Hello everyone,

this is my story about the amazing adventure I've had with the IEM Cologne 2022.

After three long years it has returned and I was so happy as I got invited to it from Legion.
They have sponsored my and the ticket of my best friend and I want to thank them again for it.

Me and my best friend have travelled to it by car as we both live close to Cologne.
That's why we didn't need to book a hotel nearby the arena.

As we arrived on Friday, we first discovered all stands of the sponsors.
They were all kind and also gave away some goodies.

We were on our seats around half of a hour before the opening ceremony has started.
Most of the seats were already taken, which I didn't expected to happen so early.
The opening ceremony started at about 3:20 PM and was really well made.

After that, the two quarterfinal matches have been played.
The first quarterfinal was between Mouz and Astralis.
Mouz has fought well and also won the first map but were beaten by Astralis.

The second quarterfinal was between Movistar Riders and Liquid.
The outcome was a suprise for me and plenty of other viewers because Movistar Riders won against them.

The first day was over on around 9 PM and we drove back home.

Sadly I weren't able to attend at the second day but I was able to attend at the thrid and final day.

The big final was about to begin and the atmosphere was already amazing.
You were able to feel how hyped everyone was for this final.

It was the fight between the two best teams in the word.
Natus Vincere VS FaZe
It was not only the grand final of the tournament, it was also the fight of who is the best team in the world.
They have played all five matches and it took them over seven hours to play all of them.
You could see and feel the pressure on both teams. They both have played extremly good.
The atmosphere at every match was insane! There were so many emotions and everyone was having such an amazing time.

The fifth and final round was the most intense one.
But the most intense moment was as it had the score of NAVI 14 - 15 FAZE.
Everyone was standing up and nobody knew if FaZe will take it home or if it will go into the overtime.
The round started and it didn't looked well for NaVi since they were low on money and didn't had the best equipment.
NaVi tried their best to withstand the attack of FaZe but they had no chance.
FaZe took every single one of them down and so won the tournament.

The whole crowd was screaming and shouting, cheering for FaZe.
Afterwards the great trophy ceremony were held and FaZe got a extra round of applause and cheering for their win.

As the event ended, me and my best friend drove back home.

This was my view of the IEM Cologne 2022. It was an amazing experience and I can only recommend it to everyone because this was an adventure that I will never forget!


If anyone has still any questions about it, feel free to ask me them!
I will answer them all :)

Kind regards
Lukas aka Krabbler2