s1mple is the best player in IEM Cologne 2022
s1mple, the current member of the NaVi team, was recognized as the best player of the past IEM Cologne 2022. According to the results of the championship, the 25-year-old Ukrainian sniper outperformed his pursuers in the fight for the MVP award, despite the defeat of his team in the grand final by FaZe Clan with a score of 2:3.
s1mple finished the tournament with an overall rating of 1.25, which is the third most among all players (ZywOo - 1.31, blameF - 1.29). Nevertheless, the esportsman made it to the grand final with his team, where he lost to FaZe Clan in an equal fight.
In addition, the player topped the stats for K/D Difference (+95), KPR (0.84) and Multi-Frag Rounds (55.1%), and shone in other categories such as number of clutches won (2nd), total headshots (3rd) and entry frag success (4th).
Despite the relatively weak performance of the Ukrainian in the grand final, the pursuers still failed to beat s1mple in pursuit of the championship MVP prize.
This is 21 MVP awards in the career of the 25-year-old Ukrainian player. Now s1mple is even further ahead of dev1ce, who has 19 MVP awards to his credit. Note that the NAVI sniper also became the best player in IEM Cologne 2022 according to the ESL tournament operator.
IEM Cologne 2022 was held from July 5 to 17 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 fought 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: FaZe Clan — $400,000 + 3,200 BLAST Premier points
- 2nd place: NAVI — $180,000 + 1,600 BLAST Premier points
- 3rd-4th place: Astralis and Movistar Riders — $80,000 + 1,000 BLAST Premier points
- 5th-6th place: MOUZ and Team Liquid — $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
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