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IEM Katowice 2021
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IEM Katowice 2021
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor(s):
Game version:
Server:
Americas / Europe / South Korea
Type:
Online
Format:
1v1
Double-elimination bracket
Round-Robin Group Stage
Single-elimination bracket
Double-elimination bracket
Round-Robin Group Stage
Single-elimination bracket
Prize pool:
$250,000 USD
Start Date:
2021-02-20
End Date:
2021-02-28
Liquipedia tier:
Links
Player breakdown
Number of players:
36



Maps
Chronology
IEM Katowice 2021 is the final tournament of the ESL Pro Tour 2020/21 Circuit, also known as Masters Championship 2021.
Format[edit]
Round of 36[edit]
- 16 players.
- Double-elimination bracket.
- Top 4 players advance to main tournament Group Stage.
Group Stage[edit]
- Four groups of six players played out in Round-Robin format.
- All matches are Bo3.
- First place in each group advances directly to the Quarterfinals.
- Second and third place in each group advance to the Round of 12.
- Ties are broken in the following order:
- Overall map difference
- Overall number of map wins
- Match wins amassed between the tied participants ('Mini-League')
- Map difference between the tied participants ('Mini-League')
- Number of map wins between the tied participants ('Mini-League')
- Tie breaker matches
- Coin toss
Playoffs[edit]
- Single-elimination bracket:
- Round of 12, Quarterfinals, and Semifinals matches are Bo5.
- Finals are Bo7.
Map Pool[edit]
Talents[edit]
- Commentators
CatZ (Paulo Vizcarra)
DeMusliM (Benjamin James Baker)
Maynarde (Leigh Mandalov)
Nathanias (Nathan Lawrence Fabrikant)
PiG (Jared Krensel)
RotterdaM (Kevin van der Kooi)
Wardi (Jonathon Ward)
ZombieGrub (Jessica Chernega)
feardragon (Ravi Pareek)
- B Stream Commentators
CreightonOlsen (Creighton D. Olsen)
Grant (Grant Hill)
- French Commentators
- German Commentator
NarutO (Silvano Bovo)
- Spanish Commentator
Enki (Alexander Luzarreta)
- Portuguese Commentator
COSMOS (Lucas Faria)
- Taiwanese Commentators
- Korean Commentator
CranK (Choi Jae-won)
- Bulgarian Commentator
Exalted (Lachezar Kamenov)
- Swedish Commentator
Robzki (Robert Elfström)
- Finnish Commentators
Divinesia (Juha Nurmenniemi)
Elfi (Samuli Sihvonen)
PuPu (Benjamin Puha)
ZhuGeLiang (Dai Wenlei)
Prize Pool[edit]
Base prize money | ||
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Place | Prize | |
1st | $65,000 | |
2nd | $32,500 | |
3 - 4th | $17,500 | |
5 - 8th | $6,000 | |
9 - 16th | $3,500 | |
17 - 20th | $3,000 | |
21 - 24th | $2,500 | |
25 - 26th | $1,500 | |
27 - 28th | $1,250 | |
29 - 32nd | $1,000 | |
33 - 36th | $500 |
Group Stage winnings | ||
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Player | Victories | Winnings |
![]() ![]() | 5 | $500 |
![]() ![]() | 4 | $400 |
![]() ![]() | 4 | $400 |
![]() ![]() | 4 | $400 |
![]() ![]() | 4 | $400 |
![]() ![]() | 4 | $400 |
![]() ![]() | 4 | $400 |
![]() ![]() | 4 | $400 |
![]() ![]() | 3 | $300 |
![]() ![]() | 3 | $300 |
![]() ![]() | 3 | $300 |
![]() ![]() | 3 | $300 |
![]() ![]() | 3 | $300 |
![]() ![]() | 2 | $200 |
![]() ![]() | 2 | $200 |
![]() ![]() | 2 | $200 |
![]() ![]() | 1 | $100 |
![]() ![]() | 1 | $100 |
![]() ![]() | 1 | $100 |
![]() ![]() | 1 | $100 |
![]() ![]() | 1 | $100 |
![]() ![]() | 1 | $100 |
![]() ![]() | 0 | $0 |
![]() ![]() | 0 | $0 |
- In addition to the base prize money, players also receive $100 USD for each Bo3 win in the Group Stage.
