{"id":4349,"date":"2025-08-11T09:55:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T08:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/se\/?p=4349"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:56:15","slug":"iem-cologne-atervander-som-major-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/se\/2025\/08\/iem-cologne-atervander-som-major-2026","title":{"rendered":"IEM Cologne \u00e5terv\u00e4nder som major 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tldr\">\n    <div class=\"tldr__heading\">\n        <h2>SUMMERING<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n    \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Efter nio \u00e5r \u00e5terv\u00e4nder IEM Cologne som en officiell Major, och blir den f\u00f6rsta CS2-Majorn f\u00f6r s\u00e4songen 2026, med 32 lag och ca 13,5 miljoner kronor i prispott.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lanxess Arena st\u00e5r v\u00e4rd mellan 2 och 21 juni 2026, k\u00e4nd f\u00f6r sin ikoniska atmosf\u00e4r och publikens intensitet.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ESL utlovar st\u00f6rre publikengagemang, fler t\u00e4vlingsdagar och mer information tidigare \u00e4n vanligt f\u00f6r att fans ska kunna planera sitt bes\u00f6k.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6a75cb77e240d\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Efter nio \u00e5rs fr\u00e5nvaro som en officiell Major \u00e5terv\u00e4nder Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Cologne till Lanxess Arena som en Counter-Strike Major 2026. Turneringen, som senast var en Major 2016, \u00e4r en av de mest ikoniska inom Counter-Strike och kallas ofta f\u00f6r &#8221;Counter-Strikes katedral&#8221;. Beskedet kom ov\u00e4ntat direkt efter finalen av IEM Cologne 2025, vilket \u00f6verraskade b\u00e5de fans och spelare.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6a75cb77e24ed\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>IEM Cologne Major 2026 blir den f\u00f6rsta officiella CS2-turneringen f\u00f6r den kommande s\u00e4songen. Turneringen \u00e4r planerad att \u00e4ga rum mellan 2 och 21 juni 2026, d\u00e4r de 32 b\u00e4sta lagen, baserade p\u00e5 Valves regionala rankningar, kommer att t\u00e4vla om en prispott p\u00e5 cirka 13,5 miljoner kronor.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"keep-reading \"  id=\"kr-6a75cb77e4af6\">\n  <div class=\"heading section__title \"><span>FORTS\u00c4TT L\u00c4SA<\/span><\/div>\n  <ul class=\"d-flex flex-column\">\n          <li id=\"post-4228\" style=\"order: 1;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/se\/2025\/08\/amazon-och-aws-lyfter-ewc\">Amazon och AWS lyfter Esports World Cup till ny niv\u00e5<\/a><\/li>\n          <li id=\"post-4209\" style=\"order: 2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/se\/2025\/08\/esl-firar-25-ar-med-jubileumsmynt\">ESL firar 25 \u00e5r med exklusivt jubileumsmynt<\/a><\/li>\n          <li id=\"post-2629\" style=\"order: 3;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/se\/2025\/06\/iem-lamnar-katowice\">IEM l\u00e4mnar Katowice efter 13 \u00e5r &#8211; Krakow tar \u00f6ver CS-turneringen<\/a><\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-heading-6a75cb77e7022\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n  \n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">En unik spelplats<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6a75cb77e7106\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Lanxess Arena i K\u00f6ln \u00e4r k\u00e4nd f\u00f6r sin elektriska atmosf\u00e4r, och f\u00e5 arenor kan m\u00e4ta sig med publikens energi. ESL:s Marc Winther uttryckte sin entusiasm p\u00e5 sociala medier:<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6a75cb77e71ed\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>&#8221;IEM Cologne \u00e4r en h\u00f6rnsten i t\u00e4vlingsinriktad Counter-Strike, med de b\u00e4sta lagen och en o\u00f6vertr\u00e4ffad publik. Att ta tillbaka en Major till K\u00f6ln efter ett decennium \u00e4r ett firande av vad turneringen st\u00e5r f\u00f6r. Med en extra dag av live-t\u00e4vlingar och fler s\u00e4tt att engagera fansen ser vi fram emot att g\u00f6ra detta of\u00f6rgl\u00f6mligt f\u00f6r Counter-Strike-communityt.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-heading-6a75cb77e72d0\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n  \n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vad v\u00e4ntar fans och spelare?<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6a75cb77e739c\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Turneringen kommer att f\u00f6lja samma format som \u00e5rets Majors, med 32 lag som t\u00e4vlar i tre faser innan slutspelet. Hittills har ESL meddelat att endast slutspelet kommer att ha publik p\u00e5 plats, medan det \u00e4r oklart om tidigare faser kommer att vara \u00f6ppna f\u00f6r \u00e5sk\u00e5dare, eventuellt i mindre skala. ESL har ocks\u00e5 lovat att sl\u00e4ppa mer information tidigare \u00e4n vanligt, s\u00e5 att fans kan planera sitt bes\u00f6k.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6a75cb77e7460\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>IEM Cologne Major 2026 blir ESL:s f\u00f6rsta Major sedan IEM Rio Major f\u00f6r tre \u00e5r sedan. Med fler lag \u00e4n n\u00e5gonsin som kvalificerar sig och fler platser i turneringen v\u00e4ntas detta bli den st\u00f6rsta turneringen 2026. Det \u00e4r ocks\u00e5 ett ypperligt tillf\u00e4lle f\u00f6r som vill betta p\u00e5 esportens b\u00e4sta lag inom just CS.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-heading-6a75cb77e7543\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n  \n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fansen har h\u00f6ga f\u00f6rv\u00e4ntningar<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6a75cb77e760e\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Med en v\u00e4xande CS2-scen och en prispott som lockar de b\u00e4sta lagen \u00e4r f\u00f6rv\u00e4ntningarna h\u00f6ga. Turneringen kommer att erbjuda fans och spelare en chans att uppleva Counter-Strike-historia i en av v\u00e4rldens mest \u00e4lskade arenor.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Efter nio \u00e5rs fr\u00e5nvaro som en officiell Major \u00e5terv\u00e4nder Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Cologne till Lanxess Arena som en Counter-Strike Major 2026. 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