IEM Rio 2026 viewer's guide

From April 13th to 19th, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will host another big LAN tournament, IEM Rio 2026. Sixteen teams will compete for a $300,000 prize pool.

The event's group stage will be played in a GSL format (two groups of eight squads). The three strongest rosters from each group will advance to the playoffs, which will be held in a Single Elimination format. The group winners will go directly to the semi-finals.

All matches in the competition, except the final, will play out in a best-of-three format, while the final will be a best-of-five match.

The group stage seeding looks as follows:

Group A

 Vitality (apEX, ropz, ZywOo, flameZ, mezii)
 RED Canids (dav1deuS, drop, chayJESUS, kauez, reNTU)
 Gentle Mates (alex, mopoz, sausol, dav1g, MartinezSa)
 G2 (SunPayus, tAk, NertZ, MATYS, HeavyGod)
 Team Spirit (magixx, sh1ro, zont1x, tN1R, donk)
 Liquid (Krimbo, EliGE, malbsMd, siuhy, ultimate)
 3DMAX (Maka, Lucky, misutaaa, Ex3rcice, Graviti)
 Falcons (NiKo, kyousuke, TeSeS, m0NESY, kyxsan)

Group A bracket

Group B

 FURIA (FalleN, YEKINDAR, yuurih, KSCERATO, molodoy)
 Passion UA (JT, try, Senzu, Kvem, nicx)
 B8 (alex666, npl, kensizor, esenthial, s1zzi)
 NAVI (Aleksib, iM, b1t, makazze, w0nderful)
 Aurora (MAJ3R, XANTARES, woxic, Wicadia, soulfly)
 HOTU (n0rb3r7, dukefissura, mizu, kAlash, frontales)
 Legacy (dumau, latto, n1ssim, arT, saadzin)
 MOUZ (Brollan, Spinx, torzsi, Jimpphat, xertioN)

Group B bracket

The prize pool distribution is:

1. $125,000
2. $50,000
3. $30,000
4. $20,000
5-6. $12,500
7-8. $7,000
9-12. $5,000
13-16. $4,000

The full schedule and live broadcasts of IEM Rio 2026 can be found on the tournament page on our website via this link.