
IEM Cologne 2022 playoff bracket determined
The group stage of IEM Cologne 2022 has ended, as a result of which six teams made it to the playoffs of the championship. While the top two teams from their groups made it straight to the semi-finals, the remaining four teams will start their way to the playoffs from the quarter-final stage. We offer to summarize the group stage and get acquainted with the seeding of the teams in the playoffs of IEM Cologne 2022.
Group A
Group A was won by the NAVI team, which managed to defeat MOUZ (2:1), Ninjas in Pajamas (2:0) and Movistar Riders (2:1) on their way, thus making it to the semi-finals. The second team was Movistar Riders, which, after defeating G2 Esports (2:0) and Vitality (2:1), lost to the leader represented by NAVI (1:2) and went straight to the quarterfinals.
The last playoff participant from group A was the MOUZ team, which, after losing to NAVI (1:2) at the start of the group stage, managed to get together to beat Heroic (2:0), Vitality (2:1) and Ninjas in Pajamas (2:one).
Group B
The FaZe Clan team became the champion of group B, which passed 00NATION (2:0), Team Spirit (2:0) and Astralis (2:0) on their way, thanks to which they made it to the IEM Cologne 2022 semi-finals. the Danes from Astralis, who managed to outplay FURIA (2:0) and Cloud9 (2:0), but failed to cope with FaZe Clan (0:2) in the group stage final.
The third participant in the playoffs from Group B was the North American Team Liquid, which, starting with a defeat from Team Spirit (1:2), managed to get together and beat 00NATION (2:1), Cloud9 (2:0) and FURIA (2:0). 0).
IEM Cologne 2022 playoff seeding

Friday, July 15:
- Astralis-MOUZ
- Movistar Riders — Team Liquid
Saturday, July 16:
- NAVI-Astralis/MOUZ
- FaZe Clan - Movistar Riders/Team Liquid
Sunday, July 17:
- Grand Final







IEM Cologne 2022 takes place from 5 to 17 July in Germany at the Hyatt Regency Cologne and LANXESS arena venues. As part of the championship, 24 teams from Europe, the CIS, Oceania, China, North and South America are fighting for a prize pool of $1,000,000, as well as rating points in the BLAST Premier table.
Interim results of IEM Cologne 2022
- 1st place: $400,000 + 3,200 BLAST Premier points
- 2nd place: $180,000 + 1,600 BLAST Premier points
- 3rd-4th place: $80,000 + 1,000 BLAST Premier points
- 5th-6th place: $40,000 + 300 BLAST Premier points
- 7th-8th place: Ninjas in Pajamas and FURIA Esports — $24,000 + 300 BLAST Premier points
- 9th-12th place: Team Vitality, Team Spirit, Cloud9 and G2 Esports — $16,000
- 13th-16th place: Heroic, Outsiders, Team Liquid and ENCE — $10,000
- 17th-20th place: Sprout, TYLOO, Imperial Esports and BIG - $4,500
- 21st-24th place: paiN Gaming, Complexity Gaming, MIBR and ORDER — $2,500






