BIG Academy vs Team Nemesis – 2026 IEM Rio CS2 Match

BIG Academy vs Team Nemesis Counter-Strike 2 match ended 1 - 2 in favour of Team Nemesis and was played on Jan 22, 2026 at 1:10 PM . The match was a Best of 3 series and part of the 2026 IEM Rio Closed Qualifier - Closed Qualifier Lower.

Breakdown of the match

• Team Nemesis won Game 1 with 13 -  0 on Ancient
• BIG Academy won Game 2 with 13 -  9 on Nuke
• Team Nemesis won Game 3 with 19 -  16 on Dust II

Key player statistics

• Top fragger for the match was tex1y with 61 kills.
• Most assists for the match were made by SELLTER with 30 assists.

Head-to-head stats

This was the first time BIG Academy played against Team Nemesis .

Match prediction

Strafe users had a favorite in this match, and predicted BIG Academy to win with 60% of the votes in their favor and 40% of the votes for Team Nemesis .

Where to watch

The BIG Academy vs Team Nemesis live match was streamed on strafe.com, Twitch and Youtube. To watch more matches like this, visit the CS2 match calendar .

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