comeback2026-06-05
BIG16–12NRG
BIG went into the break 0–12 down on T, took the second half 12–0 on CT, and won overtime 4–0 — 16–12 over NRG.
Mirage · BIG started on T
IEM Cologne Major 2026 Stage 1
Cologne, Germany
B8 and BetBoom Clear the Cologne Major's Opening Stage 3-0
The Major's first Swiss stage ran on Bo1s, with Bo3s only where a series qualified or eliminated a team, so thirty-one of its thirty-three matches finished without the loser taking a map. B8 and BetBoom advanced 3-0; Gaimin Gladiators and SINNERS went out 0-3. Nothing here is a title — every team in it was still playing for a place in the Major proper.
2026-06-02 – 2026-06-05, part of Season 4. 33 matches played across 48 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 Major 2026 Stage 1'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.
marathon2026-06-03
B822–20M80
B8 and M80 played 42 rounds and triple overtime before it broke, 22–20.
Inferno · B8 started on T
shutout2026-06-02
BIG13–1Gaimin Gladiators
BIG beat Gaimin Gladiators 13–1, conceding a single round.
Nuke · BIG 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
Swiss Bo1 - Progression matches Bo3 - Elimination matches Bo3
maps playedWhat was picked, banned and left over
Every map this event's veto touched, picked or played, at least once — Mirage was the most first-banned map (9 matches), and Ancient was the most first-picked (4 matches).
- Inferno15 maps played
56.3% CT · 43.7% T — 6.3pts CT-leaning
picked 10 · banned 18 · left over 5 · first ban 4 · first pick 0 · decider 5
- Nuke9 maps played
57.5% CT · 42.5% T — 7.5pts CT-leaning
picked 4 · banned 22 · left over 7 · first ban 0 · first pick 3 · decider 7
- Ancient7 maps played
47.4% CT · 52.6% T — 2.6pts T-leaning
picked 6 · banned 25 · left over 2 · first ban 1 · first pick 4 · decider 2
- Dust II6 maps played
57.7% CT · 42.3% T — 7.7pts CT-leaning
picked 2 · banned 24 · left over 7 · first ban 5 · first pick 2 · decider 7
- Mirage5 maps played
63.9% CT · 36.1% T — 13.9pts CT-leaning
picked 0 · banned 24 · left over 9 · first ban 9 · first pick 0 · decider 9
- Anubis4 maps played
58.2% CT · 41.8% T — 8.2pts CT-leaning
picked 3 · banned 29 · left over 1 · first ban 6 · first pick 3 · decider 1
- Overpass2 maps played — thin sample
59.5% CT · 40.5% T — 9.5pts CT-leaning
picked 1 · banned 30 · left over 2 · first ban 8 · first pick 1 · 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 48 maps at 56.4% CT; Season 4 as a whole played 1,046 maps at 53.9% CT (3.9pts CT-leaning) — 2.5pts more CT-sided than the season as a whole.
48 maps is under a quarter of Season 4's 1,046 maps — a small sample against the season it sat in, marked here rather than read as equally trustworthy.