Team Vitality wins StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2026 with 3-1 final over Aurora

CS2 squad takes the $500,000 Barcelona event and ends a title gap since May; ZywOo named MVP.

Team Vitality has won StarLadder StarSeries Fall 2026 after beating Aurora Gaming 3-1 in the grand final in Barcelona, Spain. The result was announced by the organisation on 20 September 2026.

The eight-team Counter-Strike 2 event played for a $500,000 prize pool. Vitality’s lineup—Dan ‘apEX’ Madesclaire, Mathieu ‘ZywOo’ Herbaut, Robin ‘ropz’ Kool, William ‘mezii’ Merriman, and Shahar ‘flameZ’ Shushan—opened with a 2-0 win over magic, then beat FURIA 2-0 in the upper bracket semi-final.

Aurora handed Vitality a 2-1 loss in the upper bracket final, sending them to the lower bracket. Vitality then returned to defeat FURIA 2-0 in the lower bracket final to secure a rematch with Aurora in the grand final.

In the deciding series, Vitality closed out a 3-1 win to take the title. Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut was named MVP, according to the organisation.

Vitality said the win is its first tournament title since May and that the team’s next event is ESL Pro League Season 24 in Poland starting 3 October.