9z Team faced Team 3DMAX in the Play-In stage of IEM Cologne 2024 for CS2. Antonio "Martinez" Sánchez's team won 2:0 — 13:3 on Anubis and 13:4 on Nuke.
9z has advanced to the next round of the upper bracket, where they will compete against the winner of the MIBR vs. Heroic match. The French team has dropped to the lower bracket and will play an elimination match against the losing team from the same pair.
IEM Cologne 2024 runs from 7 to 18 August, with teams competing for a share of the $1 million prize pool.