Vitality vs G2 Result IEM Rio 2026

Team Vitality defeated G2 Esports 2-1 on April 14, 2026, in the IEM Rio 2026 Group A Upper Bracket Semi-final at the Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The maps were Mirage 5-13 G2, Inferno 16-13 Vitality after overtime, and Anubis 13-8 Vitality. Vitality advance to the Group A Upper Bracket Final and extend their series win streak to 18 consecutive series. G2 ended Vitality's 24-map win streak on Mirage but could not convert it into a series win.

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Map results

Mirage

G2 dominated Vitality's map pick Mirage 13-5 - the most one-sided map result of the series and the map that ended Vitality's historic 24-map win streak. MATYS posted a 1.61 series rating - the highest individual rating of the match - his Mirage performance the individual foundation of G2's dominant opening map. The 8-round winning margin reflected complete tactical and individual control from G2 across both halves - the clearest evidence that G2's system is capable of solving Vitality's preparation on any individual surface when operating at peak collective efficiency.

Inferno

Inferno was the defining map of the series - and one of the most dramatic maps of IEM Rio 2026. G2 reached map point twice on Inferno - holding 2 separate opportunities to win the map and take a 2-0 series lead. Vitality survived both map points through a critical rag-tag buy round that forced overtime - their ability to win a round where G2 had the economy advantage to close the map reflecting the individual and psychological depth that their 18-series win streak is built on. Vitality closed Inferno 16-13 in overtime - stealing a map that G2 had twice been within a single round of winning.

Anubis

Vitality closed the series on Anubis 13-8 - the decider that confirmed the Inferno overtime steal had broken G2's momentum completely. The 5-round winning margin reflected a team whose psychological recovery from the Mirage map streak loss was complete - their Anubis preparation giving them the structural advantages that G2 could not contest after the Inferno overtime defeat. ZywOo's 1.34 series rating across all 3 maps gave Vitality the sustained individual output that their Grand Slam pursuit requires across every IEM Rio 2026 match.

Standout performances

MATYS posted a 1.61 series rating with a 44-24 K-D and 90.8 ADR - the highest individual rating of the match. His Mirage performance was the standout individual display of the Group A Upper Semi-final - a player operating at his absolute ceiling against the world's number 1 team on a map where his output gave G2 their first win over Vitality in recent memory. His 1.61 series rating against Vitality is the highest individual performance by any G2 player against this opponent in 2026.

HeavyGod posted a 1.19 series rating with a 30-25 K-D and 77.2 ADR - his 1v3 clutch the standout individual tactical moment that kept G2 competitive across the series after their Inferno map point failures. His clutch prevented Vitality from closing Inferno in regulation and extended the map to the overtime that Vitality eventually won.

ZywOo posted a 1.34 series rating with a 39-28 K-D and 86.5 ADR - a measured output that reflected a player who did not reach his IEM Rio 2026 Day 1 ceiling of 2.34 but sustained enough individual output to give Vitality the scoring foundation across all 3 maps. His Anubis decider performance was the most individually decisive contribution of his series - closing the map in 13-8 after Vitality's Inferno overtime survival.

Was EsportScanner AI correct?

EsportScanner's free AI CS2 predictions gave Vitality a 65% win probability ahead of this match based on their 1.45 team rating vs G2's 1.15 and their 16-14 all-time head-to-head lead. The prediction landed - Vitality won 2-1.

MATYS's 1.61 Mirage rating and G2's 24-map win streak ending confirmed the pre-match AI's identified G2 ceiling scenario. Vitality's Inferno overtime survival from 2 map points down was the individual resilience moment the pre-match probability correctly identified as Vitality's most reliable Grand Slam pursuit asset - their ability to win rounds they should lose. Make your free AI CS2 prediction on EsportScanner and earn Scanner Points.