NiP and Vitality will play in the group stage of IEM Cologne 2021

Half of the Upper Bracket Play-In matches at IEM Cologne 2021 are behind. We watched 10 matches, but so far we know the names of only 2 teams that will play in the group stage.

NiP and Vitality were the first to break the Play-In stage. The former defeated LDLC and mousesports on their way to reaching the group stage, while the latter outplayed Renegades and Team Spirit.

Now OB with BIG and FaZe Clan with Complexity are playing for the passage to the next stage of the first LAN tournament in a year and a half. In the first match, FaZe took the lead 1-0.

IEM Cologne 2021 started today and will end on July 18th. The total prize fund of the championship is $ 1,000,000, and 24 teams are involved in its distribution. The main reward will be $ 400,000, and the vice champion will receive $ 180,000.