NAVI will play at IEM Cologne 2022

NAVI CS:GO will compete at IEM Cologne 2022. The Born to Win will start the tournament directly from the group stage due to the Road to Cologne European rankings.

IEM Cologne 2022 will be held in two stages. Firstly 16 teams will battle it out to determine eight teams, who will pass to the main stage of the tournament. In the group stage of the championship, 8 directly invited teams and 8 teams from the Play-In stage will split into two groups, where they will play the Double Elimination bracket, only 6 teams (3 from each group) will pass to the next stage. The group winners will move on to the semifinals, while 2nd and 3rd placed teams will start the playoffs with the quarterfinals.

The Play-In stage will be held from July 5th to 6th. The group stage matches will be played on July 7th-10th. The playoffs will be played from July 15th to 17th. All main-stage matches up to the finals are best of 3. The finals are up to three victories.

Tournament participants:

NAVI
FaZe Clan
G2 Esports
Ninjas in Pyjamas
ENCE
FURIA Esports
Team Liquid
Cloud9

Play-In participants:

Heroic
Astralis
Team Vitality
GODSENT
Imperial Esports
MIBR
MOUZ
Sprout
paiN Gaming
Movistar Riders
Complexity Gaming
ORDER
TyLoo
BIG
Team Spirit
Outsiders