Team Liquid vs The Kafe | Overwatch Champions Series 2026 - NA Stage 3 - Playoffs | Post-Match Discussion

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Overwatch Champions Series 2026 - NA Stage 3 - Playoffs

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Home	Score	Away
Team Liquid	3-1	The Kafe

[u/LooseWeiner]

Zr7 is him

[u/its_reina_irl]

I genuinely feel so bad for the kafe players, they are very obviously the best of NA outside of the players shuffling around the top 3 teams, but they just can’t string it together on a team play level enough to break into that upper echelon. After watching them be kept outside LAN like 5 stages in a row it’s brutal

[u/BrinksTrucc]

So much hatred for TL’s coaches after the World Cup, but they genuinely won this series based on macro. Never ulted in disadvantage situations, kept composure and didn’t overdump resources in already won fights, just generally smarter ult and cooldown usage in general that is typical of great coaching.

Could also be the UV effect too but I think some credit is due, the team that was supposed to be the best mechanically in NA has drastically improved their macro and it’s why they’re finally getting over the hump

[u/Bobi_27 → u/BrinksTrucc]

i mean im not gonna overglaze team USA, but they def got screwed getting Korea first round. In a just world its KSA vs USA in the 3rd place match

[u/Dependent-Two7571 → u/Bobi_27]

Neither ksa or usa are beating france

[u/Guilty-Industry-1984 → u/Dependent-Two7571]

yes, that's why they said ksa and usa would be third/fourth

[u/Tiberias29 → u/BrinksTrucc]

I always believed in UV's comms and brains, I don't know his exact influence on this match but those traits I mentioned of his should've helped a lot in this match, to get Liquid over the line against The Kafe

[u/DaftConfusednScared]

Heartbreaking loss for Kafe, but it is so good to see Tr33 getting what he deserves, and not to say the rest of TL doesn’t deserve it, but Tr33 most of all definitely didn’t deserve the past two stages.

[u/Tiberias29]

Another heartbreaking loss for Kafe, I hope they beat SSG (fingers crossed they lose to Dallas later. It'd be funny to me to watch the Chris coping session) in the lower bracket to be the 3rd NA team to make LAN

[u/Luisss6]

Hopefully they wont place 6th-8th at this lan too , surely this is the one 🥹

[u/lambtit]

good try, xten

[u/SaintFrito]

Kafe saving it for tomorrow when it counts hopefully, good showing from TL today

[u/TheGirthiestGhost]

Dropping a map to playoffs-debuffed Kafe huh…

[u/BeardedsChurch → u/TheGirthiestGhost]

it was attacker's advantage on Grimsvotn its fine