Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023
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Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Game:
Type:
Offline
Location:
CologneVenue:
Prize Pool:
$1,000,000 USD
Start Date:
2023-07-26
End Date:
2023-08-06
Teams:
24
Liquipedia Tier:
Pro Tour Tier:
Masters Champ.Links
Maps
About[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
- Stage Host:
OJ Borg (Oliver James Borg D'Anastasi)
- Desk Hosts:
- Interviewers:
Sjokz (Eefje Depoortere)- James Banks (James Banks)
- Analysts:
- Guest Analyst:
cadiaN (Casper Alexander Ahm Møller)
- Commentators:
SPUNJ (Chad Burchill)- Machine (Alex Richardson)
- JustHarry (Harry Russell)
- Hugo Byron (Hugo Byron)
- James Bardolph (James Bardolph)
- Hawka (Alex Hawkins)
Scrawny (Conner Girvan)- launders (Mohan Govindasamy)
Format[edit]
- Play-In: July 26th - 28th, 2023
- Double-Elimination bracket
- Opening matches are Bo1
- All following matches are Bo3
- The top eight teams advance to the Group Stage
- Double-Elimination bracket
- Group Stage: July 29th - August 1st, 2023
- Two double-elimination format (GSL) Groups
- Each group has eight teams
- All matches are Bo3
- The top three teams from each group advance to the Playoffs:
- Group stage winners advance to the Semifinals
- Group stage runners-up advance to the Quarterfinals as the High Seeds
- Group stage 3rd place teams advance to the Quarterfinals as the Low Seeds
- Two double-elimination format (GSL) Groups
- Playoffs: August 4th - 6th, 2023
- Single-Elimination bracket
- The Quarterfinals & Semifinals are Bo3
- The Grand Final is Bo5
Prize Pool[edit]
$1,000,000 USD are spread among the participants as seen below:
Participants[edit]
Directly Qualified Teams[edit]
- 1 June 22nd - Team Vitality bench dupreeh and sign
flameZ. [3]
- 1 July 14th - Cloud9 bench
nafany and 
buster and acquire 
electroNic and Perfecto from Natus Vincere as their replacements. [4] - 2 July 27th - buster stands in for Ax1Le who will miss the group stage due to visa issues. [5]
- 1 June 30th - Natus Vincere bench electroNic, Perfecto and
npl and acquire 
Aleksib, 
jL and 
iM from Ninjas in Pyjamas, Apeks and GamerLegion, respectively. [6]
- 1 June 30th - iM is acquired by Natus Vincere. [6]
- 2 July 3rd - MOUZ acquire
siuhy from GamerLegion. [7] - 3 July 18th - GamerLegion sign volt and acquire neaLaN from Evil Geniuses. [8]
Play-In Teams[edit]
- 1 June 27th - FURIA Esports bench
drop. [13] - 2 June 28th - FURIA Esports bench saffee. [14]
- 3 July 3rd - FURIA Esports acquire FalleN and chelo from Imperial Esports. [15][16]
- 1 June 22nd - Team Liquid acquire
Rainwaker and Patsi from 500 and Team Spirit, respectively. Additionally, 
EliGE is acquired by Complexity Gaming. [17][18][19]
- 1 June 20th -
BOROS is acquired by Team Falcons. [26] - 2 July 12th - Monte acquire br0 from Astralis Talent. [27]
- 1 June 14th - Ninjas in Pyjamas bench Aleksib and reinstate
hampus back into the starting lineup. [28][29]
- 1 July 5th - Into The Breach part ways with volt. [31]
- 2 July 8th - Into The Breach part ways with CYPHER. [32]
- 3 July 12th - Into The Breach sign Bymas and acquire
NEOFRAG from OG. [33]
- 1 July 6th - paiN Gaming withdraw from the event as they are unable to field a complete lineup, they are replaced by Complexity Gaming. [34]
- 1 June 21st - BIG promote prosus and s1n to the main lineup while hyped is demoted back down to BIG Academy. [36]
- 2 July 11th - BIG take over BIG Academy's spot in IEM Cologne 2023. However, due to roster requirements they will field
S3NSEY in place of mantuu. Additionally, TuGuX will coach the team in place of gob b. [37]
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Results[edit]
Play-In[edit]
Upper Bracket Round 1
Upper Bracket Round 1
UB Round 1
UBR1
Upper Bracket Round 2
Upper Bracket Round 2
UB Round 2
UBR2
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 1
LB Round 1
LBR1
Lower Bracket Round 2
Lower Bracket Round 2
LB Round 2
LBR2
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
Group Stage[edit]
Group A[edit]
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
UB Quarterfinals
UBQF
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
UB Semifinals
UBSF
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
UB Final
UBF
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
LB Quarterfinals
LBQF
Lower Bracket Semifinal
Lower Bracket Semifinal
LB Semifinal
LBSF
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
LB Final
LBF
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
Group B[edit]
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
UB Quarterfinals
UBQF
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
UB Semifinals
UBSF
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
UB Final
UBF
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
LB Quarterfinals
LBQF
Lower Bracket Semifinal
Lower Bracket Semifinal
LB Semifinal
LBSF
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
LB Final
LBF
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
Playoffs[edit]
Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Quarters
QF
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
Additional Content[edit]
Streams[edit]
Previews[edit]
- 2023-07-24 | IEM Cologne teams, format, schedule, talent, prizes by Striker of HLTV
Conclusions[edit]
- 2023-08-06 | NiKo named MVP of IEM Cologne by Sumljiv_Model of HLTV
- 2023-08-09 | Best Five: IEM Cologne 2023 by NER0 of HLTV
Interviews[edit]
HLTV[edit]
- 2023-07-26 | sycrone: "There's a bit more pressure on torzsi because we have even younger players now" by LucasAM of HLTV
2023-07-26 | arT: "we're putting FalleN in some spots where he can be more aggressive" by LucasAM of HLTV
2023-07-27 | STYKO: "CacaNito is like a gem hidden in the rocks" by LucasAM of HLTV
2023-07-27 | VINI: "Being IGL means a lot of new things are happening" by NER0 of HLTV- 2023-07-28 | sdy: "Now we have more structure, I can rely on people not dying when they don't need to" by NER0 of HLTV
2023-07-28 | Rainwaker on adapting to Liquid: "It's hard; I've never played in international rosters so I will need time" by NER0 of HLTV- 2023-07-28 | regali: "I see a great future ahead of me and it wasn't like this before" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2023-07-28 | hades: "We still feel that we have the best Vertigo in the world" by NER0 of HLTV
- 2023-07-28 | k1to: "In a lot of situations kakafu was saying 'You're not in BIG anymore, just peek'" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2023-07-28 | Astralis have got their man, but can Staehr ignite their rebuild? by NER0 of HLTV
2023-07-29 | djL: "I'm just super proud of headtr1ck, the clutch king" by NER0 of HLTV
2023-07-29 | volt: "GamerLegion have a better plan for the future compared to what we had in ITB" by NER0 of HLTV- 2023-07-29 | mezii: "You can't just sit there and hope that the IGL makes the best call" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2023-07-29 | sAw: "After Dallas, it sort of felt like the season was cut short" by NER0 of HLTV
- 2023-07-29 | huNter-: "All of the players on the team deserve one more chance" by LucasAM of HLTV
- 2023-07-30 | afro: "Most of the time, dexter just wants me to do whatever I want" by NER0 of HLTV
2023-07-30 | NEO: "I'm very happy to be here, I discovered how much I missed it all" by LucasAM of HLTV