Gambit Esports, as expected, reached the Group A final at IEM Cologne 2021

The duel between Gambit Esports and NiP ended in a very mediocre and very expected way. Most viewers expected this encounter to be a 2-1 outcome in favor of Hobbit and his teammates. And so it happened. NiP confidently started on Ancient and took the first map from Gambit with a score of 16-10, but they were much less fortunate on Inferno and Dust 2. On the second map, they managed to take only 5 rounds from their opponents, and on the third - eight.

The winners of the meeting reached the final of the upper bracket, where they will compete with the winner of the BIG vs G2 Esports duel. NiP, in turn, fell into the lower bracket, where they will play with the winner of the first round of the lower bracket with the participation of Virtus.pro and Complexity Gaming.

Right now, a match with mousesports vs Team Liquid is taking place, which will determine the next participant who will complete his path to Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2021 and take 13-16 place in the standings and earn a reward of $ 10,000.

Earlier, following the results of the Play-In stage, teams such as OG, Evil Geniuses, MIBR and others have already completed their path in the championship. The teams received from $ 2,500 to $ 4,500, depending on their place in the standings.

Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2021 Interim Results

• 13th-16th place: TBD - $ 10,000
• 13th-16th place: TBD - $ 10,000
  
• 13th-16th place: TBD - $ 10,000
  
• 13th-16th place: TBD - $ 10,000
  
• 17th-20th place: Team LDLC - $ 4,500
• 17th-20th place: OG - $ 4,500
• 17th-20th place: Sprout - $ 4,500
• 17th-20th place: Evil Geniuses— $ 4,500
• 21-24th place: Bad News Bears - $ 2,500
• 21-24th place: MIBR - $ 2,500
• 21-24th place: TeamOne - $ 2,500
• 21-24th place: Vici Gaming - $ 2,500

IEM Cologne 2021 began on July 6 and will end on the 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.