June 14, 2026 09:00am

Written by AdiC

IEM Cologne Major 2026 Stage 3 Day 3: Recap

Spirit's incredible tenacity to see them reverse sweep 9z saw not only donk and co. make Playoffs but also become the second team to make Playoffs of the IEM Cologne Major 2026 after FURIA. The third day at Stage 3 also saw two teams go home while the gauntlet has been set for the final two days of Stage 3 before the action moves to the LANXESS Arena.

If you missed the third day's action from the IEM Cologne Major 2026 Stage 3, here's a quick recap.

Also read: IEM Cologne Major 2026 Stage 3 Day 2: Recap

The MongolZ on the brink of elimination, FUT survive

The day kicked off with the only Asian team remaining in the tournament, The MongolZ going up against Natus Vincere (NAVI) in the 1-1 bracket game and The MongolZ continued to struggle with poor T sides and closing issues that saw a big comeback on Ancient from NAVI seal a 2-0 win and send The MongolZ to the 1-2 bracket.

The other opening game was the elimination game between FUT and B8 and a tightly fought encounter saw FUT pull off a reverse sweep on the Ukrainian team to send them home with a 0-3 record.

IEM Cologne Major 2026

Bo3

1 - 2

FUT

All maps

B8	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 3.0
Andrii 'npl' Kukharskyi	61 - 46	+15	102.3	78.3%	1.32
Alexey 'alex666' Yarmoshchuk	44 - 46	-2	68.2	76.8%	0.99
Danylo 's1zzi' Vinnyk	41 - 43	-2	67.8	68.1%	0.98
Dmytro 'esenthial' Tsvir	40 - 45	-5	64.4	75.4%	0.92
Artem 'kensizor' Kapran	51 - 51	+0	68.3	69.6%	0.91

FUT	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 3.0
Dmytro 'dem0n' Myroshnychenko	58 - 48	+10	83.7	69.6%	1.25
Aulon 'Krabeni' Fazlija	46 - 51	-5	79.2	68.1%	1.12
Laurențiu 'lauNX' Țârlea	49 - 50	-1	70.7	75.4%	1.00
Nikita 'cmtry' Samolotov	38 - 40	-2	57.3	65.2%	0.97
Džiugas 'dziugss' Steponavičius	40 - 49	-9	66.6	66.7%	0.91

Maps

npl24 kills

Most kills

npl1.66 rating

Best rating

npl2.26 rating

Best t-side

s1zzi1.81 rating

Best ct-side

Dust2 Rounds

kensizor20 kills

Most kills

dem0n1.57 rating

Best rating

dem0n2.15 rating

Best t-side

cmtry1.39 rating

Best ct-side

Mirage Rounds

Krabeni24 kills

Most kills

Krabeni1.75 rating

Best rating

dem0n1.72 rating

Best t-side

npl1.89 rating

Best ct-side

Ancient Rounds

IEM Cologne Major 2026

Bo3

Natus Vincere

2 - 1

The MongolZ

All maps

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 3.0
Valeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy	61 - 38	+23	89.0	78.3%	1.31
Drin 'makazze' Shaqiri	52 - 42	+10	80.8	76.8%	1.23
Ihor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov	59 - 41	+18	83.1	81.2%	1.18
Mihai 'iM' Ivan	44 - 42	+2	68.7	76.8%	1.00
Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen	31 - 46	-15	56.1	75.4%	0.75

The MongolZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 3.0
Sodbayar 'Techno' Munkhbold	48 - 49	-1	80.4	69.6%	1.13
Garidmagnai 'bLitz' Byambasuren	42 - 50	-8	69.9	71.0%	1.04
Anarbileg 'cobrazera' Uuganbayar	46 - 46	+0	71.9	71.0%	1.02
Usukhbayar '910' Banzragch	36 - 52	-16	54.1	68.1%	0.84
Ayush 'mzinho' Batbold	36 - 50	-14	58.7	63.8%	0.81

