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Team Vitality at the Singapore Major

Team Vitality start in Stage 3 as seed 2: #2 in the HLTV world ranking and #2 in the Valve standings. In-game leader: apEX; coach: XTQZZZ.

By CS2 Major Betting editorial team · Updated 3 November 2026

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Team Vitality roster for the Major

Five players and the coach XTQZZZ. Line-up and countries as listed on HLTV for the Major on 3 November 2026.

Team Vitality line-up
Player	Name	Country	Role
apEX	Dan Madesclaire	France	In-game leader
ropz	Robin Kool	Estonia	Player
ZywOo	Mathieu Herbaut	France	Player
flameZ	Shahar Shushan	Israel	Player
mezii	William Merriman	United Kingdom	Player

Road to the trophy

Team Vitality enter in Stage 3 on 2 Dec. As a top-eight seed, the team needs three wins in Stage 3 and three in the playoffs.

That is 6 series wins for the trophy. Every Stage 3 match is best-of-three, which favours the stronger team.

Team Vitality in numbers
Parameter	Value
Opening stage	Stage 3, from 2 Dec
Seed in stage	2
HLTV world ranking	#2
Valve standings	#2, 1922 points (2 November 2026)
Region	Europe
Base	France
Series wins needed	6

Team Vitality chances at the Major

Team Vitality are one of the favourites: the model gives them a 18% chance to lift the trophy and 89% to reach the playoffs. The numbers come from 20,000 simulations of the full format, with team strength taken from Valve standings points.

Team Vitality chances by round
Outcome	Model chance
Finish Stage 3 3–0	34%
Finish Stage 3 0–3	1.3%
Reach the playoffs	89%
Reach the Grand Final	32%
Win the Major	18%
Fair title odds	5.58

Every team is compared on the Singapore Major winner odds page; stage picks are in the Major predictions.

Valve ranking breakdown

Valve’s standings add five parts into one score. Team Vitality collected 1922 points on 2 November 2026:

Team Vitality Valve standings by component
Component	What it measures	Points
Bounty collected	Value of the opponents the team has beaten	511
Bounty offered	The team’s own prize money and results	568
Opponent network	How many different strong teams it has beaten	301
LAN wins	Results at offline events	568
Head-to-head	Adjustment from direct match results	-27

Component values: HLTV’s report on the November standings update. Seeds at the Major follow the total.

Team Vitality matches at the Major

Team Vitality play their first match in Stage 3, which starts on 2 Dec. Opponents are drawn by seed when PGL publishes the round.

Odds and a prediction for each series will appear here and on the Major matches list.

Team Vitality at CS2 Majors

Team Vitality reached 2 of the five CS2-era Major finals:

StarLadder Budapest Major 2025: champion (3–1 vs FaZe Clan);
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025: champion (2–1 vs The MongolZ).

The full list of finals is in the past Major winners table.

Betting on Team Vitality

Won both Majors of 2025, in Austin and Budapest. No CS2-era roster has closed out more Major finals. Outright prices on Stage 3 teams reflect the length of their route: 6 series wins are needed for the title.

Compare prices on the CS2 betting sites before betting, and read how to bet on CS2 for markets and margins.