The Gambit Esports team will play against FaZe as part of the Playoffs stage of the IEM Cologne 2021 tournament on July 16

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, within the framework of the Playoffs stage, Gambit Esports and FaZe will face off. The organizers schedule the start of the meeting of the teams at 20:15.

Team Rosters

Gambit Line-up:

— nafany
— sh1ro
— interz
— Ax1Le
— Hobbit

FaZe Line-up:

— rain
— olofmeister
— broky
— Twistzz
— karrigan

The favorite of this meeting is the Gambit Esports team. The bookmakers believe that the team will win with a probability of more than 68%. In the last three months, team win rates: Gambit Esports has a win rate of 84.20%, while FaZe has a win rate of 38.90%.

In the last five meetings, the teams have the following results: Gambit Esports – 3 wins and 2 losses, while FaZe has 4 wins and 1 loss.

The best odds are for Gambit Esports 1.4 to win, FaZe 3.04 to win.

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