Team Falcons shuts out FURIA for IEM Cologne title, $500k
Nov 5, 2022; San Francisco, California, USA; Fans wave thunder sticks before the League of Legends World Championship at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images Team Falcons blanked FURIA 3-0 in the grand final of the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne Major on Sunday in Germany.
Falcons clinched the $500,000 grand prize out of a $1.25 million prize pool at the major that began back on June 2. FURIA had to settle for $170,000 in second.
The Counter-Strike 2 tournament began with 32 entrants. The field was ultimately trimmed to the final eight teams through a series of three stages, where all elimination and advancement matches were best-of-three, as were most of the single-elimination playoffs. Sunday's grand final was best-of-five.
Team Falcons made quick work of FURIA, posting identical 13-8 results on Mirage, Anubis and Inferno.
Falcons star Nikola "NiKo" Kovac of Bosnia and Herzegovina had 52 kills on a plus-20 kills-deaths differential, while teammate Maksim "kyousuke" Lukin of Russia had a match-high 55 kills against 43 deaths. FURIA were led by Danil "molodoy" Golubenko of Kazakhstan, who had 51 kills and 41 deaths.
Intel Extreme Masters Cologne prize pool
1. $500,000 -- Team Falcons
2. $170,000 -- FURIA
3-4. $80,000 -- Team Spirit, Aurora Gaming
5-8. $45,000 -- BetBoom Team, 9z Team, Team Vitality, G2 Esports
9-11. $20,000 -- Natus Vincere, FUT Esports, The MongolZ
12-14. $20,000 -- MOUZ, Monte, Legacy
15-16. $20,000 -- B8, PARIVISION
17-19. $10,000 -- paiN Gaming, TYLOO, BIG
20-22. $10,000 -- MIBR, M80, Astralis
23-24. $10,000 -- GamerLegion, FlyQuest
25-27. No prize money -- Lynn Vision Gaming, NRG, Team Liquid
28-30. No prize money -- THUNDERdOWNUNDER, Sharks Esports, HEROIC
31-32. No prize money -- Gaimin Gladiators, SINNERS Esports
--Field Level Media
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