Maps

b1t19 kills

Most kills

b1t1.38 rating

Best rating

b1t1.95 rating

Best t-side

bLitz1.65 rating

Best ct-side

Nuke Rounds

b1t27 kills

Most kills

b1t1.35 rating

Best rating

bLitz1.45 rating

Best t-side

Techno1.66 rating

Best ct-side

Ancient Rounds

w0nderful22 kills

Most kills

w0nderful1.71 rating

Best rating

w0nderful2.04 rating

Best t-side

w0nderful1.52 rating

Best ct-side

Mirage Rounds

Aurora, Falcons finds form

The second round of games were two 1-1 bracket games with Aurora putting up a dominant performance against G2 to move one win away from the Playoffs while G2 fell into the elimination bracket. Falcons meanwhile saw off a resilient Monte to also move into the 2-1 bracket as the NiKo and m0NESY duo got Falcons over the line.

IEM Cologne Major 2026

Bo3

Aurora

2 - 0

All maps

Aurora	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 3.0
Ali 'Wicadia' Haydar Yalçın	39 - 23	+16	105.0	85.4%	1.55
Caner 'soulfly' Kesici	31 - 23	+8	84.3	73.2%	1.23
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş	28 - 19	+9	72.6	82.9%	1.13
Özgür 'woxic' Eker	23 - 21	+2	59.9	75.6%	0.96
Engin 'MAJ3R' Küpeli	24 - 26	-2	52.3	73.2%	0.94

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 3.0
Nikita 'HeavyGod' Martynenko	23 - 30	-7	65.4	75.6%	1.03
Álvaro 'SunPayus' García	28 - 27	+1	68.6	75.6%	0.99
Matúš 'MATYS' Šimko	25 - 29	-4	62.9	61.0%	0.96
Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač	17 - 30	-13	56.2	58.5%	0.76
Guy 'NertZ' Iluz	19 - 29	-10	62.9	48.8%	0.69

Maps

Wicadia20 kills

Most kills

Wicadia1.53 rating

Best rating

XANTARES2.29 rating

Best t-side

Wicadia2.02 rating

Best ct-side

Overpass Rounds

soulfly19 kills

Most kills

soulfly1.82 rating

Best rating

soulfly2.38 rating

Best t-side

soulfly1.45 rating

Best ct-side

Anubis Rounds

IEM Cologne Major 2026

Bo3

Falcons

2 - 1

Monte

All maps

Falcons	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 3.0
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač	55 - 45	+10	87.2	69.6%	1.27
Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov	51 - 42	+9	81.7	66.7%	1.22
René 'TeSeS' Madsen	49 - 41	+8	67.4	62.3%	1.01
Maksim 'kyousuke' Lukin	41 - 45	-4	65.4	66.7%	0.96
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen	27 - 46	-19	53.0	78.3%	0.83

Monte	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 3.0
Aurélien 'afro' Drapier	51 - 44	+7	82.9	66.7%	1.10
Oscar 'AZUWU' Bell	48 - 50	-2	74.1	71.0%	1.02
Aurimas 'Bymas' Pipiras	39 - 38	+1	58.3	73.9%	0.93
Aleks 'Rainwaker' Petrov	41 - 46	-5	65.7	63.8%	0.90
Jack 'Gizmy' von Spreckelsen	39 - 46	-7	70.3	71.0%	0.88

Maps

NiKo28 kills

Most kills

NiKo1.97 rating

Best rating

NiKo2.49 rating

Best t-side

m0NESY1.82 rating

Best ct-side

Inferno Rounds

afro27 kills

Most kills

afro1.59 rating

Best rating

afro1.55 rating

Best t-side

afro1.63 rating

Best ct-side

Dust2 Rounds

NiKo20 kills

Most kills

NiKo1.41 rating

Best rating

NiKo1.80 rating

Best t-side

Bymas1.67 rating

Best ct-side

Mirage Rounds

Vitality move closer to Playoffs, PARIVISION sent packing

Defending champions Vitality were up against MOUZ in their 1-1 bracket game after a shock loss to 9z the day before and with ZywOo waking up late, Vitality took down MOUZ 2-1 to move a win away from the Playoffs. Legacy meanwhile faced PARIVISION in the other elimination game and Jame and co. were sent packing from the Major as latto and dumau led two overtime wins for the Brazilians to keep themselves in the event.

