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Team Falcons stormed through the IEM Cologne 2026 Major playoffs with a dominant run, sweeping FURIA in a flawless Grand Final to claim the title as NiKo finally lifts the Major trophy after a decade of trying.


Eight teams remain at the IEM Cologne Major and our Stage 3 predictions earned mixed results. Here is how the picks landed and where we stand heading into the LANXESS Arena.


Stage 3 of the IEM Cologne Major is here, and every remaining team has already earned their place. Here is how to navigate your Pick'ems for the most important Swiss round yet.


Three rounds of the IEM Cologne Major 2026 Stage 2 Swiss system have produced a bracket full of surprises, with Round 1 upsets reshaping every subsequent matchup and leaving our predictions with a tough first day.


Stage 2 of the IEM Cologne Major 2026 is where the bracket gets genuinely brutal, and eight teams won't survive. Here are our full round-by-round predictions and the overall Stage 2 Pick'ems to lock in before Saturday.
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All News10.06.2026 10:00 CET
This is a must-win match for both sides — loser goes home. The ranking gap is significant: RUSTEC sit at world #117 while aAa are down at #212, a 95-place difference that immediately signals who the favourite is. This is not a close matchup on paper, and the data backs that up across every dimension.
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10.06.2026 13:30 CET
Two closely ranked European teams meet in what is effectively an even matchup on paper. G2 Ares sit at world #84 and Young Ninjas at #87, making this as level as a matchup gets in terms of ranking. No prior recent head-to-head between these two lineups is visible in the data, meaning both teams come in without specific mutual scouting advantages. This is a fresh contest decided on current form and map pool.
MrQ
09.06.2026 10:40 CET
Rooster (world #148) face Abyssal (world #171) in what is already a well-worn rivalry. This is their fourth meeting in roughly nine weeks, all within the Oceanian circuit. The stakes are a winners' bracket spot in DFRAG Open Series 5.
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