{"id":16914,"date":"2023-08-14T11:41:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T11:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skin.club\/community?p=16914"},"modified":"2025-02-12T08:15:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T08:15:54","slug":"most-valuable-player-of-iem-cologne-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/most-valuable-player-of-iem-cologne-2023","title":{"rendered":"Most Valuable Player of IEM Cologne 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nikola \u201cNiKo\u201d Kova\u010d, a player for G2 Esports, was recognized as the Most Valuable Player of the IEM Cologne 2023 tournament.<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16926 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/skin.club\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/unnamed.png\" alt='Nikola \"NiKo\" Kova\u010d, a player for G2 Esports' width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/unnamed.png 730w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/unnamed-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Over the course of 14 maps in the tournament, NiKo finished almost all of them with a rating above one. NiKo\u2019s best map was the first game in the grand finals, which he concluded with a rating of 1.87 and a K\/D of +14.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of IEM Cologne was the G2 Esports team. In the grand finals, the team defeated ENCE with a score of 3:1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikola \u201cNiKo\u201d Kova\u010d, a player for G2 Esports, was recognized as the Most Valuable Player of the IEM Cologne 2023 tournament. Over the course of 14 maps in the tournament, NiKo finished almost all of them with a rating above one. 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