The 2023 edition of IEM Cologne is shaping up to be a very exciting one. In the playoffs, we have a lot of the biggest teams and names in Counter-Strike, but oddly enough none of the teams have ever won the coveted trophy.
Vitality, Cloud9, Heroic, Astralis, G2, and ENCE are all looking to join these teams in the history books of CS:GO.
2014: NIP (f0rest, GeT_RiGhT, Xizt, Fifflaren, friberg)
2015: Fnatic (JW, flusha, pronax, olofmeister, KRIMZ)
2016: SK Gaming (FalleN, fer, coldzera, fnx, TACO)
2017: SK Gaming (FalleN, fer, coldzera, felps, TACO)
2018: Natus Vincere (Edward, flamie, s1mple, Zeus, electronic)
2019: Team Liquid (nitr0, EliGE, Twistzz, NAF, Stewie2K)
2021: Natus Vincere (s1mple, electronic, Boombl4, Perfecto, B1T)
2022: FaZe (rain, broky, Twistzz, karrigan, ropz)
It is only electronic (x2) and Perfecto that have tried to win the title in Cologne of all the players that are left in the playoffs in Cologne.
The playoffs will start tomorrow, where Team Vitality and Cloud9 will play the first quarter-final at 15.30 (CEST).
