IEM Katowice will feature 12 top teams and a $250,000 prize pool at the Spodek Arena in Katowice between March 1st and March 5th.
The teams have been drawn into two groups of six, who will face off in best-of-one matches. The winners of each group will automatically progress to the semi-finals, while the second and the third-placed finishers will play a match to determine the final two teams.
You can watch all the action here.
Groups
Group A | Group B |
Astralis | Virtus.pro |
OpTic | SK |
FaZe | North |
NiP | Cloud9 |
fnatic | Natus Vincere |
Immortals | Heroic |
Schedule
Wednesday, March 1 | |||
11:00 | OpTic | vs. Astralis | BO1 |
11:00 | NiP | vs. fnatic | BO1 |
12:15 | NiP | vs. Astralis | BO1 |
12:15 | FaZe | vs. Immortals | BO1 |
13:30 | OpTic | vs. Immortals | BO1 |
13:30 | FaZe | vs. fnatic | BO1 |
14:45 | Astralis | vs. Immortals | BO1 |
14:45 | OpTic | vs. fnatic | BO1 |
16:00 | NiP | vs. FaZe | BO1 |
16:00 | Astralis | vs. fnatic | BO1 |
17:15 | NiP | vs. Immortals | BO1 |
17:15 | OpTic | vs. FaZe | BO1 |
18:30 | Immortals | vs. fnatic | BO1 |
18:30 | FaZe | vs. Astralis | BO1 |
18:30 | OpTic | vs. NiP | BO1 |
Thursday, March 2nd | |||
11:00 | Natus Vincere | vs. Virtus.pro | BO1 |
11:00 | Cloud9 | vs. SK | BO1 |
12:15 | Natus Vincere | vs. SK | BO1 |
12:15 | North | vs. Heroic | BO1 |
13:30 | North | vs. Virtus.pro | BO1 |
13:30 | Cloud9 | vs. Heroic | BO1 |
14:45 | SK | vs. Heroic | BO1 |
14:45 | Cloud9 | vs. Virtus.pro | BO1 |
16:00 | Natus Vincere | vs. North | BO1 |
16:00 | SK | vs. Virtus.pro | BO1 |
17:15 | Cloud9 | vs. North | BO1 |
17:15 | Natus Vincere | vs. Heroic | BO1 |
18:30 | Heroic | vs. Virtus.pro | BO1 |
18:30 | North | vs. SK | BO1 |
18:30 | Cloud9 | vs. Natus Vincere | BO1 |
Friday, March 3rd | |||
12:45 | Quarter-final #1 | BO3 | |
16:35 | Quarter-final #2 | BO3 | |
Saturday, March 4th | |||
12:30 | Semi-final #1 | BO3 | |
16:20 | Semi-final #2 | BO3 | |
Sunday, March 5th | |||
18:15 | Grand final | BO5 |
Talent
O. J. Borg – Stage Host
Alex “Machine” Richardson – Desk Host
Joona “natu” Leppänen – Analyst
Chad “SPUNJ” Burchill – Analyst
Janko “YNk” Paunović – Analyst
Henry “HenryG” Greer – Commentator
Matthew “Sadokist” Trivett – Commentator
Lauren “Pansy” Scott – Commentator
Jason “moses” O’Toole – Commentator
Mitch “Uber” Leslie – Reporter
Pala “Mantrousse” Gilroy Sen – Facebook Live
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