IEM Beijing 2026 viewer's guide

IEM Beijing 2026, the next big Counter-Strike 2 LAN event, will take place in Beijing, China, from November 2 to 8. The tournament will feature 16 teams competing for a share of a $1.25 million prize pool.

The group stage will be played in the GSL format, with two groups of eight teams. The top three sides from each group will advance to the single-elimination playoffs, with the group winners going straight to the semi-finals.

All matches except the final will be best-of-threes, while the final will be a best-of-five.

The group stage seeding looks as follows:

Group A

 Legacy (arT, dumau, latto, n1ssim, try)
 The MongolZ (nin9, bLitz, Techno, 910, cobrazera)
 HEROIC (Brollan, nilo, susp, MartinezSa, Chr1zN)
 B8 (alex666, npl, kensizor, esenthial, s1zzi)
 FURIA (FalleN, yuurih, YEKINDAR, KSCERATO, molodoy)
 FaZe (frozen, Twistzz, Neityu, JBOEN, jcobbb)
 NAVI (Aleksib, iM, b1t, w0nderful, makazze)
 Falcons (karrigan, NiKo, TeSeS, m0NESY, kyousuke)

Group B

 MOUZ (torzsi, Spinx, xertioN, PR, xelex)
 TYLOO (JamYoung, Jee, Mercury, Moseyuh, Zero)
 9z (max, dgt, meyern, luchov, HUASOPEEK)
 BETBOOM TEAM (Boombl4, zorte, S1ren, d1Ledez, Magnojez)
 Aurora (XANTARES, woxic, Jimpphat, kyxsan, Wicadia)
 Liquid (NAF, EliGE, malbsMd, JT, Jorko)
 PARIVISION (FL1T, Jame, xiELO, zweih, HObbit)
 G2 (huNter-, NertZ, r1nkle, HeavyGod, MATYS)

The prize pool distribution is:

• 1. $125,000 (+$235,000 club share)
• 2. $50,000 (+$160,000)
• 3. $30,000 (+$130,000)
• 4. $20,000 (+$100,000)
• 5-6. $12,500 (+$75,000)
• 7-8. $7,000 (+$47,500)
• 9-12. $5,000 (+$20,000)
  
• 13-16. $4,000 (+$0)

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