IEM Atlanta 2026 viewer's guide

IEM Atlanta 2026, the next big Counter-Strike 2 LAN event, will take place from May 11 to 17 in Atlanta, United States. Sixteen teams will compete for a total prize pool of $300,000.

The group stage will follow a GSL format, featuring two groups of eight teams each. The top three teams from every group will advance to the playoffs, which will be played in a Single Elimination former. Group winners will secure spots in the semi-finals.

All matches at the tournament, except for the grand final, will be best-of-three, while the final will be best-of-five.

The group stage seeding looks as follows:

Group A

 Vitality (apEX, ropz, ZywOo, flameZ, mezii)
 BC.Game (s1mple, ScrunK, electroNic, Senzu, krazy)
 B8 (alex666, npl, kensizor, esenthial, s1zzi)
 BetBoom Team (Boombl4, zorte, S1ren, FL4MUS, Magnojez)
 paiN (vsm, biguzera, piriajr, saffee, snow)
 FaZe (Neityu, Twistzz, jcobbb, frozen, broky)
 NRG (nitr0, Sonic, oSee, Grim, br0)
 FUT (dem0n, coolio, Krabeni, cmtry, dziugss)

Group A bracket

Group B

 NAVI (Aleksib, iM, b1t, makazze, w0nderful)
 Passion UA (JT, try, Senzu, Kvem, nicx)
 SINNERS (beastik, SHOCK, MoDo, kisserek, stressarN)
 GamerLegion (Snax, REZ, Tauson, PR, hypex)
 Legacy (dumau, latto, n1ssim, arT, saadzin)
 M80 (slaxz-, Swisher, s1n, JBa, Lake)
 Liquid (Krimbo, EliGE, malbsMd, siuhy, ultimate)
 Astralis (ryu, HooXi, phzy, jabbi, Staehr)

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 Atlanta 2026 can be found on the tournament page on our website via this link.