinal spot. Vitality have historically owned this head-to-head, having not dropped a single series to Spirit since 2025, and Strafe&#8217;s own preview tips Vitality as clear favourites unless Spirit can finally support donk as a full unit rather than leaning on him to win rounds solo.<\/p>\n<p>Whoever comes out on top moves one step closer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/ewc-2026-cs2-grand-final-accor-arena\">Grand Final at the Accor Arena<\/a>, with the winner advancing straight into the EWC 2026 semifinals. 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