Team Falcons Become HLTV’s No. 1 Team for the First Time

Team Falcons have reached first place in HLTV’s Counter-Strike 2 world ranking for the first time in the organization’s history. The site updated its weekly list of the best teams, and the main change was at the top: Falcons overtook Team Vitality and moved into first place.

For Vitality, this marked the end of a long run at the top. The team had held the No. 1 spot for 29 consecutive weeks since winning StarLadder Budapest Major 2025. After the ranking update, Vitality dropped to second place, while the rest of the top 10 remained unchanged.

Falcons’ rise is directly linked to their championship run at IEM Cologne Major 2026. The team went through one of the toughest playoff paths: first defeating Team Vitality, then eliminating Team Spirit, and finally confidently beating FURIA 3:0 in the grand final. That result firmly established Falcons as the leading team of the moment.

Falcons’ next tournament will be BLAST Bounty Summer 2026. At the moment, all tier-one teams are on vacation after a packed stretch of the season. The break will end in mid-July, with BLAST Bounty Summer 2026 scheduled to begin on July 21.

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