Vitality have returned to championship form as they dominated FURIA to lift the IEM Krakow 2026 trophy in four map. The undisputed team of the year for 2025, once again started the year treating BLAST Bounty as a bootcamp, before turning up the heat for the year’s first prestige event. Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut in particular looked to be in stellar form, as he put up a massive 1.66 rating to shut down any chance of a FURIA win.
Team Rosters – Vitality vs. FURIA – IEM Krakow
| Vitality | FURIA |
|---|---|
| Dan “apEX” Madesclaire | Yuri “yuurih” Boian |
| Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut | Kaike “KSCERATO” Cerato |
| Shahar “flameZ” Shushan | Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo |
| William “mezii” Merriman | Danil “molodoy” Golubenko |
| Robin “ropz” Kool | Mareks “YEKINDAR” Gaļinskis |
| Rémy “XTQZZZ” Quoniam (C) | Sidnei “sidde” Macedo (C) |
Match Recap – Vitality vs. FURIA – IEM Krakow 2026 Grand Finals
- FURIA removed Dust2
- Vitality removed Ancient
- FURIA picked Mirage
- Vitality picked Inferno
- FURIA picked Nuke
- Vitality picked Overpass
- Anubis was left over
Mirage – FURIA make the comeback stick – 11-13
2025’s Rookie of the Year, molodoy, started things off with a couple of nicely placed headshots to earn FURIA the opening pistol. The reigning champs, however, instantly replied as ZywOo brought out the scout to clean up in connector for two round wins. Round five gave FURIA the full suite of rifles, but apEX was instantly on the flank to lock out the attack from B. With Vitality looking lethal, FURIA’s T-side was falling flat until molodoy’s AWP finally found a crack.
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