IEM Katowice 2024: Schedule, where to watch, and more 

IEM Katowice 2024 is set to be the first big event of the year for Counter-Strike esports. Over two weeks of non-stop CS2 action is all but guaranteed as some of the best teams in the world head to Poland for a chance to compete in the Hall of Heroes, Spodek Arena, and achieve glory on the biggest stage. The tournament will kick off tomorrow, with plenty of fans waiting in anticipation.

Before the start of IEM Katowice 2024, here are all the details you need to know about the event, including the participating teams, venue, prize pool, livestream details, and more.

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Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) IEM Katowice 2024: Format, teams, venue, and prize pool

Format

IEM Katowice 2024 will be divided into three stages: Play-in, Group stage, and Playoffs. The play-in will feature 16 teams battling it out in a double-elimination bracket for eight vacant spots in the group stage. The opening match for each team will be a best-of-one, while the remaining games will adopt a best-of-three format.

The group stage will see two groups of eight teams in a double-elimination format. All matches will be best-of-threes, with the winner of each group directly advancing to the semifinals. The runners-up and third-place teams of each group secure the high seed and low seed of the quarterfinal matchups, respectively.

The playoffs will be a single-elimination bracket. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be best-of-threes, while the grand final will adopt a best-of-five format.

Teams

Directly qualified teams

• G2 Esports
• MOUZ
• FaZe Clan
• Team Vitality
• Complexity Gaming
• NAVI
• Monte
• Team Falcons

Play-in teams

• BIG
• GamerLegion
• Apeks
• Astralis
• Eternal Fire
• BetBoom Team
• ENCE
• Team Spirit
• Cloud9
• Virtus.pro
• Heroic
• M80
• FURIA Esports
• Rooster
• The MongolZ
• Rebels Gaming

Venue

All games during the playoff stage of IEM Katowice 2024 will take place in the Spodek Arena.

Prize pool

IEM Katowice 2024 will have a lucrative $1,000,000 prize pool, which will be distributed as follows:

Place	$USD	Qualifies To	BLAST Premier Points	Participant
1st	$400,000	IEM Cologne 2024 BLAST Premier World Final	3000	Team Spirit
2nd	$180,000		2000	FaZe Clan
3rd-4th	$80,000		1200	Team Falcons MOUZ
5th-6th	$40,000		500	ENCE G2 Esports
7th-8th	$24,000		300	NAVI Heroic
9th-12th	$16,000			Eternal Fire Complexity Gaming GamerLegion Monte
13th-16th	$10,000			Rebels Gaming Apeks Cloud9 Vitality
17th-20th	$4,500			Virtus.pro The Mongolz BIG M80
21st-24th	$2,500			BetBoom Team Astralis FURIA Rooster

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Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) IEM Katowice 2024: Schedule and results

Note: Results will be updated after each matchday, and the schedule for the group stage will be updated upon the conclusion of the play-in stage.

Group Stage

The IEM Katowice 2024 Group Stage schedule is as follows:

Day 4 - February 3, 2024 (Saturday)

• Team Falcons vs Eternal Fire (0-2): Vertigo (9-13); Nuke (6-13)
• Heroic vs G2 Esports (1-2): Overpass (13-16); Anubis (16-13); Nuke (6-13)
• FaZe Clan vs Rebels Gaming (2-0): Nuke (13-9); Ancient (13-7)
• NAVI vs Team Spirit (1-2): Ancient (7-13); Anubis (13-11); Mirage (4-13)
• Complexity Gaming vs Apeks (2-0): Vertigo (13-9); Overpass (13-11)
• Team Vitality vs ENCE (1-2): Vertigo (6-13); Anubis (13-4); Nuke (8-13)

Day 5 - February 4, 2024 (Sunday)

• Monte vs GamerLegion (0-2) - Overpass (8-13); Ancient (5-13)
• MOUZ vs Cloud9 (2-1) - Overpass (8-13); Mirage (13-8); Ancient (22-20)
• Team Spirit vs Complexity Gaming (2-0) - Ancient (13-3); Overpass (13-5)
• NAVI vs Apeks (2-1): Ancient (13-11); Anubis (11-13); Mirage (13-8)
• Eternal Fire vs FaZe Clan (1-2): Inferno (16-14); Anubis (13-16); Nuke (13-5)
• Team Falcons vs Rebels Gaming (2-1): Vertigo (13-9); Anubis (9-13); Nuke (13-10)

Day 6 - February 5, 2024 (Monday)

• Heroic vs Team Vitality (2-1): Mirage (16-14); Anubis (11-13); Vertigo (16-13)
• Monte vs Cloud9 (2-0): Overpass (13-11); Mirage (13-11)
• G2 Esports vs ENCE (0-2): Mirage (8-13); Anubis (7-13)
• MOUZ vs GamerLegion (2-0): Overpass (16-14); Ancient (13-6)
• Complexity Gaming vs Team Falcons (1-2): Ancient (13-9); Overpass (5-13); Anubis (10-13)
• Eternal Fire vs NAVI (1-2): Nuke (13-11); Mirage (8-13); Anubis (5-13)

