Team Vitality are the champions of Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2024.
Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2024 has come to an end, with European club Team Vitality defeating Ukraine's Natus Vincere 3-1 (Nuke - 16-14, Mirage - 10-13, Dust 2 - 22-20, Inferno - 13-9) in the grand finals. As a reward, ZywOo and his team received a $400,000 grand prize as well as invitations to the BLAST Premier World Final and IEM Katowice 2025.
Vitality's journey to IEM Cologne 2024 began in Group B. The team found no equal, outplaying FURIA Esports, FaZe Clan and MOUZ and Ledge with only one card to karrigan and team. So Team Vitality made it to the semi-finals of the play-offs, where they defeated SAW, who became the main discovery of this tournament, with the score 2:0 (Nuke - 13-6, Dust 2 - 13-5), which took the team to the grand final of the competition.
It should also be noted that Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut was named MVP of the tournament. This is already the twentieth award of the famous player, and now he is only one behind Ukrainian Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyljev.
Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2024 standings:
| Place | Prize | Team name |
| 1 | $400,000 + invitation to IEM Katowice 2025 and BLAST Premier World Final | Team Vitality |
| 2 | $180,000 | Natus Vincere |
| 3-4 | $80,000 | MOUZ, SAW |
| 5-6 | $40,000 | G2 Esports, FaZe Clan |
| 7-8 | $24,000 | paiN Gaming, Team Liquid |
| 9-12 | $16,000 | The MongolZ, Astralis, Team Falcons, Complexity Gaming |
| 13-16 | $10,000 | 9z Team, Team Spirit, Virtus.pro, FURIA Esports |
| 17-20 | $4,500 | BIG, Heroic, MIBR, Eternal Fire |
| 21-24 | $2,500 | ALTERNATE aTTaX, 3DMAX, Imperial Esports, FlyQuest |
Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2024 took place from the 7th to the 18th of August this year. 24 teams from all over the world fought for a prize pool of $1,000,000.
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