IEM Season XVI - Cologne

ESL is thrilled to open a new chapter for the Cathedral of Counter-Strike at the 85th instalment of the Intel® Extreme Masters, as Cologne joins all ESL Pro Tour Masters tournaments under the IEM brand. The event will take place in a LAN environment and bring you the best teams from the ESL Pro Tour and ESL World Rankings who will have to bring their best form to mark their name down in history as the first Champion of IEM Cologne and earn their share of the $1,000,000 prize pool.

$1,000,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:

1st: $400,000
2nd: $180,000
3rd-4th: $80,000
5th-6th: $40,000
7th-8th: $24,000
9th-12th: $16,000
13th-16th: $10,000