Valve releases IEM Cologne and EWC invite-deciding June ranking update

2-6-2025 23:16

NIP earned an invite to Cologne after impressing in Astana.

Valve has released the June update for its Regional Standings, which will be used to determine the 24 Global invites for IEM Cologne and 15 Global invites for the Esports World Cup.

The German tournament, running from July 23 - August 3, will be the second tier-one event after the summer tournament break and will feature a near-identical pool of teams to IEM Katowice if all teams accept their invitations.

Only three would be different at ESL's second flagship event, with B8, Ninjas in Pyjamas, and TYLOO filling the spots occupied by Imperial Valkyries, SAW, and Wildcard at Katowice.

Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer's side would play at their second Big Event in 2025 after ending a labored climb up the rankings with a quarter-final finish at PGL Astana, while Aurora's consistent top finishes earned them a top-eight invite to the main event (and GamerLegion just missed out from pipping Natus Vincere for a Stage 2 spot by 12 points).

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The 15 Global invites for the Esports World Cup will also be distributed by this ranking, with Virtus.pro the last in line for an invite. TYLOO round out the team list as the sole qualified side after winning Hero Esports Asian Champions League.

Below you can find the Global standings up to the 30th spot after the June 2 update.

Explainer: The table below showcases the teams' standing in each sub-factor of the VRS: Bounty collected (BCOL), Bounty offered (BOFF), Opponent network (NETW), LAN wins (LANW) and the final head-to-head adjustment (H2H). Values in bold represent the top five earners in each factor.

The VRS formula begins with 400 base points, which are spread among the first four categories in our table so that they add up to the total.

