As predicted, Vitality confidently defeated FURIA in the semifinals of IEM Rio 2026 with a 2–0 scoreline to secure a spot in the grand final. The French side dominated on Overpass (13:10) and Ancient (13:9), leaving the Brazilians with no chance to mount a comeback.
In the final, they will face Spirit, who beat Falcons in the parallel semifinal. Falcons will take on FURIA in the third-place match, which will be played before the grand final.
IEM Rio 2026 is taking place from April 13 to 19 at Farmasi Arena. Six teams are competing in the playoffs for the trophy in a single-elimination format: quarterfinals and semifinals are best-of-three, while the grand final is best-of-five. The winner will receive $100,000.
A CS2 digest: nafany is no longer tied to AMKAL, Russia has the biggest player representation at PGL Astana 2026, and apEX missed the BLAST Rivals Spring 2026 all-star lineup.
A CS2 digest: Cache quickly became the standout map after release, Aurora is expected to keep its Turkish lineup, Luminosity and TSM are eyeing 3DMAX, and broky topped the AWP chart at BLAST Rivals.
A CS2 digest: Team Vitality swept NAVI in the BLAST Rivals Spring 2026 final, ZywOo became the second player to reach a +10,000 K/D difference, and donk played more Dota 2 pubs than CS2 FACEIT maps in April.
NaVi defeated FaZe to reach the BLAST final, GamerLegion knocked out Astralis, and BOROS was suspended from a Chinese event.
A CS2 digest: IEM Atlanta 2026 opening matchups were revealed, BIG paused its women’s roster, HObbit became a free agent, and FaZe eliminated G2 from BLAST Rivals Spring 2026.
A CS2 digest: Vitality reached the BLAST Rivals semifinal, Devilwalk joined ALGO, FUT is set to bring back lauNX, and HOTU signed kade0.
A CS2 digest: BLAST Rivals Spring 2026 opening results, FUT ending Vitality’s Dust2 streak, and Cache joining CS2.
