shutout2024-08-07
FURIA13–0Imperial
FURIA beat Imperial 13–0, conceding nothing.
Inferno · FURIA started on T
IEM Cologne 2024 Play-in
Cologne, Germany
Four Teams Clear the Cologne Play-in, in the Most T-Sided Event on This Pool
The play-in before IEM Cologne 2024 sent 9z, Complexity, Liquid and SAW through at 2-0. Rounds fell to the T side harder here than at any other event played on this pool — 43.1 percent CT overall, with Anubis, its most played map at fourteen appearances, down at 37.7. Thirteen of its twenty matches went to a deciding map.
2024-08-07 – 2024-08-09, part of Season 1b. 20 matches played across 53 maps at Tier 1 events — HLTV Majors and international LAN events with a prize pool between $600,000 and $2,000,000.
championWho took it
IEM Cologne 2024 Play-in's own name marks it as one phase of a larger tournament — its last match's winner is not a tournament champion.
Why no bracket is shown
matches.stage is empty on every row in this snapshot — no bracket, round, or placement is derivable for this event, or any other on this site.
momentsThe maps worth remembering here
The maps from this event that were not ordinary — a half thrown away and won back, a game that would not end, a side that conceded nothing. Ranked by how rare each reading is across every map in this snapshot, rarest first.
marathon2024-08-08
Complexity19–17Eternal Fire
Complexity and Eternal Fire played 36 rounds and double overtime before it broke, 19–17.
Dust2 · Complexity started on T
comeback2024-08-07
FlyQuest16–14BIG
FlyQuest went into the break 3–9 down on CT, took the second half 9–3 on T, and won overtime 4–2 — 16–14 over BIG.
Ancient · FlyQuest started on CT
decider2024-08-09
The MongolZ16–14Eternal Fire
The series went the distance and the decider went to overtime — The MongolZ took it 16–14.
Nuke · The MongolZ started on T
What these readings are drawn from
Drawn from results, half-by-half round counts and overtime only. This snapshot carries no demo data, so nothing here is about an individual player.
formatHow the event was run
Double elimination Bo3
maps playedWhat was picked, banned and left over
Every map this event's veto touched, picked or played, at least once — Ancient was the most first-banned map (5 matches), and Anubis was the most first-picked (9 matches).
- Anubis14 maps played
37.7% CT · 62.3% T — 12.3pts T-leaning
picked 12 · banned 5 · left over 3 · first ban 2 · first pick 9 · decider 3
- Nuke8 maps played
50.9% CT · 49.1% T — 0.9pts CT-leaning
picked 5 · banned 12 · left over 3 · first ban 2 · first pick 0 · decider 3
- Ancient7 maps played
40.3% CT · 59.7% T — 9.7pts T-leaning
picked 7 · banned 11 · left over 2 · first ban 5 · first pick 3 · decider 2
- Mirage7 maps played
49.0% CT · 51.0% T — 1.0pts T-leaning
picked 6 · banned 12 · left over 2 · first ban 5 · first pick 2 · decider 2
- Dust II6 maps played
52.0% CT · 48.0% T — 2.0pts CT-leaning
picked 4 · banned 12 · left over 4 · first ban 3 · first pick 3 · decider 4
- Inferno6 maps played
36.3% CT · 63.7% T — 13.7pts T-leaning
picked 3 · banned 13 · left over 4 · first ban 1 · first pick 1 · decider 4
- Vertigo5 maps played
37.9% CT · 62.1% T — 12.1pts T-leaning
picked 3 · banned 15 · left over 2 · first ban 2 · first pick 2 · decider 2
Per-map veto counts and the thin-sample rule
A row marked "thin sample" played under a quarter of this event's own busiest map — the same relative cut `/pro-meta` uses for a thin season or month, applied here within this one event. A map with no CT/T bar was banned before it was ever played, not omitted.
against the seasonHow it compares with its own season
This event played 53 maps at 43.1% CT; Season 1b as a whole played 1,012 maps at 49.7% CT (0.3pts T-leaning) — 6.6pts more T-sided than the season as a whole.
53 maps is under a quarter of Season 1b's 1,012 maps — a small sample against the season it sat in, marked here rather than read as equally trustworthy.