ALTERNATE aTTaX – last participant of IEM Cologne 2024

ALTERNATE aTTaX became the last participant of IEM Cologne 2024 – one of the biggest Counter-Strike 2 tournaments of 2024. The team entered the Play-In stage.

The Lukas "FreeZe" Hegmann-led roster won the closed qualifier for teams from Germany, in the final of which ALTERNATE aTTaX crushed Versagertrupp.

The final bracket of the qualifier looks as follows:

IEM Cologne 2024 will take place from August 7 to 18 in Cologne, Germany, with the participation of 24 squads. The event will feature a total prize pool of $1 million. Four teams secured tickets to the tournament at the previous ESL competitions; the remaining slots were distributed based on the ESL ranking.

The participants of the main stage are:

 Team Spirit
 FaZe
 Vitality
 Astralis
 MOUZ
 G2
 NAVI
 Virtus.pro

The participants of the Play-In stage are:

 HEROIC
 Falcons
 9z
 FlyQuest
 Imperial
 BIG
 paiN
 SAW
 Eternal Fire
 Complexity
 The MongolZ
 Liquid
 FURIA
 BetBoom
 MIBR
ALTERNATE aTTaX