Staff Vitality has been topped the IEM Kraków 2026 champion, including one other Tier 1 Counter-Strike 2 trophy to its assortment.
The French esports organisation defeated Brazilian organisation FURIA 3-1 in a hotly-contested Grand Ultimate within the Polish metropolis.
After making its method by means of the Group Stage with out conceding a map, Staff Vitality made gentle work of MOUZ within the semi-finals to safe a spot in one other high-profile Grand Ultimate.
FURIA opened the best-of-five on Mirage with the early benefit, earlier than a force-buy win within the second spherical halted any form of momentum. Shahar ‘flameZ‘ Shushan saved FURIA on the again foot earlier than 4 eliminations from Yuri ‘yuurih‘ Santos gave FURIA some hope heading into the second half with a 9-3 deficit to overturn.
FURIA flicked a change within the second half to overturn a disappointing opening half. A essential one-versus-two clutch from Danil ‘molodoy‘ Golubenko in spherical 22 supplied the ultimate push, finishing a formidable comeback to take a 13-11 win.
Inferno noticed Staff Vitality enter one other gear, with Mathieu ‘ZywOo‘ Herbaut demonstrating why he’s thought-about the world’s greatest because of a number of multikills in each halves. A 13-8 win levelled the sequence as consideration turned to Nuke.
Staff Vitality dominated Nuke, with FURIA solely managing to win two rounds on its offensive half because of Staff Vitality’s superior defensive technique. Victory within the second pistol spherical resulted in Staff Vitality securing Nuke with a dominant 13-3 scoreline to shut in on victory.
Overpass had the making of one other one-sided contest, with Staff Vitality racing to a five-round lead, led by 4 eliminations from ZywOo within the opening pistol spherical. FURIA answered again with some stable defensive holds to finish the half all-square at 6-6.
ZywOo and Dan ‘apEX‘ Madesclaire scored 4 consecutive kills of their very own, leading to Staff Vitality racing to a 13-10 win to take the sequence 3-1.
ZywOo Shines On Kraków Stage
Over the course of the 4 maps, ZywOo scored 90 eliminations alongside 101 ADR to cement his place as Counter-Strike 2’s greatest participant. Whether or not it’s with a pistol or the AWP, ZywOo’s continued impression proved essential as Staff Vitality holds its place because the world’s high group.
Victory in Kraków marks Staff Vitality’s tenth Tier 1 victory within the final 12 months because the European roster continues to say its dominance in Valve’s first-person shooter title.
The group has 4 days earlier than it returns to motion at PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026, the place it opens its Group Stage marketing campaign towards a G2 Esports aspect that confirmed indicators of promise in Kraków.
Going down from February 14th to twenty second, Cluj-Napoca options 16 groups competing for a share of a $625,000 (~£459,565) prize pool.
