
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.
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.



B8
FUT![]() 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 |



























The MongolZ| 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 |






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.

Aurora
G2 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 |













Falcons
Monte 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 |


















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.



Vitality![]() 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 |
| 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 |

























PARIVISION
Legacy 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 |












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.

BetBoom 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 |
| 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 |






Spirit
9z![]() 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 |




































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
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