MOUZ vs Aurora Result IEM Rio 2026

MOUZ defeated Aurora Gaming 2-1 on April 13, 2026, in the IEM Rio 2026 Group B Upper Bracket Semi-final at the Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The maps were Mirage 11-13 Aurora, Ancient 13-7 MOUZ, and Dust2 16-14 MOUZ after overtime. MOUZ advance to the Group B Upper Bracket Final. Aurora drop to the lower bracket.

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Map results

Mirage

Aurora took Mirage 13-11 in a competitive opening map - their tactical preparation reversing MOUZ's 82% pre-match Mirage win rate on the surface. The 2-round winning margin reflected a map where Aurora's individual output from deko gave them the individual scoring platform to edge the close round count across both halves. The result confirmed Aurora's pre-match tactical preparation specifically targeted MOUZ's Mirage tendencies - their 13-11 win the most significant map result of their IEM Rio 2026 campaign.

Ancient

MOUZ responded with a dominant Ancient 13-7 - levelling the series with a 6-round winning margin that reflected complete tactical and individual control. Jimpphat's 1.36 series rating was the primary individual driver of MOUZ's Ancient control - his output giving MOUZ the consistent individual scoring platform that Aurora's deko-anchored system could not match on the second map. The 13-7 scoreline confirmed MOUZ's system was operating at its peak level after the Map 1 Mirage loss.

Dust2

Dust2 was the most dramatic map of the series. Aurora led 12-10 - sitting on match point with MOUZ one round from elimination. Jimpphat won a crucial 1v2 clutch with only 4 HP remaining - the lowest health margin of any match-saving clutch in IEM Rio 2026. His 4HP survival forced overtime before MOUZ closed Dust2 16-14 - a map they had been 2 rounds from losing at 10-12 down.

deko posted 24 AWP kills across the series - including a 4K hold on the Long A doors of Dust2 that kept Aurora's match point lead alive before Jimpphat's 4HP clutch reversed the momentum. His AWP output was the individual foundation of Aurora's competitive performance across all 3 maps despite the series loss.

Standout performances

Jimpphat posted a 1.36 series rating with a 68-45 K-D and 88.2 ADR - the highest individual rating of the match. His 68-kill total across 3 maps was the highest kill count of any player in the series. His 1v2 clutch with 4HP on Dust2 at match point was the defining individual moment of IEM Rio 2026 Group B - the single play that prevented Aurora from advancing and kept MOUZ's tournament alive.

Deko posted a 1.21 series rating with a 59-48 K-D and 81.5 ADR for Aurora - the highest individual output of any Aurora player and the second highest of the match. His 24 AWP kills across the series including his Long A 4K on Dust2 were the standout individual performances of the losing team - a player whose ceiling was genuinely competitive against MOUZ's collective system across all 3 maps.

xertioN posted a 1.18 series rating with a 55-52 K-D and 84.9 ADR - his 1v3 post-plant clutch experience from the Legacy series translating into another consistent elimination environment performance for MOUZ.

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