THUNDER dOWNUNDER vs Ground Zero.AU – 2026 ESL Challenger League Season 51: Oceania - Cup #1 CS2 Match

THUNDER dOWNUNDER vs Ground Zero.AU Counter-Strike 2 match ended 2 - 1 in favour of THUNDER dOWNUNDER and was played on Feb 24, 2026 at 10:08 AM . The match was a Best of 3 series and part of the 2026 ESL Challenger League Season 51: Oceania - Cup #1 Bracket - Grand Final.

Breakdown of the match

• THUNDER dOWNUNDER won Game 1 with 13 -  8 on Dust II
• Ground Zero.AU won Game 2 with 13 -  9 on Nuke
• THUNDER dOWNUNDER won Game 3 with 13 -  6 on Inferno

Key player statistics

• Top fragger for the match was Liazz with 51 kills.
• Most assists for the match were made by Liazz with 20 assists.

Head-to-head stats

THUNDER dOWNUNDER and Ground Zero.AU had previously played each other 2 times . THUNDER dOWNUNDER had won 1 times , Ground Zero.AU had won 1 times and 0 matches were tied.

The prior match between them was played on Feb 22, 2026 at 10:00 AM in 2026 ESL Challenger League Season 51: Oceania - Cup #1 where THUNDER dOWNUNDER won 2 - 0 .

Match prediction

Strafe users had an overwhelming favorite in this match, and predicted THUNDER dOWNUNDER to win with 95.6% of the votes in their favor and 4.4% of the votes for Ground Zero.AU .

Where to watch

The THUNDER dOWNUNDER vs Ground Zero.AU live match was streamed on strafe.com, Twitch and Youtube. To watch more matches like this, visit the CS2 match calendar .

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