The organizers of the IEM Cologne tournament have published a list of the best players. In addition to s1mple, who received the 21st MVP title of his career, nine other eSports athletes were named as recipients of the EVP award – an exceptionally valuable player.
The list was topped by Russell “Twistzz” van Dulken from FaZe. It was largely thanks to his individual efforts and interaction with other players that FaZe won the tournament. On the first two maps of the grand final his rating was negative, but on the remaining three it was 1.32, 1.42 and 1.40 respectively. As a result, the team managed to create a small advantage and still surpass NAVI.
Second on the EVP list was another player FaZe – Havard “rain” Nyagaard. Like his aforementioned teammate, he achieved his highest performance in the final maps of the tournament, right when it mattered most.
Finally, the third was Benjamin “balmeF” Bremer from Astralis. He performed well both defensively and offensively, performing well in a variety of roles. In terms of the number of rounds in which he managed to hit the enemy (54.2% of all rounds), he is second only to s1mple.
Among other players awarded the title of EVP – representatives of Liquid, Movistar Riders and Vitalirty, as well as another NAVI player, Denis “electronic” Sharipov.
