Falcons, MOUZ, Legacy and MIBR reach CS Asia semifinals

Field Level Media|published: 05/22/2026, 11:22am EDT

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Team Falcons, MOUZ, MIBR and Legacy advanced to the CS Asia Championships semifinals in Shanghai on Friday.

Sixteen teams began the $400,000 Counter-Strike 2 event on Wednesday. The winner of best-of-five grand final on Sunday will take home $150,000.

Falcons began the action Friday by sweeping Legacy in the Group A upper-bracket final, winning 13-7 on Dust II and 13-9 on Ancient to advance directly to the semifinals.

MIBR beat B8 2-1 in the Group B upper-bracket final, wrapping a 13-1 victory on Inferno and a 13-2 win on Ancient around a 13-10 loss on Mirage to move into the semifinals.

Legacy moved to the quarterfinals to face The MongolZ, who swept PARIVISION in the Group B lower-bracket final. Legacy advanced with a tight 2-1 win, sandwiching a 13-11 win on Inferno and a 13-10 win on Nuke around a 13-10 victory by The MongolZ on Mirage.

B8 dropped to the quarterfinals to take on MOUZ, a 2-0 winner against paiN Gaming in the Group A lower-bracket final. MOUZ pulled off another sweep against B8, winning 13-8 on Overpass and pulling out a hard-fought 22-20 win on Ancient.

Saturday's best-of-three semifinals:

--Team Falcons vs. MOUZ

--MIBR vs. Legacy

CS Asia Championship prize pool:

1. $150,000

2. $70,000

3. $60,000

4. $40,000

5-6. $20,000 -- B8, The MongolZ

7-8. $10,000 -- paiN Gaming, PARIVISION

9-12. $4,000 -- TYLOO, M80, Lynn Vision Gaming, Team Liquid

13-16. $1,000 -- BC.Game Esports, NRG, Ninjas in Pyjamas, 3DMAX