Vitality Emerge Victorious at IEM XVI – Winter

Team Vitality have become the champions of Intel Extreme Masters Season XVI – Winter, the first event of the fourth season of Intel Grand Slam. In the grand finals they outplayed Ninjas Pyjamas with a 3-0 score, thus claiming $100,000 in prize money and 1000 ESL Pro Tour points. Meanwhile NiP received $42,000 and 750 points.

The runner-ups of Group A, Team Vitality started the playoffs from the quarterfinals. There, they managed to defeat Gambit Esports with a 2-1 score, while later they also outplayed Virtus.pro (2-0) in the semifinals. In the grand finals the French team defeated their opponents at Inferno (16:10), Dust II (16:10), and Nuke (16:13).

Playoffs Bracket:

IEM Winter 2021 was played on December 2nd – 12th in a studio format in Stockholm, Sweden. The event featured a $250,000 prize pool and a handful of Pro Tour points up for grabs. The results are following:

• 1 – $100,000 – 1000 points – Vitality
• 2 – $42,000 – 750 points – NiP
• 3-4 – $20,000 – 525 points – G2, VP
• 5-6 – $10,000 – 350 points – GODSENT, Gambit
• 7-8 – $6,000 – 200 points – Liquid, Fnatic
• 9-12 – $5,000 – 100 points – OG, Astralis, BIG, FaZe
• 13-16 – $4,000 – 0 points – TyLoo, MOUZ, ENCE, Heroic