Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII - Katowice Major 2019
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(The New Challengers Stage)
Int. Congress Centre
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Spodek
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The Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII - Katowice Major 2019 is the 14th Valve-sponsored Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship and the first Major of 2019. The tournament features a $1,000,000 USD prize pool and 24 teams as with previous Majors. It is also notably being held by ESL, whose last Major was in 2016. This event marks the start of the new Intel Grand Slam Season.
About[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
Note: The broadcast talent occasionally rotated roles during the first two days of the swiss system stages.
Format[edit]
- The New Challengers Stage: February 13th - 17th, 2019
- 16 Team Swiss System Format
- The initial matches-ups are seeded using an improved "Player-Selected Seeding", first seen at IEM Season XIII - Chicago [1]
- 16 Team Swiss System Format
- All attending teams subjectively rank all the other teams
- The total scores are summed up for each team
- Votes outside of the expected spread range are discarded
- The final rankings are formed
- Click here to show the rankings
- Following rounds are seeded using a "Live ELO Rating" system with the initial seeding as the baseline [1]
- Elimination and Advancement matches are Bo3
- All other matches are Bo1
- Top 8 Teams proceed to The New Legends Stage
- Bottom 8 Teams are eliminated
- The New Legends Stage: February 20th - 24th, 2019
- 16 Team Swiss System Format
- The initial matches-ups are seeded using an improved "Player-Selected Seeding", first seen at IEM Season XIII - Chicago [1]
- 16 Team Swiss System Format
- All attending teams subjectively rank all the other teams
- The total scores are summed up for each team
- Votes outside of the expected spread range are discarded
- The final rankings are formed
- Click here to show the rankings
- Following rounds are seeded using a "Live ELO Rating" system with the initial seeding as the baseline [1]
- Elimination and Advancement matches are Bo3
- All other matches are Bo1
- Top 8 Teams proceed to The New Champions Stage
- Bottom 8 Teams are eliminated
- The New Champions Stage: February 28th - March 3rd, 2019
- Single-Elimination bracket
- Seeded using Swiss scores & "Final ELO Ratings" of The New Legends Stage
- All matches are Bo3
Prize Pool[edit]
$1,000,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:
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$500,000 | StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 Legend Status |
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$150,000 | StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 Legend Status |
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$70,000 | StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 Legend Status |
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5th-8th | $35,000 | StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 Legend Status |
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9th-11th | $8,750 | StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 New Challenger Status |
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12th-14th | $8,750 | StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 New Challenger Status |
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15th-16th | $8,750 | - | ![]() |
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17th-19th | - | - | ![]() |
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20th-22nd | - | - | ![]() |
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23rd-24th | - | - | ![]() |
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Note: 15-16th place teams are no longer invited to the next Major Championship. [2]
Participants[edit]
The Current Legends[edit]
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FACEIT Major: London 2018 |
For notes on the "Current Legends" Click here.
- 1 November 8th - HellRaisers replace
bondik with
Hobbit. [3]
- 2 December 16th - FaZe Clan bench
karrigan. [4]
- 3 December 20th - compLexity Gaming bench
yay and release
Rambo. [5]
- 4 December 21st - Team Liquid transfer
TACO and
zews to MIBR in exchange for
Stewie2K. [6]
- 5 December 22nd - HellRaisers promote
ami to coach as
Johnta leaves. [7]
- 6 December 22nd - Team Liquid sign
adreN as their new coach. [8]
- 7 December 22nd - compLexity Gaming bench
ANDROID. [9]
- 8 December 23rd - BIG sign
XANTARES and bench
nex. [10]
- 9 December 29th - compLexity Gaming sign
Rickeh and
n0thing to complete the major lineup. [11]
- 10 January 5th - FaZe Clan lose
RobbaN who steps down as coach. [12]
- 11 January 6th - FaZe Clan sign
AdreN to complete their Major lineup and add
YNk as the team's new coach. [13]
- 12 January 12th - MIBR replace
tarik with
felps. [14]
- 13 January 13th - ESL announce the final confirmed rosters for the Major & Minor Championships;
nex will act as coach for BIG;
Warden will coach compLexity Gaming. [15]
- 14 February 1st -
smooya steps down from the active roster;
nex returns. [16]
The Returning Challengers[edit]
- Note: The 15-16th place teams from the previous Major are no longer automatically invited. [2]
For notes on the "Returning Challengers" Click here.
