FinalIEM Cologne Major 2026 · Stage 2

B8 vs GamerLegion 2–1

Sun, Jun 7, 03:22 PM

Bo3

GamerLegion

B8 won 2–1 at IEM Cologne Major 2026 · Stage 2.

Player stats

Combined across all maps. = top fragger.

Player	K	D	A	+/–	HS%
kensizor	56	48	14	+8	64%
npl	55	48	9	+7	64%
Alex666	48	48	17	0	48%
esenthial	38	52	14	-14	63%
s1zzi	38	53	8	-15	47%

GamerLegion

Player	K	D	A	+/–	HS%
PR	60	48	14	+12	47%
hypex	48	42	12	+6	40%
Snax	47	50	22	-3	36%
REZ	45	50	18	-5	49%
Tauson	45	50	16	-5	40%

Map veto

1GamerLegion banned Dust2
2B8 banned Anubis
3GamerLegion picked Inferno
4B8 picked Mirage
5GamerLegion banned Overpass
6B8 banned Ancient
7Nuke was left over

Map-by-map breakdown

How B8 vs GamerLegion played out across the maps.

Map 1Inferno13–11

Half 5–7 · B8 8 CT / 5 T · GamerLegion 7 CT / 4 T

GamerLegion

CT round win T round win

Player	K	D	A	+/–	HS%
kensizor	24	15	3	+9	67%
npl	20	15	0	+5	65%
Alex666	17	16	8	+1	35%
esenthial	12	17	8	-5	75%
s1zzi	11	19	2	-8	27%

GamerLegion

Player	K	D	A	+/–	HS%
REZ	22	15	5	+7	45%
Tauson	18	17	8	+1	56%
hypex	16	15	6	+1	38%
PR	16	18	7	-2	19%
Snax	10	20	8	-10	20%

Map 2Mirage8–13

Half 4–8 · B8 4 CT / 4 T · GamerLegion 8 CT / 5 T

GamerLegion

CT round win T round win

Player	K	D	A	+/–	HS%
npl	18	15	5	+3	56%
esenthial	15	16	4	-1	47%
s1zzi	14	16	4	-2	43%
Alex666	12	17	6	-5	50%
kensizor	11	18	6	-7	36%

GamerLegion

Player	K	D	A	+/–	HS%
PR	27	11	3	+16	52%
Snax	19	14	7	+5	32%
hypex	13	14	3	-1	46%
Tauson	13	15	6	-2	38%
REZ	9	17	7	-8	67%

Map 3Nuke13–11

Half 3–9 · B8 3 CT / 10 T · GamerLegion 2 CT / 9 T

GamerLegion

CT round win T round win

Player	K	D	A	+/–	HS%
kensizor	21	15	5	+6	76%
Alex666	19	15	3	+4	58%
npl	17	18	4	-1	71%
s1zzi	13	18	2	-5	69%
esenthial	11	19	2	-8	73%

GamerLegion

Player	K	D	A	+/–	HS%
hypex	19	13	3	+6	37%
Snax	18	16	7	+2	50%
PR	17	19	4	-2	65%
REZ	14	18	6	-4	43%
Tauson	14	18	2	-4	21%

Our prediction

GamerLegion

Odds: B8 1.89 · GamerLegion 2 (Duel)

GamerLegion win this Bo3 and the market is under-pricing them. The public sees B8's recent 3-game winning streak and forgets who they beat getting there: M80, THUNDER dOWNUNDER and TYLOO are not a résumé that translates to a Major stage Bo3. GamerLegion have gone 2-0 against B8 in both prior meetings and the H2H edge is real. Map pool is where the structural advantage lives. GamerLegion run a 67% win rate on Inferno across 12 maps, the most played map on this pool, while B8 sit at 40% on the same surface. B8's best map is Mirage at 67% but GamerLegion are at 42% there, so B8 can force a comfortable decider. In a proper Bo3 veto war though, GamerLegion's depth across Inferno, Ancient (60%) and Nuke (50%) gives them more paths to a 2-1 than B8's Mirage-or-bust profile suggests. The contrarian read here is that recreational bettors are anchoring on B8's win over M80 and a narrative of momentum. GamerLegion dropped back-to-back maps to BetBoom and Astralis this week, which looks bad on paper but both were single-map formats where variance runs high. The Bo3 format is where they find their level. We back GamerLegion at the underdog price.

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