Valve have updated the ranking of the strongest CS2 teams: who will receive tournament invites
Author: Hawk Live LLC
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Valve has released an updated official ranking of the world’s top Counter-Strike 2 teams, which determines invitations to upcoming major LAN events.
Based on this list, organizers will start issuing invites to tournaments such as IEM Kraków 2026 (January 28 – February 9), PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 (February 14–22), ESL Pro League Season 23 (February 27 – March 15), and IEM Rio 2026 (April 13–19).
# | Team | Region | BCOL | BOFF | NETW | LANW | H2H | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | FURIA | AM | 522 | 596 | 288 | 563 | 27 | 1995 |
2 | Vitality | EU | 513 | 596 | 304 | 588 | -14 | 1986 |
3 | Falcons | EU | 469 | 579 | 278 | 556 | 10 | 1892 |
4 | Spirit | EU | 466 | 550 | 269 | 527 | 37 | 1849 |
5 | Natus Vincere | EU | 470 | 555 | 297 | 564 | -39 | 1848 |
6 | MOUZ | EU | 476 | 500 | 303 | 508 | 55 | 1841 |
7 | FaZe | EU | 491 | 514 | 304 | 596 | -101 | 1803 |
8 | The MongolZ | AS | 464 | 596 | 269 | 517 | -60 | 1786 |
9 | Aurora | EU | 429 | 596 | 277 | 487 | -68 | 1721 |
10 | B8 | EU | 474 | 413 | 279 | 579 | -31 | 1713 |
11 | Legacy | AM | 412 | 596 | 261 | 499 | -103 | 1665 |
12 | G2 | EU | 432 | 466 | 247 | 459 | 61 | 1663 |
13 | Liquid | EU | 435 | 494 | 246 | 506 | -61 | 1620 |
14 | 3DMAX | EU | 421 | 487 | 293 | 515 | -106 | 1610 |
15 | Astralis | EU | 453 | 448 | 224 | 473 | -5 | 1592 |
16 | PARIVISION | EU | 404 | 377 | 232 | 509 | 48 | 1571 |
17 | HEROIC | EU | 406 | 444 | 296 | 408 | 11 | 1566 |
18 | paiN | AM | 381 | 451 | 232 | 480 | 16 | 1559 |
19 | FUT | EU | 368 | 397 | 255 | 584 | -45 | 1559 |
20 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | EU | 361 | 397 | 202 | 596 | -9 | 1546 |
21 | Passion UA | AM | 376 | 369 | 264 | 572 | -35 | 1546 |
22 | SAW | EU | 386 | 430 | 249 | 558 | -97 | 1526 |
23 | NRG | AM | 334 | 314 | 204 | 589 | 50 | 1489 |
24 | GamerLegion | EU | 367 | 406 | 234 | 545 | -67 | 1485 |
25 | Imperial | AM | 380 | 353 | 247 | 576 | -75 | 1482 |
26 | BetBoom | EU | 312 | 402 | 248 | 565 | -50 | 1477 |
27 | Gentle Mates | EU | 385 | 375 | 240 | 514 | -41 | 1474 |
28 | HOTU | EU | 359 | 325 | 210 | 596 | -23 | 1467 |
29 | M80 | AM | 346 | 334 | 217 | 589 | -21 | 1464 |
30 | fnatic | EU | 350 | 377 | 224 | 579 | -96 | 1434 |
Valve’s ranking is a key indicator when forming participant lists for leading CS2 tournaments, and invites are issued based on it in addition to regional qualifiers and matches.
