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The Cathedral of Counter-Strike welcomes one and all once more to one of the greatest shows on Earth — IEM Cologne 2022. Twenty four enter, but only six will be deemed worthy enough to cross the stage at the mighty LANXESS Arena — will our Aussies (and Kiwis) at Order & MOUZ overcome the odds?
- Order go down fighting in 1-2 loss to Imperial at Play-In
- MOUZ achieve the LANXESS dream with lower bracket sweep
- Astralis v MOUZ to open playoffs at 11:30pm AEST tonight
MOUZ have defied the odds and achieved the impossible.
Chris “dexter” Nong and the MOUZ squad entered the lower bracket after a loss to Natus Vincere.
After day one, the path to the LANXESS was set, and pundits from all over the CS:GO scene gave them absolutely no chance of surviving it.
They didn’t just survive it, they thrived in it.
A Play-In rematch against Heroic, a ZywOo-powered Vitality and a Cologne dark horse in Ninjas in Pyjamas — they all tried their best, but it appeared nothing was going to stop this MOUZ line-up from a spot in the top six.
It’s the first time in the history of the Mousesports organisation — dating back almost two decades — that they’ve made it to the playoffs stage of their home event in Cologne.
First up for the young squad will be Astralis, who themselves are finally finding a touch of form after a dismal two months.
For the winner; titans Natus Vincere, who all but swept through the Group A upper bracket, are waiting in the wings.
It’s not just online coverage that we’ll will be bringing you from the Cathedral of Counter-Strike; foreign correspondent Maximilian “maxxeck” Eck is on-site and will be capturing every moment exclusively for Snowball Esports.
We’re covering everything IEM Cologne 2022.
IEM Cologne 2022 Streams
IEM Cologne 2022 streams live on Twitch. Missed the action? Keep up to date via Twitch VODs, uploaded immediately following the conclusion of the match-day.
ESL CS:GO — Primary Stream
ESL CS:GO B — Secondary Stream
ESL CS:GO C — Tertiary Stream
IEM Cologne 2022 Schedule & Results
IEM Cologne 2022 is a three-stage tournament.
The Play-In saw sixteen challengers go head-to-head in a double elimination bracket, where the top eight proceeded to the main group stage.
Eight await in the group stage–beginning tonight– where the sixteen squads go through a second double-elimination stage. From each group, three teams will emerge and book their tickets to the LANXESS Arena.
Six will enter the LANXESS on the Friday; by Sunday night, we’ll have crowned an IEM Cologne champion.
IEM Cologne — Playoffs (July 9)
| Match | Teams | Time (AEST) |
| – July 15 – | ||
| Round of 6 | Astralis 0-1 MOUZ | 11:30pm |
| Movistar Riders v Liquid | 3am | |
| – July 16 – | ||
| Semi-Finals | NaVi v Winner Astralis/MOUZ | 11:30pm |
| FaZe v Winner Movistar/Liquid | 3am | |
| – July 17 – | ||
| Grand Final | Winner Semi-Final 1 v Winner Semi-Final 2 | 11:55pm |
IEM Cologne — Group Stage Day 1 (July 7)
| Match | Teams | Time (AEST) |
| Group A Opening Match | G2 0-2 Movistar Riders | 8:30pm |
| NiP 2-0 Heroic | ||
| NaVi 2-1 MOUZ | 12am | |
| ENCE 1-2 Vitality | ||
| Group B Opening Match | Cloud9 2-0 Outsiders | 3:30am |
| Liquid 1-2 Spirit |
IEM Cologne — Group Stage Day 2 (July 8)
| Match | Teams | Time (AEST) |
| Group B Opening Match | FaZe 2-0 00Nation | 8:30pm |
