STAGE 1 - TIER LIST UPDATE

The Advancement board with most of Stage 1 decided - 5 teams already through, 5 already eliminated, and the 6 still fighting for the last 3 spots.

Advanced:

🇩🇪 GamerLegion, 🇺🇦B8, 🇷🇺BetBoom, 🌎M80, and 🇧🇷MIBR have all secured their spots in the next stage of the Major.

Eliminated:

🇩🇰HEROIC, 🇨🇿SINNERS, 🇧🇷Sharks, 🇩🇰Gaimin Gladiators, and 🇦🇺 THUNDER dOWNUNDER
are out of the Major.

The remaining 6 teams (🌎Liquid, 🇩🇪BIG, 🇨🇳Lynn Vision,🇨🇳 TYLOO, 🇺🇸NRG, 🇦🇺FlyQuest) are still in the running for the last 3 spots.

Live Advancement updates with every map. Track every shift through Stage 1.
👉 https://cs2analytics.com/iem-cologne-major-2026/advancement

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🔥6 TEAMS, 3 SPOTS, 3 BO3s

Today decides Stage 1. Check chances to advance + VRS-based win probabilities for the deciding matches:

🇺🇸 NRG 44% vs 🇩🇪 BIG 56%
🇨🇳 TYLOO 49% vs 🇨🇳 Lynn Vision 51%
🌎 Liquid 62% vs 🇦🇺 FlyQuest 38%

Live Advancement updates with every match!
👉 https://cs2analytics.com/iem-cologne-major-2026

2 SPECIFIC WINS OR BUSTED PICK'EM!

Five Talent`s Pick'Ems need two specific team wins today to lock in 5/10 correct:

James Banks |🇩🇪 BIG + 🇨🇳 TYLOO
Thour |🌎 Liquid +🇨🇳 TYLOO
Petr1k | 🌎 Liquid + 🇨🇳 Lynn Vision
Markeloff |🌎 Liquid + 🇨🇳 TYLOO
Louie | 🌎 LLiquid + 🇨🇳 TYLOO

Good luck!
👉 cs2analytics.com/iem-cologne-major-2026/talent-picks

Five talents, one shared hope today: 🇩🇪 BIG over 🇺🇸 NRG.

🇩🇪 BIG wins, all five hit the medal.
🇺🇸 NRG wins, their Pick'Ems are busted.

Today at 18:00 UTC.
Win Probability by CS2Analytics: NRG 44% BIG 56%

Follow LIVE!
👉 https://cs2analytics.com/matches/27700

9 talent Pick'Ems hinge on two matches today!

All 9 need a 🌎 Liquid win over 🇦🇺 FlyQuest. 8 of them need 🇩🇪 BIG to beat 🇺🇸 NRG, 🇺🇦ceh9 picked 🇺🇸 NRG instead.

Let`s see who will guess it right!
👉 https://cs2analytics.com/iem-cologne-major-2026/talent-picks

🇸🇪 KRIMZ's career in the 🇬🇧 fnatic jersey just came to an end - and he closed it out just 28 days short of holding the all-time record for the longest stint on a single team in CS history.

❔ The all-time CS record:
🇳🇴 rain (🇪🇺FaZe) - 3,539 days
🇸🇪 KRIMZ (🇬🇧fnatic) - 3,511 days

🕹 Worth knowing:
rain's record was officially recognized by 🇩🇰HLTV in April 2024, when he overtook 🇺🇸EliGE's previous mark. KRIMZ would have surpassed it - but a brief stint with GODSENT in 2016 split his fnatic career into two parts. Without those two months, he would have crossed the 4,000-day mark in orange.

A decade of CS, written in one jersey.

#KRIMZ #fnatic

5 MORE TALENT PICK'EMS LOCKED IN

Towards the end of the 5th round, 5 more talents have guaranteed themselves a 5/10 (or better) score on their Pick'Em - and one of them is already sitting at 6/10.

Locked in (5/10 or better):
🎙 GRUGCEL - 6/10
🎙 BLEH, PEACEMAKER, LMBT, SCRAWNY - 5/10

GRUGCEL is the only one in this group already past 5/10 - and crucially, she's one of only 3 talents (out of 85) who picked🇦🇺 FlyQuest to advance (3:1 or 3:2).

Track every talent's bracket live!
👉 cs2analytics.com/iem-cologne-major-2026/talent-picks

#IEMCologne #Major #PickEm

Match schedule for 06.06 of the 1rd round!

🇩🇪 IEM Cologne Major 2026 - Stage 2
📅 June 6-9 · Cologne, Germany

Watch all matches live on cs2analytics!
👉 https://cs2analytics.com/matches

STAGE 2 - TIER LIST UPDATE

Stage 2 has opened - 16 teams, 8 playoff spots. The new bracket is set, no maps played yet, and the model has its first read on the field.

🏆 IEM Cologne Major 2026 - Stage 2
📅 June 6-9 · Cologne, Germany

❔Live tier list (pre-Round 1):

🟢 A — >80%: 🇷🇺Spirit
🟡 B — >60%: 🇧🇷Legacy · 🇩🇰Astralis · 🇩🇪GamerLegion
🟠 C — >40%: 🇪🇺FUT· 🇪🇺G2 · 🇺🇾9z· 🇺🇦B8 · 🇷🇺BetBoom · 🇧🇷MIBR · 🇧🇷paiN · 🇺🇦Monte
🟠 D — >20%: 🇨🇳TYLOO · 🌎M80 · 🇩🇪BIG
🔴 E — <20%: 🇦🇺FlyQuest

Live Advancement updates with every map. Track every shift through Stage 2.
👉 cs2analytics.com/iem-cologne-major-2026/advancement

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