G2 secure IEM Cologne 2023 title

G2 won IEM Cologne 2023, as in the final of the tournament, the Rasmus "HooXi" Nielsen's squad bested ENCE with a scoreline of 3:1 – 16:4 on Nuke, 16:10 on Mirage, 13:16 on Anubis and 16:9 on Ancient.

The champions kicked off the event with the group stage, at which they defeated Astralis, FaZe and Vitality, due to which the roster directly advanced to the semi-finals. In the playoffs of the tournament, the European team also got the best of Astralis.

The detailed results of IEM Cologne 2023 can be found on the tournament page on our website via this link.

The final playoff bracket looks as follows:

The prize pool distribution is:

1.  G2 – $400,000 + IEM Katowice 2024 slot
2.  ENCE – $180,000
3-4.  Vitality – $80,000
3-4.  Astralis – $80,000
5-6.  Heroic – $40,000
5-6.  Cloud9 – $40,000
7-8.  GamerLegion – $24,000
7-8.  NAVI – $24,000
9-12.  FaZe – $16,000
9-12.  MOUZ – $16,000
9-12.  fnatic – $16,000
9-12.  Monte – $16,000
13-16.  TheMongolz – $10,000
13-16.  9INE – $10,000
13-16.  OG – $10,000
13-16.  NIP – $10,000
17-20.  Imperial – $4,500
17-20.  Liquid – $4,500
17-20.  Apeks – $4,500
17-20.  FURIA – $4,500
21-24.  Grayhound – $2,500
21-24.  Into the Breach – $2,500
21-24.  Complexity – $2,500
21-24.  BIG – $2,500