- 1 September 21st - Fnatic bench
flusha. [17]
- 2 September 25th - Cloud9 sign
flusha. [18]
- 3 October 2nd - Fnatic bench
draken and acquire
twist from Red Reserve. [19]
- 4 October 16th - Cloud9 bench
Skadoodle. [20]
- 5 October 17th - Fnatic acquire
Brollan from Red Reserve. [21]
- 6 November 17th - Cloud9 acquire
kioShiMa. [22]
- 7 November 26th - G2 Esports replace
SmithZz and
Ex6TenZ with
Lucky and
JaCkz, and sign
maLeK as coach. [23]
- 8 January 1st - TYLOO release
captainMo and
DD.
Summer and
Attacker are acquired on a three-month loan from Flash Gaming. [24]
- 9 January 11th - TYLOO add
Johnta as coach. [25]
- 10 January 13th - ESL announce the final confirmed rosters for the Major & Minor Championships;
Zellsis was registered as coach for Cloud9. [15]
- 11 February 3rd -
Zellsis confirms that he is playing in the Major in place of
Golden. [26]
The Minor Challengers[edit]
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CIS Minor #2 |
- Note: The slots opened up by the removal of two returning teams from the previous Major will be filled by a qualifier played by the 3rd place teams from the Minors. [2]
Results[edit]
New Challengers Stage[edit]
# | Team | Matches | Rounds | RD | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 |
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1. | ![]() | 3 - 0 | 64 - 42 | +22 | Nuke | Overpass | 2:0 | ||
1. | ![]() | 3 - 0 | 64 - 42 | +22 | Train | Mirage | 2:0 | ||
3. | ![]() | 3 - 1 | 92 - 88 | +4 | Nuke | Overpass | 0:2 | 2:1 | |
3. | ![]() | 3 - 1 | 84 - 68 | +16 | Inferno | Nuke | Overpass | 2:0 | |
3. | ![]() | 3 - 1 | 72 - 66 | +6 | Train | Mirage | Overpass | 2:0 | |
6. | ![]() | 3 - 2 | 129 - 109 | +20 | Mirage | Mirage | Train | 2:1 | 2:1 |
6. | ![]() | 3 - 2 | 93 - 93 | 0 | Mirage | Overpass | Inferno | 2:1 | 2:0 |
6. | ![]() | 3 - 2 | 116 - 100 | +16 | Cache | Overpass | Overpass | 2:1 | 2:1 |
9. | ![]() | 2 - 3 | 110 - 119 | -9 | Inferno | Overpass | 0:2 | 0:2 | 1:2 |
9. | ![]() | 2 - 3 | 105 - 117 | -12 | Overpass | Overpass | Inferno | 0:2 | 1:2 |
9. | ![]() | 2 - 3 | 104 - 107 | -3 | Nuke | Train | Train | 1:2 | 0:2 |
12. | ![]() | 1 - 3 | 81 - 92 | -11 | Overpass | Train | 2:0 | 1:2 | |
12. | ![]() | 1 - 3 | 69 - 95 | -26 | Cache | Mirage | Overpass | 1:2 | |
12. | ![]() | 1 - 3 | 52 - 55 | -3 | Mirage | Mirage | 2:0 | 1:2 | |
15. | ![]() | 0 - 3 | 47 - 64 | -17 | Nuke | Mirage | 0:2 | ||
15. | ![]() | 0 - 3 | 48 - 67 | -19 | Mirage | Nuke | 0:2 |
Click here for detailed results of The New Challengers Stage matches
New Legends Stage[edit]
# | Team | Matches | Rounds | RD | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 |
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1. | ![]() | 3 - 0 | 81 - 36 | +45 | Nuke | Train | 2:1 | ||
1. | ![]() | 3 - 0 | 64 - 48 | +16 | Overpass | Overpass | 2:0 | ||
3. | ![]() | 3 - 1 | 96 - 78 | +18 | Inferno | Mirage | 0:2 | 2:0 | |
3. | ![]() | 3 - 1 | 67 - 57 | +10 | Inferno | Mirage | Inferno | 2:0 | |
3. | ![]() | 3 - 1 | 105 - 109 | -4 | Inferno | Inferno | 1:2 | 2:1 | |
6. | ![]() | 2 - 2 | 65 - 67 | -2 | Nuke | Overpass | Overpass | 0:2 | |
6. | ![]() | 2 - 2 | 87 - 93 | -6 | Mirage | Mirage | Mirage | 1:2 | |
6. | ![]() | 2 - 2 | 61 - 74 | -13 | Overpass | Overpass | Mirage | 0:2 | |
9. | ![]() | 1 - 2 | 43 - 36 | +7 | Train | Inferno | Mirage | ||
9. | ![]() | 1 - 2 | 62 - 72 | -10 | Inferno | Dust II | 2:1 | ||
9. | ![]() | 1 - 2 | 30 - 35 | -5 | Inferno | Train | Mirage | ||
9. | ![]() | 1 - 2 | 25 - 44 | -19 | Train | Dust II | Overpass | ||
9. | ![]() | 1 - 2 | 35 - 45 | -10 | Inferno | Mirage | Inferno | ||
9. | ![]() | 1 - 2 | 56 - 67 | -11 | Nuke | Mirage | 2:0 | ||
15. | ![]() | 0 - 3 | 64 - 69 | -5 | Mirage | Mirage | 1:2 | ||
