IEM Katowice 2020

CS2 / News / 24 February 2020 — 08:49

From February 24 to March 1, Katowice (Poland) will host a LAN tournament — IEM Katowice 2020. 16 teams from all over the world will fight for a share of $ 500,000.

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. All the games will be bo3.

As for the playoffs, the classic single elimination bracket, best of 3, will be played, with the exception of the grand final, where teams will have to fight it out to three victories. It is worth noting that IEM Katowice 2020 is part of the Intel Grand Slam. This is a side event, which guarantees a team that has become a six-time champion of Masters tournaments (10 attempts after the first victory) or a four-time winner of Masters competitions (in this case it is necessary to win one especially large tournament, for example, a Major) by ESL and DreamHack Masters, a cash prize of $ 1,000,000!

NAVI match schedule
Teams	Start time	Matchday	Match page
24 February:
NAVI21FaZe Clan	Over
25 February:
NAVI12Fnatic	Over
26 February:
NAVI20NiP	Over
27 February:
NAVI21FaZe Clan	Over
28 February:
NAVI20 Liquid	Over
29 February:
NAVI20 Astralis	Over
1 March:
NAVI30 G2	Over

GROUP STAGE:

- 2 groups of 8 teams each;
- the first 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.