IEM Beijing 2026 Invites Announced

ESL has announced the list of invited teams for IEM Beijing 2026 in Counter-Strike 2. The tournament lineup includes Falcons, MOUZ, NAVI, FURIA, G2, FaZe, and other well-known teams. At the same time, Vitality and Team Spirit declined their invitations and will not compete at the championship in China.

Most of the invitations were distributed according to Valve’s ranking from August 3. Of the ten teams that received global invitations, only Vitality and Spirit declined to participate. Their spots on the list were taken by PARIVISION and FaZe.

Falcons became the highest-ranked team among the participants. They are followed by MOUZ and Natus Vincere. FURIA will also attend the tournament after winning IEM Chengdu in 2025 - the previous Chinese event in the series.

Regional invitations went to Liquid from North America, 9z from South America, and The MongolZ from Asia. Legacy, BetBoom, Aurora, and G2 have also confirmed their participation.

List of invited teams:

• Falcons

• MOUZ

• 9z

• Natus Vincere

• Legacy

• FURIA

• BetBoom

• Aurora

• G2

• PARIVISION

• FaZe

• The MongolZ

• Liquid

The remaining three spots will be decided through closed qualifiers. Two slots will go to teams from the European qualifier, while one more will be awarded to the winner of the Asian qualifier.

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As a result, 16 teams will compete at IEM Beijing 2026. The tournament will feature a $1.25 million prize pool.