Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII - Katowice Major 2019

• IEM Season XIII - Katowice
• ESL One/Katowice/2019

• Overview
• Challengers Stage
• Legends Stage
• Champions Stage
• Showmatch

[e][h]Intel Extreme Masters XIII - Katowice Major 2019

League Information

Series:

IEM
Intel Grand Slam

Organizer:

ESL

Sponsor:

Intel
Vodafone
Acer Predator
GAME FUEL
HyperX
Betway
paysafecard
NEEDforSEAT
H4X^GG

Game:

Global Offensive

Type:

Offline

Location:

 Katowice

Venue:

ESL Arena
(The New Challengers Stage)
Int. Congress Centre
(The New Legends Stage)
Spodek
(The New Champions Stage)

Teams:

24

Prize Pool:

$1,000,000 USD

Start Date:

2019-02-13

End Date:

2019-03-03

Liquipedia Tier:

S-Tier

Tier:

Major Championship

Links

Maps

Cache • Dust II • Inferno • Mirage • Nuke • Overpass • Train

Chronology

 

 FACEIT London 2018

StarLadder Berlin 2019 

 

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

Broadcast Talent

• Stage Host:
  •  OJ Borg (Oliver James Borg D'Anastasi)

• Desk Hosts:
  •  Machine (Alex Richardson)
  •  stunna (Tres Saranthus)

• Interviewer:
  •  Frankie (Frankie Ward)

• Analysts:
  •  SPUNJ (Chad Burchill)
  •  seangares (Sean Gares)
  •  Pimp (Jacob Winneche)

• Commentators:
  •  HenryG (Henry Greer)
  •  Sadokist (Matthew Trivett)
  •  moses (Jason O'Toole)
  •  Vince (Vince Hill)

• Observers:
  •  UnknownFME (Bastian Faber)
  •  Prius (David "DJ" Kuntz)
  •  sapphiRe (Heather Garozzo)
  •  Rushly (Alexander Rush)
  •  Sliggy (Connor Blomfield)
  •  Jak3y (Jake Elton)

Note: The broadcast talent occasionally rotated roles during the first two days of the swiss system stages.

• Commentators & Analysts:
  •  Anishared 
  •  sleepsomewhile (Evgeniy Slipchik)
  •  TheCraggy (Alexander Dumenko)
  •  PCH3LK1N (Alexey Pchelkin)
  •  Gromjkeee 
  •  MintGod (Oleg Klimenko)
  •  Smile 
  •  liTTle (Anatoliy Yashin)
  •  Tafa (Taufik Khidri)
  •  hooch (Dmitry Bogdanov)
  •  starix (Sergey Ischuk)
  •  SL4M (Igor Sopov)
  •  LENINIW (Kostya Sivko)
  •  CrystalMay (Dmitry Korchevinin)

• Reporter:
  •  ceh9 (Arsenij Trynozhenko)

Format

A graphical explanation of the Swiss System format

• The New Challengers Stage: February 13th - 17th, 2019
  • 16 Team Swiss System Format
    • The initial match-ups are seeded using an improved "Player-Selected Seeding", first seen at IEM Season XIII - Chicago

• 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

1. Fnatic
2. NRG Esports
3. Cloud9
4. Ninjas in Pyjamas
5. ENCE eSports
6. Team Vitality
7. G2 Esports
8. AVANGAR
9. Renegades
10. Vega Squadron
11. TYLOO
12. Team Spirit
13. FURIA Esports
14. Grayhound Gaming
15. Winstrike Team
16. ViCi Gaming

• Following rounds are seeded using a "Live ELO Rating" system with the initial seeding as the baseline
• 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 match-ups are seeded using an improved "Player-Selected Seeding", first seen at IEM Season XIII - Chicago

• 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

1. Astralis
2. Team Liquid
3. Natus Vincere
4. MIBR
5. FaZe Clan
6. NRG Esports
7. BIG
8. ENCE eSports
9. Renegades
10. Team Vitality
11. Ninjas in Pyjamas
12. HellRaisers
13. Cloud9
14. G2 Esports
15. AVANGAR
16. compLexity Gaming

• Following rounds are seeded using a "Live ELO Rating" system with the initial seeding as the baseline
• 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 (incl. the Grand Final) are Bo3

