The IEM Katowice 2020 schedule is set and this year's event will feature 16 of the best CS:GO teams going live to compete for a share of the $500,000 prize pool at the Spodek Arena in Poland.
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IEM Katowice 2020 playoff stage (February 28 - March 1, 2020)
The Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2020 playoff stage is a single elimination bracket where quarterfinals and semifinals are best-of-three. The Grand Final is a best-of-five match.
IEM Katowice 2020 playoff stage schedule
Quarterfinals (BO3), February 28, 2020
- 3pm CET: TBD
- 6:55pm CET: TBD
Semifinals (BO3), February 29, 2020
- 3pm CET: TBD
- 6:55pm CET: TBD
Grand Final (BO5), March 1, 2020
- 5pm CET; TBD
IEM Katowice 2020 group stage (February 24-27, 2020)
The Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2020 group stage is composed of two double-elimination format (GSL) groups of eight teams each who have been seeded according to the ESL CS:GO World Rankings. All the matches are best-of-three. The top three teams of each group advance to the playoff stage.
- The group winners advance directly to IEM Katowice 2020 semifinals.
- Teams finishing second of their group advance to IEM Katowice 2020 quarterfinals as high seeds.
- Teams finishing third of their group advance to IEM Katowice 2020 quarterfinals as low seeds.
Group A
- Astralis
- Cloud9
- Ninjas in Pyjamas
- Team Vitality
- Natus Vincere
- FaZe Clan
- Renegades
- Fnatic
Group B
- mousesports
- TYLOO
- 100 Thieves
- G2 Esports
- Team Liquid
- Virtus.pro
- MAD Lions
- Evil Geniuses
IEM Katowice 2020 group stage schedule
Day 1, February 24, 2020 (BO3)
Group A opening round
- 12pm CET: Astralis 2-0 Cloud9
- 12pm CET: Ninjas in Pyjamas 0-2 Team Vitality
- 3:30pm CET: Natus Vincere 2-1 FaZe Clan
- 3:30pm CET: Renegades 0-2 Fnatic
Group B opening round
- 7pm CET: mousesports 2-0 TYLOO
- 7pm CET: 100 Thieves 0-2 G2 Esports
Day 2, February 25, 2020 (BO3)
Group B opening round
- 12pm CET: [Team Liquid 2-0 Virtus.pro
- 12pm CET: MAD Lions 1-2 Evil Geniuses
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Group A upper bracket round 2
- 3:30pm CET: Astralis 2-0 Vitality
- 7pm CET: Na'Vi 1-2 Fnatic
Group A lower bracket round 1
- 3:30pm CET: Cloud9 0-2 NIP
- 7pm CET: FaZe 2-0 Renegades
Day 3, February 26, 2020 (BO3)
Group B lower bracket round 1
- 12pm CET: TYLOO 0-2 100 Thieves
- 12pm CET: Virtus.pro 1-2 MAD Lions
Group B upper bracket round 2
- 3:30pm CET: mousesports v G2
- 7pm CET: Team Liquid vs Evil Geniuses
Group A lower bracket round 2
- 3:30pm CET: NIP vs Na'Vi
- 7pm CET: TBD
Day 4, February 27, 2020 (BO3)
Group B lower bracket round 2
- 12pm CET: TBD
- 12pm CET: TBD
Group A upper bracket round 3
- 3:30pm CET: Astralis vs Fnatic
Group A lower bracket round 3
