Intel Extreme Masters 2022, Counter Strike: Global Offensive tournament, organized in collaboration with ESL and Intel, has started.
Sixea 16 teams faced off in the Play-In stage, where the top 8 teams will take part in the IEM Katowice 2022 Main Stage. Teams that guarantee a place in the main stage after day 1 matches; OG, Astralis, FaZe and Copenhagen Flames . Sprout and Wisla Krakow were eliminated from the tournament.
IEM Katowice 2022 Play-In 1. Results of Day Encounters
GODSENT 2-0 Sprout
(Vertigo: 16-12 / Inferno: 16-9)
ENCE 0-2 OG
(Mirage: 10-16 / Ancient: 9-16)
Astralis 2-1 BIG
(Ancient: 16-9 / Dust2: 5-16 / Overpass: 16-13)
MOUZ 1-2 FaZe
(Nuke: 16-7 / Inferno: 10-16 / Mirage: 14-16)
Wisla Krakow 0-2 fnatic
(Nuke: 4-16 / Inferno: 12-16)
NiP 0-2 Copenhagen Flames
(Nuke: 3-16 / Mirage: 12-16)
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BIG 16-13 Movistar Riders v Nuke
Astralis 16-11 MIBR / Nuke
OG 19-16 Renegades v Mirage
ENCE 16-9 Entropiq / Overpass
Sprout 12-16 FaZe / Overpass
Copenhagen Flames 16-7 fnatic / Overpass
NIP 16-12 Wisla Krakow / Ancient
GODSENT 8-16 MOUZ / Nuke
The IEM 2022 tournament will take place in Katowice, Poland from February 17th to 27th. The 16 teams that successfully completed the qualifiers will compete in a total prize pool of $1 million.