IEM Cologne stands out on the esports calendar, drawing fans, teams, and the entire community to witness top teams from around the world compete in Germany.
North American viewers should tune in as both Liquid and Complexity will participate, joined by five South American teams who successfully qualified.
For Liquid, Cologne marks one of their initial tournaments with a revamped lineup following the departures of Casper "cadiaN" Møller, Felipe "skullz" Medeiros, and coach Wilton "zews" Prado. The team reportedly welcomes Australian standout Justin "jks" Savage and newcomer Roland "ultimate" Tomkowiak. Torbjørn "mithR" Nyborg is set to lead the team as they aim to secure a Major spot through ranking points, narrowly missing out earlier this year.
Meanwhile, Complexity enters the event with their unchanged roster, buoyed by their recent victory in Jönköping just before the player break, hoping to build on that success at Cologne.
Additionally, teams like 9z, FURIA, paiN, Imperial, and MIBR will bring the total to seven Americas teams, all looking to make their mark on the global stage.
Group Play Invitations:
- MOUZ: 2,309 Points | ESL Pro League S19
- G2: 1,909 Points | IEM Dallas 2024
- FaZe: 1,969 Points | IEM Chengdu
- Spirit: 1,281 Points | IEM Katowice
- Vitality: 1,829 Points | ESL WR
- NAVI: 1,320 Points | ESL WR
- Astralis: 930 Points | ESL WR
- Virtus.pro: 894 Points | ESL WR
Play-in Invitations:
- HEROIC: 579 Points | ESL WR EU
- Eternal Fire: 428 Points | ESL WR EU
- Falcons: 355 Points | ESL WR EU
- Complexity: 794 Points | ESL WR NA
- 9z: 530 Points | ESL WR SA
- Mongolz: 534 Points | ESL WR AS
- FlyQuest: 343 Points | ESL WR OCE
- Liquid: 719 Points | ESL WR
- FURIA: 395 Points | ESL WR
- Imperial: 362 Points | ESL WR
- BIG: 349 Points | ESL WR
- BetBoom: 274 Points | ESL WR
- paiN: 267 Points | ESL WR
- MIBR: 235 Points | ESL WR
- SAW: 235 Points | ESL WR