NRG vs BIG (1-2) - IEM Cologne Major 2026 (Group Stage)

IEM Cologne Major 2026·Group Stage

FINAL

NRG

#47 World

Best of 3

1—2

BIG

#25 World

SS-Tier·Cologne, GermanyLAN

MAP 1Dust2

BIG pick

NRG

5–13

BIG

MAP 2Nuke

NRG pick

NRG

16–12

BIG

MAP 3Mirage

Decider

NRG

12–16

BIG

MATCH REPORT

BIG edged out NRG 2–1 at IEM Cologne Major 2026 on 5 June 2026. The best-of-3 series ran across Dust2, Nuke, Mirage.

Dust2 went 13–5 to BIG. Nuke went 16–12 to NRG. Mirage went 16–12 to BIG.

Map Veto

· BO3 sequence

BIGbannedInferno

Ban

NRGbannedOverpass

Ban

BIGpickedDust2

← Map 1

NRGpickedNuke

← Map 2

NRGbannedAncient

Ban

BIGbannedAnubis

Ban

DeciderisMirage

← Map 3

Rosters

NRG

Nicholas Cannella

Michael Wince

Aran Groesbeek

Joshua Ohm

Coach

daps

Damian Steele

coach

BIG

Benjamin Bremer

Josef Baumann

Gleb Gazin

Jon de Castro

Johannes Wodarz

Coach

xenn

Sebastian Hoch

coach

Player Stats

Player
NRG
nitr0 Nicholas Cannella	12	13	1	55.1	58%	-
oSee Joshua Ohm	10	14	1	63.2	30%	-
Sonic Aran Groesbeek	10	15	5	69.7	60%	-
Grim Michael Wince	8	16	2	46.7	63%	-
br0 Alexander Bro	6	14	4	57.4	33%	-
BIG
tabseN Johannes Wodarz	20	8	1	90.1	50%	-
blameF Benjamin Bremer	17	10	5	87.6	24%	-
JDC Jon de Castro	17	11	6	90.4	77%	-
gr1ks Gleb Gazin	8	13	4	61.8	25%	-
faveN Josef Baumann	5	11	9	58.0	80%	-

How is the rating calculated?

Match Context

NRG is 2-3 in their last 5, and BIG is 2-3 in their last 5. VRS Elo ratings gave BIG a 72% pre-match win probability.

Win Probability

Pre-match · VRS Elo

NRG

28%

BIG

72%

Recent Form

NRG

2–0

2–3

2–1

0–2

BIG

1–2

0–2

2–0

1–2

Tournament

IEM Cologne Major 2026

Cologne, Germany·LAN

Jun 1, 2026

NRG vs BIG (1-2) - IEM Cologne Major 2026

Map Scores