Prize Pool

$1,000,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:

Place	$ USD	Seed	Team
1st	$500,000	StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 Legend Status	Astralis
2nd	$150,000	StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 Legend Status	ENCE
3rd-4th	$70,000	StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 Legend Status	Natus Vincere
			MIBR
5th-8th	$35,000	StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 Legend Status	FaZe Clan
			Team Liquid
			Renegades
			Ninjas in Pyjamas
9th-11th	$8,750	StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 New Challenger Status	Team Vitality
			Cloud9
			AVANGAR
12th-14th	$8,750	StarLadder Berlin Major 2019 New Challenger Status	HellRaisers
			G2 Esports
			compLexity Gaming
15th-16th	$8,750	-	BIG
			NRG Esports
17th-19th	-	-	TYLOO
			ViCi Gaming
			Winstrike Team
20th-22nd	-	-	Fnatic
			Vega Squadron
			FURIA Esports
23rd-24th	-	-	Team Spirit
			Grayhound Gaming

Note: 15-16^th place teams are no longer invited to the next Major Championship.

Participants

The Current Legends

Astralis

1	device
2	dupreeh
3	Xyp9x
4	gla1ve
5	Magisk
C	zonic

FACEIT Major: London 2018

Natus Vincere

1	Edward
2	flamie
3	s1mple
4	Zeus
5	electronic
C	kane

FACEIT Major: London 2018

MIBR^{4, 12}

1	FalleN
2	fer
3	coldzera
4	TACO
5	felps
C	zews

FACEIT Major: London 2018

Team Liquid^{4, 6}

1	nitr0
2	EliGE
3	Twistzz
4	NAF
5	Stewie2K
C	adreN

FACEIT Major: London 2018

compLexity Gaming^{3, 7, 9, 13}

1	dephh
2	stanislaw
3	ShahZaM
4	Rickeh
5	n0thing
C	Warden

FACEIT Major: London 2018

BIG^{8, 13, 14}

1	gob b
2	tabseN
3	nex
4	tiziaN
5	XANTARES

FACEIT Major: London 2018

HellRaisers^{1, 5}

1	ANGE1
2	DeadFox
3	woxic
4	ISSAA
5	Hobbit
C	ami

FACEIT Major: London 2018

FaZe Clan^{2, 10, 11}

1	rain
2	NiKo
3	GuardiaN
4	olofmeister
5	AdreN
C	YNk

FACEIT Major: London 2018

For notes on the "Current Legends" Click here.

¹ November 8th - HellRaisers replace  bondik with  Hobbit.

² December 16th - FaZe Clan bench  karrigan.

³ December 20th - compLexity Gaming bench  yay and release  Rambo.

⁴ December 21st - Team Liquid transfer  TACO and  zews to MIBR in exchange for  Stewie2K.

⁵ December 22nd - HellRaisers promote  ami to coach as  Johnta leaves.

⁶ December 22nd - Team Liquid sign  adreN as their new coach.

⁷ December 22nd - compLexity Gaming bench  ANDROID.

⁸ December 23rd - BIG sign  XANTARES and bench  nex.

⁹ December 29th - compLexity Gaming sign  Rickeh and  n0thing to complete the major lineup.

¹⁰ January 5th - FaZe Clan lose  RobbaN who steps down as coach.

¹¹ January 6th - FaZe Clan sign  AdreN to complete their Major lineup and add  YNk as the team's new coach.

¹² January 12th - MIBR replace  tarik with  felps.

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.

¹⁴ February 1st -  smooya steps down from the active roster;  nex returns.

The Returning Challengers

Ninjas in Pyjamas

1	f0rest
2	GeT_RiGhT
3	REZ
4	dennis
5	Lekr0
C	pita

FACEIT Major: London 2018

Fnatic^{1, 3, 5}

1	KRIMZ
2	JW
3	Xizt
4	twist
5	Brollan
C	Jumpy

FACEIT Major: London 2018

G2 Esports⁷

1	shox
2	bodyy
3	kennyS
4	Lucky
5	JaCkz
C	maLeK

FACEIT Major: London 2018

Vega Squadron

1	chopper
2	jR
3	hutji
4	crush
5	tonyblack
C	Fierce

FACEIT Major: London 2018

Cloud9^{2, 4, 6, 10}

1	autimatic
2	RUSH
3	flusha
4	kioShiMa
5	Zellsis

FACEIT Major: London 2018

TYLOO^{8, 9}

1	somebody
2	BnTeT
3	xccurate
4	Summer
5	Attacker
C	Johnta

FACEIT Major: London 2018

Note: The 15-16^th place teams from the previous Major are no longer automatically invited.

