IEM Cologne 2021 seeding revealed
Tournament operator ESL presented the list of groups of the main stage of IEM Cologne 2021 and the starting pairs of opponents at the Play-In stage. Sixteen teams in the Double Elimination bracket will determine the eight participants in the group stage during the Play-In stage. The opening matches will be played in BO1 format, while the rest of the matches will switch the format to the best-of-three series.
Pairs of IEM Cologne 2021 Play-In starting matches:
NIP –
LDLC
Bad News Bears –
mousesports
Team Spirit –
MIBR
Renegades –
Vitality
OG –
TeamOne
Sprout –
BIG
Evil Geniuses –
FaZe
Complexity –
ViCi
The eight strongest teams of the Play-In phase will join eight other directly invited teams. The winners of the first three places in each group will qualify for the playoffs.
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The currently known participants in the group stage are as follows:
Group A
Gambit
Liquid
Virtus.pro
G2
Group B
NAVI
FURIA
Astralis
Heroic
Recall that IEM Cologne 2021 with a prize pool of $1 million will be the first major LAN event in a year and a half. The participants will gather in Cologne and play in a studio format from July 6 to 18 without spectators.
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