Dota 2 Match of the Week: HULIGANI vs Inner Circle x Insanity (2–1)

This was the most exciting series of the week. It was a best-of-3 at EPL Masters 2026 on 2026-10-23. HULIGANI played Inner Circle x Insanity, and the series went to a third game. The last game took 63:42, the longest of the series.

Who won HULIGANI vs Inner Circle x Insanity?

HULIGANI won the series 2–1. They lost game 1, then won game 2 and game 3.

HULIGANI2:1Inner Circle x Insanity

Game 1Inner Circle x Insanity won · 41:44Game 2HULIGANI won · 53:40Game 3HULIGANI won · 63:42

HULIGANI won63:42Kills 42 : 41

HULIGANI ahead · up to +3.4k gold (min 48)Inner Circle x Insanity ahead · up to +11.2k gold (min 34)

0:0063:42

HULIGANIWon

1. Player and heroK / D / ANet worth
2. naiveSven20/7/1248.7k
3. Mirage`Dragon Knight5/10/2833.1k
4. elmoEarth Spirit7/6/2928.6k
5. queezy小个子Hoodwink2/7/2619.3k
6. ReinGrimstroke7/11/2626.1k

Inner Circle x Insanity

1. Player and heroK / D / ANet worth
2. yowaaiTerrorblade12/6/1642.6k
3. EtherealOutworld Destroyer16/7/1333.4k
4. NormaCentaur Warrunner2/10/2627.1k
5. FernansWindranger6/10/2419.2k
6. HyugaRingmaster4/9/2715.7k

MVP · Game 3

naive

HULIGANI · Sven

K/D/A

20/7/12

Net worth

48.7k

Gold/min

832

Damage

63.8k

Best of Inner Circle x Insanity

yowaai

Inner Circle x Insanity · Terrorblade

K/D/A

12/6/16

Net worth

42.6k

Gold/min

951

Damage

48.6k

Match data from Valve via OpenDota. K/D/A = kills, deaths, assists (green = strong, red = weak game). MVP = our score from kills, assists, deaths, net worth and hero damage.

WindrangerField reporter · dota2news.com

What to remember

64 minutes, 11,193 gold lost and won back. HULIGANI took the Match of the Week in a game that did not want to end.

Oct 24, 2026 · dota2news.com

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HULIGANI come from Russia and play in the CIS region. Their coach is TheChosenOne. Earlier in 2026 they finished 16th at The International 2026. Inner Circle x Insanity are a team from Ukraine and the United Kingdom, also from the CIS region. They finished 21st - 24th at Esports World Cup 2026.

Game by game: the craziest moments

Game 1 went to Inner Circle x Insanity after 41:44. Their biggest lead was 16,983 gold at minute 41, and the kills ended 31 to 16. HULIGANI had been 5,374 gold ahead at minute 20, so this was a comeback. yowaai, who played Sven for Inner Circle x Insanity, finished 14/2/5.

Game 2 went to HULIGANI after 53:40. They were 20,871 gold ahead at minute 50. naive- played Meepo and finished 11/3/9 with a net worth of 47,017. The kills ended 31 to 23.

Game 3 was the craziest. Inner Circle x Insanity were 11,193 gold ahead at minute 34. But the game went on, and HULIGANI never gave up. At minute 48 they were 3,390 gold ahead, and they won after 63:42. After 64 minutes of fighting, the series was over.

Best player of the series

naive- from HULIGANI was the best player of game 3. He played Sven and finished 20/7/12 with a net worth of 48,735. In the whole series he got 33 kills. Only yowaai had more, with 35 kills, and Ethereal followed with 30 kills.

Inner Circle x Insanity had also won two games on this day against Team Lynx before. HULIGANI now move on in the tournament. You can read about another strong week in This Week in Dota 2.