15. | ![]() | 0 - 3 | 62 - 73 | -11 | Nuke | Overpass | 0:2 |
Click here for detailed results of The New Legends Stage matches
New Champions Stage[edit]
Showmatch[edit]
Participants[edit]
Additional Content[edit]
Streams[edit]
Previews[edit]
- 2018-10-23 | IEM Katowice 2019: What is a Major? by ESL
- 2019-02-11 | IEM Katowice 2019: New Challengers Stage preview by Luckbox
- 2019-02-11 | IEM Katowice Major New Challengers Stage viewer's guide by Daniel "eZlo" Duque of HLTV.org
- 2019-02-11 | The genesis of Winstrike by Aleksei "Aleksei_L" Louchnikov of HLTV.org
- 2019-02-12 | IEM Katowice preview: Returning Challengers by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
- 2019-02-12 | All-the-rage FURIA out to make their mark at IEM Katowice by Luis "MIRAA" Mira of HLTV.org
- 2019-02-12 | The growing pains of Grayhound by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
- 2019-02-12 | IEM Katowice Preview: Minor Challengers by Lucas Aznar "LucasAM" Miles of HLTV.org
- 2019-02-19 | IEM Katowice Major New Legends Stage viewer's guide by Brandon "martiicsgo" Martin of HLTV.org
- 2019-02-19 | IEM Katowice preview: Current Legends by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
Interviews[edit]
New Challengers Stage[edit]
- apEX: "It feels like we have pressure on ourselves because it's a Major by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org 2019-02-13 |
- hutji: "We sometimes play like sh*t online, but we know we come to LAN and do things differently by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org 2019-02-13 |
- Kvik: "We didn't really practice Train a lot, we didn't think our Train was that good to play here" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org 2019-02-14 |
- JW: "We got caught up in a mindset where we started to focus more on the negative things around us" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org 2019-02-14 |
- kassad: "We worked really, really hard and this is the result of it" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org 2019-02-14 |
- ImAPet: "The biggest problem for the teams upset by (ViCi and Winstrike) is map decision" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org 2019-02-14 |
- fitch: "Winning CIS Minor puts a lot of pressure on us" by Marcin Gabren of Cybersport.pl 2019-02-14 |
- ALEX: "Especially on Nuke, we had no idea ViCi would be this resilient" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org 2019-02-15 |
- qikert: "In the last round, KrizzeN said 'f*ck it, I'm going to kill them' and he did" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org 2019-02-15 |
- KRIMZ: "We've put too much pressure on ourselves before IEM Katowice" by Marcin Gabren of Cybersport.pl 2019-02-15 |
- Aleksib: "AUG is boosting the CT sides at the moment, people feel really confident to take aim duels by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org 2019-02-16 |
- Twista: "CT side is so much easier because of AUGs, it's ridiculous" by Marcin Gabren of Cybersport.pl 2019-02-16 |
- Lekr0: "We disagreed on the Train pick vs. Winstrike, It affected our mentality going into the match" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org 2019-02-16 |
- shox: "We weren't ready to play under the pressure of the Major; we finally managed to switch that off" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org 2019-02-16 |
- autimatic: "If anything, (the 1-16 loss on Mirage) made me really mad" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org 2019-02-17 |
- shox: "If we want to keep being G2 members, we just have to achieve what we have to" by Marcin Gabren of Cybersport.pl 2019-02-18 |
- Lucky: "I don't struggle with pressure that much; playing with veterans like KennyS and shox helps" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org 2019-02-17 |
