comeback2024-08-13
FaZe16–13Liquid
FaZe went into the break 1–11 down on T, took the second half 11–1 on CT, and won overtime 4–1 — 16–13 over Liquid.
Mirage · FaZe started on T
IEM Cologne 2024
Cologne, Germany
Vitality Win Cologne 3-1 With Two Maps in Overtime, One of Them Reaching 22-20
Vitality did not lose a match at IEM Cologne 2024, and the final still went four maps: 16-14 on Nuke, then Natus Vincere's 13-10 on Dust II, then a Mirage that ran to 22-20 before Inferno closed it 13-9. Five wins, two maps dropped. Natus Vincere reached that final at 4-1, the only side other than the champions to win four here.
2024-08-10 – 2024-08-18, part of Season 1b. 29 matches played across 71 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
Vitality won this event's chronologically last recorded match.
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.
marathon2024-08-18
Vitality22–20Natus Vincere
Vitality and Natus Vincere played 42 rounds and triple overtime before it broke, 22–20.
Mirage · Vitality started on CT
shutout2024-08-13
G213–1paiN
G2 beat paiN 13–1, conceding a single round.
Mirage · G2 started on T
shutout2024-08-12
G213–1Astralis
G2 beat Astralis 13–1, conceding a single round.
Dust2 · G2 started on CT
shutout2024-08-11
G213–1Spirit
G2 beat Spirit 13–1, conceding a single round.
Mirage · G2 started on T
comeback2024-08-12
Falcons13–11Virtus.pro
Falcons went into the break 3–9 down on CT, took the second half 10–2 on T — 13–11 over Virtus.pro.
Vertigo · Falcons started on CT
decider2024-08-16
SAW16–14FaZe
The series went the distance and the decider went to overtime — SAW took it 16–14.
Nuke · SAW started on CT
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 - Group winners advance to playoff semi-finals, while 2nd and 3rd placed teams proceed to the quarter-finals. | Single elimination Bo3 - Grand final Bo5
maps playedWhat was picked, banned and left over
Every map this event's veto touched, picked or played, at least once — Vertigo was the most first-banned map (11 matches), and Nuke was the most first-picked (7 matches).
- Nuke15 maps played
52.9% CT · 47.1% T — 2.9pts CT-leaning
picked 12 · banned 10 · left over 7 · first ban 0 · first pick 7 · decider 7
- Mirage13 maps played
49.6% CT · 50.4% T — 0.4pts T-leaning
picked 12 · banned 14 · left over 3 · first ban 5 · first pick 1 · decider 3
- Dust II12 maps played
44.0% CT · 56.0% T — 6.0pts T-leaning
picked 11 · banned 12 · left over 6 · first ban 1 · first pick 6 · decider 6
- Inferno9 maps played
42.9% CT · 57.1% T — 7.1pts T-leaning
picked 8 · banned 17 · left over 4 · first ban 4 · first pick 5 · decider 4
- Anubis9 maps played
42.2% CT · 57.8% T — 7.8pts T-leaning
picked 6 · banned 18 · left over 5 · first ban 3 · first pick 3 · decider 5
- Ancient8 maps played
48.1% CT · 51.9% T — 1.9pts T-leaning
picked 6 · banned 19 · left over 4 · first ban 5 · first pick 4 · decider 4
- Vertigo5 maps played
37.2% CT · 62.8% T — 12.8pts T-leaning
picked 5 · banned 24 · left over 0 · first ban 11 · first pick 3 · decider 0
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 71 maps at 46.4% CT; Season 1b as a whole played 1,012 maps at 49.7% CT (0.3pts T-leaning) — 3.3pts more T-sided than the season as a whole.
71 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.