Day 7 - February 6, 2024 (Tuesday)

• GamerLegion vs Heroic (1-2): Overpass (13-5); Mirage (4-13); Nuke (8-13)
• G2 Esports vs Monte (2-1): Nuke (13-4); Vertigo (8-13); Anubis (13-6)
• Team Spirit vs FaZe Clan (2-0): Mirage (13-10); Nuke (13-5)
• Team Falcons vs NAVI (2-0): Ancient (13-11); Mirage (13-4)
• ENCE vs MOUZ (0-2): Vertigo (5-13); Ancient (3-13)
• Heroic vs G2 Esports (0-2): Vertigo (9-13); Nuke (8-13)

Day 8 - February 9, 2024 (Friday)

• ENCE vs Team Falcons (1-2): Mirage (5-13); Overpass (13-9); Nuke (11-13)
• FaZe Clan vs G2 Esports (2-0): Inferno (13-9); Ancient (13-6)

Day 9 - February 10, 2024 (Saturday)

• MOUZ vs FaZe Clan (0-2): Nuke (3-13); Ancient (11-13)
• Team Spirit vs Team Falcons (2-0): Anubis (13-8); Ancient (13-3)

Day 10 - February 11, 2024 (Sunday)

• Team Spirit vs FaZe Clan (3-0): Nuke (9-13); Mirage (11-13); Overpass (3-13)

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Play-in results

The IEM Katowice 2024 play-in stage results are as follows:

Day 1 - January 31, 2024 (Wednesday)

• Eternal Fire vs BetBoom Team (1-0): Nuke (13-1)
• Heroic vs Astralis (1-0): Mirage (13-11)
• Cloud9 vs Rebels Gaming (0-1): Mirage (10-13)
• ENCE vs BIG (0-1): Ancient (9-13)
• Team Spirit vs Apeks (1-0): Ancient (13-0)
• GamerLegion vs M80 (1-0): Nuke (13-10)
• FURIA Esports vs The MongolZ (0-1): Mirage (14-16)
• Rooster vs Virtus.pro (0-1): Inferno (4-13)
• Rebels Gaming vs Eternal Fire (0-2): Inferno (4-13); Mirage (9-13)
• Heroic vs BIG (2-1): Nuke (13-8); Vertigo (7-13); Anubis (13-7)

Day 2 - February 1, 2024 (Thursday)

• The MongolZ vs Team Spirit (0-2): Mirage (2-13); Ancient (14-16)
• GamerLegion vs Virtus.pro (2-1): Vertigo (13-3); Inferno (5-13); Overpass (13-9)
• Cloud9 vs BetBoom Team (2-1): Overpass (22-25); Anubis (13-6); Ancient (13-7)
• Astralis vs ENCE (0-2): Vertigo (10-13); Ancient (4-13)
• FURIA Esports vs Apeks (1-2): Inferno (9-13); Mirage (13-10); Ancient (11-13)
• M80 vs Rooster (2-0): Inferno (13-3); Vertigo (13-7)

Day 3 - February 2, 2024 (Friday)

• Virtus.pro vs Cloud9 (1-2): Overpass (5-13); Anubis (13-6); Ancient (4-13)
• The MongolZ vs ENCE (1-2): Mirage (13-16); Nuke (13-10); Anubis (5-13)
• BIG vs Apeks (1-2): Inferno (13-7); Vertigo (10-13); Ancient (14-16)
• Rebels Gaming vs M80 (2-0): Nuke (13-9); Vertigo (13-7)

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Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) IEM Katowice 2024: Broadcast talent

Desk Host

• Freya (Freya Spiers)
• stunna (Tres Saranthus)
• DarfMike (Mike Winnick)
• Tech Girl (Sam Wright)

Stage Host

• OJ Borg (Oliver James Borg D'Anastasi)
• Wasiu (Michał Wasik)

Analysts

• YNk (Janko Paunović)
• Maniac (Mathieu Quiquerez)
• steel (Joshua Nissan)
• Pimp (Jacob Winneche)
• Mauisnake (Alex Ellenberg)
• Bubzkji (Lucas Andersen)

Commentators

• Machine (Alex Richardson) and SPUNJ (Chad Burchill)
• Dinko (Adam Hawthorne) and moses (Jason O'Toole)
• JustHarry (Harry Russell) and Hugo Byron
• Scrawny (Conner Girvan) and launders (Mohan Govindasamy)

Interviewers

• Sjokz (Eefje Depoortere)
• James Banks

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Where to watch IEM Katowice 2024: Livestream details

CS2 fans worldwide can tune into the official ESL Twitch and YouTube channels to catch every moment of IEM Katowice 2024. There will be two streams running on certain matchdays where multiple games occur simultaneously.

The livestream links for IEM Katowice 2024 are listed down below:

• IEM Katowice 2024 on Twitch: A stream | B stream
• IEM Katowice 2024 on YouTube: Watch here

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