Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 / Information & Discussion
Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 / Information & Discussion
Players and fans across the globe are getting ready to attend Europe's biggest CS:GO esports happening at IEM Cologne, The Cathedral of Counter-Strike!!
Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023
- Organizer: ESL
- Type: Arena LAN
- Location: ๐ฉ๐ช Cologne, Germany
- Date: July 26th - August 6th, 2023
- Prize Pool: $1,000,000
- Teams: 24
- Media: Event Homepage | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube | Instagram
- Coverage: Liquipedia | HLTV: Play-In, Main Stage
Streams
ESL: Twitch (A) | Twitch (B) | YouTube | ESL TV | Spanish
Other: Finnish | French | German | Hungarian | Mongolian | Vietnamese
Format
Play-In
- Double-elimination bracket
- Best-of-one opening matches
- Best-of-three following matches
- Top eight teams advance to the group stage
Group Stage
- Two groups of eight teams each
- Double-elimination bracket (GSL format)
- Single-elimination bracket
- Best-of-three matches
- Top team from each group advances to the semifinals
- 2nd and 3rd place teams from each group advances to the quarterfinals
Playoffs
- Single-elimination bracket
- Best-of-three quarterfinals and semifinals
- Best-of-five grand final
Broadcast Talent
Stage Host
Desk Hosts
- ๐บ๐ธ DarfMike (Mike Winnick)
- ๐ฌ๐ง Freya (Freya Spiers)
- ๐บ๐ธ stunna (Tres Saranthus)
- ๐ฟ๐ฆ Tech Girl (Sam Wright)
Interviewers
- ๐ฌ๐ง James Banks (James Banks)
- ๐ง๐ช Sjokz (Eefje Depoortere)
Analysts
- ๐ฎ๐ณ Bleh (Sudhen Wahengbam)
- ๐ท๐ธ kassad (Aleksandar Trifunoviฤ)
- ๐จ๐ญ Maniac (Mathieu Quiquerez)
- ๐บ๐ธ Mauisnake (Alex Ellenberg)
- ๐บ๐ธ moses (Jason O'Toole)
- ๐ฉ๐ฐ Pimp (Jacob Winneche)
- ๐ท๐ธ YNk (Janko Paunoviฤ)
Casters
- ๐ฌ๐ง Machine (Alex Richardson)
- ๐ฆ๐บ SPUNJ (Chad Burchill)
- ๐ฌ๐ง Hugo Byron (Hugo Byron)
- ๐ฌ๐ง JustHarry (Harry Russell)
- ๐ฌ๐ง Hawka (Alex Hawkins)
- ๐ฌ๐ง James Bardolph (James Bardolph)
- ๐จ๐ฆ launders (Mohan Govindasamy)
- ๐จ๐ฆ Scrawny (Conner Girvan)
Teams
Main Stage
๐ท๐บ Cloud9: ๐ท๐บ Ax1Le | ๐ electroNic | ๐ฐ๐ฟ HObbit | ๐ Perfecto | ๐ท๐บ sh1ro | Coach: ๐ท๐บ groove
๐ช๐บ ENCE: ๐ต๐ฑ dycha | ๐ฒ๐ช Maden | ๐ฎ๐ฑ NertZ | ๐ฉ๐ฐ Snappi | ๐ช๐ธ SunPayus | Coach: ๐ซ๐ฎ sAw
๐ช๐บ FaZe Clan: ๐ฑ๐ป broky | ๐ฉ๐ฐ karrigan | ๐ณ๐ด rain | ๐ช๐ช ropz | ๐จ๐ฆ Twistzz
๐ช๐บ G2 Esports: ๐ฉ๐ฐ HooXi | ๐ง๐ฆ huNter- | ๐ฆ๐บ jks | ๐ท๐บ m0NESY | ๐ง๐ฆ NiKo | Coach: ๐ฉ๐ช Swani
๐ช๐บ GamerLegion: ๐ฉ๐ฐ acoR | ๐ธ๐ช isak | ๐ง๐ช Keoz | ๐ฐ๐ฟ neaLaN | ๐ท๐ด volt | Coach: ๐ฌ๐ง ashhh
๐ฉ๐ฐ Heroic: ๐ฉ๐ฐ cadiaN | ๐ฉ๐ฐ Jabbi | ๐ฉ๐ฐ sjuush | ๐ฉ๐ฐ stavn | ๐ฉ๐ฐ TeSeS | Coach: ๐ธ๐ช Xizt
๐ช๐บ Natus Vincere: ๐ซ๐ฎ Aleksib | ๐บ๐ฆ b1t | ๐ท๐ด iM | ๐ฑ๐น jL | ๐บ๐ฆ s1mple | Coach: ๐บ๐ฆ B1ad3
๐ช๐บ Team Vitality: ๐ซ๐ท apEX | ๐ฎ๐ฑ flameZ | ๐ฉ๐ฐ Magisk | ๐ฎ๐ฑ Spinx | ๐ซ๐ท ZywOo | Coach: ๐ฉ๐ฐ zonic
Play-In
๐ต๐ฑ 9INE: ๐ต๐ฑ Goofy | ๐ต๐ฑ hades | ๐ต๐ฑ KEi | ๐ต๐ฑ Kylar | ๐ต๐ฑ mynio | Coach: ๐ต๐ฑ nawrot
๐ช๐บ Apeks: ๐ฒ๐ฐ CacaNito | ๐ณ๐ด jkaem | ๐ฒ๐ฐ kyxsan | ๐ธ๐ช nawwk | ๐ธ๐ฐ STYKO | Coach: ๐ต๐ฑ kuben
๐ฉ๐ฐ Astralis: ๐ฉ๐ฐ b0RUP | ๐ฉ๐ฐ blameF | ๐ฉ๐ฐ Buzz | ๐ฉ๐ฐ dev1ce | ๐ฉ๐ฐ Staehr | Coach: ๐ฉ๐ฐ casle
๐ฉ๐ช BIG: ๐ฉ๐ช Krimbo | ๐ฉ๐ช prosus | ๐ฉ๐ช s1n | ๐ฆ๐น S3NSEY | ๐ฉ๐ช tabseN | Coach: ๐ฉ๐ช TuGuX
๐บ๐ธ Complexity Gaming: ๐บ๐ธ EliGE | ๐บ๐ธ floppy | ๐บ๐ธ Grim | ๐ณ๐ด hallzerk | ๐ฟ๐ฆ JT | Coach: ๐ฟ๐ฆ T.c
๐ช๐บ Fnatic: ๐ซ๐ท afro | ๐ฆ๐บ dexter | ๐ธ๐ช KRIMZ | ๐ฌ๐ง mezii | ๐ฉ๐ฐ roeJ | Coach: ๐ฌ๐ง keita
๐ง๐ท FURIA Esports: ๐ง๐ท arT | ๐ง๐ท chelo | ๐ง๐ท FalleN | ๐ง๐ท KSCERATO | ๐ง๐ท yuurih | Coach: ๐ง๐ท guerri
๐ฆ๐บ Grayhound Gaming: ๐ฆ๐บ aliStair | ๐ฆ๐บ INS | ๐ฆ๐บ Liazz | ๐ณ๐ฟ Sico | ๐ฆ๐บ Vexite
๐ง๐ท Imperial Esports: ๐ง๐ท boltz | ๐ง๐ท felps | ๐ง๐ท HEN1 | ๐ง๐ท JOTA | ๐ง๐ท VINI | Coach: ๐ง๐ท zakk
๐ช๐บ Into The Breach: ๐ฑ๐น Bymas | ๐ณ๐ฑ CRUC1AL | ๐จ๐ฟ NEOFRAG | ๐ต๐ฑ rallen | ๐ฌ๐ง Thomas | Coach: ๐ต๐น Juve
๐บ๐ฆ Monte: ๐ฉ๐ฐ br0 | ๐บ๐ฆ DemQQ | ๐ต๐ฑ kRaSnaL | ๐บ๐ฆ sdy | ๐บ๐ฆ Woro2k | Coach: ๐บ๐ฆ lmbt
๐ช๐บ MOUZ: ๐ธ๐ฐ frozen | ๐ซ๐ฎ Jimpphat | ๐ต๐ฑ siuhy | ๐ญ๐บ torzsi | ๐ฎ๐ฑ xertioN | Coach: ๐ฉ๐ฐ sycrone
๐ธ๐ช Ninjas in Pyjamas: ๐ธ๐ช Brollan | ๐ธ๐ช hampus | ๐บ๐ฆ headtr1ck | ๐ฉ๐ฐ k0nfig | ๐ธ๐ช REZ | Coach: ๐ธ๐ช djL
๐ช๐บ OG: ๐ณ๐ฑ FASHR | ๐ต๐ฑ F1KU | ๐ฉ๐ช k1to | ๐ท๐ธ nexa | ๐ท๐ด regali | Coach: ๐ฉ๐ฐ ruggah
๐ช๐บ Team Liquid: ๐จ๐ฆ NAF | ๐บ๐ธ oSee | ๐ท๐บ Patsi | ๐ง๐ฌ Rainwaker | ๐ฑ๐ป YEKINDAR | Coach: ๐จ๐ฆ daps
๐ฒ๐ณ The MongolZ: ๐ฒ๐ณ 910 | ๐ฒ๐ณ bLitz | ๐ฒ๐ณ hasteka | ๐ฒ๐ณ mzinho | ๐ฒ๐ณ Techno | Coach: ๐ฒ๐ณ maaRaa
This thread may not update till the end of each day. Check HLTV for a more up to date schedule.
To predict your own tournament bracket, try out pickstop.gg
Prize Pool
| # | Prize | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | $400,000 | |
| 2nd | $180,000 | |
| 3rd - 4th | $80,000 | |
| 3rd - 4th | $80,000 | |
| 5th - 6th | $40,000 | |
| 5th - 6th | $40,000 | |
| 7th - 8th | $24,000 | |
| 7th - 8th | $24,000 | |
| 9th - 12th | $16,000 | |
| 9th - 12th | $16,000 | |
| 9th - 12th | $16,000 | |
| 9th - 12th | $16,000 | |
| 13th - 16th | $10,000 | |
| 13th - 16th | $10,000 | |
| 13th - 16th | $10,000 | |
| 13th - 16th | $10,000 | |
| 17th - 20th | $4,500 | |
| 17th - 20th | $4,500 | |
| 17th - 20th | $4,500 | |
| 17th - 20th | $4,500 | |
| 21st - 24th | $2,500 | |
| 21st - 24th | $2,500 | |
| 21st - 24th | $2,500 | |
| 21st - 24th | $2,500 |
Other match discussions: r/globaloffensive on Discord
For overview replays of pro matches, check out csgolens.com
Other Notable Tournaments
๐ช๐บ CCT North Europe Series #6 (July 18 - 31)
๐บ๐ธ ESEA Pre-Season Circuit: North American Final (July 30 - 31)
๐ซ๐ฎ eSM 2023 (August 3 - 5)
๐ช๐บ Thunderpick World Championship 2023: European Series #1 (July 27 - August 13)
TheMongolz 2-0 ๐ง๐ท FURIA Esports
Inferno: 19-15
Overpass: 16-8
Mirage:** TheMongolz qualifies for IEM Cologne 2023**
๐ง๐ท FURIA Esports is disqualified from the IEM Cologne 2023 Play-in
TheMongolz MAP FURIA X vertigo anubis X โ inferno overpass โ X ancient nuke X mirage
MAP 1: Inferno
Team T CT OT1^CT:T Total ๐ฒ๐ณ TheMongolz 9 6 3:1 19 CT T OT1^T:CT ๐ง๐ท FURIA 6 9 0:0 15 Team K A D ADR Rating ๐ฒ๐ณ TheMongolz 0.99 ๐ฒ๐ณ bLitz 27 5 20 75.8 1.20 ๐ฒ๐ณ Techno 20 8 20 80.5 1.09 ๐ฒ๐ณ mzinho 17 7 19 62.9 1.05 ๐ฒ๐ณ 910 14 3 16 52.5 0.86 ๐ฒ๐ณ hasteka 16 4 26 53.8 0.74 ๐ง๐ท FURIA 1.05 ๐ง๐ท arT โ 32 3 19 96.1 1.45 ๐ง๐ท chelo 21 3 22 74.3 1.08 ๐ง๐ท KSCERATO 16 7 17 69.0 1.00 ๐ง๐ท FalleN 19 8 21 60.7 0.96 ๐ง๐ท yuurih 12 2 18 45.2 0.77 Inferno Detailed Stats
MAP 2: Overpass
Team CT T Total ๐ฒ๐ณ TheMongolz 10 6 16 T CT ๐ง๐ท FURIA 5 3 8 Team K A D ADR Rating ๐ฒ๐ณ TheMongolz 1.24 ๐ฒ๐ณ mzinho 23 3 15 113.4 1.49 ๐ฒ๐ณ hasteka 21 3 17 94.3 1.31 ๐ฒ๐ณ Techno 21 4 17 93.0 1.29 ๐ฒ๐ณ 910 18 2 12 71.5 1.17 ๐ฒ๐ณ bLitz 14 5 14 66.0 0.95 ๐ง๐ท FURIA 0.95 ๐ง๐ท chelo 17 3 19 84.8 1.14 ๐ง๐ท yuurih 16 5 20 85.7 1.08 ๐ง๐ท FalleN 20 6 20 79.6 1.03 ๐ง๐ท arT 14 2 19 73.8 0.99 ๐ง๐ท KSCERATO 8 3 19 47.6 0.52 Overpass Detailed Stats
๐ต๐ฑ 9INE 2-1 ๐บ๐ธ Team Liquid
Ancient: 10-16
Vertigo: 16-6
Overpass: 16-12๐ต๐ฑ 9INE qualifies for IEM Cologne 2023
๐บ๐ธ Team Liquid is disqualified from the IEM Cologne 2023 Play-in
9INE
๐บ๐ธ Team Liquid | Liquipedia | HLTV | Official Site | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Subreddit
9INE MAP Liquid nuke X X inferno ancient โ โ vertigo anubis X X mirage overpass
MAP 1: Ancient
Team CT T Total ๐ต๐ฑ 9INE 6 4 10 T CT ๐บ๐ธ Liquid 9 7 16 Team K A D ADR Rating ๐ต๐ฑ 9INE 0.91 ๐ต๐ฑ mynio 19 5 15 81.0 1.09 ๐ต๐ฑ KEi 14 8 18 74.2 0.98 ๐ต๐ฑ Kylar 14 10 16 56.1 0.91 ๐ต๐ฑ Goofy 16 4 22 72.3 0.80 ๐ต๐ฑ hades 12 4 18 40.2 0.75 ๐บ๐ธ Liquid 1.13 ๐บ๐ธ oSee 23 7 11 79.4 1.47 ๐ง๐ฌ Rainwaker 18 5 13 78.5 1.23 ๐ท๐บ Patsi 21 4 19 97.0 1.17 ๐จ๐ฆ NAF 14 2 15 67.4 1.03 ๐ฑ๐ป YEKINDAR 11 3 18 47.5 0.77 Ancient Detailed Stats
MAP 2: Vertigo
Team CT T Total ๐ต๐ฑ 9INE 13 3 16 T CT ๐บ๐ธ Liquid 2 4 6 Team K A D ADR Rating ๐ต๐ฑ 9INE 1.29 ๐ต๐ฑ Kylar 21 5 12 89.3 1.48 ๐ต๐ฑ mynio 22 10 16 105.4 1.44 ๐ต๐ฑ Goofy 18 7 13 90.4 1.36 ๐ต๐ฑ KEi 19 5 12 76.6 1.25 ๐ต๐ฑ hades 11 8 15 70.8 0.94 ๐บ๐ธ Liquid 0.88 ๐จ๐ฆ NAF 18 2 15 88.6 1.22 ๐ง๐ฌ Rainwaker 16 2 18 73.0 0.97 ๐บ๐ธ oSee 13 1 19 55.8 0.80 ๐ฑ๐ป YEKINDAR 12 5 20 75.0 0.78 ๐ท๐บ Patsi 8 2 19 53.6 0.65 Vertigo Detailed Stats
MAP 3: Overpass
Team T CT Total ๐ต๐ฑ 9INE 8 8 16 CT T ๐บ๐ธ Liquid 7 5 12 Team K A D ADR Rating ๐ต๐ฑ 9INE 1.13 ๐ต๐ฑ KEi 23 5 13 87.6 1.43 ๐ต๐ฑ hades 21 3 15 69.9 1.19 ๐ต๐ฑ mynio 17 7 15 76.1 1.17 ๐ต๐ฑ Goofy 15 2 15 58.9 0.99 ๐ต๐ฑ Kylar 14 2 17 63.3 0.89 ๐บ๐ธ Liquid 0.88 ๐ฑ๐ป YEKINDAR 15 4 19 71.0 0.97 ๐ท๐บ Patsi 18 2 19 72.2 0.96 ๐บ๐ธ oSee 14 6 14 49.4 0.90 ๐ง๐ฌ Rainwaker 12 5 20 62.3 0.81 ๐จ๐ฆ NAF 15 5 18 60.5 0.78 Overpass Detailed Stats
Apeks ๐ช๐บ 0-2 ๐ช๐บ OG
Mirage: 6-16
Inferno: 10-16
Overpass:๐ช๐บ OG qualifies for IEM Cologne 2023
๐ช๐บ Apeks is disqualified from the IEM Cologne 2023 Play-in
๐ช๐บ Apeks | Liquipedia | HLTV | Official Site | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube
๐ช๐บ OG | Liquipedia | HLTV | Official Site | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube
Apeks MAP OG anubis X X vertigo mirage โ โ inferno ancient X X nuke overpass
MAP 1: Mirage
Team CT T Total ๐ช๐บ Apeks 4 2 6 T CT ๐ช๐บ OG 11 5 16 Team K A D ADR Rating ๐ช๐บ Apeks 0.74 ๐ฒ๐ฐ kyxsan 13 6 16 79.7 0.87 ๐ณ๐ด jkaem 14 4 19 74.2 0.82 ๐ฒ๐ฐ CacaNito 14 1 18 75.0 0.79 ๐ธ๐ฐ STYKO โ 11 0 16 56.3 0.68 ๐ธ๐ช nawwk 8 0 15 33.6 0.53 ๐ช๐บ OG 1.31 ๐ฉ๐ช k1to 24 2 13 115.1 1.76 ๐ท๐ด regali 18 4 10 79.2 1.43 ๐ต๐ฑ F1KU 17 4 11 73.7 1.38 ๐ณ๐ฑ FASHR 14 6 13 78.7 1.10 ๐ท๐ธ nexa โ 11 3 13 60.0 0.86 Mirage Detailed Stats
MAP 2: Inferno
Team T CT Total ๐ช๐บ Apeks 3 7 10 CT T ๐ช๐บ OG 12 4 16 Team K A D ADR Rating ๐ช๐บ Apeks 0.87 ๐ธ๐ฐ STYKO โ 20 5 17 79.2 1.07 ๐ฒ๐ฐ kyxsan 21 2 23 76.4 0.94 ๐ณ๐ด jkaem 12 7 20 69.6 0.92 ๐ธ๐ช nawwk 13 5 19 56.8 0.74 ๐ฒ๐ฐ CacaNito 12 5 20 52.2 0.70 ๐ช๐บ OG 1.25 ๐ณ๐ฑ FASHR 24 5 19 103.2 1.49 ๐ท๐ด regali 22 7 14 82.5 1.42 ๐ท๐ธ nexa โ 18 3 12 64.8 1.16 ๐ต๐ฑ F1KU 19 5 16 77.8 1.14 ๐ฉ๐ช k1to 16 3 17 72.0 1.04 Inferno Detailed Stats
Ninjas in Pyjamas ๐ธ๐ช 2-1 ๐ง๐ท Imperial Esports
Overpass: 13-16
Ancient: 16-6
Nuke: 19-15๐ธ๐ช Ninjas in Pyjamas qualifies for IEM Cologne 2023
๐ง๐ท Imperial Esports is disqualified from the IEM Cologne 2023 Play-in
๐ธ๐ช Ninjas in Pyjamas | Liquipedia | HLTV | Official Site | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube
๐ง๐ท Imperial Esports | Liquipedia | HLTV | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube
NIP MAP Imperial mirage X X inferno overpass โ โ ancient vertigo X X anubis nuke
MAP 1: Overpass
Team CT T Total ๐ธ๐ช NIP 8 5 13 T CT ๐ง๐ท Imperial 7 9 16 Team K A D ADR Rating ๐ธ๐ช NIP 0.99 ๐ฉ๐ฐ k0nfig 30 4 17 87.1 1.34 ๐บ๐ฆ headtr1ck 23 5 15 88.6 1.32 ๐ธ๐ช hampus โ 14 10 22 78.6 0.89 ๐ธ๐ช REZ 11 2 17 42.8 0.77 ๐ธ๐ช Brollan 10 7 22 54.2 0.65 ๐ง๐ท Imperial 1.07 ๐ง๐ท JOTA 24 4 16 88.8 1.41 ๐ง๐ท boltz 21 2 15 77.6 1.27 ๐ง๐ท VINI โ 22 3 18 83.3 1.16 ๐ง๐ท felps 17 4 24 70.3 0.78 ๐ง๐ท HEN1 9 6 16 45.0 0.73 Overpass Detailed Stats
MAP 2: Ancient
Team T CT Total ๐ธ๐ช NIP 12 4 16 CT T ๐ง๐ท Imperial 3 3 6 Team K A D ADR Rating ๐ธ๐ช NIP 1.40 ๐ธ๐ช hampus โ 21 7 10 107.0 1.63 ๐ฉ๐ฐ k0nfig 22 4 13 100.0 1.62 ๐ธ๐ช Brollan 21 4 11 97.5 1.49 ๐บ๐ฆ headtr1ck 12 3 10 41.1 1.13 ๐ธ๐ช REZ 11 5 10 61.3 1.11 ๐ง๐ท Imperial 0.69 ๐ง๐ท VINI โ 17 4 15 82.5 1.17 ๐ง๐ท HEN1 14 1 16 69.0 0.84 ๐ง๐ท boltz 10 3 19 71.1 0.66 ๐ง๐ท JOTA 6 2 19 54.8 0.42 ๐ง๐ท felps 5 1 18 32.5 0.38 Ancient Detailed Stats
MAP 3: Nuke
Team CT T OT1^T:CT Total ๐ธ๐ช NIP 9 6 3:1 19 T CT OT1^CT:T ๐ง๐ท Imperial 6 9 0:0 15 Team K A D ADR Rating ๐ธ๐ช NIP 1.09 ๐ธ๐ช hampus โ 27 10 25 101.9 1.29 ๐ฉ๐ฐ k0nfig 27 6 21 84.0 1.25 ๐ธ๐ช REZ 20 4 20 65.9 1.08 ๐ธ๐ช Brollan 21 3 20 61.4 1.03 ๐บ๐ฆ headtr1ck 18 5 22 54.5 0.78 ๐ง๐ท Imperial 1.02 ๐ง๐ท felps 27 5 24 94.4 1.24 ๐ง๐ท HEN1 26 5 21 77.9 1.11 ๐ง๐ท JOTA 22 1 23 65.0 1.04 ๐ง๐ท boltz 17 5 21 70.5 0.96 ๐ง๐ท VINI โ 15 2 26 61.8 0.74 Nuke Detailed Stats