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As DreamHack Masters Spring draws near, four IEM Cologne spots are already filled

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ESL has laid out some of the qualification scenarios for IEM Cologne 2021 ahead of DreamHack Masters Spring, the final tournament that will award ESL Pro Tour points for the German event. As things stand, four of the 16 spots in the main stage of IEM Cologne have already been settled, with a further four places to be determined after the DreamHack competition.

Gambit, Virtus.pro, FURIA and Liquid have already locked down spots in the main stage of the $1 million competition through the ESL Pro Tour leaderboard (Road to Cologne), while Heroic, Astralis and Natus Vincere are guaranteed places in the Play-In stage – a 16-team qualifier preceding the main event – at a minimum.

ESL One Cologne will be held under the ‘IEM’ brand moving forward

As the ESL Pro Tour leaders in their respective regions, MIBR (South America), Renegades (Oceania) and ViCi (Asia) have all earned spots in the Play-In stage, which will qualify eight teams for the main event. Eight slots in this qualifying tournament will be filled via the ESL Pro Tour standings, six via the ESL World Ranking, and two via the ESL National Championships and ESL Meisterschaft: Spring 2021.

ESL announced on Wednesday that, starting in 2021, the iconic Cologne tournament will be held under the ‘IEM’ brand following the extension of its partnership with Intel for three years. The new deal will launch in 2022 and include IEM Katowice 2025.

IEM Cologne 2021 is planned to be held in a studio environment with no audience, marking a return to LAN after ESL was forced to move several tournaments to an online-only format because of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the latest update, ESL is delaying hosting large-scale events with an on-site audience until November.

Below you can find the current team list for IEM Cologne and the Play-In stage:

IEM Cologne:

IEM Cologne Play-In:

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Source: https://www.hltv.org/news/31651/as-dreamhack-masters-spring-draws-near-four-iem-cologne-spots-are-already-filled

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