The Russian esports team Team Spirit became the winner of the major LAN tournament PGL Astana 2026 in CS2. In the decisive best-of-5 match held on May 17, 2026, the "dragons" confidently defeated the Falcons team with a score of 3:0.
The grand final began with a tense battle on the Dust2 map. Team Spirit's star player Danil donk Kryshkovets started with a poor statistic of 0-6 in regular time, but managed to turn the game around in overtime, achieving seven kills with two deaths. As a result, the Russian team took the first map with a score of 16:12. On Mirage, Team Spirit completely controlled the course of the match (13:7), and on Ancient, they secured a comfortable lead of 8:1 in the first half and brought the matter to a final victory (13:10).
For Team Spirit, this triumph was truly significant: the team ended a nine-month trophy drought and successfully defended the title of PGL Astana champions, which they won in 2025. The Falcons, on the other hand, suffered their sixth defeat in finals since signing Ilya m0NESY Osipov about a year ago, failing to break their losing streak.
Earlier, it became known that Team Spirit eliminated G2 Esports on their way to the decisive stages of PGL Astana 2026.