{"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 &#038; Liquid record dominant IEM Cologne play-in wins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Intel Extreme Masters Cologne is one of the most presitigious <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"Counter-Strike betting guide\">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<p>The first day produced some upset results, with The Mongolz and Heroic going down as the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/sites\/\" title=\"Best esports betting sites\">esports betting sites&#8217;<\/a> favourite in their opening best-of-three series.<\/p>\n<p>The Mongolz are on the brink of elimination at <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/iem-cologne\/\" title=\"IEM Cologne betting guide\">IEM Cologne<\/a> after a 1-2 loss to SAW, faltering on defence.<\/p>\n<p>BIG, on the other hand, managed a comeback victory over FlyQuest after initially blowing a 9-3 lead.<\/p>\n<p>These two winners will face off for a spot in the main event of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>SAW, energised and well-prepared under new head coach Danny &#8220;\u2060BERRY\u2060&#8221; Kr\u00fcger, overcame a slow start on Anubis.<\/p>\n<p>They trailed 4-8 on the counter-terrorist side but rallied in the second half, exploiting The MongolZ&#8217;s weak B bomb site.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a comeback from The Mongolz forcing overtime, SAW secured a 16-13 win.<\/p>\n<p>After The Mongolz won on Ancient, SAW dominated Dust2, with key contributions from Jo\u00e3o &#8216;story&#8217; Vieira, Michel &#8216;ewjerkz&#8217; Pinto, and Rafael &#8216;arrozdoce&#8217; Wing, to win 13-5.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BIGCLANgg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BIGCLANgg<\/a> put a stop to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FlyQuestCS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FlyQuestCS<\/a> comeback at the last hour! The German squad opens their <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IEM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IEM<\/a> Cologne 2024 campaign with a victory \ud83d\udcaa<\/p>\n<p>14-16 Ancient<br \/>13-10 Inferno<br \/>13-11 Vertigo <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B9DTOIWTD7\">pic.twitter.com\/B9DTOIWTD7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Intel\u00ae Extreme Masters (@IEM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IEM\/status\/1821153464774246854?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>BIG&#8217;s match against FlyQuest was similarly dramatic.<\/p>\n<p>After trading 9-3 terrorist halves and forcing overtime, FlyQuest took the lead.<\/p>\n<p>BIG responded by winning on Inferno and dominating Vertigo with a 10-0 start.<\/p>\n<p>FlyQuest attempted a comeback, but BIG held on for a 13-11 victory.<\/p>\n<p>MIBR, under new in-game leader Andr\u00e9 &#8220;\u2060drop\u2060&#8221; Abreu, defeated Heroic 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>Heroic struggled on the defensive side, losing 7-13 on Mirage and Anubis after a strong start on Ancient.<\/p>\n<p>MIBR&#8217;s Felipe &#8220;\u2060insani\u2060&#8221; Yuji and AWPer Rafael &#8220;\u2060saffee\u2060&#8221; Costa were standout performers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MIBR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MIBR<\/a> take down <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heroicgg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@heroicgg<\/a> 2-1 in their opening game of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IEM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IEM<\/a> Cologne 2024 <\/p>\n<p>10-13 Ancient<br \/>13-7 Mirage<br \/>13-7 Anubis <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GtNPlIX1xR\">pic.twitter.com\/GtNPlIX1xR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Intel\u00ae Extreme Masters (@IEM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IEM\/status\/1821202046046855471?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The next phase will see 3DMAX face Heroic in an elimination match, and 9z Team take on MIBR for a group stage spot.<\/p>\n<p>9z easily defeated 3DMAX 13-3 and 13-4, showcasing star player Franco &#8220;\u2060dgt\u2060&#8221; Garcia and captain Maximiliano &#8220;\u2060max\u2060&#8221; Gonzalez.<\/p>\n<p>Eternal Fire is close to securing a spot in the main event after a 2-1 win over Falcons.<\/p>\n<p>The match saw standout performances from Ismailcan &#8220;\u2060XANTARES\u2060&#8221; D\u00f6rtkarde\u015f on Vertigo and \u00d6zg\u00fcr &#8220;\u2060woxic\u2060&#8221; Eker on Dust2, despite some sloppy play from both teams.<\/p>\n<p>Team Liquid and FURIA won their opening matches, defeating paiN Gaming and Imperial, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Liquid, coming off strong performances at <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/blast-premier-fall-groups\/\" title=\"BLAST Premier Fall Groups betting guide\">BLAST Premier Fall Groups<\/a>, overcame paiN with solid terrorist-side efforts on Anubis and Inferno.<\/p>\n<p>FURIA&#8217;s Brazilian derby against Imperial saw them recover from a disastrous start on Dust2 to win the series 2-1, highlighted by a 13-0 thrashing on Inferno.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Day one of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IEM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IEM<\/a> Cologne 2024 and we&#39;ve seen it all.<\/p>\n<p>A back and forth affair that goes 3 maps until <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FURIA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FURIA<\/a> decided to end it with a 13-0 against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imperialesports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@imperialesports<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3-13 Dust 2<br \/>13-11 Nuke<br \/>13-0 Inferno <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Os0naPYZyI\">pic.twitter.com\/Os0naPYZyI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Intel\u00ae Extreme Masters (@IEM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IEM\/status\/1821262808866034063?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Thursday&#8217;s IEM Cologne play-in fixtures<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"pageList\">\n<li>SAW ($1.80) vs BIG ($1.90) @ 1:30pm CEST<\/li>\n<li>The Mongolz ($1.40) vs FlyQuest ($2.75) @ 1:30pm CEST<\/li>\n<li>3DMAX ($2.25) vs Heroic ($1.57) @ 3:45pm CEST<\/li>\n<li>FURIA ($2.62) vs Team Liquid ($1.44) @ 3:45pm CEST<\/li>\n<li>ALTERNATE aTTaX ($7.00) vs Falcons ($1.08) @ 6:45pm CEST<\/li>\n<li>Complexity ($2.10) vs Eternal Fire ($1.66) @ 6:45pm CEST<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first day of the IEM Cologne play-in stage took place on Wednesday, with each of the 16 teams playing their opening round clash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":32948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3641,1306,941,3111,1919,3190,195,654,235,1679,2534,637,285,1333,128,3678],"class_list":["post-37513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-3dmax","tag-9z-team","tag-big","tag-counter-strike-2","tag-eternal-fire","tag-falcons","tag-flyquest","tag-furia","tag-heroic","tag-iem-cologne","tag-imperial","tag-mibr","tag-pain-gaming","tag-saw","tag-team-liquid","tag-the-mongolz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37513"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37513"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37515,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37513\/revisions\/37515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}