{"id":36307,"date":"2026-04-20T10:47:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/?p=36307"},"modified":"2026-04-20T10:47:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:47:43","slug":"vitality-won-iem-rio-2026-zywoo-claimed-another-mvp-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/vitality-won-iem-rio-2026-zywoo-claimed-another-mvp-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitality Won IEM Rio 2026 &amp; ZywOo Claimed Another MVP Title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Vitality has <strong>won IEM Rio 2026 after a clean 3-0 sweep against Spirit<\/strong> in the Grand Final. As expected, <strong>Mathieu \u201cZywOo\u201d Herbaut won the HLTV x 1XBET MVP award<\/strong> for the 31st time in his career.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vitality\u2019s Success at IEM Rio 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"GRAND FINAL! Spirit vs Vitality - HIGHLIGHTS - IEM Rio 2026 | CS2\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RDB7cvTNLQ8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Vitality has cemented its position as one of the best CS2 teams in the world once more after securing a 3-0 victory over Spirit. The win allowed the team to <strong>lift the IEM Rio 2026 trophy <\/strong>and made it the first in history to win two Grand Slams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Grand Final had everything CS2 fans hoped for, but<strong> Vitality was clearly at least one step ahead<\/strong> of their opponents. If we have to be fair, <strong>Spirit came close to winning at Mirage<\/strong>, but the team fell short despite having the lead at one point. Danil \u201cdonk\u201d Kryshkovets was unable to show his full prowess and it\u2019s safe to say this had an effect on how Spirit played in the series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ZywOo Won the IEM Rio 2026 MVP Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Back to normality \ud83d\ude0c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zywoo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@zywoo<\/a> secures his 31st HLTV and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1xBet_Esports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@1xBet_Esports<\/a> MVP medal for IEM Rio 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UjSpQv3Wev\">pic.twitter.com\/UjSpQv3Wev<\/a><\/p>&mdash; HLTV.org (@HLTVorg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HLTVorg\/status\/2045959598683627958?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 19, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After Vitality\u2019s success, it was time to see who would win the IEM Rio 2026 MVP award. <strong>Several names had real chances<\/strong> of succeeding, but in the end, the title went in favor of Mathieu \u201cZywOo\u201d Herbau.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The stats show that he was above the<strong> 1.44 mark<\/strong> several times and averaged around a 1.56 rating. The <strong>world\u2019s best CS2 player<\/strong> proved why he has the title once again and won his third medal of the year. He continues to be <strong>Vitality\u2019s best player<\/strong> and a major reason the team has been so successful over the last couple of months. The way things are going, it is a<strong> matter of time<\/strong> before ZywOo wins the player of the year award yet again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vitality has won IEM Rio 2026 after a clean 3-0 sweep against Spirit in the Grand Final. As expected, Mathieu \u201cZywOo\u201d Herbaut won the HLTV x 1XBET MVP award for the 31st time in his career.&nbsp; Vitality\u2019s Success at IEM Rio 2026 Vitality has cemented its position as one of the best CS2 teams in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":36309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,377],"class_list":{"0":"post-36307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs-2","8":"tag-cs2","9":"tag-cs2-betting"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36310,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36307\/revisions\/36310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}