The major Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major 2026 Counter-Strike 2 tournament has recently concluded, with Team Falcons emerging as champions.
In the final, Team Falcons faced Brazilian FURIA and managed to win with a score of 3:0.
| Map | Team Falcons | FURIA |
| Mirage | 13 | 8 |
| Anubis | 13 | 8 |
| Inferno | 13 | 8 |
- Team Falcons took first place and $500,000
- FURIA — second place, $170,000
- 3rd-4th places — Team Spirit and Aurora Gaming received $80,000
Team Falcons features a pair of Russians — Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov, and Maxim “kyousuke” Lukin.
Following the tournament, Ilya was recognized as MvP (“Most Valuable Player”). HLTV published a photo of the champion with his medal (the seventh in his career) and noted that his teammates — Nikola “NiKo” Kovač and Maxim Lukin — also had chances for MvP, as their results were close, but Ilya still pulled ahead in several indicators:
[…] all three showed very similar results on won maps throughout the tournament. The trio even had the same number of map awards (7). However, in the end, m0NESY's advantage in overall rating (1.25) and KPRW [“kills per round”] (1.10) was enough to break the “tie” and keep the medal for himself.
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