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Intel Extreme Masters Season X — gamescom 2015: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Six teams competed in a last-team-standing Counter-Strike invitational at gamescom in Cologne. Team EnVyUs defeated Team SoloMid in the final.

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Intel Extreme Masters Season X — gamescom 2015: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
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Updated October 29, 2026

Competition snapshot

Combined prize pool

USD 80,500 in listed team distributions[1][3]

ESL announced a USD 85,000 purse before the event; Liquipedia's and HLTV's payout amounts do not reconcile fully to that announcement. The listed team awards total USD 80,500.[1][2][3]

Participant scale

Six invited teams[2][3]

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ESL

Commercial note

Tournament organizer · Recorded in the 2015 edition.[2]

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Intel

Commercial note

IEM title-series and event sponsor · Recorded in the 2015 edition.[1]

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BenQ

Commercial note

Event sponsor · Recorded in the 2015 edition.[1]

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HyperX

Commercial note

Event sponsor · Recorded in the 2015 edition.[1]

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GIGABYTE

Commercial note

Official motherboard and graphics-card sponsor · Recorded in the 2015 edition.[5]

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G2A

Commercial note

Event sponsor · Recorded in the 2015 edition.[1]

PTG Database Analysis

The six-team Counter-Strike: Global Offensive invitational at Intel Extreme Masters Season X — gamescom ran August 5–8, 2015 at Koelnmesse in Cologne. ESL organized the last-team-standing format, in which teams began with four lives and lost one after each defeat. Team Envy defeated Team SoloMid in the final.[1][2][3][4]

Liquipedia lists Intel, BenQ, HyperX, GIGABYTE and G2A as event sponsors. GIGABYTE’s release describes its hardware sponsorship at IEM gamescom. ESL announced a USD 85,000 purse before play; the event databases report team awards totaling USD 80,500, and the listed runner-up figure differs by USD 500 between Liquipedia and HLTV.[1][2][3][5]

References6
  1. [1]Intel Extreme Masters Season X — gamescom — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki
  2. [2]Counter-Strike to return to Intel Extreme Masters with a $85,000 last-team-standing invitational at gamescom 2015! — ESL
  3. [3]IEM Gamescom 2015 overview — HLTV.org
  4. [4]EnVyUs win IEM Gamescom — HLTV.org
  5. [5]GIGABYTE visits Cologne, Germany for Intel Extreme Masters, as the Exclusive Motherboard Sponsor — GIGABYTE
  6. [6]IEM v2019 logo.svg — ESL, via Wikimedia Commons

Commercial opportunities

IEM and event sponsors

Liquipedia lists Intel, BenQ, HyperX, GIGABYTE and G2A as sponsors. GIGABYTE separately described its official motherboard and graphics-card role at the gamescom stop.[1][5]

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