IEM Cologne 2025 invitees announced

Tournament operator ESL has announced the full list of teams invited to participate in the upcoming IEM Cologne 2025 Counter-Strike 2 tournament , which kicks off in July this year.

Vitality, MOUZ, Team Spirit, Falcons, NAVI and many others have received invites to the event (according to the official Valve ranking) – 24 squads in total, with 8 of them invited straight to the second stage.

The competition will be divided into three parts: Play-In (Double Elimination, BO3 matches, the eight strongest rosters advance), group stage (Double Elimination, BO3 matches, three teams from each group advance, with the winners going straight to the semi-finals) and playoffs (Single Elimination BO3, BO5 in the final).

IEM Cologne 2025 will take place from July 23 to August 3, 2025 in Cologne, Germany. The total prize pool of the event will be one million US dollars.

Origin: x.com