Team Spirit win IEM Cologne 2025

Leonid "chopper" Vishnyakov's squad won a big LAN tournament IEM Cologne 2025, which took place from July 23 to August 3 in Cologne, Germany.

In the final, Team Spirit bested MOUZ with a scoreline of 3:0 – 13:7 on Mirage, 13:11 on Ancient, 13:6 on Nuke.

En route to the final, the team knocked NAVI out of the event. MOUZ, in turn, prevailed over Vitality and FURIA. Before advancing to the playoffs, Team Spirit secured first place in the group, while MOUZ took second.

For first place, Team Spirit received $400,000. The runner-up earned $180,000. Vitality and NAVI, which shared 3rd-4th places, got $80,000 each. The total prize pool of the competition was one million US dollars.

The final playoff bracket looks as follows:

Prize pool distribution looks as follows:

1.  Team Spirit – $400,000
2.  MOUZ – $180,000
3-4.  NAVI – $80,000
3-4.  Vitality – $80,000
5-6.  The MongolZ – $40,000
5-6.  FURIA – $40,000
7-8.  G2 – $24,000
7-8.  FaZe – $24,000
9-12.  Falcons – $16,000
9-12.  Aurora – $16,000
9-12.  NIP – $16,000
9-12.  3DMAX – $16,000
13-16.  Astralis – $10,000
13-16.  GamerLegion – $10,000
13-16.  Liquid – $10,000
13-16.  HEROIC – $10,000
17-20.  Virtus.pro – $4,500
17-20.  paiN – $4,500
17-20.  TYLOO – $4,500
17-20.  FlyQuest – $4,500
21-24.  Complexity – $2,500
21-24.  BIG – $2,500
21-24.  MIBR – $2,500
21-24.  B8 – $2,500