IEM Beijing 2026 Day 2 is done, and the group stage already has a few big stories. FURIA beat NAVI in three maps, MOUZ and The MongolZ won their series 2-0 to reach the playoffs, and FaZe are out in last place.
IEM Beijing 2026 runs from 2 to 8 November with 16 teams and a $1,250,000 prize pool. The winner takes $360,000 and one ESL Grand Slam point.
IEM Beijing Day 2 results (3 November)
Upper bracket
- MOUZ 2-0 BETBOOM: Ancient 13-6, Mirage 16-14 (overtime). MOUZ are in the playoffs, and BETBOOM drop to the lower bracket.
- PARIVISION 2-0 Liquid: Liquid's strong first day came to an end.
- The MongolZ 2-0 HEROIC: Inferno 13-7, Nuke 19-17 after double overtime. cobrazera was player of the match (44-36, 87.9 ADR, 1.30 rating).
- FURIA 2-1 Natus Vincere: Ancient 12-16, Nuke 16-12 (overtime), Cache to FURIA. FalleN finished the decider with 98.7 ADR. NAVI drop to the lower bracket.
Lower bracket
- Falcons 2-1 FaZe: Ancient 13-3, Anubis 10-13, Mirage 13-7. kyousuke had a 2.08 rating on Ancient. FaZe leave Beijing without a single win, in karrigan's first match against his old team.
- Aurora 2-1 G2: the decider went to overtime. G2 are out.
- TYLOO 2-1 9Z: the home team survives and 9Z go home.
"It feels amazing, as we lost to NAVI last event," YEKINDAR said after FURIA's win. FURIA are the new HLTV world number one and are going for a third trophy in a row, after their PGL Masters Bucharest win last week: https://veteranii.com/forum/d/134-cs2-furia-beat-nemiga-3-2-to-win-pgl-masters-bucharest-2026-yekindar-mvp
IEM Beijing Day 3 schedule (UK time, 4 November)
| UK time | Match |
| --- | --- |
| 02:00 | Liquid vs TYLOO |
| 02:00 | Aurora vs BETBOOM |
| 04:30 | Falcons vs HEROIC |
| 04:30 | Natus Vincere vs Legacy/B8 winner |
| 07:00 | PARIVISION vs MOUZ |
| 09:30 | The MongolZ vs FURIA |
All Day 3 matches are best of three. The times are converted from the published IST schedule.
Who is your pick to win IEM Beijing: FURIA again, MOUZ or The MongolZ?
Source: https://www.hltv.org/news/45894/mouz-best-bb-to-qualify-for-playoffs-in-beijing , https://www.hltv.org/news/45900/furia-outlast-navi-for-beijing-playoffs , https://www.hltv.org/news/45896/falcons-condemn-faze-to-last-place-exit-in-beijing , https://egamersworld.com/counterstrike/news/38219/the-mongolz-beat-heroic-and-reach-iem-beijing-2026-rTTFk-_vR and https://www.talkesport.com/news/cs2/iem-beijing-2026-day-2-results/
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