IEM Cologne 2021 - Post Tournament Discussion Thread

A lot happened in our return to LAN, and we have the tournament break to contend with for the next few weeks, so why not overanalyse the hell out of this tournament.

[Overall Tournament Classification](https://www.hltv.org/events/5469/iem-cologne-2021):

1st: Navi

2nd: G2

3rd/4th: Faze/Astralis

5th/6th: Gambit/~~Faze~~ VP

7th/8th: Heroic/BIG

9th-12th: Furia/Liquid/Vitality/NIP

13th-16th: Spirit/Renegades/Complexity/Mouz

Potential topics:

- Online vs LAN performance

- Return to form for Astralis/VP/Faze

- Mixed results for Liquid/State of NA

- BOTH EU RMR finalists miss playoffs (NIP/Mouz)

- OG Play-in failure; Fnatic not at tournament

- What individual players looked good/bad for you?

- Do you anticipate any moves after this tournament?