The 2023 edition of the prestigious IEM Katowice tournament will kick off on Feb. 1 with the Play-in stage. From there, the top eight teams will join eight of the best teams in the world in the main event and play from Feb. 4 to 12, pursuing their share of the $1 million prize pool.
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The Play-In will place the 16 teams in attendance in a double-elimination bracket, starting with best-of-one openers, but will change for best-of-threes after as the top eight advances to the event proper.
The main stage of IEM Katowice will split the 16 teams into two double-elimination format groups and all matches will be played under the best-of-three format. The group winners will qualify for the semifinals, while the runners-up and third place will move on to the quarterfinals.
The playoffs, which will be played at the iconic Spodek Arena, will run from Feb. 10 to 12. It’s a single-elimination bracket and all matches are best-of-three series apart from the grand finals, which will use the best-of-five format. The list of teams that directly qualified for the main stage includes the reigning champions FaZe Clan, Vitality, Heroic, Natus Vincere, and G2 Esports.
Here’s everything you need to know about IEM Katowice 2023.
How to watch IEM Katowice 2023
IEM Katowice will feature simultaneous matches during the Play-in stage and the group stage: they are going to be broadcasted on ESL’s primary and secondary Twitch channels and on ESL’s A and B YouTube streams as well. You can also follow the tournament in secondary broadcasts provided by community figures like Gaules.
IEM Katowice 2023 playoff bracket
IEM Katowice 2023 playoffs schedule, results
All matches are listed in Central Time and are susceptible to delays.
Sunday, Feb. 12
- 9am: Heroic 1-3 G2 (G2 16-12 on Nuke, G2 16-13 on Mirage, Heroic 16-11 on Inferno, G2 16-7 on Ancient)
Saturday, Feb. 11
- 8:30am: Heroic 2-0 NAVI (Heroic 16-8 on Inferno, Heroic 16-8 on Mirage)
- 12pm: G2 2-0 Liquid (G2 16-10 on Anubis, 16-11 on Inferno)
Friday, Feb. 10
- 8:30am: NAVI 2-0 Outsiders (NAVI 16-13 on Overpass, NAVI 16-12 on Inferno)
- 12pm: Liquid 2-1 Vitality (Liquid 19-17 on Overpass, Vitality 16-7 on Nuke, Liquid 16-12 on Mirage)
IEM Katowice 2023 group stage brackets
IEM Katowice 2023 group stage schedule and results
All matches are listed in Central Time and are susceptible to delays.
Tuesday, Feb. 7
- 5:30am: Complexity 2-1 Fnatic (Complexity 16-8 on Inferno, Fnatic 16-9 on Vertigo, Complexity 16-3 on Overpass)
- 5:30am: Outsiders 2-0 OG (Outsiders 16-7 on Inferno, Outsiders 16-10 on Overpass)
- 9am: Heroic 2-0 Vitality (Heroic 16-7 on Inferno, Heroic 16-4 on Overpass)
- 9am: Liquid 2-1 FaZe (FaZe 16-14 on Inferno, Liquid 16-11 on Overpass, Liquid 16-13 on Mirage)
- 12:30pm: G2 2-0 NAVI (G2 16-8 on Inferno, G2 16-7 on Nuke)
- 12:30pm: Outsiders 2-1 Complexity (Outsiders 19-15 on Anubis, Complexity 16-13 on Overpass, Outsiders 16-13 on Inferno)
Monday, Feb. 6
- 5:30am: Heroic 2-0 OG (Heroic 16-10 on Inferno, Heroic 16-12 on Mirage)
