FaZe Clan yet again wins another Intel Extreme Masters, this time in Chengdu, just short of two years after achieving first place at Intel Extreme Masters XVI - Katowice in 2022. The grand finale was between FaZe Clan and MOUZ, a German esports organisation whose history is well storied and widely successful.
The finale started with a match on Overpass, where FaZe Clan narrowly defeated MOUZ, thus gaining momentum that helped them dominate the next match on Nuke. As a result, they beat out MOUZ by a score of 2-0 and were crowned champions, thus gaining a second point in the race to Intel® Grand Slam V, winning $100,000 of the $250,000 total prize pool and earning a spot in the IEM Cologne Group Stage that’s to be held this summer.
The Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) is a series of international esports tournaments held in countries around the world. These tournaments are organised by ESL, or ESL Gaming GmbH, the oldest and one of the biggest esports companies in the world. The Intel Extreme Masters are sponsored by Intel and as of 2024, host events in Counter-Strike 2 and StarCraft II. Other game titles were also hosted in the past. The body that owns the league itself is Turtle Entertainment. The League has operated 17 seasons as of 2023 and the highest tier of events in the league, known as Masters Championships, are held in the summer in Cologne, Germany and in the new year in Katowice, Poland and offer the most prize money. Other events in the league, known as Masters events, are held in numerous cities around the globe, like Chengdu, Dallas and Shanghai.