IEM Kraków 2026 playoffs bracket and match schedule revealed

Following the conclusion of the Group Stage of IEM Kraków 2026, the playoffs bracket for the Tier 1 Counter-Strike 2 occasion is ready.

Going down from February sixth to eighth, the six remaining groups will compete for an opportunity to be topped the match’s champion.

Groups that ended the Group Stage in second and third locations will start their playoffs marketing campaign within the quarter-finals, whereas Group Vitality and Group Spirit begin within the semi-finals after topping their respective teams.

Aurora Gaming and FURIA will face off in a single quarter-final, with the majority-Brazilian roster trying to cement its place because the world’s greatest CS2 crew after main February’s Valve Regional Standings (VRS). For Aurora Gaming, the Turkish crew hopes to succeed in its first playoffs since November 2025, when it received PGL Masters Bucharest.

FURIA earned its spot in playoffs after working the decrease bracket gauntlet scoring victories over The MongolZ, NAVI, and Astralis, following a shock loss to FUT Esports within the opening Group Stage match.

The second quarter-final will see G2 Esports taking over MOUZ. G2 Esports has displayed spectacular type throughout its Kraków marketing campaign with wins over The MongolZ and FUT Esports earlier than a slender defeat to Group Spirit to safe its place within the playoffs.

In the meantime, MOUZ made its means by Group B’s decrease bracket, sweeping apart FaZe Clan earlier than scraping previous Group Falcons in a hotly contested best-of-three, the place late-round resilience made the distinction.

Beneath is the total schedule for the IEM Kraków 2026 playoffs, because the remaining groups look to safe the lion’s share of a $1m (~£729,395) prize pool:

All matches will probably be streamed reside ESL’s Counter-Strike Twitch and YouTube channels.