Invited for IEM Cologne 2023 Play-in

June 15, 2023
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The main team has received an invitation to participate in the Play-in for the IEM Cologne 2023 LAN tournament, which will take place during the autumn season.

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On Monday 12th, ESL confirmed that, once again, 16 teams will compete to qualify for the upcoming LAN tournament in Cologne, Germany.

The tournament will run from July 27th to August 6th in the fall.

Hopefully, the Danish Quintet will be able to secure one of the eight spots available to advance through the Play-in.

Similar to the previous two editions of IEM Cologne, the fall 2023 edition will also use a double elimination bracket to determine which teams will progress to the following group stage in Cologne.

Now it's officially been confirmed that the Danish squad has an opportunity to qualify for the prestigious event in Cologne due to their current position just inside the top 20 in the organizer's ranking.

It's worth noticing that the team performed strongly in the previous edition, making it to the semi-finals.

8 teams received direct invitations

The IEM Cologne LAN tournament has sent direct invitations to eight teams based on their impressive performances at Big Events in 2023 and their rankings in the ESL World Ranking.

  • Vitality
  • Heroic
  • FaZe
  • G2
  • ENCE
  • Cloud9
  • Natus Vincere
  • GamerLegion
After participating in IEM Dallas 2023 and the BLAST Spring Final in the United States, the team has just returned to Denmark. dev1ce and his teammates had a noteworthy performance in Dallas, advancing to the quarterfinals.

16 teams invited for IEM Cologne Play-in

The following 16 teams have been invited to participate in the Play-in:

  • Astralis
  • Apeks
  • Liquid
  • MOUZ
  • Monte
  • FURIA
  • Ninjas in Pyjamas
  • fnatic
  • Imperial
  • Into the Breach
  • FORZE
  • 9INE
  • paiN
  • Grayhound
  • TheMongolz
  • BIG Academy
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