M80 steamrolled by BetBoom, put on brink of elimination

The final North American team standing in Cologne, M80 has provided little optimism for the region in their latest performance: a 2-13 nightmare loss to BetBoom.

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Timur "FL4MUS" Maryev and his peers at BetBoom dominated the first half of Dust2, going 10-2 on their CT-side. M80's Michael "Swisher" Schmid only logged his first kill after 10 rounds, all of which the NA team lost before stringing together mandatory back-to-back wins.

That was all they'd win, however, as every member of the squad would finish the match below a 0.75 rating.

IEM Cologne Major 2026 Stage 2

BetBoom

13 - 2

M80

All maps

BetBoom	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 3.0
Timur 'FL4MUS' Marev	21 - 6	+15	111.6	93.3%	2.04
Kirill 'Magnojez' Rodnov	17 - 6	+11	134.9	93.3%	2.01
Kirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov	12 - 6	+6	98.8	100.0%	1.40
Daniil 'd1Ledez' Kustov	9 - 7	+2	61.5	80.0%	1.24
Aleksandr 'zorte' Zagodyrenko	8 - 4	+4	51.9	93.3%	1.10

M80	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 3.0
Elias 's1n' Stein	7 - 14	-7	54.5	33.3%	0.74
Josh 'JBa' Barutt	7 - 12	-5	55.4	53.3%	0.64
Fritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich	7 - 12	-5	62.0	53.3%	0.62
Mason 'Lake' Sanderson	5 - 15	-10	45.8	46.7%	0.48
Michael 'Swisher' Schmid	3 - 14	-11	32.5	53.3%	0.44