rain and karrigan are the only players who have attended every ESL/IEM Cologne since 2014

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Players of FaZe Clan team, Norwegian Howard "rain" Nygaard and Danish Finn "karrigan" Andersen are the only players who have visited all the tournaments that took place in Cologne (Germany) during their career, namely ESL/IEM Cologne since 2014.

Below is a list of the actual tournaments the players have attended, as well as which team they played on and where they placed:

Karrigan - has played in tournaments in Cologne a total of 9 times out of 9:

ESL One: Cologne 2014 (CPH Wolves 9-12 place)
ESL One: Cologne 2015 (Team SoloMid 3-4 place)
ESL One: Cologne 2016 (Astralis 5-8 place)
ESL One: Cologne 2017 (FaZe Clan 3-4 place)
ESL One: Cologne 2018 (FaZe Clan 3-4 place)
ESL One: Cologne 2019 (MOUZ 7-8 place)
ESL One: Cologne 2020 Online - Europe (MOUZ 13-16 place)
Intel Extreme Masters XVI - Cologne (FaZe Clan 3-4 place)
Intel Extreme Masters XVII - Cologne ((FaZe Clan 1 place)

rain - also played all possible 9 tournaments:

ESL One: Cologne 2014 (London Conspiracy 13-16 place)
ESL One: Cologne 2015 (Kinguin 5-8 place)
ESL One: Cologne 2016 (FaZe Clan 9-12 place)
ESL One: Cologne 2017 (FaZe Clan 3-4 place)
ESL One: Cologne 2018 (FaZe Clan 3-4 place)
ESL One: Cologne 2019 (FaZe Clan 9-12 place)
ESL One: Cologne 2020 Online - Europe (FaZe Clan 9-12 place)
Intel Extreme Masters XVI - Cologne (FaZe Clan 3-4 place)
Intel Extreme Masters XVII - Cologne ((FaZe Clan 1 place)

What can we say, because the year 2023 did not pass them by and for the victory at ESL Pro League Season 17, the team was invited straight to the Group Stage Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023.

FaZe Clan made it to Group B, where they are joined by Natus Vincere, Vitality and G2!

IEM Cologne 2023 will be held from July 26 to August 6 in Germany. The teams will play for a prize pool of one million dollars and a quota to IEM Katowice 2024. You can follow the schedule and results of the tournament by clicking here.

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