RANK
TEAM
Region(s)
BCOL
BOFF
NETW
LANW
H2H
Points
1.
Vitality
EU
530
559
353
559
124
2124
2.
MOUZ
EU
495
559
301
559
9
1922
3.
Spirit
EU
447
559
341
556
3
1905
4.
Falcons
EU
489
559
334
559
-52
1888
5.
The MongolZ
AS
455
559
282
559
-65
1790
6.
Aurora
EU
442
557
357
559
-172
1742
7.
G2
EU
410
501
288
530
-94
1636
8.
Natus Vincere
EU
423
452
251
495
12
1632
9.
GamerLegion
EU
439
468
298
530
-114
1620
10.
FaZe
EU
402
490
272
523
-79
1609
11.
Astralis
EU
425
497
288
497
-111
1595
12.
3DMAX
EU
433
417
284
459
-8
1585
13.
HEROIC
EU
378
476
284
434
-19
1552
14.
Liquid
AM,EU
408
421
226
448
35
1538
15.
Virtus.pro
EU
406
408
238
453
-54
1452
16.
FURIA
AM
353
413
243
497
-65
1443
17.
Complexity
AM
398
393
242
330
70
1433
18.
TYLOO
AS
313
391
213
474
-35
1357
19.
MIBR
AM
352
383
177
417
23
1352
20.
B8
EU
315
375
271
243
71
1275
21.
Ninjas in Pyjamas
EU
343
354
238
430
-120
1245
22.
BIG
EU
351
386
232
376
-118
1227
23.
paiN
AM
351
378
170
355
-30
1225
24.
FlyQuest
AS
296
367
164
346
37
1211
25.
Lynn Vision
AS
295
364
190
273
89
1211
26.
ECSTATIC
EU
304
357
261
292
-26
1187
27.
Rare Atom
AS
298
315
174
491
-91
1187
28.
NAVI Junior
EU
312
439
303
100
19
1172
29.
ENCE
EU
299
369
277
196
14
1155
30.
TNL
EU
300
293
262
226
66
1146
Denmark Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer
Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer
Age:
34
Team:
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Rating 1.0:
0.93
Maps played:
2069
KPR:
0.64
DPR:
0.68
#1
 | 
Sweden Electrode
auraaa
2025-06-02 23:16
1
#2
deko | 
Russia deko_1_LanDaLan_final_zywoo_0
no spirit academy? shame on valve, should be #1 after winning landalan 2
2025-06-02 23:17
10
2 replies
#9
Faceit plus user Faceit level 10  | 
 | 
Turkey tradingltd
>Bounty collected (BCOL), Bounty offered (BOFF), Opponent network (NETW), LAN wins (LANW) and the final head-to-head adjustment (H2H). What does these mean? Doesn't explain on VRS document. HLTV help
2025-06-02 23:30
0
1 reply
#23
Ax1Le | 
Korea APickleJaR72
It doesn't actually say here github.com/ValveSoftware/counter-strike_.. but they dive into it in the individual team pages. This is from Vitality's page. "Final Rank Value: 2124.3 Final Rank Value (2124.3) = Starting Rank Value (2000.0) + Head To Head Adjustments (124.3) Starting Rank Value To figure out a rosters's Starting Rank Value, first take the average of these four factors: Bounty Offered: 1.0001 Bounty Collected: 0.9382 Opponent Network: 0.5512 LAN Wins: 1.0002 The average of these factors is 0.872 Next, take the maximum and minimum average across all teams and compute the following: 400 + ( ( Roster_Average - Min_Average ) / ( Max_Average - Min_Average ) ) * 1600 = 2000.0 400 + ( ( 0.872 - 0.000 ) / ( 0.872 - 0.000 ) ) * 1600 = 2000.0 For Bounty Collected, Opponent Network, and LAN Wins, we consider only the ten best results over the past 6 months. Raw values for those factors are multiplied by Age Weight. Bounty and Opponent Network values are also multiplied by Event Weight. The adjusted value is shown in parenthesis. The final value for a factor is the total of its adjusted values divided by 10. Bounty Collected is further scaled by the curve function3 Head to head adjustments are based on rosters' starting rank values. The results shown below are adjusted by Age Weight and not Event Weight To calculate a roster's Bounty Offered: First, take the sum of their top 10 scaled winnings ($1,185,020.42) Divide that value by the 5th highest value among all rosters ($444,744.78) The final value (1.00) is scaled by the curve function." Not everything but most of it
2025-06-03 01:53
5
#3
lebronaldo | 
France HeartEmolga
NiP at Cologne ? Let's goooooooooooooooo
2025-06-02 23:17
11
#4
 | 
Jamaica Yuuka_Hayase
Boycott EWC
2025-06-02 23:17
9
2 replies
#13
United Arab Emirates krasher9
Why
2025-06-02 23:34
1
1 reply
#31
 | 
Jamaica Yuuka_Hayase
Sportswashing
2025-06-03 08:07
2
#5
ZywOo | 
Trinidad and Tobago ZywOo_top1_2025
NiP and B8>>>>>Imperial fe and SAW
2025-06-02 23:22
9
#6
 | 
Cyprus Komutan
unluko lynn vision
2025-06-02 23:26
3
#7
 | 
Denmark Andengommi
#ToTheStars!! If we still are here ;)
2025-06-02 23:27
1
#8
Austria Anaboly
NaVi and NaVi Junior allowed at Cologne?
2025-06-02 23:29
0
2 replies
#10
frozen | 
Tajikistan WALLAHI_ALEKSIB_NO_1
