Field Level Media
18 May 2026, 10:49 GMT+10
(Photo credit: Nick Oza/The Republic via Imagn Content Services, LLC)
Natus Vincere completed an unbeaten playoff run with a 3-0 victory over GamerLegion on Sunday in the grand final of the Intel Extreme Masters Atlanta event.
Legacy swept BetBoom Team 2-0 in the best-of-three third-place match.
Winning the best-of-five grand final earned Natus Vincere the $125,000 first prize. GamerLegion collected $50,000. Third place was worth $30,000 and fourth $20,000.
The $300,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event began with 16 teams divided into two groups for the double-elimination opening round. The top six teams reached the single-elimination playoffs.
Natus Vincere had downed Team Vitality 2-1 in the quarterfinals and BetBoom Team 2-0 in the semifinals.
They started fast against GamerLegion, winning 13-3 on Mirage, then 13-9 on Anubis before closing out with a 16-13 victory on Nuke.
Ihor 'w0nderful' Zhdanov of Ukraine was voted the Player of the Match with a match-high 60 kills to a match-low 34 deaths for Natus Vincere. Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner of Sweden paced GamerLegion with a 54-49 K-D ratio.
Legacy cruised past BetBoom Team 13-4 on Mirage and 13-3 on Nuke for third place.
Bruno 'latto' Rebelatto of Brazil led Legacy with a match-high 41 kills and a match-low-tying 12 deaths. Aleksandr 'zorte' Zagodyrenko led the all-Russian BetBoom Team with 21 kills.
Intel Extreme Masters Atlanta prize pool
1. $125,000 -- Natus Vincere
2. $50,000 -- GamerLegion
3. $30,000 -- Legacy
4. $20,000 -- BetBoom Team
5-6. $12,500 -- Team Vitality, paiN Gaming
7-8. $7,000 -- B8, Astralis
9-12. $5,000 -- FUT Esports, FaZe Clan, SINNERS Esports, Team Liquid
13-16. $4,000 -- BC.Game Esports, NRG, Passion UA, M80
--Field Level Media
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