Team Spirit blitzes MOUZ to claim IEM Cologne championship

Field Level Media|published: Sun 3rd August, 19:33 2025

YMCA member Austin Manengu works the keyboard as he plays a game of Fortnite during the unveiling of the new gaming lab at the Maplewood Family YMCA in Rochester Thursday, June 20, 2024. YMCA of Greater Rochester in partnership with Metro Sports & Entertainment Group will open two gaming labs for youth and teens this year.

Team Spirit swept MOUZ in the best-of-five Grand Final to claim the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne championship and the $400,000 first prize on Sunday in Germany.

Eighteen-year-old Danil "donk" Kryshkovets of Russia continued his dominant play by leading everyone with 62 kills and a +21 kills-to-deaths differential. All five members of Team Spirit racked up at least 39 kills while Russia's Dmitry "sh1ro" Sokolov posted a +9 differential.

Team Spirit, which defeated MOUZ 2-1 in the Group B Upper Bracket finale on Tuesday, wasted little time reasserting itself on Sunday. MOUZ picked the Mirage map to open the match, but Spirit claimed a 13-7 win on Mirage. Spirit selected the Ancient map and earned a 13-11 victory as Kryshkovets recorded 26 kills. MOUZ chose the Nuke map in hopes of staying alive, but Team Spirit carved out a 13-6 win to wrap up the sweep.

While Team Spirit gets to split $400,000, MOUZ settled for the $180,000 second prize. Ludvig "Brollan" Brolin, the 22-year-old Swede who turned pro when he was 15, led MOUZ with a 1.08 rating. He collected a team-high 45 kills versus 47 deaths.

Intel Extreme Masters Cologne prize pool:

1. $400,000 -- Team Spirit

2. $180,000 -- MOUZ

3-4. $80,000 -- Team Vitality, Natus Vincere

5-6. $40,000 -- FURIA, The MongolZ

7-8. $24,000 -- G2 Esports, FaZe Clan

9-12. $16,000 -- Team Falcons, 3DMAX, Aurora Gaming, Ninjas in Pyjamas

13-16. $10,000 -- Astralis, GamerLegion, Team Liquid, HEROIC

17-20. $4,500 -- paiN Gaming, Virtus.pro, TYLOO, FlyQuest

21-24. $2,500 -- BIG, MIBR, Complexity, B8

--Field Level Media