Vitality and Falcons win opening matches of IEM Cologne 2025 group stage

Opening round of Group A at IEM Cologne 2025 in Germany has concluded, bringing four teams one step closer to advancing to the final stage of the event.

In the first round of the bracket, Vitality defeated Astralis, G2 bested FURIA, Falcons got the better of GamerLegion, while The MongolZ prevailed over 3DMAX. All four matches ended with a scoreline of 2:0.

The losing teams dropped to the lower bracket of the group, while the winners advanced to the next winners' round. Next on the schedule are two matches in Group B: NAVI will face FaZe, while Aurora will compete against NIP.

Note that three squads from each group will advance to the IEM Cologne 2025 playoffs: the winners will go straight to the semi-finals, while the teams that take second and third places will advance to the quarter-finals.

The current bracket of Group A looks as follows:

The full schedule and live broadcasts of IEM Cologne 2025 matches are available on the tournament's page via this link.