IEM Cologne 2025 brackets revealed

The brackets for IEM Cologne 2025 Stage One & Two have been announced today, July 11th. A total of 16 teams will start the $1.25 million tournament in Stage One, while the eight highest-ranked teams will join only in Stage Two.

IEM Cologne Stage One will see the 16 teams battling in a double-elimination bracket. All matches, including the opening round, will be best-of-three series.

Stage Two, on the other hand, will split the 16 teams into two double-elimination groups. The group winners will advance straight to the semifinals, while the second and third-placed teams will have to play in the quarterfinals. All matches here will be best-of-threes too.

The playoffs will place the top eight teams of IEM Cologne in a single-elimination bracket, and all the matches will be BO3s, except for the BO5 grand finals.

Here are the opening round matches for IEM Cologne Stage One on July 23rd:

• Liquid vs. paiN

• Complexity vs. GamerLegion

• FaZe vs. BIG

• 3DMAX vs. MIBR

• NIP vs. HEROIC

• TYLOO vs. Virtus.pro

• Astralis vs. B8

• FlyQuest vs. FURIA

Stage Two + playoffs will run from July 26th to August 3rd. Here are the Stage Two groups:

Group A

• Vitality vs. TBD

• TBD vs. G2

• Falcons vs. TBD

• TBD vs. The MongolZ

Group B

• MOUZ vs. TBD

• TBD vs. NAVI

• Aurora vs. TBD

• TBD vs. Spirit