First matches of IEM Cologne 2022 start today
The first matches of the long-awaited Intel Extreme Masters Season XVII - Cologne tournament will start today. The first in line will be the Play-In stage, which will last from July 5th to 6th. You can read more about the format of the tournament and details about the tournament in our preview of the competition.
The fight starts with the following confrontations within the first round of the upper bracket:
- Heroic vs Sprout
- MOUZ vs paiN Gaming
- Team Spirit vs Complexity Gaming
- Astralis vs 00NATION
- BIG vs ORDER
- Outsiders vs Imperial Esports
- MIBR vs Movistar Riders
- TYLOO vs Team Vitality
In total, on the first day of the championship, 4 participants will be known who will advance to the group stage through the Play-In. With more detailed analytics of all teams of the first stage, you can read in our analysis.
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00 Nation06.07.22 14:30Bo32:0
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Imperial EsportsIEM Cologne 2022 Play-In
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MOUZ06.07.22 14:20Bo32:0
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TYLOOIEM Cologne 2022 Play-In
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BIG06.07.22 10:15Bo31:2#14
AstralisIEM Cologne 2022 Play-In#480
Sprout06.07.22 10:00Bo31:2
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VitalityIEM Cologne 2022 Play-In#19
MIBR06.07.22 06:30Bo31:2#40TYLOOIEM Cologne 2022 Play-In
ORDER06.07.22 06:30Bo31:2#27Imperial EsportsRecall that IEM Cologne 2022 will be held from 5 to 17 July this year in Cologne. The venue for the final part of the tournament will be the LANXESS Arena. 24 teams compete for a $1,000,000 prize pool. The champion, in addition to the cup, will earn $400,000.
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00Nation turned out to be stronger than Imperial and advance to the group stage of IEM Cologne 2022coldzera and 00Nation turned out to be stronger than FalleN and company, the meeting ended with a score of 2:0.2922stawraithMOUZ advance to IEM Cologne 2022 group stageIn the second round of the lower bracket, Mousesports were stronger than the TYLOO team and ended the meeting with a2892perepelovsky
Vitality advanced to the group stage of IEM Cologne 2022In the second round of the lower bracket, the Danish-French team turned out to be stronger than the Sprout team with a score of 2:1.2792perepelovskyAstralis beat BIG at IEM Cologne 2022 Play-InThanks to this victory, the Danish team made it to the group stage of IEM Cologne 2022, which starts tomorrow, July 7th.3161Lord MatusFalleN continues participation in IEM Cologne 2022The Brazilian with his teammates beat ORDER.2698Lord MatusMIBR left IEM Cologne 2022TYLOO advanced to the decisive match of the lower bracket.488vitaliiD
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