- 3:30pm CET: TBD
Group B upper bracket round 3
- 7pm CET: TBD
Group B lower bracket round 3
- 7pm CET: TBD
Prize pool
The IEM Katowice schedule sees teams contest a prize pool of $500,000 broken down as follows:
- 1st: $250,000
- 2nd: $100,000
- 3rd-4th: $40,000
- 5th-6th: $15,000
- 7th-8th: $7,000
- 9th-12th: $4,000
- 13th-16th: $2,500
IEM Katowice 2020 team rosters
Fnatic (DH Masters Malmö 2019)
- KRIMZ (pos 1)
- JW (pos 2)
- Brollan (pos 3)
- flusha (pos 4)
- Golden (pos 5)
- Samuelsson (Coach)
Astralis (IEM Beijing 2019)
- device (pos 1)
- dupreeh (pos 2)
- Xyp9x (pos 3)
- gla1ve (pos 4)
- Magisk (pos 5)
- zonic (Coach)
mousesports (ESL Pro League S10 Finals)
- chrisJ (pos 1)
- ropz (pos 2)
- karrigan (pos 3)
- woxic (pos 4)
- frozen (pos 5)
- Rejin (Coach)
100 Thieves (Invited)
- AZR (pos 1)
- jks (pos 2)
- jkaem (pos 3)
- Liazz (pos 4)
- Gratisfaction (pos 5)
- kassad (Coach)
Evil Geniuses (Invited)
- Brehze (pos 1)
- CeRq (pos 2)
- Ethan (pos 3)
- tarik (pos 4)
- stanislaw (pos 5)
- ImAPet (Coach)
Team Liquid (Invited)
- nitr0 (pos 1)
- EliGE (pos 2)
- Twistzz (pos 3)
- NAF (pos 4)
- Stewie2K (pos 5)
- adreN (Coach)
Natus Vincere (Invited)
- flamie (pos 1)
- s1mple (pos 2)
- electronic (pos 3)
- Boombl4 (pos 4)
- Perfecto (pos 5)
- B1ad3 (Coach)
Ninjas in Pyjamas (Invited)
- REZ (pos 1)
- Lekr0 (pos 2)
- Plopski (pos 3)
- twist (pos 4)
- nawwk (pos 5)
- THREAT (Coach)
Virtus.pro (Invited)
- buster (pos 1)
- qikert (pos 2)
- Jame (pos 3)
- SANJI (pos 4)
- AdreN (pos 5)
- dastan (Coach)
Team Vitality (Invited)
- apEX (pos 1)
- RpK (pos 2)
- ZywOo (pos 3)
- ALEX (pos 4)
- shox (pos 5)
- XTQZZZ (Coach)
FaZe Clan (European Qualifier)
- rain (pos 1)
- NiKo (pos 2)
- olofmeister (pos 3)
- coldzera (pos 4)
- broky (pos 5)
- YNk (Coach)
G2 Esports (European Qualifier)
- kennyS (pos 1)
- AmaNEk (pos 2)
- JaCkz (pos 3)
- nexa (pos 4)
- huNter- (pos 5)
- maLeK (Coach)
MAD Lions (European Qualifier)
- HUNDEN (pos 1)
- acoR (pos 2)
- Sjuush (pos 3)
- Bubzkji (pos 4)
- roeJ (pos 5)
- peacemaker (Coach)
Cloud9 (North American Qualifier)
- JT (pos 1)
- motm (pos 2)
- oSee (pos 3)
- floppy (pos 4)
- Sonic (pos 5)
- T.c (Coach)
Renegades (Oceanic Qualifier)
- dexter (pos 1)
- malta (pos 2)
- Sico (pos 3)
- INS (pos 4)
- Hatz (pos 5)
TYLOO (Asian Qualifier)
- somebody
- Summer
- Attacker
- Freeman
- xeta
- CruSad3
Broadcast talent
Stage Host
- OJ Borg (Oliver James Borg D'Anastasi)
Desk Host
- stunna (Tres Saranthus)
Analysts
- SPUNJ (Chad Burchill)
- Pimp (Jacob Winneche)
- Maniac (Mathieu Quiquerez)
Commentators
- HenryG (Henry Greer)
- Machine (Alex Richardson)
- Anders (Anders Blume)
- moses (Jason O'Toole)
Sideline Reporter
- Frankie (Frankie Ward)
Observers:
- Rushly (Alexander Rush)
- Jak3y (Jake Elton)
Picture: Copyright Bart Oerbekke (ESL One)