its only 1-24 teams that have direct invites to cologne, and if navi junior were in the 24 i believe only one of the rosters would be allowed to represent natus vincere in cologne.
2025-06-02 23:31
2
#11
 | 
Egypt BomberMan_
no navi junior will get shafted unless NaVi skip the event. Also, top 24 are invited (8 Main stage, 16 qualifiers) so I dont even think 4 teams are skipping Cologne to allow NaVi junior to be up next for an invite.
2025-06-02 23:32
1
#12
fatestyoshi | 
Finland fatkoala
Lynn Vision missing out on Cologne by 0.3 points is my 9/11
2025-06-02 23:33
0
4 replies
#25
Indonesia nouserhere
Their own fault really for not winning any matches in Dallas. Just hoping for astralis disband or at least one team not wanting to play in one of the most prestigious events.
2025-06-03 02:57
2
3 replies
#27
Other David__Beckham
their own fault for throwing matches against RA
2025-06-03 05:37
0
1 reply
#29
Indonesia nouserhere
If they didnt then tyloo wont get in so
2025-06-03 07:14
0
#34
fatestyoshi | 
Finland fatkoala
for sure for sure, or even that one JJH loss at ACL but just the difference being so small is frustrating
2025-06-03 12:05
0
#14
Faceit plus user Faceit level 10  | 
 | 
Sweden vetten
"NIP earned an invite to Cologne after impressing in Astana." ABSOLUTE CINEMA
2025-06-02 23:34
8
6 replies
#15
REZ | 
Spain Blixz23
We are so back!
2025-06-02 23:43
1
1 reply
#41
Faceit plus user Faceit level 10  | 
 | 
Sweden vetten
Andercito on HLTV Pog
2025-06-03 22:03
0
#19
 | 
Poland Botaz
They got lucky to face g2 with taz xd
2025-06-03 00:45
2
2 replies
#22
sjuush | 
Yugoslavia NiP_top_1_on_2025
Ye lucky on get spirit in quarters and almost take 1 map. OT in group stage btw
2025-06-03 01:46
4
1 reply
#30
Aleksib | 
Finland sakettaja
''almost take 1 map'' lul
2025-06-03 07:23
1
#35
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
kinkybdsm | 
Other MissingN0
Top #1 by 2025, it's happening
2025-06-03 12:08
0
#16
sjuush | 
Yugoslavia NiP_top_1_on_2025
Ez for arrozdoce my 0.90 star rifler
2025-06-03 00:06
1
#17
stressarN | 
North Macedonia NightLovell_top1
Chinese teams massively boosted
2025-06-03 00:35
1
#18
 | 
Sweden NIP_1_Fragadelphia_Zywoo_0
NIP 1 invite to cologne after impressing in Astana Zywoo 0 impressions in Astana
2025-06-03 00:38
11
1 reply
#33
 | 
Portugal urmomsaidhi
No aura. Biggest fraud.
2025-06-03 11:38
0
#20
Denmark Elreppo
IMO it is misleading to spread the 400 basis points as a 100 points in each sub-category. Its even mathematically wrong I would say. NAVI Junior has 0 LAN wins and thus 0 points from this subrank. 0% of their VRS points are gained from LAN wins, yet it shows as 100 points in the table. It would be better to show the 400 basis points as a separate column. Its actually important to paint the real picture of the how impactful each subranking is. Opponent network shows as way more important than what it really is when shown like above, since you have to subract 100 points from all 4 columns.
2025-06-03 01:09
4
#21
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Cuba Dyabolic
Tyloo top 20 baby LFG
2025-06-03 01:41
1
#24
Indonesia nouserhere
If only lvg win matches in Dallas
2025-06-03 02:02
0
2 replies
#36
 | 
Scotland TWGKofi
Lynn Vision really has been throwing the last few weeks
2025-06-03 14:24
0
1 reply
#37
Indonesia nouserhere
as usual theyre onliners and/or region abusers. starry the 1M superstar been shit lately as well
2025-06-03 14:34
0
#26
 | 
Finland Tusku
nip actually coming back, damn
2025-06-03 05:33
0
#28
JamYoung | 
China Young7
Let's do this TYLOO
2025-06-03 06:30
0
#32
 | 
Germany KunoWRLD
How is BIG holding on to their spot after loosing to every tier 3 team ins those tier 2 events? I hope they will show worth. I still have hope in this team!
2025-06-03 11:28
0
1 reply
#40
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United States Schwabies_
Mesa Nomadic 2nd place kept them afloat
2025-06-03 15:27
0
#38
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
MATYS | 
United States LongDong
TNL on t1 lan soon. Cairne the destroyer will show his mettle
2025-06-03 14:36
0
#39
 | 
Germany unfortunate_miscommunication
we are in boys! im so hyped. (help me)
2025-06-03 15:07
0
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