It's going to be a big day for CS:GO as the IEM Katowice tournament in Poland kicks off from Wednesday, March 1 through Sunday, March 5. 12 elite teams from around the world will face off to get their hands on the prize pool totalling $250,000.
The first two days of matches will be Round-Robin groups to kick things off, starting at 5:00 a.m. EST, 11:00 a.m. CET. Single elmination brackets begin on Friday, March 3, with the quarter finals at 6:45 a.m. EST, or 12:45 p.m. CET. The semi finals will be Saturday at 6:30 a.m. EST, or 12:30 p.m. CET, and lastly, the grand final match will take place Sunday, March 5 at 12:15 p.m. EST, or 6:15 p.m. EST.
The matches will be fierce as we see the #1 seed Team Astralis take on the #5 Team OpTic of the United States. Hometown heroes #2 seed Team Virtus.pro of Poland will take on #4 seed Team North. Other top teams include SK, FaZe, NiP, Cloud9, Fnatic, Natus Vincere, Immortals and Heroic.
CS:GO fans can watch the IEM Katowice live stream online via IEM's official streaming site, live.intelextrememasters.com. Fans can also watch it via ESL Gaming TV's ESL CS:GO channel. You can also watch the stream in 360 degrees of virtual reality at SLIVER.tv or on the app.
Via Dexerto, here are the teams and schedules for IEM Katowice:
Group A (ESL Ranking)
Denmark Astralis #1
USA OpTic Gaming #5
EU FaZe Clan #7
Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas #6
Sweden Fnatic #14
Brazil Immortals #17
Group B (ESL Ranking)
Brazil SK Gaming #3
Poland Virtus.pro #2
Denmark North #4
USA Cloud9 #8
Ukraine Natus Vincere #9
Denmark Heroic #23
Wednesday March 1 Schedule:
05:00 EST/11:00 CET: OpTic Vs. Astralis
05:00 EST/11:00 CET: NiP Vs. Fnatic
06:15 EST/12:15 CET: NiP Vs. Astralis
06:15 EST/12:15 CET: FaZe Vs. Immortals
07:30 EST/13:30 CET: OpTic Vs. Immortals
07:30 EST/13:30 CET: FaZe Vs. Fnatic
08:45 EST/14:45 CET: Astralis Vs. Immortals
08:45 EST/14:45 CET: OpTic Vs. Fnatic
10:00 EST/16:00 CET: NiP Vs. Faze
10:00 EST/16:00 CET: Astralis Vs. Fnatic
11:15 EST/17:15 CET: NiP Vs. Immortals
11:15 EST/17:15 CET: OpTic Vs. FaZe
12:30 EST/18:30 CET: Immortals Vs. Fnatic
12:30 EST/18:30 CET: FaZe Vs. Astralis
12:30 EST/18:30 CET: OpTic Vs. NiP
Thursday March 2 Schedule
05:00 EST/11:00 CET: Na’Vi Vs. Virtus.Pro
05:00 EST/11:00 CET: Cloud9 Vs. SK
06:15 EST/12:15 CET: Na’Vi Vs. SK
06:15 EST/12:15 CET: North Vs. Heroic
07:30 EST/13:30 CET: North Vs. Virtus.Pro
07:30 EST/13:30 CET: Cloud9 Vs. Heroic
08:45 EST/14:45 CET: SK Vs. Heroic
08:45 EST/14:45 CET: Cloud9 Vs. Virtus.Pro
10:00 EST/16:00 CET: Na’Vi Vs. North
10:00 EST/16:00 CET: SK Vs. Virtus.Pro
11:15 EST/17:15 CET: Cloud9 Vs. North
11:15 EST/17:15 CET: Na’Vi Vs. Heroic
12:30 EST/18:30 CET: Heroic Vs.Virtus.Pro
12:30 EST/18:30 CET: North Vs. SK
12:30 EST/18:30 CET: Cloud9 Vs. Na’Vi
Friday March 3 Schedule
06:45 EST/12:45 CET: Quarter Finalist TBDVs.Quarter Finalist TBD
10:35 EST/16:35 CET: Quarter Finalist TBDVs.Quarter Finalist TBD
Saturday March 4 Schedule
06:30 EST/12:30 CET: Semi Finalist TBDVs.Semi Finalist TBD
10:20 EST/16:20 CET: Semi Finalist TBDVs.Semi Finalist TBD
Sunday March 5 Schedule
12:15 EST/18:15 CET: Grand Finalist TBDVs.Grand Finalist TBD