IEM Cologne Major 2026

Bo3

Vitality

2 - 1

MOUZ

All maps

Vitality	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 3.0
Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut	57 - 31	+26	101.3	84.7%	1.63
Robin 'ropz' Kool	47 - 37	+10	84.3	71.2%	1.23
Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire	35 - 37	-2	64.4	66.1%	0.92
William 'mezii' Merriman	33 - 35	-2	58.4	71.2%	0.89
Shahar 'flameZ' Shushan	33 - 35	-2	63.4	64.4%	0.86

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 3.0
Dorian 'xertioN' Berman	36 - 43	-7	83.4	66.1%	1.07
Adrian 'xelex' Vincze	35 - 38	-3	63.7	67.8%	1.01
Ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás	39 - 40	-1	63.2	71.2%	0.96
Ludvig 'Brollan' Brolin	32 - 44	-12	64.5	61.0%	0.94
Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi	32 - 40	-8	62.3	67.8%	0.85

Maps

ZywOo19 kills

Most kills

ZywOo1.56 rating

Best rating

ropz2.10 rating

Best t-side

ZywOo1.46 rating

Best ct-side

Mirage Rounds

torzsi19 kills

Most kills

xelex1.65 rating

Best rating

xelex2.25 rating

Best t-side

ZywOo1.37 rating

Best ct-side

Dust2 Rounds

ZywOo23 kills

Most kills

ZywOo2.32 rating

Best rating

ZywOo2.31 rating

Best t-side

ZywOo2.33 rating

Best ct-side

Inferno Rounds

IEM Cologne Major 2026

Bo3

PARIVISION

0 - 2

Legacy

All maps

PARIVISION	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 3.0
Dzhami 'Jame' Ali	37 - 31	+6	74.2	78.9%	1.05
Emil 'nota' Moskvitin	35 - 42	-7	76.8	68.4%	1.04
Ivan 'zweih' Gogin	29 - 36	-7	53.9	73.7%	0.90
Vladislav 'xiELO' Lysov	34 - 41	-7	63.5	63.2%	0.83
Andrey 'BELCHONOKK' Yasinskiy	27 - 37	-10	50.0	68.4%	0.76

Legacy	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 3.0
Bruno 'latto' Rebelatto	52 - 32	+20	91.2	80.7%	1.65
Eduardo 'dumau' Wolkmer	50 - 36	+14	91.6	78.9%	1.34
Andrei 'arT' Piovezan	31 - 35	-4	79.3	80.7%	1.01
Guilherme 'saadzin' Pacheco	29 - 26	+3	51.0	80.7%	0.93
Vinicius 'n1ssim' Pereira	22 - 33	-11	39.9	66.7%	0.71

Maps

latto23 kills

Most kills

latto1.54 rating

Best rating

dumau1.89 rating

Best t-side

arT1.47 rating

Best ct-side

Inferno Rounds

dumau30 kills

Most kills

latto1.77 rating

Best rating

dumau1.59 rating

Best t-side

latto2.03 rating

Best ct-side

Dust2 Rounds

Also read: Woeful T sides put The MongolZ on the brink of the elimination at IEM Cologne Major 2026

Spirit, FURIA go through flawless

The final two games saw FURIA make light work of BetBoom to qualify with a flawless 3-0 record as the trio of YEKINDAR, KSCERATO and molodoy saw FURIA dominate BetBoom. The final game of the day saw 9z push Spirit to the brink but Russian squad showed resilience to reverse sweep the series which saw all three maps go to overtime.

