Nova Esports rally past Any Questions Gaming 2-1

Nova Esports defeated Any Questions Gaming 2-1 in Quarterfinal 4 of VCT Threshold China 2026 on Thursday, Oct. 22, overcoming a one-map deficit in the best-of-three series.

Any Questions Gaming won the opening map after 51 minutes. The team had entered the match after a 2-0 victory over World Sports Invictus Gaming in the tournament’s first round and a 3-0 win over Unsettled Resentment in China Evolution Series Act 3 2026. It also beat JD Gaming and Dragon Ranger Gaming 2-0 during that event.

Nova Esports leveled the series by taking the second map in 38 minutes. The Chinese team won the decider in 40 minutes to complete the comeback.

Nova Esports will face KeepBest Gaming on Saturday, Oct. 24. KeepBest advanced after defeating Wolves Esports 2-0 in Quarterfinal 3. Wolves had opened the tournament with a 2-0 win over A Team.

Nova entered the series after a 0-2 loss to FunPlus Phoenix. Before that match, it defeated EDward Gaming 2-1 in Act 3. In VCT China Stage 2 2026, Nova beat XLG Gaming 2-1 and TEC Esports 2-0 before losing 0-2 to TYLOO.

Nova Esports are ranked 117th in the Elo rankings with a rating of 1,566 and a 45-42 record across 87 rated matches. Any Questions Gaming are ranked 147th with a rating of 1,533 and a 9-9 record from 18 rated matches.

VCT Threshold China 2026 runs through Nov. 1. In other opening-round matches, Dragon Ranger Gaming defeated Rare Atom 2-0, while Unsettled Resentment beat Octagonal Disposition Gaming 2-0.

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