Popular as the “Cathedral of Counter-Strike’ IEM Cologne is one of the biggest events in the CS: GO calendar year. The marquee tournament features the best teams from across the world competing not only for a sizable prize pool but also for the glory and prestige of having won this event. The IEM Cologne 2022 features a million dollar prize pool with 24 of the best teams in competition. Here’s all you need to know about this event including the live results, participating teams and streams.
IEM Cologne 2022 Live results
Day 1 – July 5
Play in Day 1 (Upper Bracket Round 1)
Time Match – A streamScoreTimeMatch – B StreamScoreTimeMatch – C StreamScore1100 MOUZ vs Pain Gaming19-161100 Team Spirit vs Complexity16-111100 Heroic vs Sprout16-31215 Outsiders vs Imperial Esports16-61215 00Nation vs Astralis16-61215 BIG vs ORDER16-71215 MIBR vs Movistar Riders13-161330 TYLOO vs Vitality9-16All Times are in CEST
Play in Day 1 (Upper Bracket Round 2)
Time MatchScore1530 Heroic vs MOUZ1600Team Spirit vs 00Nation1815BIG vs Outsiders1945Movistar Riders vs VitalityAll Times are in CEST
Play in Day 1 (Lower bracket round 1)
Time MatchScore1600 Sprout vs Pain Gaming1945Complexity vs AstralisAll Times are in CEST
IEM Cologne 2022 Teams
The 2022 edition of IEM Cologne 24 teams, but not all teams start at the same time. There is a Play-in event which has sixteen teams starting off their Cologne journey. These teams play in a double-elimination bracket which starts off with a best-one-series.
The top eight teams from the play-in stage will make it through to the groups.
Play-In Teams
HeroicTeam VitalityOutsiders00NationComplexity GamingMIBRORDERTYLOOBIGAstralisTeam SpiritImperial EsportsMovistar RiderspaiN GamingMOUZSprout
Directly Qualified Teams
FaZe ClanNaviCloud9G2 esportsNinjas in PyjamasENCEFURIA esportsTeam Liquid
Tournament format
There are three stages to this tournament that take place from July 5-15. The tournament will feature a live audience for the playoffs, where the Lanxess Arena will come alive with CS: GO fans.
Play-In Stage
The play-in matches feature double-elimination bracket but start with best-of-one matches. Subsequent matches, which are mostly elimination or qualification matches, are best-of-three series.
Sixteen teams take part in the play-in stage, only eight advance to the group stage.
Group Stage
The 16 play-in stage teams are joined by the Directly invited teams in the group stage. There are two groups of eight teams each. The teams play in a double-elimination bracket. The top three
Play-off stage
The Playoffs stage has six teams – the top three from each of the two groups. The top team in each group advances directly to the semifinal while the next two teams in the groups move to the quarterfinals.
All matches in the playoffs are best-of-three series with the Grand finals to take place on July 15.
Prize pool distribution
1st place: $400,0002nd place: $180,0003-4th: $80,0005-6th: $40,0007-8th: $24,0009-12th: $16,00013-16th: $10,00017-20th: $4,50021-24tth: $2,500
Where to watch IEM Cologne 2022?
IEM Cologne matches will be broadcast live on Twitch. You can catch all the action here.
Stream A
Stream B
Stream C
Stay tuned to esports.gg for the latest IEM Cologne news and updates.
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