Meanwhile, this is also the ninth journey to Cologne for device and apEX. Since 2014, they have been trying to lift the championship trophy in Cologne, Germany. It is worth mentioning that in the past 10 years, they have only missed this event once.

The 9 players who have never won the IEM Cologne championship are as follows:

Dan Madesclaire | apEX

Mathieu Herbaut | ZywOo

Nicolai Reedtz | device

Janusz Pogorzelski | Snax

Emil Reif | Magisk

Marco Pfeiffer | Snappi

Peter Rasmussen |  dupreeh

Dzhami Ali | Jame

Aleksi Virolainen | Aleksib