Intel Extreme Masters Season XVI – Cologne tournament within the Masters, which runs from June 7 to July 18. This is an offline tournament with a prize pool of $ 1,000,000. 24 teams will attend the tournament.
Format
Play-In: July 6th – 7th
- – Double-Elimination bracket.
- – Opening matches are Bo1.
- – All following matches are Bo3.
- – The top eight teams advanced to the Group Stage.
Group Stage: July 8th – 11th
- – Two double-elimination format (GSL) groups.
- – Seeded using EPT Rankings & ESL World Rankings.
- – All matches are Bo3.
- – The top three teams from each group advance to the Playoffs.
- – Group stage winners advance to the Semifinals.
- – Group stage runners-up advance to the Quarterfinals as the High Seeds.
- – Group stage 3rd place teams advance to the Quarterfinals as the Low Seeds.
Playoffs: July 16th – 18th
- – Single-Elimination bracket.
- – The Quarterfinals & Semifinals are Bo3.
- – The Grand Final is Bo5.
The main prize pool of the tournament is $ 1,000,000.
On July 16, Astralis and Virtus.Pro will meet in the Playoffs stage. The organizers schedule the start of the meeting of the teams at 17:00.
Team Rosters
Astralis Line-up:
- — dupreeh
- — Xyp9x
- — gla1ve
- — Magisk
- — Bubzkji
Virtus.Pro Line-up:
- — buster
- — qikert
- — Jame
- — SANJI
- — YEKINDAR
The favorite of this meeting is the Astralis team. The bookmakers believe that the team will win with a probability of more than 55%. Teams’ win rates over the past three months: Virtus.Pro has a 53.30% win rate, while Astralis has a 43.80% win rate.
For the last five meetings, the teams have the following results: Virtus.Pro – 3 wins and 2 losses, while Astralis has 3 wins and 2 losses.
The best odds are Astralis 1.71 to win, Virtus.Pro 2.17 to win.
