Our partner BitSkins has provided skin prizes for the Fantasy competition.

The group stage of IEM Summer 2021, a $250,000 online tournament featuring 16 teams, kicks off on June 3. As the start nears, the Fantasy game for the group stage of the event has been opened for action, with users now able to create their teams and join leagues.

With no NAVI at the event, ZywOo ($243,000) is the most expensive player

Gambit, HEROIC, G2 and Astralis are confirmed for IEM Summer, while Natus Vincere, Liquid, and Flashpoint 3 finalists MOUZ are notable absentees from the team list.

Currently, fifteen of the sixteen participating teams are known, with the final one set to be decided after the conclusion of ESL National Championship Global Playoff Spring where the likes of Sprout and Endpoint are in competition.

Players such as Nemanja "⁠huNter-⁠" Kovač ($209,000) and Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller ($214,000) are expected to provide strong value for their price, while users looking for riskier picks could shift their focus towards François "⁠amanek⁠" Delaunay ($186,000, 1.11 rating at Flashpoint 3) or Fredrik "⁠REZ⁠" Sterner ($204,000, 1.13 rating at Flashpoint 3).

For budget options, strugglers fnatic and Evil Geniuses offer interesting budget options such as AWPer Tsvetelin "⁠CeRq⁠" Dimitrov ($176,000) or in-game leader Maikil "⁠Golden⁠" Selim ($147,000).

The prizes for the official HLTV x BitSkins Fantasy league are as follows:

1. Hydra Gloves | Emerald (Field-Tested)
2. AWP | Containment Breach (Field-Tested)
3. AK-47 | First Class (Field-Tested)

The winners of the official Fantasy leagues will be contacted via the email provided in their HLTV profile, and are required to respond to the email within a month to be eligible to receive their prizes.

Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač Age: 25 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 1278 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.67 Sprout #30 Timo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' HowellMarko 'kressy' ĐorđevićJosef 'faveN' BaumannFritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich Maikil 'Golden' Selim Age: 27 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 0.90 Maps played: 818 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.70 G2 #4 Audric 'JACKZ' JugNikola 'NiKo' KovačNemanja 'huNter-' KovačFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayNemanja 'nexa' Isaković Natus Vincere #2 Oleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovKirill 'Boombl4' MikhailovIlya 'Perfecto' ZalutskiyValeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy MOUZ #13 Christopher 'dexter' NongDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýFrederik 'acoR' GyldstrandRobin 'ropz' KoolAurimas 'Bymas' Pipiras Evil Geniuses #28 Michał 'MICHU' MüllerPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzVincent 'Brehze' CayonteTsvetelin 'CeRq' DimitrovOwen 'oBo' Schlatter Liquid #9 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipMichael 'Grim' Wince François 'amanek' Delaunay Age: 27 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 912 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.63 Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov Age: 21 Team: Evil Geniuses Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 1101 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.62 Astralis #5 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderEmil 'Magisk' ReifLucas 'Bubzkji' Andersen HEROIC #3 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerIsmail 'refrezh' AliMartin 'stavn' LundRené 'TeSeS' MadsenRasmus 'sjuush' Beck Gambit #1 Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovTimofey 'interz' YakushinSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov Endpoint #34 Joey 'CRUC1AL' SteuselMax 'MiGHTYMAX' HeathKia 'Surreal' ManThomas 'Thomas' UttingWilliam 'mezii' Merriman Casper 'cadiaN' Møller Age: 25 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1312 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.63 fnatic #24 Jesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonMaikil 'Golden' SelimLudvig 'Brollan' BrolinJack 'Jackinho' Ström Mattsson Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner Age: 23 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1141 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67