The rosters for IEM Cologne 2026 have officially been locked in. These are the players who will get the chance to fight for a spot on the legendary stage of the Lanxess Arena.
Usually, after such announcements, it’s interesting to break down which clubs have assigned their “sixth man” — the substitute who won’t receive stickers but may still get a chance to play during the tournament.
Stage 3
- Vitality - lucaZ (Academy roster player)
- NaVi - jL (On the bench)
- PARIVISION - dastan (Coach)
- Falcons - karrigan (Will already play instead of kyxsan)
- Aurora - jotAAA (On the bench)
- MOUZ - xelex (Academy player, already promoted to the main roster)
- FURIA - sidde (Coach)
- The Mongolz - maaRaa (Coach)
Stage 2
- Spirit - S0tF1k (Academy team coach)
- Astralis - MiGHTYMAX (Assistant coach)
- G2 - tAk (Academy roster player)
- FUT Esports - coolio (Coach)
- Monte - kakafu (Coach)
- 9z - BIT (Coach)
- paiN - saffee (New player replacing nqz, currently benched in MIBR)
- Legacy - adr (Coach)
Stage 1
- GamerLegion - Grashog (Free agent)
- BIG - JBOEN (Academy roster player)
- BB - d1Ledez (Will already play instead of ArtFr0st)
- B8 - k1n (Academy roster player)
- Heroic - HOLY (Academy roster player)
- SINNERS - CacaNito (Free agent)
- M80 - M0nstr (Manager)
- NRG - daps (Coach)
- Sharks - D10S (Free agent)
- Gaimin Gladiators - fer (New team player)
- MIBR - brn$ (Academy roster player)
- Liquid - jokasteve (General manager)
- TYLOO - Attacker (Former player, retired)
- Lynn Vision - GUM (Coach)
- THUNDER dOWNUNDER - viridian (Coach)
- FlyQuest - AZR (Coach)
As a reminder, teams that, against all odds, qualified for the IEM Cologne Major 2026