For notes on the "Returning Challengers" Click here.

¹ September 21st - Fnatic bench  flusha.

² September 25th - Cloud9 sign  flusha.

³ October 2nd - Fnatic bench  draken and acquire  twist from Red Reserve.

⁴ October 16th - Cloud9 bench  Skadoodle.

⁵ October 17th - Fnatic acquire  Brollan from Red Reserve.

⁶ November 17th - Cloud9 acquire  kioShiMa.

⁷ November 26th - G2 Esports replace  SmithZz and  Ex6TenZ with  Lucky and  JaCkz, and sign  maLeK as coach.

⁸ January 1st - TYLOO release  captainMo and  DD.  Summer and  Attacker are acquired on a three-month loan from Flash Gaming.

⁹ January 11th - TYLOO add  Johnta as coach.

¹⁰ January 13th - ESL announce the final confirmed rosters for the Major & Minor Championships;  Zellsis was registered as coach for Cloud9.

¹¹ February 3rd -  Zellsis confirms that he is playing in the Major in place of  Golden.

The Minor Challengers

ENCE

1	allu
2	Aleksib
3	sergej
4	Aerial
5	xseveN
C	Twista

Europe Minor #1

NRG Esports

1	FugLy
2	daps
3	Brehze
4	CeRq
5	Ethan
C	ImAPet

Americas Minor #1

AVANGAR

1	buster
2	KrizzeN
3	qikert
4	Jame
5	fitch
C	dastan

CIS Minor #1

Renegades

1	AZR
2	jks
3	jkaem
4	Liazz
5	Gratisfaction
C	kassad

Asia Minor #1

Team Vitality

1	NBK-
2	apEX
3	RpK
4	ZywOo
5	ALEX
C	XTQZZZ

Europe Minor #2

FURIA Esports

1	yuurih
2	arT
3	VINI
4	KSCERATO
5	ableJ
C	guerri

Americas Minor #2

Team Spirit

1	COLDYY1
2	S0tF1k
3	DavCost
4	Dima
5	somedieyoung
C	Certus

CIS Minor #2

Grayhound Gaming

1	erkaSt
2	dexter
3	DickStacy
4	malta
5	sterling

Asia Minor #2

Winstrike Team

1	Boombl4
2	Kvik
3	n0rb3r7
4	WorldEdit
5	wayLander
C	iksou

Minors' 3rd Place Play-In

ViCi Gaming

1	zhokiNg
2	Freeman
3	aumaN
4	advent
5	kaze

Minors' 3rd Place Play-In

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 3^rd place teams from the Minors.

Results

New Challengers Stage

#	Team	Matches	Rounds	RD	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
1.	NRG Esports	3 - 0	64 - 42	+22	Nuke	Overpass	2:0
1.	Renegades	3 - 0	64 - 42	+22	Train	Mirage	2:0
3.	ENCE	3 - 1	92 - 88	+4	Nuke	Overpass	0:2	2:1
3.	Team Vitality	3 - 1	84 - 68	+16	Inferno	Nuke	Overpass	2:0
3.	AVANGAR	3 - 1	72 - 66	+6	Train	Mirage	Overpass	2:0
6.	Ninjas in Pyjamas	3 - 2	129 - 109	+20	Mirage	Mirage	Train	2:1	2:1
6.	Cloud9	3 - 2	93 - 93	0	Mirage	Overpass	Inferno	2:1	2:0
6.	G2 Esports	3 - 2	116 - 100	+16	Cache	Overpass	Overpass	2:1	2:1
9.	TYLOO	2 - 3	110 - 119	-9	Inferno	Overpass	0:2	0:2	1:2
9.	ViCi Gaming	2 - 3	105 - 117	-12	Overpass	Overpass	Inferno	0:2	1:2
9.	Winstrike Team	2 - 3	104 - 107	-3	Nuke	Train	Train	1:2	0:2
12.	Fnatic	1 - 3	81 - 92	-11	Overpass	Train	2:0	1:2
12.	Vega Squadron	1 - 3	69 - 95	-26	Cache	Mirage	Overpass	1:2
12.	FURIA Esports	1 - 3	52 - 55	-3	Mirage	Mirage	2:0	1:2
15.	Team Spirit	0 - 3	47 - 64	-17	Nuke	Mirage	0:2
15.	Grayhound Gaming	0 - 3	48 - 67	-19	Mirage	Nuke	0:2

