Only two teams from the TOP 10 of the HLTV ranking are represented in the playoffs of IEM Cologne 2022

Only two teams from the TOP-10 of the world ranking, NaVi and FaZe Clan, became participants in the playoffs of IEM Cologne 2022. The remaining four teams, MOUZ, Astralis, Team Liquid and Movistar Riders are outside the top ten.

On the eve of "Born to Win" returned to the first line in the world rankings according to HLTV.

This is an amazing observation as IEM Cologne 2022 is one of the biggest championships in the first half of the season. However, many favorites including Heroic, Ninjas in Pajamas, Team Vitality and Cloud9 failed to make it to the playoffs.

At the same time, there was a place for MOUZ (14th line), Movistar Riders (13th line), Astralis (11th line) and Team Liquid (17th line). However, there is a chance that these teams will break into the top ten after the end of the championship, when they receive additional points for getting into the TOP-6 at IEM Cologne 2022.

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, 00NATION 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