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How To Watch The IEM Cologne CS2 Major 2026

The next upcoming event in the professional Counter-Strike 2 calendar is none other than the IEM Cologne Major 2026. With a total prize pool of $1,250,000 and 32 teams competing in the Lanxess Arena, the Cathedral of Counter-Strike is going to play host to one of the biggest events in CS history.

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Of course, not everyone can make the trip to Germany to see the tournament in person for a number of reasons. Be it conflicting dates, inability to make the trip, or simply running out of tickets for the Cologne Major. That being said, Counter-Strike matches are typically made available to the global community for free, and the upcoming Major will not be an exception.

How to Watch the CS2 Major on Official Counter-Strike Streaming Platforms

The entire Cologne Major 2026 will be available on streaming services from Stage 1 to the Grand Final. There will be up to two streams happening at a time to accommodate multiple matches at once. If you want to watch the Major in-game, you can activate the stream by typing either of these two commands in the developer console:

playcast “https://tv.teo.gg/stream-a”
playcast “https://tv.teo.gg/stream-b”

How to Watch the CS2 Major on Official Counter-Strike Streaming Platforms

ESL will also be streaming the matches on their respective channels across various platforms. The ESLCS and ESLCSB channels on both Twitch and Kick will be utilized, with the lone ESL CS YouTube channel carrying the main matches on that platform.

You Can Also Watch CS2 Major Co-Streams and Individual Streamers

For some of the more important matches, such as during the playoffs and Grand Final, there will be notable personalities in the Counter-Strike space that will be co-streaming the event, such as Mark “ohnePixel” Zimmermann.

Expect other popular streamers and former players to stream on their own personal channels too, as was the case in the previous Majors.

There will be a lot of hype surrounding this tournament, so getting a complete list of channels streaming the IEM Cologne Major 2026 will be practically impossible, but HLTV.org has a list of top streams at the bottom of their website, which will for sure be completely filled up once the Major kicks off next week.