Grand Final IEM Cologne 2022 satte ett nytt rekord för visningar

According to the Esports Charts analytical service, the IEM Cologne 2022 grand final set a new record for viewership among non-major championships. At its peak, 1,249,426 viewers watched the broadcast of the match NAVI — FaZe Clan. Of course, the grand final of the championship was the most watched fight of IEM Cologne 2022.

The second most popular match of the championship was the semi-final between NAVI and Astralis, which was watched by 591,195 people at its peak. In third place is another match with the "Born to Win" - the group stage meeting with Movistar Riders gathered 418,605 spectators.

Recall that the winner of the tournament was the FaZe Clan team, which turned out to be stronger than NAVI in the tense grand final with a score of 3:2. At the same time, after three maps, "Born to Win" had the advantage. However, at the end of the series, RobbaN's wards managed to show resilience and snatched victory on the decisive Nuke map, earning $400,000.

The most watched match in history is still the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 grand final between NAVI and G2 Esports, which was watched by 2,748,434 spectators at its peak.

In addition, IEM Cologne 2022 became the fifth tournament in the history of the discipline in terms of the number of peak viewers. The most watched championship is still PGL Major Stockholm 2021, followed by other majors - PGL Major Antwerp 2022, ELEAGUE Major 2017 and ELEAGUE Major 2018.

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: NAVI — $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