- 5:30am: Outsiders 2-1 NiP (NiP 16-5 on Vertigo, Outsiders 16-12 on Overpass, Outsiders 16-9 on Inferno)
- 12:30pm: Complexity 2-1 MOUZ (Complexity 16-9 on Inferno, MOUZ 16-12 on Nuke, Complexity 16-12 on Ancient)
- 12:30pm: Vitality 2-1 Fnatic (Vitality 16-13 on Overpass, Fnatic 16-8 on Mirage, Vitality 16-13 on Nuke)
- 4:00pm: FaZe 2-0 IHC (FaZe 16-11 on Inferno, FaZe 16-3 on Ancient)
- 4:00pm Liquid 2-1 Spirit (Liquid 16-12 on Nuke, Spirit 16-13 on Overpass, Liquid 16-11 on Ancient)
Sunday, Feb. 5
- 5:30am: Heroic 2-1 Complexity (Heroic 16-11 on Inferno, Complexity 16-13 on Vertigo, Heroic 16-8 on Overpass)
- 5:30am: Fnatic 2-1 Outsiders (Fnatic 16-12 on Vertigo, Outsiders 16-8 on Mirage, Fnatic 19-16 on Overpass)
- 9:45am: G2 2-0 FaZe (G2 16-14 on Nuke, G2 16-7 on Ancient)
- 12:30pm: NAVI 2-0 Liquid (NAVI 16-5 on Inferno, NAVI 19-17 on Anubis)
Saturday, Feb. 4
- 5:30am: NAVI 2-0 C9 (NAVI 16-13 on Anubis, NAVI 16-6 on Inferno)
- 5:30am: G2 2-0 BIG (G2 16-13 on Anubis, G2 16-8 on Inferno)
- 9am: FaZe 2-0 Spirit (FaZe 16-5 on Ancient, FaZe 16-12 on Nuke)
- 9am: Vitality 2-0 NiP (Vitality 16-10 on Mirage, Vitality 16-9 on Inferno)
- 12:30pm: Liquid 2-0 IHC (Liquid 16-13 on Inferno, Liquid 16-6 on Overpass)
- 12:30pm: OG 2-1 MOUZ (MOUZ 16-9 on Inferno, OG 16-13 on Overpass, OG 22-19 on Mirage)
IEM Katowice 2023 Play-in bracket
IEM Katowice 2023 Play-in schedule and results
All matches are listed in Central Time and are susceptible to delays.
Friday, Feb. 3
Final round of lower bracket, winners advance to IEM Katowice group stage
- 9am: IHC 2-1 FURIA (IHC 16-14 on Nuke, FURIA 19-16 on Mirage, IHC 16-10 on Anubis)
- 9am: Fnatic 2-0 MIBR (Fnatic 16-11 on Vertigo, Fnatic 16-9 on Overpass)
- 12:30pm: Spirit 2-1 Sprout (Spirit 16-4 on Overpass, Sprout 16-6 on Vertigo, Spirit 16-10 on Anubis)
- 12:30pm: Complexity 2-1 ENCE (Complexity 16-13 on Anubis, ENCE 16-11 on Vertigo, Complexity 16-8 on Inferno)
Thursday, Feb. 2
Round one – lower bracket
- 9am: IHC 2-0 paiN (IHC 16-12 on Inferno, IHC 16-11 on Nuke)
- 9am: MIBR 2-1 Grayhound (MIBR 16-13 on Inferno, Grayhound 16-14 on Anubis, MIBR 16-2 on Vertigo)
- 12:30pm: Complexity 2-0 Permitta (Complexity 16-8 on Nuke, Complexity 16-7 on Overpass)
- 12:30pm: Sprout 2-0 EG (Sprout 16-14 on Ancient, Sprout 16-13 on Mirage)
Wednesday, Feb. 1
Round one – upper bracket
- 4am: ENCE 16-7 paiN (Vertigo)
- 4am: C9 16-5 IHC (Mirage)
- 5:15am: NiP 16-13 MIBR (Nuke)
- 5:15am: Spirit 16-6 Grayhound (Nuke)
- 6:30am: OG 19-16 Sprout (Inferno)
- 6:30am: Fnatic 16-8 (Inferno)
- 7:45am: BIG 16-12 (Anubis)
- 7:45am: FURIA 16-4 Permitta (Mirage)
Round two – upper bracket
- 9am: NiP 2-0 Spirit (NiP 16-7 on Nuke, NiP 16-8 on Mirage)
- 10am: C9 2-1 ENCE (C9 16-10 on Anubis, ENCE 16-8 on Inferno, C9 16-13 on Vertigo)
- 12:30pm: BIG 2-1 FURIA (FURIA 16-11 on Anubis, BIG 16-9 on Mirage, BIG 16-9 on Ancient)
- 12:30pm: OG 2-1 Fnatic (Fnatic 16-11 on Overpass, OG 16-6 on Mirage, OG 16-8 on Inferno)
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