NAVI besegrade NIP och nådde slutspelet IEM Cologne 2022
/NaVi defeated NIP 2-0 and advanced to the IEM Cologne 2022 playoffs. Now the Born to Win will face the winner of the Movistar Riders vs. Team Vitality pair to play out a direct entry into the semi-finals of the competition. In turn, the Swedish team fell into the lower bracket of group A, where they will play with the winner of the G2 Esports meeting - ENCE.
The first semi-final of group A started on the Overpass map, which became the choice of the Swedish team. However, NIP soon regretted their decision to pick this particular card, as the team was faced with a tough defense from the opponent. In turn, NAVI clearly prepared for the opponent, allowing him to win only two rounds in the first half. Well, after the change of sides, "Born to Win" did not allow the Swedes to return to the game, having issued a very confident victory on the first map — 16:3.
Next, the teams moved to the Nuke map, which turned out to be the choice of NAVI. At the same time, the start of the map again remained with the "Born to Win", which, as it seemed, tried again to resolve all issues in advance. And yet, by the end of the half, NIP managed to join the game in order to reduce the backlog to a minimum. Well, after the change of sides, NAVI left almost no chance for the opponent, bringing the matter to a natural victory in the series — 16:7.
It should be noted that within the framework of the duel, "Born to Win" won four out of four pistol rounds, naturally defeating NIP.
Matchar historia: IEM Cologne 2022
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: $24,000 + 300 BLAST Premier points
- 9th-12th place: $16,000
- 13th-16th place: $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