ESL has unveiled the participants for IEM Kraków 2026 following the release of January’s Valve Regional Standings (VRS).
All of the top 24 teams from the global standings have accepted an invitation to the first IEM event of the 2026 Counter-Strike 2 season.
The team list sees the return of Oleksandr ‘s1mple‘ Kostyliev to the Tier 1 scene following BC.Game’s acquisition of the SAW core on January 5th, 2026. Elsewhere, Fragadelphia Frag Miami 2 champions NRG has also secured a place alongside GamerLegion, which finished third at the event.