BIG were unable to cope with Liquid in the bottom set of the Play-In stage of IEM Cologne 2023, leaving the tournament without a single win. The American club, on the contrary, remained one bo3 away from advancing to the group stage.

Liquid defeated their opponents from Germany 2-1 - Vertigo 16:13, Mirage 17:19 and 16:9 on Overpass. Captain Mareks "YEKINDAR" Galinskis ended up being the best player of the match, finishing the match with 80-56 stats and a 7.3 rating.

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In a parallel contest, Imperial and Grayhound met in the lower grid. The Brazilian squad won, knocking the Aussies out of the championship, but they battled back with a taken map. Nevertheless, the score on the maps came out as follows: Inferno - 16:5, Inferno - 14:16, Nuke - 16:8.

At the end of the match the best player was Enrique "HEN1" Teles, who made 59 kills with 36 deaths. He also won 8 duels and his rating was 7.0.

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IEM Cologne 2023 takes place from July 26 to August 6. Teams are battling for a million dollar prize pool and a slot at IEM Katowice 2024. The schedule and results of the tournament can be tracked at this link.