 Click here for detailed results of The New Challengers Stage matches

New Legends Stage

#	Team	Matches	Rounds	RD	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
1.	Astralis	3 - 0	81 - 36	+45	Nuke	Train	2:1
1.	Team Liquid	3 - 0	64 - 48	+16	Overpass	Overpass	2:0
3.	Natus Vincere	3 - 1	96 - 78	+18	Inferno	Mirage	0:2	2:0
3.	MIBR	3 - 1	67 - 57	+10	Inferno	Mirage	Inferno	2:0
3.	Renegades	3 - 1	105 - 109	-4	Inferno	Inferno	1:2	2:1
6.	FaZe Clan	3 - 2	115 - 100	+15	Train	Inferno	Mirage	2:1	2:0
6.	ENCE	3 - 2	129 - 118	+11	Inferno	Dust II	2:1	2:0	2:0
6.	Ninjas in Pyjamas	3 - 2	105 - 97	+8	Nuke	Overpass	Overpass	0:2	2:1
9.	Team Vitality	2 - 3	117 - 133	-16	Mirage	Mirage	Mirage	1:2	1:2
9.	Cloud9	2 - 3	85 - 87	-2	Inferno	Train	Mirage	2:0	0:2
9.	AVANGAR	2 - 3	80 - 106	-26	Overpass	Overpass	Mirage	0:2	0:2
12.	HellRaisers	1 - 3	45 - 76	-31	Train	Dust II	Overpass	0:2
12.	G2 Esports	1 - 3	62 - 80	-18	Inferno	Mirage	Inferno	0:2
12.	compLexity Gaming	1 - 3	97 - 107	-10	Nuke	Mirage	2:0	1:2
15.	BIG	0 - 3	64 - 69	-5	Mirage	Mirage	1:2
15.	NRG Esports	0 - 3	62 - 73	-11	Nuke	Overpass	0:2

