What was reported
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IEM Beijing 2026 on November 2, days after the Masters Bucharest final, 11 of its teams are playing Romania this week. The runs until November 8 Beijing a $1.25 million purse, split between prize money club Contents 1 Groups matches2 Format3 How the teams Prize money5 The Bucharest hangover Groups matches has published groups of eight. start times for the were not confirmed on the when this was written. match A Legacy vs The A HEROIC vs B8 A FURIA vs A NAVI vs Falcons B vs TYLOO B 9z vs BetBoom B vs Liquid B PARIVISION vs G2 Both groups are double-elimination brackets series. Each winner straight to the playoff while the second third-placed teams the quarterfinals. The playoffs are single Bo3, a Bo5 grand How the teams qualified Route Teams Global invite FURIA, MOUZ, Falcons, Legacy, BetBoom, NAVI, PARIVISION, South 9z Asia The North Liquid Closed B8, HEROIC Asia closed TYLOO Prize money The winner takes $125,000 prize money club The amounts shrink down the to $4,000 money for the teams that finish to 16th. Place prize Club share $125,000 2nd $50,000 $160,000 $30,000 $130,000 4th $100,000 5th-6th $12,500 7th-8th $7,000 $47,500 $5,000 13th-16th $4,000 None The Bucharest hangover The schedule is the real Spirit, Vitality, FUT, DENDELE are Bucharest but not Beijing, while Falcons, PARIVISION, B8 HEROIC arrive fresh. Any that deep Romania on October 31 has to travel to China play on November 2, which favors the rested the first upper-bracket round. the Bucharest side of that story on our Masters Bucharest 2026 tracker, the rest of the season on our 2026 calendar. Source: IEM Beijing 2026 page. IEM Katowice 2018 stage photo). Photo: Portal / Wikimedia Commons, BY 3.0.
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