IEM Cologne group stage set

9-8-2024 23:45

The world's top eight teams join the fray as IEM Cologne reaches the second stage.

The IEM Cologne group stage is now set as the play-in stage has come to a close after the first three days of action in Germany.

Eight teams traversed the opening phase — Liquid, Complexity, 9z, SAW, Falcons, FURIA, The MongolZ and paiN — to join the current top eight teams in the world in the stacked group stage.

The eight incoming teams have now filled out the empty spots in two double-elimination groups of eight, and they look as follows in order of seeding:

Group A

Group B

The opening matchups and schedule have also been determined. A highlight bout between FaZe and Liquid as well as an Esports World Cup rematch between Virtus.pro and Complexity await over in Group B.

Most of the opening matches will take place on Saturday, except for Group B's other two matchups:

Date	Matches
IEM Cologne 2024
10/08/2024	FaZe 13:30 Liquid	Match
10/08/2024	Virtus.pro 13:30 Complexity	Match
10/08/2024	G2 15:50 SAW	Match
10/08/2024	Astralis 17:05 9z	Match
10/08/2024	Spirit 18:45 The MongolZ	Match
10/08/2024	Natus Vincere 19:25 paiN	Match
11/08/2024	MOUZ 13:30 Falcons	Match
11/08/2024	Vitality 13:30 FURIA	Match

ez coL

2024-08-09 23:47

EZ KINGS2

2024-08-09 23:48

LETS GO DONK!!!

EZ MOUZ

2024-08-09 23:50

Lg NaVi

2024-08-10 00:01

Been waiting for this! VAMOUZ

2024-08-10 00:03

no RUSH we sleep

2024-08-10 00:08

EZ NAVI

2024-08-10 00:46

Faze UP

2024-08-10 00:47

what amazing scheduling for NA fans

2024-08-10 01:37

1 reply

Just like Europeans say when the event is held in the USA...

2024-08-10 02:46

Seeding is scripted af

2024-08-10 02:27

Group B looks 500% stronger

2024-08-10 02:45

3 replies

Group A basically has the top 3 teams in the world . Group B might be more balanced, but I definitely wouldn't call it stronger, let alone 500%.

2024-08-10 02:59

2 replies

You are looking at the upper half of the groups, compare the bottom half now

2024-08-10 03:57

I agree, but let's not pretend complexity, falcons and FURIA are world beaters. They may on paper be stronger than the bottom half of group A but the only thing I see is more upset potential for 'underdogs' in group B than group A.

2024-08-10 04:22