Red Canids vs Sharks Esports – 2026 IEM Rio CS2 Match

Red Canids vs Sharks Esports Counter-Strike 2 match ended 2 - 0 in favour of Red Canids and was played on Jan 21, 2026 at 5:10 PM . The match was a Best of 3 series and part of the 2026 IEM Rio Closed Qualifer - Closed Qualifer UB Quarterfinal.

Breakdown of the match

• Red Canids won Game 1 with 13 -  4 on Nuke
• Red Canids won Game 2 with 19 -  17 on Inferno

Key player statistics

• Top fragger for the match was chayJESUS with 44 kills.
• Most assists for the match were made by kauez with 17 assists.

Head-to-head stats

Red Canids and Sharks Esports had previously played each other 22 times . Red Canids had won 13 times , Sharks Esports had won 9 times and 0 matches were tied.

The prior match between them was played on Aug 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM in 2026 IEM Rio where Sharks Esports won 2 - 1 .

Match prediction

Strafe users had a clear favorite in this match, and predicted Sharks Esports to win with 73.4% of the votes in their favor and 26.6% of the votes for Red Canids .

Where to watch

The Red Canids vs Sharks Esports live match was streamed on strafe.com, Twitch and Youtube. To watch more matches like this, visit the CS2 match calendar .

Follow the rest of the action from 2026 IEM Rio , as well as VODs, highlights and livestreams, all on Strafe.