The Cathedral of Counter Strike
ESL has unveiled the talent list for IEM Cologne 2024 days before the tournament is set to kick off. Sjokz, Banks, and OJ Borg will be the stage hosts for the event and will be joined by a long list of very talented individuals. Here’s the complete list of talents for IEM Cologne 2024.
IEM Cologne 2024 Talent List announced
IEM Cologne is one of the most iconic Counter-Strike 2 events and features some of the best teams in the world. The event takes place at the LANXESS Arena every year, also fondly referred to as ‘the Cathedral of Counter-Strike’.
ESL has unveiled the list of talents for this year’s competition. Here’s the full list below
Commentators
- Alex "Machine" Richardson
- Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill
- Harry "JustHarry" Russell
- Hugo "Hugo" Byron
- Adam "Dinko" Hawthorn
- Jason "moses" O'Toole
- Conner "Scrawny" Girva
- Mohan "launders" Govindasamy
Desk hosts
- Tres "stunna" Saranthus
- Freya "Freya" Spiers
- Mike "DarfMike" Winnick
- Sam "Tech Girl" Wright
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Analysts
- Mathieu "Maniac" Quiquerez
- Janko "YNk" Paunović
- Jacob "Pimp" Winneche
- Lucas "Bubzkji" Andersen
- Sudhen "Bleh" Wahengbam
- Geordie "Mac" McAleer
Sideline and stage hosts
- Eefje "sjokz" Depoortere
- James "BanKs" Banks
- Oliver "OJ Borg" D'Anastasi
The list of commentators includes the likes of Machine, SPUNJ, Hugo, moses, launders and more. On the Desk, we’ll see Stunna, Freya, Tech Girl as well as DarfMike. Meanwhile, the analysts would be Maniac, YNk, Pimp, Bleh and Bubzkji.
IEM Cologne 2024 kicks off on August 7 and will continue till the 18th. The tournament has twenty-four teams in attendance with a million dollars in prize pool money. With a double-elimination play-in bracket, the matches will be interesting right from the word go.
The winner of IEM Cologne 2024 will also secure an invitation to IEM Katowice 2025. In addition, the winner will also get to compete in the BLAST World Finals 2024 that takes place later this year.
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