Event organiser ESL FACEIT Group (EFG) has introduced that Intel Excessive Masters (IEM) Counter-Strike 2 tournaments will happen in Brazil, China, and the USA in 2026.
IEM Brazil will happen from April thirteenth to nineteenth, 2026. Groups will then head to the US from Might eleventh to seventeenth. Furthermore, from November 2nd to eighth, the match sequence heads to China.
The addition of three extra Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) occasions follows ESL FACEIT Group’s latest determination to move its flagship Intel Extreme Masters event from Katowice to Kraków, which takes place from January twenty seventh to February eighth, 2026.
The precise particulars on the situation for every of 2026’s new IEM events have but to be revealed.
EFG has revealed that the Brazil, US, and China occasions will all function a $1m (~£738,985) prize pool.
ESL’s Counter-Strike Dedication
New IEM occasions arrive as a part of the occasion organiser’s contribution of at least $22m (~£16.2m) to its Counter-Strike ecosystem for 2025 and 2026. The rework goals to create a extra sustainable ecosystem for Valve’s first-person shooter title.
IEM’s 2026 occasions will contribute to the ESL Grand Slam, an extra $1m prize awarded to the primary crew to win three ESL Professional Tour Masters tournaments and one ESL Professional Tour Championship. The latter consists of consists of IEM Kraków, Cologne or a Main operated by the match organiser.
Group Vitality turned the newest winner of the prize after lifting the IEM Melbourne trophy in April.
The enlargement of IEM cements EFG’s place as one of many largest esports match organisers on the planet. Along with Counter-Strike, it hosts tournaments throughout a spread of titles, together with Dota 2 and cellular video games akin to Cellular Legends: Bang Bang.
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