FaZe Clan become champions of IEM Cologne 2022

1) On the Inferno map, FaZe Clan started with a good streak of five rounds per attack, but after that Natus Vincere's defense turned on and finished the first half with almost no mistakes, having nine rounds to their credit. For the attacking side, Born to Win could show little and the map ended in favor of RobbaN's team. FaZe Clan 16:13 Natus Vincere.

2) The first half of Overpass went to Natus Vincere with a score of 8:7 for the attacking side. After switching sides, FaZe began to gain rounds, and Twistzz's 1v3 clutch gave them even more confidence. And this confidence led them to failure, because they lost the next round against pistols and failed to kill anyone. In the subsequent gun rounds, they also failed, NaVi looked much better. Only after Natus Vincere had a map point, FaZe took several rounds against the opponent's gun-rounds, but they were not enough to reach overtime. Natus Vincere 16:13 FaZe Clan.

3) On Ancient, both teams demonstrated amazing defense. First, Natus Vincere won the half with a score of 12:3, and in the second half they reached the map point due to the pistol round. After that, FaZe Clan take a streak of 11 rounds and get to overtime. Incredible return from karrigan and company! But as soon as a series of additional rounds began, Natus Vincere successfully won the attack round, but not one, but two. FaZe Clan failed to take the rounds for the attacking side and lost overtime after an incredible comeback in the main rounds. Natus Vincere 19:16 FaZe Clan.

4) On Mirage, the NAVI team experienced difficulties for the attack, winning the pistol round and the next two, then they could hardly find loopholes in the FaZe defense. Moving to the defensive side, Natus Vincere had only five rounds to their credit. It was easier for the FaZe team to play offensively than the Born to Win, so they finished the map in their favor without any problems. FaZe Clan 16:9 Natus Vincere.

5) Nuke started with good rounds and half for the Born to Win. I play for the attack, the NAVI team took the lead and led with a score of 5:0 on the decisive map. After that, FaZe Clan managed to stabilize their game and go for 7 rounds on the defensive side. But when FaZe got to the attack, they continued to gain rounds and reached 13:9 in their favor, after that, Natus Vincere spend a good series of rounds, but they lacked quite a bit to win. FaZe Clan 16:14 Natus Vincere.

FaZe Clan champions of IEM Cologne 2022! In addition to winning $400,000 + 3,200 BLAST Premier points, the team guaranteed itself the championship in the world ranking, in which NaVi successfully overtook them a couple of days ago.

Natus Vincere failed to beat FaZe Clan and take second place in the championship.

IEM Cologne 2022 was held from July 5 to 17 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 fought for a prize pool of $1,000,000, as well as rating points in the BLAST Premier table.

Results of IEM Cologne 2022

• 1st place: Faze Clan $400,000 + 3,200 BLAST Premier points
• 2nd place: Natus Vincere $180,000 + 1,600 BLAST Premier points
• 3rd-4th place: Astralis and Movistar Riders — $80,000 + 1,000 BLAST Premier points
• 5th-6th place: MOUZ and Team Liquid — $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