Team Vitality takes down FURIA to win IEM Krakow title

Team Vitality outlasted FURIA 3-1 in the grand final to win the Intel Extreme Masters Krakow championship on Sunday in Poland.

Vitality landed the first prize of $400,000, while FURIA received $180,000 as the runner-up. Team Spirit swept MOUZ 2-0 in the third-place match to take home $100,000.

The $1 million Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament started with 24 teams, with 16 teams advancing to a double-elimination group stage involving best-of-three matches. The group winners earned spots in the playoff semifinals and the group runners-up and third-place teams advanced to the quarterfinals.

The playoffs consisted of a single-elimination bracket of best-of-three matches until the grand final on Sunday, which was best-of-five.

Vitality fell behind early Sunday as FURIA took a 13-11 result on Mirage. Vitality responded with a 13-8 win on Inferno, then blasted FURIA 13-2 on Nuke before finishing the job 13-10 on Overpass.

French star Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut racked up 90 kills to just 41 deaths for Vitality and scored a 1.66 rating. ZywOo was named IEM Krakow 2026 MVP.

Meanwhile, Spirit handled MOUZ 13-8 on Dust II and 13-3 on Mirage. Russia’s Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov led Spirit with 40 kills and just 15 deaths, posting a 1.88 rating.

Intel Extreme Masters Krakow prize pool

1. $400,000 — Team Vitality

2. $180,000 — FURIA

3. $100,000 — Team Spirit

4. $60,000 — MOUZ

5-6. $40,000 — Aurora Gaming, G2 Esports

7-8. $24,000 — Astralis, Team Falcons

9-12. $16,000 — Natus Vincere, FUT Esports, FaZe Clan, 3DMAX

13-16. $10,000 — The MongolZ, PARIVISION, BC.Game Esports, NRG

17-20. $4,500 — GamerLegion, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Team Liquid, paiN Gaming

21-24. $2,500 — Passion UA, Legacy, B8, HEROIC

–Field Level Media