In the final, NaVi played against the G2 team. The conditions of the tournament provided for Best of 5 — a series of games up to 5 wins. NaVi played excellently — took 3 wins in a row. It is noteworthy that before the lockdown, NaVi also played with G2 and also won three times in a row.
The prize money at IEM Cologne 2021 is $1 million. The winning team took home $400,000.
The player of the Ukrainian team Alexander s1mple Kostylev was named the most valuable player of the tournament.
In addition, s1mple set a record for the number of so-called aces-killing all 5 opponents on the map.
The ESL Pro League starts on August 16 — also a big and important tournament for the team. October 2021 will host the most important CS: GO tournament of the year — PGL Major Stockholm. It will play out $2 million in prize money.