FURIA and Spirit's wins saw them go through to the Playoffs flawlessly and were the first two teams to make the Playoffs.

IEM Cologne Major 2026

Bo3

BetBoom

0 - 2

FURIA

All maps

BetBoom	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 3.0
Kirill 'Magnojez' Rodnov	25 - 30	-5	78.2	55.3%	0.96
Aleksandr 'zorte' Zagodyrenko	26 - 26	+0	73.1	65.8%	0.91
Daniil 'd1Ledez' Kustov	20 - 27	-7	59.7	63.2%	0.88
Kirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov	12 - 27	-15	42.4	60.5%	0.60
Timur 'FL4MUS' Marev	16 - 31	-15	44.4	50.0%	0.60

FURIA	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 3.0
Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis	39 - 24	+15	99.8	76.3%	1.61
Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato	36 - 19	+17	96.2	76.3%	1.50
Danil 'molodoy' Golubenko	31 - 20	+11	85.9	73.7%	1.24
Yuri 'yuurih' Santos	21 - 19	+2	69.1	73.7%	1.00
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo	14 - 17	-3	40.8	76.3%	0.96

Maps

YEKINDAR20 kills

Most kills

YEKINDAR1.49 rating

Best rating

YEKINDAR1.53 rating

Best t-side

KSCERATO2.02 rating

Best ct-side

Overpass Rounds

KSCERATO20 kills

Most kills

YEKINDAR1.76 rating

Best rating

molodoy2.55 rating

Best t-side

KSCERATO1.97 rating

Best ct-side

Dust2 Rounds

IEM Cologne Major 2026

Bo3

Spirit

2 - 1

All maps

Spirit	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 3.0
Danil 'donk' Kryshkovets	77 - 59	+18	92.2	80.5%	1.43
Dmitry 'sh1ro' Sokolov	71 - 50	+21	83.5	78.2%	1.22
Boris 'magixx' Vorobiev	57 - 55	+2	75.7	72.4%	1.09
Myroslav 'zont1x' Plakhotia	48 - 60	-12	66.6	69.0%	0.92
Andrey 'tN1R' Tatarinovich	45 - 65	-20	54.9	66.7%	0.76

9z	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 3.0
Franco 'dgt' Garcia	71 - 57	+14	92.0	77.0%	1.28
Ignacio 'meyern' Meyer	53 - 54	-1	69.3	70.1%	1.02
Matias 'HUASOPEEK' Ibañez Hernandez	61 - 62	-1	69.6	71.3%	1.01
Luciano 'luchov' Herrera	62 - 63	-1	78.7	72.4%	0.98
Maximiliano 'max' Gonzalez	42 - 62	-20	53.5	65.5%	0.77

Maps

sh1ro26 kills

Most kills

dgt1.34 rating

Best rating

dgt1.25 rating

Best t-side

sh1ro1.62 rating

Best ct-side

Overpass Rounds

dgt25 kills

Most kills

dgt1.33 rating

Best rating

dgt1.44 rating

Best t-side

meyern1.88 rating

Best ct-side

Mirage Rounds

donk30 kills

Most kills

donk1.82 rating

Best rating

luchov1.45 rating

Best t-side

donk2.21 rating

Best ct-side

Dust2 Rounds

STANDINGS AT THE END OF DAY 3 AT THE IEM COLOGNE MAJOR 2026 STAGE 3:

BRACKET 3-0

Spirit
FURIA

BRACKET 2-1

BetBoom
Falcons
Natus Vincere
Vitality
Aurora
9z

BRACKET 1-2

The MongolZ
G2
MOUZ
Monte
Legacy
FUT

BRACKET 0-3

PARIVISION
B8

IEM Cologne Major 2026

Bo3

The MongolZ

05:30pm

Monte

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