SunPayus: "I think we'll just focus on enjoying this moment"
SunPayus, who is a player of Movistar Riders, in an interview for the HLTV portal shared his feelings after defeating Vitality and reaching the playoffs of IEM Cologne 2022. During a conversation with journalists, the 23-year-old Spanish sniper also spoke about his expectations from playing in the big arena.
It's our first time entering the arena of a big tournament, so we're excited, that's why we celebrated so much in the last round. This is an amazing experience and we are really excited.
I felt that we had everything under control. We lost devastatingly at Vertigo, but I told the guys: "They are playing very well, there is nothing we can do." They were really too good, so we were just happy even if we were losing, so I think we had everything under control.
I think we'll just focus on enjoying this moment. I think I'll ask my family to come. I'm really happy to play in the arena.
It should be noted that Movistar Riders became the main discovery of IEM Cologne 2022. Starting from the Play-In stage, where the Spanish team beat MIBR and Vitality, the wards of bladeE continued their victorious procession at the group stage, gaining two victories over G2 and Vitality, thereby making it to championship playoffs. Tomorrow, July 10, Movistar Riders will play with NAVI, playing for a direct ticket to the IEM Cologne 2022 semi-finals.
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.
Interim results of 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: Heroic and ENCE — $10,000
- 17th-20th place: Sprout, TYLOO, Imperial Esports and BIG - $4,500
- 21st-24th place: paiN Gaming, Complexity Gaming, MIBR and ORDER — $2,500
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Last week's highlights of esports: IEM Cologne, DPC 2021/2022 finals and competitive League of Legends resumeLet's talk about the main events that took place last week.
7115perepelovskyWeekly CS:GO news digest (degster moves to OG, Aleksib is looking for a new team, FaZe Clan wins at IEM Cologne 2022)We recall the loudest and most interesting newsbreaks from the world of CS:GO for July 11-17, 2022.5832perepelovskyThe Grand Final of IEM Cologne 2022 set a new record for viewsSumming up the statistical results of the last championship in Cologne.5057perepelovskys1mple and Perfecto made it to IEM Cologne 2022 symbolic teamRepresentatives of the NAVI team got into the nomination of the main star and the best support of the last championship.9278perepelovskys1mple is the best player in IEM Cologne 2022At the end of the championship, the 25-year-old Ukrainian sniper outperformed his pursuers in the fight for the MVP award.8750stawraith
FaZe Clan become champions of IEM Cologne 2022In the final confrontation, FaZe Clan defeated Natus Vincere with a score of 3:2.279stawraithVitality Crowned Champions of StarLadder Budapest Major 2025Team Vitality have claimed the title at StarLadder Budapest Major 2025, defeating FaZe Clan 3–1 in the grand final and becoming champions of the fourth Major in the Counter-Strike 2 era.375stawraithFaZe Defeat NaVi 2:1 to Reach the Grand Final of StarLadder Budapest Major 2025FaZe Clan defeated NAVI 2:1 in the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 semifinal and advanced to the grand final, where they will face Team Vitality.403stawraithVitality eliminate Spirit from the Major and advance to the grand final of StarLadder Budapest Major 2025he series was played in a BO3 format (best of three), and in the end, the French team secured a convincing 2-0 victory, advancing to the grand final, while Spirit took 3rd–4th place and earned prize471fauesdeNAVI eliminate FURIA from the Major and advance to the semifinals of StarLadder Budapest Major 2025NAVI knock tournament favorites FURIA out of the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 after wins on Mirage and Train, securing a semifinal matchup with FaZe Clan.529fauesdeFaZe defeated MOUZ and advanced to the semifinals of StarLadder Budapest Major 2025FaZe Clan eliminate MOUZ from the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 playoffs, delivering a composed performance on Nuke and a dominant Inferno to reach the semifinals.622fauesdeVitality crush The MongolZ and advance to the semifinals of the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025ZywOo leads Vitality to a dominant 2–0 win over The MongolZ, securing a spot in the Budapest Major semifinals as the Mongolian squad finishes in the top 8.
