IEM Chicago 2018

CS2 / News / 4 November 2018 — 22:00

From October 6 to October 11, the LAN-tournament IEM Chicago 2018 awaits us. The competition will be held in Chicago and will bring together 16 teams that will compete for $ 250,000.

The tournament will be held in two phases: a group stage and the playoffs. The first stage will be in GSL format, and only 6 teams - 3 per group, will advance further. So, the winners of the groups will go immediately to the semifinals of the tournament, and the teams that take 2nd and 3rd places will have to start playing from the quarterfinal. The initial and elimination matches will be in the best of 1 format, all the remaining matches - bo3.

As for the playoffs, the classic single elimination bracket, best of 3, will be played here, with the exception of the grand final, where teams will have to fight it out till three victories. It is worth noting that the IEM Chicago 2018, is part of the Intel Grand Slam. This is a side challenge offering a prize of $ 1,000,000 to a team achieving champion's title four times in ESL and DreamHack Masters events (the number of attempts is 10, counting after the first win).

We are sure that at IEM Chicago 2018, NAVI will do their best to demonstrate a good game and win the second LAN tournament in a row! #NAVINATION

NAVI.GG.BET schedule
Teams	Start time (CET)	Match announcement	Match page
6 November
NAVI.GG.BET00eUnited	TBA	TBA	TBA

GROUP STAGE:

- 2 groups of 8 teams each;
- the initial matches will be played in the format of best of 1, all remaining matches - best of 3;
- the best teams of each group go to the semifinals;
- teams that take 2nd and 3rd places go to the quarterfinals;
- the rest of the teams of each group departs from the competition.