New Legends Stage[edit]
- ANGE1: "I have not left my mark on the history of CS:GO. I am still on my way. I hope I have enough time" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org 2019-02-19 |
- s1mple: "Zeus likes to joke sometimes; everyone understands this is the most important tournament" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org 2019-02-20 |
- adreN: "Right now I'm just very focused on the strategic side" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org 2019-02-20 |
- zews: "We had a few options, but felps was the one, who showed the most emotions" by Marcin Gabren of Cybersport.pl 2019-02-20 |
- TACO: "We were all nervous at the beginning of the match against Cloud9" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org 2019-02-20 |
- fitch: "It feels bad when all of the teams rank you next-to-last at the Major" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org 2019-02-20 |
- GuardiaN: "I know we are well prepared, but something happened; we aren't playing calm CS" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org 2019-02-21 |
- Hobbit: "We came here with big confidence, (but) we haven't shown our game at all" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org 2019-02-21 |
- gla1ve: "If there's one map where it's possible for us to drop a 14-5 lead, it's definitely Mirage T side" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org 2019-02-21 |
- stanislaw: "It is going to be up to n0thing to see where he wants to take this" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org 2019-02-22 |
- daps: "Some analysts said we lost because of the maps we picked, which I heavily disagree with" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org 2019-02-22 |
- gob b: "Today I woke up, went back to DM and just grinded it out; I know how to come back, I've done it many times" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org 2019-02-22 |
- n0thing: "It's like riding a bike. You can't just forget how to play" by Marcin Gabren of Cybersport.pl 2019-02-22 |
New Champions Stage[edit]
Videos and Photos[edit]
Galleries[edit]
- 2019-02-13 | IEM Katowice 2019 Main Qualifier - Day 1 by HLTV.org
- 2019-02-14 | IEM Katowice 2019 Main Qualifier - Day 2 by HLTV.org
- 2019-02-15 | IEM Katowice 2019 Main Qualifier - Day 3 by HLTV.org
- 2019-02-16 | IEM Katowice 2019 Main Qualifier - Day 4 by HLTV.org
- 2019-02-17 | IEM Katowice 2019 Main Qualifier - Day 5 by HLTV.org
- 2019-02-20 | IEM Katowice 2019 - Day 1 by HLTV.org
- 2019-02-21 | IEM Katowice 2019 - Day 2 by HLTV.org
- 2019-02-22 | IEM Katowice 2019 - Day 3 by HLTV.org
Highlights[edit]
- Summer vs. Vitality by Filip "filq" Szatkowski of HLTV.org 2019-02-13 |
- Zellsis vs. Grayhound by João "ERROR" Ferreira of HLTV.org 2019-02-13 |
- f0rest vs. ViCi by Filip "filq" Szatkowski of HLTV.org 2019-02-17 |
Player Spotlights[edit]
VODs[edit]
New Challengers Stage[edit]
- From Minor to Major: Grayhound Gaming by ESL 2019-02-09 |
- From Minor to Major: ViCi Gaming by ESL 2019-02-09 |
- From Minor to Major: NRG Esports by ESL 2019-02-09 |
- From Minor to Major: ENCE eSports by ESL 2019-02-09 |
- From Minor to Major: Winstrike Team by ESL 2019-02-10 |
- From Minor to Major: Renegades by ESL 2019-02-11 |
- From Minor to Major: AVANGAR by ESL 2019-02-11 |
- From Minor to Major: FURIA Esports by ESL 2019-02-11 |
- From Minor to Major: Team Vitality by ESL 2019-02-12 |
- From Minor to Major: Team Spirit by ESL 2019-02-12 |
- The New Challengers Stage by ESL 2019-02-13 |
- Introducing Tyloo by ESL 2019-02-13 |
- Introducing Fnatic by ESL 2019-02-13 |
- Introducing Cloud9 by ESL 2019-02-14 |
- Introducing NIP by ESL 2019-02-14 |
