Team Spirit Tops HLTV Ranking After EWC 2026 Victory

Team Spirit has climbed to first place in the updated HLTV Counter-Strike 2 world ranking. After winning Esports World Cup 2026, the team reached 998 points and pushed Falcons down to second place. Falcons now have 754 points.

FURIA rounds out the top three with 665 points. Vitality and MOUZ kept fourth and fifth place respectively. The biggest jump inside the top 10 came from FUT Esports: after reaching the EWC 2026 final, the team climbed eight positions and now sits in sixth place.

Legacy also made serious progress, gaining five spots and moving from 12th to seventh. Meanwhile, NAVI lost two positions and now sit in eighth place. G2 moved up one spot and entered the top nine.

Several well-known teams dropped lower in the ranking. FaZe, Aurora, and 9z each lost three positions and now occupy 10th, 11th, and 12th place respectively. Astralis dropped two spots to 13th, while The MongolZ lost one position and now sit 14th. paiN also fell two spots, dropping to 20th.

Outside the top 15, GamerLegion showed notable progress, gaining seven positions and rising to 18th place. magic now occupy 19th after moving up two spots, while JiJieHao climbed five places to 28th thanks to a strong performance at EWC.

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Still, the main change of the week is Spirit’s rise to No. 1. The team confirmed its momentum after Esports World Cup 2026, where it defeated FUT 3:1 in the grand final.