G2 Beats Vitality in Dramatic Fashion To Win IEM Dallas 2024

At IEM Dallas 2024, we saw one of the best Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) grand finals in recent memory and some very surprising results along the way. In case you couldn't watch the action unfold live, we've got you covered with quick and concise results, alongside an old-school battle report of the grand final between G2 Esports and Team Vitality.

IEM Dallas 2024 Results & Prize Pool Distribution

16 teams competed for their share of the $250,000 prize pool. Below, you can check out the exact results of IEM Dallas 2024 as the dust settles over the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, where the playoffs took place.

IEM Dallas 2024 Final Standings:

• 1st place: G2 Esports wins $100,000 and an invite to IEM Cologne 2024.
• 2nd place: Team Vitality wins $42,000.
• 3rd & 4th place: 9z Team and Team Spirit win $20,000 each.
• 5th & 6th place: FaZe Clan and HEROIC win $10,000 each.
• 7th & 8th place: Team Liquid and BIG win $6,000 each.
• 9th - 12th place: MOUZ, Natus Vincere, Virtus.pro, and Team Falcons win $5,000 each.
• 13th - 16th place: Monte, M80, Complexity, and FlyQuest win $4,000 each.

Yes, both MOUZ and Na'Vi didn't even make it out of the group stage, while 9z Team was the biggest surprise, making it much further than anticipated.

IEM Dallas Grand Final Report: G2 Shocks Vitality

Following the surprising early exit of MOUZ, Team Vitality looked to be the favorite to win IEM Dallas 2024. Vitality made their dominance abundantly clear in the playoffs, beating both HEROIC and Team Spirit with clean 2-0 sweeps.

On the other side of the bracket, G2 Esports wasn't the favorite, as they were without their IGL, Danish star Rasmus "⁠HooXi⁠" Nielsen, for IEM Dallas 2024 due to a personal scheduling conflict. In HooXi's place, we saw entry fragger Jake "Stewie2K" Yip substitute. Despite being without their IGL, G2 Esports shocked the crowd as they 2-0'd FaZe Clan and then 9z Team to make it to the grand final.

In the grand final of IEM Dallas 2024, the 100th IEM event, G2's map pick of Inferno was as close as it could possibly get. Both sides won their halves 7-5, leading to a 12-12 round score and therefore, overtime. Even in the first overtime, one couldn't separate the sides, and G2 eventually won in double overtime with heroics from young AWPer Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov and Nikola "NiKo" Kovač.

On Vitality's map pick, Anubis, the teams again forced overtime, with 7-5 halves each. This time, over, Team Vitality clawed their way back with a 4-1 in overtime to secure a win on Anubis and force the grand final to a third and final map. One rarely sees two overtimes in a best-of-three grand final!

In the grand final's deciding map, Nuke, it was an exceptionally close first-half of play. However, when G2 Esports switched to the CT side, they ran away with it, closing out the grand final of IEM Dallas with a 2-1 victory.

In case you couldn't watch the IEM Dallas 2024 grand final live, then feast your eyes on the full final day stream below.

Congrats to G2 Esports and Stewie2K for putting Team Vitality down in the grand final of IEM Dallas 2024. It was, without a doubt, one of the most entertaining CS2 finals yet.

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