Thousands of fans every year CS:GO from all over the world gather in Katowice, Poland to see the best teams in the world in action. What started out as a risky game for ESL has grown into one of the biggest events in esports. IEM Katowice returns in 2023 with 24 teams in action and competing for The prize fund is 1 million dollars. Here’s everything you need to know about IEM Katowice 2023, including the team, format, prize pool, and viewing spots.
Katowice 2023 format
IEM Katowice 2023 consists of three stages: the play-in stage, the group stage and the playoffs.
Preliminary stage (February 1-3)
At the play-in stage there will be a double-elimination bracket. 16 teams will start the qualifying stage, but only eight will advance to the group stage. Only the first games are the best of the same series, and the rest of the games, including the knockout games, are BO3.
Group stage (February 4-7)
The group stage will at some point have 16 teams, eight from the play-in stage and eight direct qualifiers. However, at this stage the teams form two groups of eight teams each. Groups follow the GSL format where all games are played in Bo3 format.
At the group stage, three teams will advance to the playoffs. The first team of each group advances directly to the semi-finals. These two teams will need to play one less game, so the reward is high enough to make it to the top of the group stage. The next two teams will advance to the quarter-finals, with the second-placed team in the group being the top seed and the 3rd-placed team being the last seed.
Playoffs (February 10-12)
Finally, only six teams will take part in the IEM Katowice playoffs. Group stage winners will advance to the semi-finals. Meanwhile, the remaining four teams will battle it out in the quarterfinals. All matches, with the exception of the final, will be held in the best-of-three format. The Grand Final will be a series of top five.
Teams IEM Katowice
Teams for the game
ninja in pajamas
Team spirit
Cloud 9
Game difficulty
RAGE eSports
MIBR
eSports
Greyhound Gaming
O.G.
ENTIA
LARGE
sprout
game pain
Evil geniuses
fnatic
Allow esports
Group stage teams
Faze clan
Team viability
Outsiders
Heroic
Team Liquid
born to win
G2 esports
MOHA
Internship scheduled for #IEM Katowice
February 1-3: preliminary stage
8 teams go out, 4 in each groupFebruary 4-7: group internships
The top 3 teams in the group advance to the playoffs at Spodek Arena! (February 10-12)Which group is more difficult? Who will join them from the play-in stage? pic.twitter.com/z677ynUnce
— Intel® Extreme Wizards (@IEM) January 19, 2023
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