Team Spirit and NAVI won their matches at IEM Krakow 2026 in Counter-Strike 2.
Team Spirit and NAVI Win Their Matches at IEM Krakow 2026 in Counter-Strike 2
The next matches took place at the IEM Krakow 2026 tournament for Counter-Strike 2. The Serbian organization Team Spirit confidently closed the series against the Danish team, while the Ukrainian club Natus Vincere only managed to break PARIVISION's resistance on the third map.
Team Spirit — Astralis 2:0
The "Dragons" continued their winning streak, not giving up a single map to their opponent.
- Match Flow
- A tight battle unfolded on the opponent's pick, Dust2, but Team Spirit clinched it in overtime (16:13). On their own pick, Overpass, the team played more confidently, finishing the map with a score of 13:8.
- The donk Phenomenon
- Danil "donk" Kryshkovets was once again unreachable for his opponents, posting a 1.61 rating and securing 53 frags.
- Captain's Failure
- In the Astralis lineup, the sniper phzy tried to carry (rating 1.34), but captain HooXi had a disastrous game with a critically low rating of 0.54.
Team Spirit Roster
- chopper
- magixx
- donk
- zont1x
- sh1ro
NAVI — PARIVISION 2:1
The confrontation stretched to three maps, including overtime on one of them.
- Map Drama
- NAVI took the opponent's pick, Dust2, in a close fight (13:11), but lost on their own Anubis in extra rounds (16:19). The decisive Ancient map was completely dictated by the "Born to Win" squad — 13:5.
- Leaders
- Valeriy "b1t" Vakhovskiy was the best player of the match with a 1.28 rating. For PARIVISION, zweih played powerfully (1.25), but his efforts were not enough for an overall victory.
NAVI Roster
- Aleksib
- jL
- b1t
- iM
- w0nderful
Earlier, the Team Vitality and FUT Esports lineups confidently won their matches, leaving their opponents no chance on two maps. The French grand easily dealt with the s1mple collective, and the Turkish team sensationally crushed the Brazilians from FURIA.