 Click here for detailed results of The New Legends Stage matches

New Champions Stage

Quarterfinals

Natus Vincere

2

Na`Vi

FaZe

February 28, 2019 - 16:20 CET

16	5
	11

10	13
3

Inferno

16	9
	7

6	7
1

Mirage

Dust II

·  ·

FaZe Clan

0

Team Liquid

0

Liquid

ENCE

February 28, 2019 - 19:40 CET

11	7
	4

8	16
8

Mirage

16	10	1
	5	0

2	5	19
2	10

Inferno

Overpass

·  ·

ENCE

2

MIBR

2

MIBR

RNG

March 1, 2019 - 16:10 CET

16	10
	6

5	6
1

Dust II

16	4
	12

11	12
1

Train

Mirage

·  ·

Renegades

0

Astralis

2

Astralis

NiP

March 1, 2019 - 19:35 CET

16	15
	1

0	2
2

Mirage

16	11
	5

4	14
10

Dust II

Overpass

·  ·

Ninjas in Pyjamas

0

Semifinals

Natus Vincere

1

Na`Vi

ENCE

March 2, 2019 - 16:10 CET

14	8
	6

7	16
9

Train

16	13
	3

2	3
1

Dust II

14	9
	5

6	16
10

Mirage

·  ·

ENCE

2

MIBR

0

MIBR

Astralis

March 2, 2019 - 20:20 CET

14	9
	5

6	16
10

Overpass

7	6
	1

9	16
7

Inferno

Train

·  ·

Astralis

2

Grand Final

ENCE

0

ENCE

Astralis

March 3, 2019 - 19:00 CET

11	4
	7

11	16
5

Train

4	1
	3

14	16
2

Inferno

Overpass

·  ·

Astralis

2

Showmatch

Standings Placements and KillsPoints
	Team	Total	Round 1 Round 1 March 3, 2019 - 17:15 CET Blacksite Bogan bashers crazy canucks AGO Esports		Round 2 Round 2 March 3, 2019 - 17:30 CET Blacksite Once Misfits crazy canucks Dignitas Female		Round 3 Round 3 March 3, 2019 - 17:45 CET Blacksite AGO Esports Vox Eminor Bogan bashers
			P	K	P	K	P	K
1.	AGO Esports	97	318	50	74	00	175	40
2.	Once Misfits	83	73	00	160	30	420	20
3.	Bogan bashers	75	145	80	80	10	330	30
4.	crazy canucks	73	227	00	236	30	610	10
5.	Vox Eminor	57	80	00	512	30	245	20
6.	Dignitas Female	51	412	10	324	20	515	00
7.	residentsleeper	22	59	00	68	20	75	30
8.	tropic thunder	22	66	00	416	00	80	00

Broadcast Talent

• Commentators:
  •  moses (Jason O'Toole)
  •  Vince (Vince Hill)

• Interviewer:
  •  Frankie (Frankie Ward)

Format

• Danger Zone Showmatch:
  • 8 Teams (2 players each)
  • Bo3 battle-royale format
  • Winning team will be immortalized in the Danger Zone map

For more details about the Showmatch, click here

Additional Content

Streams

Primary
Language
Streams

Secondary
Language
Streams

Previews

• 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
• 2019-02-25 | What can we expect from FaZe and YNk? by Tim Masters of Luckbox.com
• 2019-02-26 | IEM Katowice Major New Champions stage viewer's guide by Aleksei "Aleksei_L" Louchnikov of HLTV.org
• 2019-02-27 | IEM Katowice quarter-finals preview by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
• 2019-03-03 | IEM Katowice grand final preview by Bünyamin "BenjaCS" Bektaş of HLTV.org

Conclusions

• 2019-03-03 | Astralis beat ENCE 2-0 to win IEM Katowice and secure third Major crown by Luis "MIRAA" Mira of HLTV.org
• 2019-03-03 | Magisk claims IEM Katowice MVP award by Luis "MIRAA" Mira of HLTV.org
• 2019-03-07 | Stuchiu’s top six players at IEM Katowice 2019 by Stephen "Stuchiu" Chiu of VPEsports

Interviews

New Challengers Stage

• 2019-02-13 | 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
• 2019-02-14 | 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
• 2019-02-15 | 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
• 2019-02-16 | 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
• 2019-02-17 | autimatic: "If anything, (the 1-16 loss on Mirage) made me really mad" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
• 2019-02-17 | Lucky: "I don't struggle with pressure that much; playing with veterans like KennyS and shox helps" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
• 2019-02-18 | shox: "If we want to keep being G2 members, we just have to achieve what we have to" by Marcin Gabren of Cybersport.pl

New Legends Stage

• 2019-02-19 | 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
• 2019-02-20 | 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
• 2019-02-21 | 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
• 2019-02-22 | 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 | allu: "So far at this tournament we've shown almost nothing of what we can do" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2019-02-23 | kassad: "I couldn't be the guy who is gonna sit there and collect paychecks" by Adam Suski of Cybersport.pl
• 2019-02-23 | dennis: "(In officials) it feels like I'm playing a game I don't know how to play" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
• 2019-02-23 | f0rest: "My hunger to reach the trophy in Katowice will never die out" by Krzysztof Kuczyński of Cybersport.pl
• 2019-02-23 | GeT_RiGhT: "When I get to the point that I am not carrying anymore, I will give my spot to someone else" by Ilya "EllanarkJesus" Chabelets of StarLadder
• 2019-02-24 | Magisk: "I don't mind people being so far behind us" by Krzysztof Kuczyński of Cybersport.pl
• 2019-02-25 | Gratisfaction: "Still feels like I'm dreaming" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2019-02-25 | flamie: "AVANGAR's problem was that they were a bit scared to win; all they need is confidence" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2019-02-26 | FalleN: "With every match we play we learn something new" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
• 2019-02-26 | Twistzz: "To be fair, I don't consider myself a star player" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2019-02-27 | zonic: "Any changes to the game do not benefit us at the moment" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2019-02-27 | nitr0: "If we beat Astralis here, we might be the best team in the world this year" by Ilya "EllanarkJesus" Chabelets of StarLadder
• 2019-02-28 | Zeus: "Psychologically, we are ready to take the fight to any team" by Ilya "EllanarkJesus" Chabelets of StarLadder

