With IEM gamescom, featuring a peculiar four-lives format, coming up in just under two days, we've compiled a viewer's guide with everything you need to know about the $85,000 event.
Six teams will gather in Cologne during the traditional gamescom festival from August 5-8 for the first Intel Extreme Masters stop for CS:GO, which features a rather untraditional format.
As explained before, teams will be assigned four lives before the event starts and with every loss, a team will lose a life. That means we will get to see between 20-23 best-of-one matches before five teams are eliminated and a champion is crowned.
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On top of that, a team that wins will get to decide which two teams play in the next match-up, and the community decides on maps played. IEM gamescom will be a winner-takes-all-type tournament, as the bulk of $85,000 will go to the last team standing.
 TSM |  EnVyUs |
 Renegades |  CLG |
 mousesports | SK Gaming |
To avoid unnecessary repetition of matches, ESL have enforced a rule for winners to pick one of the teams in the next match out of those who played the least. Also, no team can play twice in a row unless it's unavoidable.
Times shown below are only an estimate, as usual with ESL's events, next matches will start as soon as possible after previous ones end:
| Wednesday, August 5th | |
| 10:45 | Match #1 |
| 12:15 | Match #2 |
| 13:45 | Match #3 |
| 15:15 | Match #4 |
| 16:45 | Match #5 |
| 18:00 | Showmatch (Pro versus audience) |
| Thursday, August 6th | |
| 10:45 | Match #6 |
| 12:15 | Match #7 |
| 13:45 | Match #8 |
| 15:15 | Match #9 |
| 16:45 | Match #10 |
| 18:15 | Match #11 |
| Friday, August 7th | |
| 10:45 | Match #12 |
| 12:15 | Match #13 |
| 13:45 | Match #14 |
| 15:15 | Match #15 |
| 16:45 | Match #16 |
| 18:15 | Match #17 |
| Saturday, August 8th | |
| 10:45 | Match #18 |
| 12:15 | Match #19 |
| 13:45 | Match #20 |
| 15:15 | Match #21 (if needed) |
| 16:45 | Match #22 (if needed) |
| 18:15 | Match #23 (if needed) |
The event will naturally be streamed by ESL TV by a part of the usual cast crew and a couple of guests, although the whole list is yet to be revealed by the organizers.
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