IEM Summer reaches playoffs

The tournament will resume on Friday with the quarter-final matchups.

The playoffs bracket at IEM Summer has been set following the conclusion of the group stage on Sunday, which saw G2 and OG secure spots in the semi-finals after beating Vitality and Evil Geniuses, respectively, and Virtus.pro lock down the final slot in the bracket stage.

The six playoffs teams will have the next four to five days to prepare for the next stage, kicking off on Friday with the quarter-final matchups. The opening round will pit Gambit up against Evil Geniuses after the latter made a surprise run in Group B's upper bracket, while Group A's second-placed team Vitality will take on Virtus.pro with hopes of making their first deep run with newest addition Jayson "⁠Kyojin⁠" Nguyen Van.

EG will make their first playoffs appearance with oBo and MICHU on Friday

G2 and OG set their sights on their first big event victory with the current rosters as they await their opponents in the semi-finals after coming out on top of their groups. The French-Balkan side are set to lock horns with the winner of Gambit-Evil Geniuses, while Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen's team are locked in a collision course with either Vitality or Virtus.pro.

Below you can find the complete schedule of the IEM Summer playoffs bracket:

Friday, June 11 (Quarter-finals)
16:45 Vitality vs. Virtus.pro
20:00 Gambit vs. Evil Geniuses

Saturday, June 12 (Semi-finals)
16:45 OG vs. Vitality/VP
20:00 G2 vs. Gambit/EG

Sunday, June 13
16:00 Grand final (BO5)

Vitality #12 Richard 'shox' PapillonDan 'apEX' MadesclaireMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautKévin 'misutaaa' RabierJayson 'Kyojin' Nguyen Van OG #20 Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenNikolaj 'niko' KristensenMateusz 'mantuu' WilczewskiShahar 'flameZ' Shushan Gambit #1 Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovTimofey 'interz' YakushinSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov G2 #4 Audric 'JACKZ' JugNikola 'NiKo' KovačNemanja 'huNter-' KovačFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayNemanja 'nexa' Isaković Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen Age: 24 Team: OG Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 898 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.66 Jayson 'Kyojin' Nguyen Van Age: 22 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 43 KPR: 0.61 DPR: 0.66 Virtus.pro #9 Sanjar 'SANJI' KulievTimur 'buster' TulepovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' AliMareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis Evil Geniuses #38 Michał 'MICHU' MüllerPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzVincent 'Brehze' CayonteTsvetelin 'CeRq' DimitrovOwen 'oBo' Schlatter Time is adjusted to your selected timezone