| FURIA 0-2 Astralis | ||
| Group A Elimination | MOUZ 2-0 Heroic | 12am |
| Group A Qualifying | NiP 0-2 NaVi | |
| Group B Qualifying | Movistar Riders 2-1 Vitality | 3:30am |
| Group B Elimination | G2 2-0 ENCE |
IEM Cologne — Group Stage Day 3 (July 8)
| Match | Teams | Time (AEST) |
| Group A Elimination | NIP 2-1 G2 | 8:30pm |
| Group B Elimination | Outsiders 0-2 FURIA | |
| Liquid 2-1 00Nation | 12am | |
| Group B Qualifying | Cloud9 0-2 Astralis | |
| Spirit 0-2 FaZe | 3:30am | |
| Group A Elimination | MOUZ 2-0 Vitality |
IEM Cologne — Group Stage Day 4 (July 9)
| Match | Teams | Time (AEST) |
| Group B Elimination | Liquid 2-0 Cloud9 | 8:30pm |
| FURIA 2-1 Spirit | ||
| Group A Qualification | MOUZ 2-1 NIP | 12am |
| Group A Seeding | NaVi 2-1 Movistar Riders | |
| Group B Qualification | Liquid 2-0 FURIA | 3:30am |
| Group B Seeding | Astralis 0-2 FaZe |
IEM Cologne — Play-In Stage Day 1 (July 5)
| Match | Teams | Time (AEST) |
| Opening Matches | Spirit 16-11 Complexity | 7pm |
| MOUZ 19-16 paiN Gaming | ||
| Heroic 16-3 Sprout | ||
| Outsiders 16-6 Imperial | 8:15pm | |
| BIG 16-7 Order | ||
| 00Nation 16-6 Astralis | ||
| MIBR 13-16 Movistar Riders | 9:30pm | |
| TYLOO 9-16 Vitality | 10:20pm | |
| Upper Bracket QF | Heroic 2-1 MOUZ | 10:45pm |
| Lower Bracket R1 | Sprout 2-1 paiN | 12am |
| Upper Bracket QF | Spirit 2-1 00Nation | |
| Upper Bracket QF | BIG 0-2 Outsiders | 2:15am |
| Lower Bracket R1 | Complexity 0-2 Astralis | 3:45am |
| Upper Bracket QF | Movistar Riders 2-0 Vitality |
IEM Cologne — Play-In Stage Day 2 (July 6)
| Match | Teams | Time (AEST) |
| Lower Bracket R1 | Order 1-2 Imperial | 8:30pm |
| MIBR 1-2 TYLOO | ||
| Lower Bracket QF | Sprout 1-2 Vitality | 12am |
| BIG 1-2 Astralis | ||
| 00Nation 2-0 Imperial | 3:30am | |
| MOUZ 2-0 TYLOO |
IEM Cologne 2022 Squads
| Team | Squad | ||||
| — Group Stage Qualifiers — | |||||
| FaZe Clan | rain | broky | Twistzz | karrigan | ropz |
| Natus Vincere | s1mple | electroNic | Perfecto | b1t | sdy |
| Cloud9 | nafany | sh1ro | interz | Ax1Le | HObbit |
| G2 Esports | JACKZ | huNter- | NiKo | m0NESY | Aleksib |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | REZ | Plopski | hampus | es3tag | Brollan |
| ENCE | Snappi | Spinx | dycha | hades | maden |
| FURIA Esports | yuurih | arT | KSCERATO | drop | saffee |
| Team Liquid | EliGE | NAF | oSee | nitr0 | YEKINDAR |
| — Play-In — | |||||
| Heroic | stavn | cadiaN | TeSeS | sjuush | Jabbi |
| Team Vitality | apEX | ZywOo | misutaaa | dupreeh | Magisk |
| Outsiders | Qikert | Jame | FL1T | n0rb3r7 | fame |
| 00Nation | coldzera | try | TACO | latto | dumau |
| Complexity | JT | FaNg | floppy | Grim | junior |
| MIBR | chelo | exit | Tuurtle | JOTA | brnz4n |
| Order | Sico | INS | Hatz | aliStair | Liazz |
| TYLOO | Summer | Attacker | SLOWLY | DANK1NG | BnTeT |
| BIG | tabseN | tiziaN | syrsoN | Krimbo | k1to |
| Astralis | Xyp9x | gla1ve | k0nfig | blameF | farlig |
| Team Spirit | chopper | magixx | Patsi | s1ren | w0nderful |
| Imperial | FalleN | fer | fnx | boltz | VINI |
| Movistar Riders | mopoz | ALEX | DeathZz | SunPayus | dav1g |
| paiN Gaming | PKL | biguzera | hardzao | NEKIZ | nython |
| MOUZ | frozen | Bymas | dexter | torzsi | JDC |
| Sprout | Spiidi | slaxz- | raalz | Staehr | lauNX |
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