Movistar Riders vs Team Liquid: will the Spaniards continue to surprise?
/The second quarterfinal of IEM Cologne 2022 will start very soon, in which Movistar Riders and Team Liquid will clash. It is unlikely that anyone will argue that the Spaniards have become a real sensation of the championship, losing only to NAVI. Although it must be said that few people saw Team Liquid in the playoffs, so the meeting will be filled with maximum intrigue.
During the current tournament, Movistar Riders has already outplayed MIBR, Vitality (twice) and G2 Esports, and also lost to NAVI. In turn, the North American team, having started their performances with a defeat from Team Spirit, went through 00NATION, Cloud9 and FURIA.
Within the framework of the current season, the teams held one meeting - at ESL Pro League Season 15, the victory went to Movistar Riders (2:1).
We believe that in this fight we will not see the Dust 2 and Nuke cards, which will remove Movistar Riders and Team Liquid, respectively. At the same time, each of the teams has one or two good maps, thus having a good choice for the game and having a chance to surprise.
You can find a detailed analysis of this meeting in our video.
Movistar Riders latest results:
- Victory over MIBR with a score of 16:13.
- Victory over Vitality with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over G2 with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over Vitality with a score of 2:1.
- Lost to NAVI with a score of 1:2.
Latest Team Liquid results:
- Defeated by Cloud9 with a score of 0:2.
- Defeat from Team Spirit with a score of 1:2.
- Victory over 00NATION with a score of 2:1.
- Victory over Cloud9 with a score of 2:0.
- Victory over FURIA with a score of 2:0.
Matches history: IEM Cologne 2022
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: Ninjas in Pajamas and FURIA Esports — $24,000 + 300 BLAST Premier points
- 9th-12th place: Team Vitality, Team Spirit, Cloud9 and G2 Esports — $16,000
- 13th-16th place: Heroic, Outsiders, 00NATION 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