marathon2026-06-06
G222–19Monte
G2 and Monte played 41 rounds and triple overtime before it broke, 22–19.
Mirage · G2 started on CT
IEM Cologne Major 2026 Stage 2
Cologne, Germany
FUT and Spirit Clear the Cologne Major's Second Stage 3-0
The Major's second Swiss stage cut sixteen teams down to the eight that reached three wins and went through to the main event, with FUT and Spirit clearing it 3-0 and FlyQuest and GamerLegion out at 0-3. Its last match ran the full three maps, B8 over BIG. The CT side took 57.5 percent of rounds here, the strongest lean of any stage of this Major.
2026-06-06 – 2026-06-09, part of Season 4. 33 matches played across 51 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 2'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.
shutout2026-06-07
Spirit13–19z
Spirit beat 9z 13–1, conceding a single round.
Nuke · Spirit started on CT
shutout2026-06-06
Spirit13–1MIBR
Spirit beat MIBR 13–1, conceding a single round.
Mirage · Spirit started on CT
comeback2026-06-07
B813–11GamerLegion
B8 went into the break 3–9 down on CT, took the second half 10–2 on T — 13–11 over GamerLegion.
Nuke · B8 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 — Anubis was the most first-banned map (10 matches), and Nuke was the most first-picked (4 matches).
- Mirage13 maps played
57.7% CT · 42.3% T — 7.7pts CT-leaning
picked 6 · banned 17 · left over 10 · first ban 0 · first pick 3 · decider 10
- Nuke11 maps played
57.4% CT · 42.6% T — 7.4pts CT-leaning
picked 6 · banned 20 · left over 7 · first ban 1 · first pick 4 · decider 7
- Dust II7 maps played
52.8% CT · 47.2% T — 2.8pts CT-leaning
picked 2 · banned 24 · left over 7 · first ban 8 · first pick 1 · decider 7
- Ancient6 maps played
55.3% CT · 44.7% T — 5.3pts CT-leaning
picked 1 · banned 27 · left over 5 · first ban 8 · first pick 1 · decider 5
- Inferno6 maps played
60.3% CT · 39.7% T — 10.3pts CT-leaning
picked 5 · banned 27 · left over 1 · first ban 3 · first pick 2 · decider 1
- Overpass6 maps played
66.7% CT · 33.3% T — 16.7pts CT-leaning
picked 4 · banned 26 · left over 3 · first ban 3 · first pick 1 · decider 3
- Anubis2 maps played — thin sample
46.8% CT · 53.2% T — 3.2pts T-leaning
picked 2 · banned 31 · left over 0 · first ban 10 · first pick 1 · 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 51 maps at 57.5% CT; Season 4 as a whole played 1,046 maps at 53.9% CT (3.9pts CT-leaning) — 3.6pts more CT-sided than the season as a whole.
51 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.