FaZe Clan beat Team Spirit and reached the playoffs of IEM Cologne 2022

The FaZe Clan team outplayed Team Spirit with a score of 2:0 and advanced to the playoffs of IEM Cologne 2022. Now RobbaN's wards will meet with the Danes from Astralis to compete directly for reaching the semi-finals of the competition. In turn, Team Spirit fell into the lower bracket of group B, where they will play with FURIA for the right to continue their performance in the championship.

The second semi-final of the upper bracket started on the Ancient map, which became the choice of the Russian team. At the same time, the first half was marked by a fairly equal struggle, since the “dragons” managed to impose their pace in attack and went for a short break with the score 6:9. However, after switching sides, FaZe Clan showed their attack, which shocked the opponent. As a result, the Russian team was no longer able to oppose anything on the server, allowing FaZe Clan to take the lead in the series — 16:10.

Next, the teams moved to the Nuke map, which became the choice of FaZe Clan. Now Team Spirit managed to seize the initiative, finishing the half in defense with a twofold advantage. It seemed that after winning the pistol round, the Russian team would easily close the map in their favor. However, FaZe Clan first won the force round, and then confidently leveled the gap and took the lead, finally defeating the opponent. As a result, the wards of RobbaN got a difficult victory and made it to the playoffs of IEM Cologne 2022 — 16:13.

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, Outsiders, Team Liquid 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