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The biggest takeaways from the 2020 IEM Global Challenge

With the conclusion of the IEM Global Challenge 2020 the year officially comes to a close. Many would have expected Vitality to take yet another title but it seemed as if this was not their tournament to win, as they did not even make the top four.

22.12.2020 ByThiadrik Oldersma
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