After the success of the first Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament to receive funding from Valve, Dreamhack, Valve has announced another partnership with the IEM EMS One event series. The partnership includes another $250,000 tournament to take place in Katowice alongside the IEM Katowice event on the 14th to 16th of March.

The tournament, $250,000 EMS ONE CS:GO Tournament will invite the top 8 teams from DreamHack Winter 2013, and as well as being open to more teams to attend. The tournament will feature a total of 16 teams and will all come from qualified teams and Invites. There will not be a play-in tournament like at Dreamhack.

Invited Teams:
compLexity
Fnatic
Ninjas in Pyjamas
VeryGames
Copenhagen Wolves
Recursive
LGB eSports
Astana Dragon