{"id":31379,"date":"2023-07-07T13:46:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T17:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=31379"},"modified":"2023-07-07T13:46:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T17:46:25","slug":"pain-backs-out-of-iem-cologne-complexity-to-step-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/pain-backs-out-of-iem-cologne-complexity-to-step-in\/","title":{"rendered":"paiN backs out of IEM Cologne, Complexity to step in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Electronic Sports League announced on Thursday that Complexity will replace paiN in the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/electronic-sports-league\/intel-extreme-masters\/\" title=\"IEM betting guide\" >Intel Extreme Masters<\/a> Cologne 2023 due to the team\u2019s inability to compete. <\/p>\n<p>According to the tournament operator, paiN\u2019s decision to withdraw from the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"CSGO betting guide\" >Counter-Strike<\/a> event was due to a player\u2019s inability to attend. As a result, Complexity will attend the LAN competition in their place. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to a member of @paiNGamingBR being unavailable for IEM Cologne, the Brazilians have opted to withdraw from the tournament,\u201d the update read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs per our rulebook we will be replacing them with @Complexity, the next highest ranked team in the ESL World Ranking.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IEM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IEM<\/a> Cologne 2023 Team Update:<\/p>\n<p>Due to a member of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paiNGamingBR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@paiNGamingBR<\/a> being unavailable for IEM Cologne, the Brazilians have opted to withdraw from the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>As per our rulebook we will be replacing them with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Complexity?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Complexity<\/a>, the next highest ranked team in the ESL World Ranking. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DmVu3Po8NH\">pic.twitter.com\/DmVu3Po8NH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Intel\u00ae Extreme Masters (@IEM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IEM\/status\/1676969261313531904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Complexity, currently the highest ranked North American team, were given the next available place in the IEM Cologne 2023 in accordance with the ESL rule book. The team are the next highest-ranked squad in the ESL World Rankings and will begin their tournament run from the Play-in stage. Their current seeding is still being determined. <\/p>\n<p>The IEM Cologne 2023 Play-in will feature 16 teams facing off against each other for a chance to compete in the main event. The first phase of the tournament will kick off on July 26 and last three days. It will feature top teams like Apeks and Liquid as well as FURIA, Fnatic, and Astralis. <\/p>\n<p>Only eight teams will join the main event in the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany, which boasts a prize pool of $1,000,000.<\/p>\n<p>Complexity will join the event as the only North American representative. 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