Valve releases updated ranking of teams

Valve has released an update to the official ranking of the world's strongest Counter-Strike 2 teams. This ranking will be used to award invites to IEM Cologne Major 2026, as well as several smaller LAN events – LORGAR RANKINGS Season 1 and Stake Ranked Episode 2.

IEM Cologne Major 2026 will take place from June 2-21, 2026, with 32 teams competing for $1.25 million in prizes. The competition format will remain the same – three stages and playoffs. LORGAR RANKINGS Season 1 will take place from April 25-26 in Barcelona, ​​Spain, and Stake Ranked Episode 2 will take place from May 27-30 in Europe.

Earlier, HLTV.org also released an updated ranking of the world's strongest Counter-Strike 2 teams. NAVI climbed to No. 2.

Origin: www.hltv.org