Heroic defeated Mibr with a convincing 2: 0 in the first round of the losing branch in phase 1 Iem Cologne 2025 and continued to raise hope to win tickets to the next round. Meanwhile, in the parallel match of the winning branch, Faze overcame Liquid to gain the right to the second phase of the tournament.

Mibr vs Heroic

Heroic easily defeated Mibr with 13: 6 ratios on the train map and 13: 4 on the Ancient map. In the second map, Heroic won the first half with a score of 10: 2 and ended the match gently.

The brightest star in the match is Simon "Yxngstxr" Boye, who ended with 34 networks and 21 times lying down.

Mibra officially leaves IEM Cologne 2025 without winning any victory. Heroic will face Virtus.pro in the next round of the losing branch - the match will take place at 21:00 on July 26 (Vietnam time).

FAZE vs Liquid

Faze won a dramatic victory over Liquid with a score of 2: 1 to become the next team to participate in phase 2. After winning the Mirage Map (13: 6), Faze lost to Inferno (10:13) but quickly overwhelmed Nuke (13: 3) to close the match.

The most prominent player is Jonathan "Elige" Jablonowski, with 44 networks, 32 times died, and the ADR index reaches 86. Detailed statistics of the match can be monitored at the official page.

Faze entered phase 2, while Liquid fell to the losing branch, where they would confront Flyquest on 21:00 on July 26 (Vietnam time).