{"id":37634,"date":"2026-05-25T19:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T19:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/?p=37634"},"modified":"2026-05-25T19:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T19:15:16","slug":"esl-revealed-iem-beijing-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/esl-revealed-iem-beijing-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"ESL Revealed IEM Beijing 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chinese CS2 fans are in for a surprise because ESL announced that the <strong>IEM is returning to Beijing<\/strong> for the first time in <strong>7 years<\/strong>. IEM Beijing 2026 will visit China\u2019s capital for the first time since 2019, so let\u2019s learn more about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">IEM Beijing 2026 Overview<\/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\">We&#39;re bringing a new dynasty of Counter-Strike to China \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IEM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#IEM<\/a> Beijing 2026 \ud83c\udfc6<br><br>\ud83c\udfdf\ufe0f Bloomage Biotech\u00b7Biohyalux ECM Arena<br>\u2694\ufe0f EPT Masters with 16 teams <br>\ud83d\udcb0 $1,250,000 total winnings<br>\ud83d\udcc5 November 2 &#8211; 8, 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/byaN1Bekev\">pic.twitter.com\/byaN1Bekev<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESLCS\/status\/2058850615951057398?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the information from ESL, IEM Beijing 2026 will take place between <strong>November 2-8<\/strong>. People who wish to attend the competition can do so by <strong>purchasing tickets <\/strong>and visiting the Bloomage Biotech Biohyalux ECM Arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will feature <strong>16 teams<\/strong> and a<strong> $1,250,000 <\/strong>prize pool. What makes the event interesting is that it will feature a unique 360-degree stage design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It goes without saying, but ESL\u2019s director of CS2 said that <strong>the company is excited<\/strong> to bring the competition back to China. As mentioned earlier, the event is returning to China for the first time since 2019. This was during the<strong> so-called Astralis era<\/strong>, when the team was on another level and defeated everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Astralis<\/strong> <strong>won IEM Beijing 2019<\/strong>, while <strong>100 Thieves came<\/strong> second and <strong>Vitality<\/strong> finished <strong>third<\/strong>. Considering how things have changed in the last couple of years, there is a good chance that Vitality will be the main favorite this time around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of the IEM Beijing 2026 format, we will have a <strong>double-elimination Bo3 bracket<\/strong>. The group winners will <strong>advance to the semi-finals<\/strong>, whereas those that finish 2nd and 3rd will secure a slot for the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of the playoffs, there will be <strong>Bo3 matches<\/strong> and a <strong>Bo5 Grand Final<\/strong>. An interesting fact is that there will be a<strong> 3rd place decider<\/strong>, which will be in a Bo3 format. Stay tuned for more information in the upcoming months. In the team time, don\u2019t forget to follow the upcoming CS2 events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese CS2 fans are in for a surprise because ESL announced that the IEM is returning to Beijing for the first time in 7 years. IEM Beijing 2026 will visit China\u2019s capital for the first time since 2019, so let\u2019s learn more about it. IEM Beijing 2026 Overview Based on the information from ESL, IEM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":37635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,11],"class_list":{"0":"post-37634","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-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37634","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=37634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37636,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37634\/revisions\/37636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}