{"id":37513,"date":"2024-08-08T02:26:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T06:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=37513"},"modified":"2024-08-08T02:26:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T06:26:14","slug":"9z-liquid-record-dominant-iem-cologne-play-in-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/9z-liquid-record-dominant-iem-cologne-play-in-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"9z & Liquid record dominant IEM Cologne play-in wins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Intel Extreme Masters Cologne is one of the most presitigious Counter-Strike<\/a> events on the calendar, and the tournament kicked off with the opening day of the play-in stage on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The first day produced some upset results, with The Mongolz and Heroic going down as the esports betting sites’<\/a> favourite in their opening best-of-three series.<\/p>\n

The Mongolz are on the brink of elimination at IEM Cologne<\/a> after a 1-2 loss to SAW, faltering on defence.<\/p>\n

BIG, on the other hand, managed a comeback victory over FlyQuest after initially blowing a 9-3 lead.<\/p>\n

These two winners will face off for a spot in the main event of the tournament.<\/p>\n

SAW, energised and well-prepared under new head coach Danny “\u2060BERRY\u2060” Kr\u00fcger, overcame a slow start on Anubis.<\/p>\n

They trailed 4-8 on the counter-terrorist side but rallied in the second half, exploiting The MongolZ’s weak B bomb site.<\/p>\n

Despite a comeback from The Mongolz forcing overtime, SAW secured a 16-13 win.<\/p>\n

After The Mongolz won on Ancient, SAW dominated Dust2, with key contributions from Jo\u00e3o ‘story’ Vieira, Michel ‘ewjerkz’ Pinto, and Rafael ‘arrozdoce’ Wing, to win 13-5.<\/p>\n

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.@BIGCLANgg<\/a> put a stop to the @FlyQuestCS<\/a> comeback at the last hour! The German squad opens their #IEM<\/a> Cologne 2024 campaign with a victory \ud83d\udcaa<\/p>\n

14-16 Ancient
13-10 Inferno
13-11 Vertigo
pic.twitter.com\/B9DTOIWTD7<\/a><\/p>\n

— Intel\u00ae Extreme Masters (@IEM) August 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n