New Champions Stage

• 2019-03-01 | jkaem: "Renegades without a doubt saved my career; I am very glad for the opportunity they gave me" by Luis "MIRAA" Mira of HLTV.org
• 2019-03-01 | NiKo: "YNk is staying 100% and AdreN is also staying for some more time" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
• 2019-03-01 | coldzera: "Renegades' pick of Dust2 was good for us; we were going to pick it" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2019-03-01 | Magisk: "When we play well as a team and individually we should always win against almost any team" by Lucas "LucasAM" Aznar Miles of HLTV.org
• 2019-03-01 | rain: "Right now our map pool is kind of weird" by Jaime Wert of Esports Kingdom
• 2019-03-02 | GuardiaN: "If we had won Inferno, I’m sure that we would have prevailed on Dust II" by Ilya "EllanarkJesus" Chabelets of StarLadder
• 2019-03-02 | Gratisfaction: "We thought we’d just throw [Dust2] in as a curve ball" by Jaime Wert of Esports Kingdom
• 2019-03-03 | f0rest: "We showed some promise" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
• 2019-03-03 | Xyp9x: "Even though sometime the crowd is against us, it's amazing to play in Spodek" by Adam Suski of Cybersport.pl
• 2019-03-03 | Magisk: "I've been focusing a bit more on my individual level" by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
• 2019-03-05 | jks: "We are more open to each other than we were on past rosters" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2019-03-05 | Edward on rumors: "Nothing is going to happen" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2019-03-06 | fer: "Now we need to focus more on quality than quantity" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org

Videos and Photos

Galleries

• 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
• 2019-02-18 | Best photos from IEM Katowice New Challengers Stage 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
• 2019-02-23 | IEM Katowice 2019 - Day 4 by HLTV.org
• 2019-02-24 | IEM Katowice 2019 - Day 5 by HLTV.org
• 2019-02-25 | Best photos from IEM Katowice New Legends stage by HLTV.org
• 2019-02-28 | IEM Katowice 2019 - Day 6 by HLTV.org
• 2019-03-01 | IEM Katowice 2019 - Day 7 by HLTV.org
• 2019-03-02 | IEM Katowice 2019 - Day 8 by HLTV.org
• 2019-03-03 | IEM Katowice 2019 - Day 9 by HLTV.org
• 2019-03-04 | Best photos from IEM Katowice New Champions stage by HLTV.org
• 2019-03-17 | IEM Katowice Major 2019 by Esports Kingdom

Highlights

• 2019-02-13 | Summer vs. Vitality by Filip "filq" Szatkowski of HLTV.org
• 2019-02-13 | Zellsis vs. Grayhound by João "ERROR" Ferreira of HLTV.org
• 2019-02-17 | f0rest vs. ViCi by Filip "filq" Szatkowski of HLTV.org
• 2019-02-28 | flamie vs. FaZe by Filip "filq" Szatkowski of HLTV.org
• 2019-03-01 | NAF vs. ENCE by Filip "filq" Szatkowski of HLTV.org
• 2019-03-14 | Magisk - HLTV MVP by betway of IEM Katowice 2019 by Radoslaw "MAKKU" Makuch of HLTV.org
• 2019-04-16 | IEM Katowice 2019 highlights by Filip "filq" Szatkowski of HLTV.org

Player Spotlights

VODs

New Challengers Stage

• 2019-02-09 | 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
• 2019-02-10 | From Minor to Major: Winstrike Team by ESL
• 2019-02-11 | 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
• 2019-02-12 | From Minor to Major: Team Vitality by ESL
• 2019-02-12 | From Minor to Major: Team Spirit by ESL
• 2019-02-13 | The New Challengers Stage by ESL
• 2019-02-13 | Introducing Tyloo by ESL
• 2019-02-13 | Introducing Fnatic by ESL
• 2019-02-14 | Introducing Cloud9 by ESL
• 2019-02-14 | Introducing NIP by ESL
• 2019-02-14 | Introducing G2 by ESL

