IEM Cologne Major 2026 Stage 2 Day 2: Recap

The second day at the IEM Cologne Major 2026 Stage 2 has come to an end as FUT beat G2 to make Stage 3 with a flawless record. donk did donk things to help Spirit sail into Stage 3 while FlyQuest and GamerLegion headed home after disappointing Stage 2 campaigns.

If you missed the second day's action at the IEM Cologne Major 2026 Stage 2, here's a quick look at the results.

BRACKET 1-1

The 1-1 bracket games kicked off the second day at Stage 2 with the BO1s getting things going. Monte saw off Legacy in a closely fought game while TYLOO, BIG and BetBoom picked up comprehensive wins to move into the 2-1 bracket at the expense of Astralis, MIBR and M80 respectively.

• Monte 13 - 11 Legacy (Ancient)

• TYLOO 13 - 6 Astralis (Nuke)

• BIG 13 - 8 MIBR (Inferno)

• BetBoom 13 - 2 M80 (Dust2)

BRACKET 2-0

Spirit wasted no time in booking themselves a place in Stage 3 as donk went above and beyond to see his side through. Spirit picked up a comfortable 2-0 against 9z with Spirit dropping only 4 rounds across the series. G2 and FUT played the final game of the day where FUT showed resilience and continued to impress as they denied G2 a 3-0 path to Stage 3 and themselves made it through flawlessly.

• Spirit 2 - 0 9z (Mirage 13 - 3, Nuke 13-1)

• G2 1-2 FUT (Anubis 11 - 13, Overpass 13-7, Ancient 4-13)

BRACKET 0-2

The elimination games saw paiN send FlyQuest home while GamerLegion's struggles continued as B8 put up a stunning comeback on Nuke to send Snax and co. home from Cologne.

• paiN 2 - 0 FlyQuest ( Nuke 13 - 7, Anubis 13 - 10)

• B8 2 - 1 GamerLegion (Inferno 13- 11, Mirage 8-13, Nuke 13-11)

Standings at the IEM COLOGNE MAJOR 2026 STAGE 2 AT THE END OF DAY 2: