Gå ikke glip af starten på slutspillet IEM Cologne 2022

In a few hours, the IEM Cologne 2022 playoffs will start. Until Sunday, July 17, the remaining six participants will close the first half of the 2022 season and determine the strongest. Not only reputation is at stake, but also a solid prize of $400,000. In addition, for the first time, two teams are playing on a large arena, so it will be interesting to watch the performances of Movistar Riders and Mouz.

IEM Cologne 2022 playoff participants

The main favorites of this stage of the championship are the teams NaVi and FaZe Clan, who performed without problems at the group stage, making it straight to the semi-finals. They will be accompanied at LANXESS arena by the aforementioned Movistar Riders and MOUZ, as well as Team Liquid and Astralis, once serious fighters with great experience.

You can find the full analytics of the IEM Cologne 2022 playoff participants in our separate article.

Note that all tickets for the final part of the event were sold out. This means that the LANXESS arena, which can accommodate 19.5 thousand spectators, will have an incredible atmosphere.

An interesting observation: Only two teams from the TOP-10 of the world ranking, NAVI and FaZe Clan, made it to the playoffs of IEM Cologne 2022. The remaining four teams, namely MOUZ (14th line), Movistar Riders (13th line), Astralis (11th line) and Team Liquid (17th line) are outside the top ten.

IEM Cologne 2022 Playoff Schedule

Friday, July 15:

• Astralis-MOUZ
• Movistar Riders — Team Liquid

Saturday, July 16:

• NAVI-Astralis/MOUZ
• FaZe Clan - Movistar Riders/Team Liquid

Sunday, July 17:

• Grand Final

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