- Introducing G2 by ESL 2019-02-14 |
New Legends Stage[edit]
- Introducing Astralis by ESL 2019-02-18 |
- Introducing BIG by ESL 2019-02-18 |
- Introducing HellRaisers by ESL 2019-02-18 |
- Introducing MIBR by ESL 2019-02-18 |
- Introducing FaZe by ESL 2019-02-19 |
- Introducing NaVi by ESL 2019-02-19 |
- Introducing compLexity Gaming by ESL 2019-02-19 |
- Introducing Team Liquid by ESL 2019-02-19 |
- Team Comms Highlights - Legends Day 1 by ESL 2019-02-21 |
- Team Comms Day 2 - Legends Stage by ESL 2019-02-22 |
- Speedsession - If you were not a CS Pro by ESL 2019-02-22 |
- Speedsession - CS Squad that would make the best Football Team by ESL 2019-02-22 |
Champions Stage[edit]
Interviews[edit]
New Challengers Stage[edit]
New Legends Stage[edit]
- ESL Spotlight: Hellraisers - AUG-meta, preparations and expectations by ESL 2019-02-21 |
- ESL Spotlight: FaZe - Refreshing the team, communications, YNK by ESL 2019-02-21 |
- ESL Spotlight: MIBR - Smoke bug and valve’s reaction by ESL 2019-02-21 |
- ESL Spotlight: Astralis - Smoke bug and the future of the game by ESL 2019-02-21 |
- ESL Spotlight: MIBR - Reunion, past and future by ESL 2019-02-21 |
- ESL Spotlight: BIG - Language barrier, Nex’ Comeback and xantares by ESL 2019-02-21 |
Champions Stage[edit]
Country Representation[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Changes to the IEM Katowice 2019 CS:GO Major explained". ESL. 2019-01-21.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Winning is Everything". Valve. 2018-08-28.
- ↑ "Hobbit Joins HellRaisers. Bondik is a Free Agent now". HellRaisers. 2018-11-08.
- ↑ "CS:GO update: Today Karrigan is benched with immediate effect, more news to follow.". FaZe Clan. 2018-12-16.
- ↑ Andrew "aMies" Miesner (2018-12-20). "Changes to coL.cs". compLexity Gaming.
- ↑ "Liquid Update: Zews & TACO traded for Stewie2K". Team Liquid. 2018-12-21.
- ↑ "HellRaisers.CS:GO Coaching Staff Changes". HellRaisers. 2018-12-22.
- ↑ "Welcome Back Coach adreN!". Team Liquid. 2018-12-22.
- ↑ Andrew "aMies" Miesner (2018-12-22). "Additional Changes to coL.cs". compLexity Gaming.
- ↑ "CS:GO Update – Welcome İsmailcan “XANTARES” Dörtkardeş". BIG. 2018-12-23.
- ↑ Andrew "aMies" Miesner (2018-12-28). "Additions to coL.cs". compLexity Gaming.
- ↑ "Today, RobbaN announces he is stepping down as Head Coach.". FaZe Clan. 2019-01-05.
- ↑ "OFFICIAL: @AdreNcs will stand-in as FaZe CS:GO's 5th player through the Major, & @YNk has signed on to coach the team". FaZe Clan. 2019-01-06.
- ↑ "Today we announce the missing piece to get back to the top!". MIBR. 2019-01-12.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "All CS:GO Minor & Major teams have submitted and confirmed their rosters for the IEM Katowice 2019 competition". ESL. 2019-01-13.
- ↑ "Goodbye Smooya". BIG. 2019-02-01.
- ↑ "Post-FACEIT Major Roster Update". Fnatic. 2018-09-21.
- ↑ John Nomis (2018-09-25). "Cloud9 CS:GO Sign flusha, Release STYKO". Cloud9.
- ↑ "twist Returns". Fnatic. 2018-10-02.
- ↑ John Nomis (2018-10-16). "Skadoodle Stepping Back From Competitive CS:GO". Cloud9.
- ↑ "Brollan becomes our fifth". Fnatic. 2018-10-17.
- ↑ John Nomis (2018-11-17). "Cloud9 CS:GO Welcomes kioShiMa". Cloud9.
- ↑ "#reshuffle – CS:GO Roster and Structure Update". G2 Esports. 12-11-26.
- ↑ Luis "MIRAA" Mira (2019-01-01). "AttackeR, Summer return to TYLOO". HLTV.org.
- ↑ TYLOO (2019-01-11). "And the search is over. Today we are proud to announce the addition of the Ukrainian Counter-Strike veteran @JohntaCSGO to our CSGO roster, who will join us as the head coach in the upcoming IEM Katowice major and beyond.".
- ↑ Jordan "Zellsis" Montemurro (2019-02-03). "One week into our bootcamp in Poland with another week and a half left before competition starts.".