IEM Beijing 2026 Playoffs Preview: Bracket, Matchups and Start Times
|
| Author Competitive Scene
MOUZ got through the IEM Beijing group stage without dropping a map, and The MongolZ needed three maps to beat FURIA in the Group A upper final. Both teams skip the quarterfinals. Four other teams play two best-of-three series on Friday, November 6, the semifinals follow on Saturday, and a best-of-five grand final closes the event on Sunday.
How the groups ended
Each group ran as a double-elimination bracket of best-of-three series, and only the group winners skipped the quarterfinals. The MongolZ beat Legacy 2-1, HEROIC 2-0 and FURIA 2-1, and never lost a series. MOUZ beat TYLOO, BetBoom and PARIVISION, all 2-0, for six maps won and none lost.
Four teams took the longer route. FURIA played three series and all three went to a third map: 2-1 over FaZe, 2-1 over Natus Vincere, then the 1-2 loss to The MongolZ. Natus Vincere answered with a 2-0 win over B8 and a 2-1 win over Falcons in the lower bracket, after beating Falcons 2-0 on November 2. BetBoom lost 0-2 to MOUZ, then beat Aurora 2-0 and Liquid 2-1. PARIVISION lost only to MOUZ, in the Group B upper final.
Legacy, FaZe, G2 and 9z went out on November 3. Falcons, HEROIC, B8, TYLOO, Aurora and Liquid followed on November 4, all per HLTV.
Quarterfinal and weekend schedule
HLTV lists times in Paris time, and Eastern time runs six hours behind. Both semifinal opponents show as TBD. The bracket does not yet say which quarterfinal winner meets The MongolZ and which meets MOUZ.
| Round | Date | Paris | ET | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinal | Friday, November 6 | 07:30 | 1:30 AM | PARIVISION vs Natus Vincere |
| Quarterfinal | Friday, November 6 | 10:45 | 4:45 AM | FURIA vs BetBoom |
| Semifinal | Saturday, November 7 | 07:30 | 1:30 AM | The MongolZ vs TBD |
| Semifinal | Saturday, November 7 | 10:45 | 4:45 AM | MOUZ vs TBD |
| Third-place decider (HLTV label) | Sunday, November 8 | 05:00 | 11:00 PM (Nov 7) | Teams to be set |
| Grand final (best-of-five) | Sunday, November 8 | 08:30 | 2:30 AM | Teams to be set |
What a quarterfinal is worth
HLTV’s prize table pays the champion $125,000 plus a $235,000 club share and the runner-up $50,000 plus $160,000. A quarterfinal exit pays $12,500 plus a $75,000 club share, while a semifinal run guarantees at least fourth place at $20,000 plus $100,000.
PARIVISION against Natus Vincere opens the day at 07:30 Paris time. Each lost only once in the groups, PARIVISION to MOUZ and Natus Vincere to FURIA. At 10:45, FURIA face BetBoom. As PGL Masters Bucharest winners on October 31, and Cologne Major finalists who lost to Falcons in June, they can add a second title in eight days. BetBoom are the one quarterfinalist who had to win a lower final to get here.
Road ahead
The quarterfinals start Friday, November 6 at 07:30 Paris time (1:30 AM ET), and the grand final is Sunday, November 8 at 08:30 Paris time (2:30 AM ET). Brackets and results are on our IEM Beijing 2026 tracker. The next major CS2 date, the PGL Major Singapore on November 24, sits in the esports calendar 2026.
Photo: Portal PcModpl / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 (archive image from IEM Katowice 2018).
ESTNN's tournament desk: results, brackets and the road ahead across LoL, VALORANT, CS2 and Dota 2. Written with AI assistance from official sources and reviewed by the editorial team.