New Legends Stage

• 2019-02-18 | 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
• 2019-02-19 | 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
• 2019-02-21 | Team Comms Highlights - Legends Day 1 by ESL
• 2019-02-22 | 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 | Speedsession - Best Moment of your Career by ESL
• 2019-02-22 | Speedsession - Most inspirational Player by ESL
• 2019-02-22 | Speedsession - Strongest CS Scene by ESL
• 2019-02-23 | Speedsession - Upcoming Team to fear by ESL
• 2019-02-23 | Speedsession - Favourite Way of traveling by ESL
• 2019-02-23 | Speedsession - Why is IEM Katowice special by ESL
• 2019-02-23 | Speedsession - What to change about the AUG by ESL
• 2019-02-26 | NAISEEE! Team Comms by ESL
• 2019-02-27 | Guess the Pro Player's voice by ESL
• 2019-02-27 | Speed Session: s1mple reacts to reddit posts by ESL
• 2019-02-27 | Clutch Analysis with Xyp9x by ESL
• 2019-02-27 | Clutch Analysis with NiKo by ESL
• 2019-02-27 | Ask the Pros: What do you think about the AUG? by ESL
• 2019-02-27 | How well do MIBR know each other? by ESL
• 2019-02-21 | 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
• 2019-02-22 | ESL Spotlight: Team Liquid - Pressure and the AUG-Meta by ESL
• 2019-02-22 | ESL Spotlight: compLexity - Being the underdog, state of NA Counterstrike by ESL

New Champions Stage

• 2019-02-28 | Opening Ceremony of the IEM Katowice 2019 Major by ESL
• 2019-03-01 | MIBR aka Miners in Brazil by ESL
• 2019-03-03 | Grand Finals Opening Ceremony by ESL

Country Representation

#	Country/Region	#P	ΔPrev. Major	Players
1	Russia	13	-1	flamie, electronic, chopper, hutji, tonyblack, Jame, S0tF1k, DavCost, Dima, Boombl4, n0rb3r7, WorldEdit, WayLander
2	Sweden	12	0	olofmeister, f0rest, GeT_RiGhT, REZ, dennis, Lekr0, KRIMZ, JW, Xizt, twist, Brollan, flusha
3	USA	11	-2	nitr0, EliGE, Stewie2K, n0thing, ShahZaM, autimatic, RUSH, Zellsis, FugLy, Brehze, Ethan
4	Brazil	10	+6	FalleN, fer, coldzera, TACO, felps, yuurih, arT, VINI, kscerato, ableJ
4	France	10	+6	shox, bodyy, kennyS, Lucky, JaCkz, kioShiMa, NBK-, apEX, RpK, ZywOo
6	Ukraine	8	-1	Edward, s1mple, Zeus, jR, crush, ANGE1, COLDYY1, somedieyoung
7	Australia	7	+3	Rickeh, AZR, jks, liazz, dexter, DickStacy, malta
8	China	6	+3	somebody, Summer, Attacker, aumaN, advent, zhokiNg
8	Kazakhstan	6	+3	Hobbit, AdreN, buster, qikert, KrizzeN, fitch
10	Denmark	5	-12	device, dupreeh, Xyp9x, gla1ve, Magisk
10	Finland	5	+4	allu, Aleksib, sergej, Aerial, xseveN
12	Canada	4	0	Twistzz, NAF, stanislaw, daps
13	Germany	4	0	gob b, tabseN, tiziaN, nex
14	Indonesia	2	0	BnTeT, xccurate
14	New Zealand	2	+2	Gratisfaction, sterling
14	Norway	2	0	rain, jkaem
14	Turkey	2	-4	XANTARES, woxic
14	United Kingdom	2	0	dephh, ALEX
19	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	NiKo
19	Bulgaria	1	+1	CeRq
19	Hong Kong	1	+1	Freeman
19	Hungary	1	0	DeadFox
19	Jordan	1	0	ISSAA
19	Lithuania	1	0	Kvik
19	Malaysia	1	+1	kaze
19	Mongolia	1	+1	erkaSt
19	Slovakia	1	-1	GuardiaN