Team Spirit defeated Team Liquid at IEM Cologne 2022

Team Spirit beat Team Liquid 2:1 (Dust 2 8:16; Overpass 16:9; Ancient 22:20).

Team Spirit vs Team Liquid

1. Spirit removed Inferno
2. Liquid removed Nuke
3. Spirit picked Dust2
4. Liquid picked Overpass
5. Spirit removed
6. Liquid removed Mirage
7. Ancient was left over

1) On the first map of the confrontation, the Liquid team loses the pistol round, but then quickly rehabilitates and wins the second round. After that, the horses hold off the Spirit's attack without any problems and end the half with a score of 11:4 in their favor. After switching sides, the Spirits take a four-round streak, but they don't win any rounds after that. Team Spirit 8:16 Team Liquid.

2) On the Overpass map, the situation was similar to the first map, but not with such a devastating score as on the first half. Spirit take 9 rounds on the defensive side, and after that they demonstrate a powerful attack, which Liquid could not cope with. Team Spirit 16:9 Team Liquid.

3) There was a very tense struggle on the last confrontation map. In which Team Spirit started on the defensive side, for which they managed to take 10 rounds, after switching sides, they win the pistol round, but lose to the opponent's force. At one point, the Liquid team broke into the front and led with a score of 13:11, but they failed to finish the game in their favor. Spirit go to overtime, where initially both teams exchanged 3 rounds in defense. In the second series of extra rounds, the Spirit team took only one round for defense, it seemed like a complete failure for them and Liquid should win. However, Team Spirit confidently takes three rounds for the terrorists and wins the confrontation. Team Spirit 22:20 Team Liquid.

Team Spirit win the first meeting in the group stage. Their next opponent will be the winning team of FaZe Clan and 00Nation.

Team Liquid are defeated in their debut match with YEKINDAR in their roster. They can no longer make mistakes if the team does not want to leave the championship. The next matchup for Liquid will be against the loser of the pair FaZe Clan and 00Nation.

IEM Cologne 2022 takes place from 5 to 17 July in Germany at the Hyatt Regency Cologne and LANXESS arena venues. As part of the championship, 24 teams from Europe, the CIS, Oceania, China, North and South America are fighting for a prize pool of $1,000,000, as well as rating points in the BLAST Premier table.

Prize pool distribution at IEM Cologne 2022

• 1st place: $400,000 + 3,200 BLAST Premier points
• 2nd place: $180,000 + 1,600 BLAST Premier points
• 3rd-4th place: $80,000 + 1,000 BLAST Premier points
• 5th-6th place: $40,000 + 300 BLAST Premier points
• 7th-8th place: $24,000 + 300 BLAST Premier points
• 9th-12th place: $16,000
• 13th-16th place: $10,000
• 17th-20th place: Sprout, BIG, TYLOO and Imperial - $4,500
• 21st-24th place: paiN Gaming, Complexity Gaming, MIBR and ORDER — $2,500