Field Level Media
20 Apr 2026, 03:25 GMT+10
(Photo credit: Shawn Dowd/Rochester Democrat and Chronicle / USA TODAY NETWORK)
Team Vitality completed a spotless run through the playoff stage at the Intel Extreme Masters Rio event, defeating Team Spirit 3-0 in the grand final Sunday in Brazil.
Vitality followed 2-0 wins in the quarterfinals and semifinals with their latest shutout to claim the $125,000 first prize. Spirit settled for $50,000 in second place. Team Falcons defeated FURIA 2-0 in another match to determine third place.
Sixteen Counter-Strike 2 teams began the week with a prize pool of $300,000.
The double-elimination group stage began with two groups of eight teams, with all matches best-of-three. The group winners advanced to the playoff semifinals, with the group runners-up entering the quarterfinals as high seeds and the third-place teams entering the quarterfinals as low seeds.
In the single-elimination playoffs, all matches were best-of-three until Sunday's best-of-five grand final.
The match was closer than the 3-0 scoreline suggested, at least in the early going. Team Vitality needed overtime for a 16-13 win on Mirage, then took Nuke 13-10 before a 13-5 victory on Dust II to finish off Team Spirit.
Robin 'ropz' Kool of Estonia posted 62 kills and a 1.38 match rating to guide Team Vitality. Close behind was Frenchman Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut (59 kills, 1.36 rating).
Team Falcons beat FURIA 13-11 on both Dust II and Mirage in the third-place match. Bosnia and Herzegovina's Nikola 'NiKo' Kovac led Team Falcons with 45 kills and had a 1.33 match rating, while teammate Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov of Russia had 42 kills and a 1.37 match rating.
IEM Rio prize pool:
1. $125,000 -- Team Vitality
2. $50,000 -- Team Spirit
3. $30,000 -- Team Falcons
4. $20,000 -- FURIA
5-6. $12,500 -- MOUZ, Natus Vincere
7-8. $7,000 -- G2 Esports, Aurora Gaming
9-12. $5,000 -- RED Canids, 3DMAX, B8, HOTU
13-16. $4,000 -- Gentle Mates, Team Liquid, Passion UA, Legacy
--Field Level Media
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