BetBoom Team knocked FURIA out of IEM Beijing 2026 in the quarter-finals on 6 November, winning 2-1 and ending the Brazilians' run straight after their PGL Masters Bucharest title. Natus Vincere also came through, beating PARIVISION 2-1, so the semi-finals on Saturday 7 November are The MongolZ against NAVI and MOUZ against BetBoom. The winners meet in a best-of-five grand final on Sunday 8 November at 15:30 Beijing time (07:30 UTC) for the $360,000 first prize.
This edition was written at 06:10 UTC on 7 November, before the first semi-final had started.
IEM Beijing 2026 schedule: semi-finals, third place and grand final
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8), from ESL's event page, with UTC alongside from Liquipedia's match timestamps.
- Semi-final 1: The MongolZ vs Natus Vincere, Saturday 7 November, 14:30 (06:30 UTC), best-of-three
- Semi-final 2: MOUZ vs BetBoom Team, Saturday 7 November, 17:45 (09:45 UTC), best-of-three
- Third-place decider: semi-final losers, Sunday 8 November, 12:00 (04:00 UTC), best-of-three
- Grand final: semi-final winners, Sunday 8 November, 15:30 (07:30 UTC), best-of-five
A later slot can start behind schedule if the match before it runs long: Liquipedia records the second quarter-final starting at 19:00 local against ESL's 17:45 slot. ESL streams the event on Twitch, YouTube and Kick.
Quarter-final results
Natus Vincere 2-1 PARIVISION. PARIVISION took Mirage 16-14 in overtime, then NAVI won Inferno 13-9 and Ancient 13-10.
BetBoom Team 2-1 FURIA. BetBoom opened with a 13-5 on Ancient, FURIA levelled 13-10 on Dust II, and BetBoom took the decider 16-14 on Nuke in overtime. FURIA had arrived in Beijing on back-to-back S-Tier titles, the Thunderpick World Championship on 18 October and PGL Masters Bucharest on 31 October, and had beaten BetBoom in both runs: 3-2 in the Thunderpick final and 2-0 in the Bucharest quarter-finals.
Group stage results
IEM Beijing used two eight-team double-elimination groups, every match best-of-three. Each group winner went straight to the semi-finals; second and third place went to the quarter-finals.
Group A was won by The MongolZ, who beat Legacy 2-1, HEROIC 2-0 and FURIA 2-1 in the upper final (Inferno 10-13, Cache 13-8, Dust II 13-11). Their 19-17 double-overtime Nuke against HEROIC was the longest map of the group stage. FURIA finished second. NAVI opened with a 2-0 over Team Falcons, lost to FURIA in the upper bracket, then beat B8 and Team Falcons in the lower bracket to take third; the lower final against Falcons went 11-13, 13-4, 13-3.
Group B was won by MOUZ without dropping a map: 2-0 over TYLOO, BetBoom and PARIVISION, the last of those 13-2 on Ancient and 13-9 on Mirage. PARIVISION finished second after wins over G2 Esports and Team Liquid. BetBoom recovered from their MOUZ loss by beating Aurora Gaming 2-0 and Liquid 2-1 to take third.
Prize pool and teams eliminated before the semi-finals
The pool is $1,250,000, and ESL splits every place into a player prize and a club reward. Liquipedia's prize table gives the same totals.
- 1st: $360,000 ($125,000 players, $235,000 club)
- 2nd: $210,000
- 3rd: $160,000
- 4th: $120,000
- 5th-6th, $87,500 each: FURIA, PARIVISION
- 7th-8th, $54,500 each: Team Falcons, Team Liquid
- 9th-12th, $25,000 each: B8, HEROIC, Aurora Gaming, TYLOO
- 13th-16th, $4,000 each: Legacy, FaZe Clan, G2 Esports, 9z Team
Falcons' exit in the Group A lower final means a lineup with NiKo, m0NESY and karrigan leaves before the playoffs, while G2 and FaZe were among the four teams that went out without winning a series.
What is at stake after Beijing
IEM Beijing is an S-Tier event on Liquipedia's tier list, but it cannot change the PGL Major Singapore field. Valve allocated all 32 Major invitations from the 2 November Regional Standings, the day the Beijing group stage began, subject to rosters accepting them; our PGL Major Singapore guide has the full field. Beijing's points and prize money count towards the next monthly standings instead.
The next S-Tier stop is BLAST Rivals Fall 2026 in Hong Kong on 11-15 November, then the Major from 24 November. Our remaining 2026 CS2 tournament schedule has the full calendar, and the PGL Masters Bucharest 2026 results cover FURIA's 31 October title.
FAQ
Who is in the IEM Beijing 2026 semi-finals? The MongolZ vs Natus Vincere and MOUZ vs BetBoom Team, both on 7 November. The MongolZ and MOUZ won their groups; NAVI and BetBoom came through the quarter-finals on 6 November.
When is the IEM Beijing 2026 grand final? Sunday 8 November at 15:30 Beijing time (07:30 UTC), best-of-five. The third-place decider is the same day at 12:00 (04:00 UTC).
Who knocked FURIA out of IEM Beijing? BetBoom Team, 2-1 in the quarter-finals on 6 November, winning Ancient 13-5 and Nuke 16-14 in overtime after FURIA took Dust II 13-10.
How much does the IEM Beijing 2026 winner get? $360,000 of the $1,250,000 pool: $125,000 to the players and $235,000 to the club. Second place is worth $210,000.
Can IEM Beijing results earn a place at the Singapore Major? No. The 32 invitations come from Valve's Regional Standings dated 2 November, the day the Beijing group stage began.
Sources: ESL's IEM Beijing 2026 event page (schedule, format, prize table); Liquipedia's IEM Beijing 2026 bracket, map scores including overtime, and match timestamps; HLTV, Hotspawn, TalkEsport and rg.org quarter-final reports; HLTV and egamersworld reports on FURIA's Thunderpick and Bucharest wins. Retrieved 7 November 2026.
