In the quarterfinals of the top bracket of Group A at IEM Cologne 2024, the Russian team Spirit will play against The MongolZ from Mongolia.
Spirit
The Russian team arrived in Cologne after a successful performance at the BLAST Premier Fall Groups tournament. In Denmark, Spirit played very well in Group A and eventually made it to the next stage of the tournament from the first place in Group A. In the decisive match for themselves, which was on the third of August, Spirit beat Complexity from the USA on three maps on three maps – 16:19 Dust2 (its peak); 13:6 Anubis and 13:10 Nuke.
The MongolZ
The team from Mongolia, in turn, made it to the main stage of the tournament through the Play-in stage. Yesterday, in the second round of the lower bracket, The MongolZ did not play very stably, but still won a strong–willed victory over Eternal Fire from Turkey on three maps - 4:13 Anubis (the opponent's peak); 13:8 Mirage and 16:14 Nuke. Let's add that on the Nuke map, the Mongols lost 4-8 for the attacking side after the first half, but then the guys were able to pull themselves together and still took the match.
Between themselves, The MongolZ and Spirit played for the last time on the first of February at the Play-in stage of the IEM Katowice tournament. Then, in the quarterfinals of the upper bracket in the match for a slot in the main part of the tournament, the Russian team turned out to be stronger on two maps – 13:2 Mirage (the opponent's peak) and 16:14 Ancient.
Forecast
In this match, Spirit is considered by the bookmakers to be the undisputed favorite. With a competent peak of cards, the Russian team is quite capable of winning a landslide victory at the start of the tournament in Cologne, we suggest you take a chance and put Spirit -8.5 rounds ahead.
The Mongolz
