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Intel Extreme Masters Season IV European Championship Finals — Counter-Strike

ESL's IEM IV Counter-Strike European Championship Finals brought 12 teams to Brühl from January 14–17, 2010. mousesports beat fnatic 2–1 in the final; the Counter-Strike prize pool was USD 50,000.

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Intel Extreme Masters Season IV European Championship Finals — Counter-Strike
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Updated October 29, 2026

Competition snapshot

Combined prize pool

USD 50,000[1][4]

Participant scale

12 teams[1][2]

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Organizer

Commercial note

ESL tournament organizer; current parent organization · Recorded in the 2010 edition.[1]

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Sponsor

Partner

Intel

Commercial note

IEM event sponsor · Recorded in the 2010 edition.[1]

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Sponsor

Partner

ROCCAT

Commercial note

Event sponsor · Recorded in the 2010 edition.[1]

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Sponsor

Partner

Alienware

Commercial note

Event sponsor · Recorded in the 2010 edition.[1]

PTG Database Analysis

The IEM IV European Championship Finals was an offline Counter-Strike S-Tier event organized by ESL at Jugendkulturhaus CULTRA in Brühl, near Cologne, from January 14–17, 2010. Twelve teams played a group stage followed by a single-elimination bracket for a reported USD 50,000 prize pool. Liquipedia lists Intel, ROCCAT and Alienware as event sponsors. HLTV reports that mousesports Counter-Strike defeated fnatic Counter-Strike 2–1 in the final.[1][2][3][4]

References6
  1. [1]Intel Extreme Masters Season IV European Championship Finals — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki — Liquipedia
  2. [2]IEM4 European Championship Finals overview — HLTV.org
  3. [3]HLTV.org live from Brühl — HLTV.org
  4. [4]mouz are the European Champions — HLTV.org
  5. [5]IEM v2019 logo.svg — ESL, via Wikimedia Commons
  6. [6]HLTV.org — Relationship evidence

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Series sponsor

Intel was listed as an IEM IV event sponsor.[1]

Event sponsor

ROCCAT was listed as an event sponsor.[1]

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