Participants[edit]
Races and Teams[edit]



Standings[edit]
# | Participant | EPT Points |
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1 | ![]() ![]() | 3,162 |
2 | ![]() ![]() | 2,845 |
3 | ![]() ![]() | 2,830 |
4 | ![]() ![]() | 2,702 |
5 | ![]() ![]() | 2,405 |
6 | ![]() ![]() | 2,387 |
7 | ![]() ![]() | 2,330 |
8 | ![]() ![]() | 2,155 |
9 | ![]() ![]() | 2,127 |
10 | ![]() ![]() | 1,845 |
11 | ![]() ![]() | 1,584 |
12 | ![]() ![]() | 1,482 |
13 | ![]() ![]() | 1,460 |
14 | ![]() ![]() | 1,349 |
15 | ![]() ![]() | 1,340 |
16 | ![]() ![]() | 1,272 |
17 | ![]() ![]() | 1,145 |
18 | ![]() ![]() | 1,133 |
19 | ![]() ![]() | 1,069 |
27 | ![]() ![]() | 720 |
30 | ![]() ![]() | 625 |
31 | ![]() ![]() | 593 |
31 | ![]() ![]() | 593 |
167 | ![]() ![]() | 0 |
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
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Group A Matches
February 22, 2021 - 15:00 CET
February 22, 2021 - 16:00 CET
February 22, 2021 - 17:25 CET
February 22, 2021 - 18:30 CET
February 22, 2021 - 19:35 CET
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Group B Matches
February 23, 2021 - 15:00 CET
February 23, 2021 - 16:30 CET
February 23, 2021 - 17:15 CET
February 23, 2021 - 18:00 CET
February 23, 2021 - 19:00 CET
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Group C Matches
February 24, 2021 - 15:00 CET
February 24, 2021 - 16:00 CET
February 24, 2021 - 17:10 CET
February 24, 2021 - 18:35 CET
February 24, 2021 - 19:55 CET
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Group D Matches
February 25, 2021 - 15:00 CET
February 25, 2021 - 16:05 CET
February 25, 2021 - 17:00 CET
February 25, 2021 - 17:55 CET
February 25, 2021 - 18:55 CET
Playoffs[edit]
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Round of 12 (Bo5) Quarterfinals (Bo5) Semifinals (Bo5) Finals (Bo7) ![]() 2 ![]() 3 ![]() ![]() ![]() 2 ![]() 3 ![]() ![]() ![]() 3 ![]() 0 ![]() ![]() ![]() 0 ![]() 3 ![]() ![]() ![]() 3 ![]() 2 ![]() ![]() ![]() 1 ![]() 3 ![]() ![]() ![]() 1 ![]() 3 ![]() ![]() ![]() 2 ![]() 3 ![]() ![]() ![]() 3 ![]() 1 ![]() ![]() ![]() 2 ![]() 3 ![]() ![]() ![]() 4 ![]() 2 ![]() ![]() February 28, 2021 - 19:00 CET |
Distribution[edit]
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Round of 12 |
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Quarterfinals |
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Semifinals |
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Finals |
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Champion |
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Group Stage |
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Round of 12 |
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Quarterfinals |
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Semifinals |
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Finals |
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Champion |
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Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Champion |
Maps Statistics[edit]
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Map | # | Σ | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Σ | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Σ | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Deathaura LE | 35 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60.0% | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75.0% | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100.0% | 7 | 3 | 4 |
Jagannatha LE | 22 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 7 | 1 | 87.5% | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25.0% | 6 | 2 | 2 |
Lightshade LE | 25 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20.0% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75.0% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
Oxide LE | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60.0% | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44.4% | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50.0% | 3 | - | 5 |
Pillars of Gold LE | 34 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 12.5% | 8 | 3 | 5 | 37.5% | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22.2% | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Romanticide LE | 37 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 28.6% | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 12 | 6 | 6 | 50.0% | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Submarine LE | 6 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 |
Total Sum (Σ) | 189 | 47 | 16 | 31 | 34.0% | 36 | 20 | 16 | 55.6% | 44 | 23 | 21 | 52.3% | 33 | 9 | 20 |
View Games[edit]
English Broadcasts[edit]
Language Streams[edit]
Pay-TV[edit]
VODs[edit]
- Official YouTube Playlist
- Spoiler-free VODs on SC2Links.com
- Spoiler-Free Official YouTube VODs at SC2Casts
Replays[edit]
Viewership Statistics[edit]
Viewership Stats | ||
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Peak Viewers | 87.478 | |
Average Viewers | 42.535 | |
Hours Watched | 2.041.665 |
External Links[edit]
- Official Website
- Official announcement
- January 21, 2021 Update on Prizes and Scheduling
- Groups Announcement
- Schedule Announcement
- Streams List
- Main Stream Talent Announcement
- B, C and D Stream Talent Announcement
Articles[edit]
- [e] 2021-03-11 |
L'esport italiano celebra Reynor, campione del mondo di StarCraft II by Red Bull Team of www.redbull.com
- [e] 2021-03-09 |
eSports: a tu per tu con Reynor, il 18enne italiano diventato campione del mondo di StarCraft 2 of tgcom24.com
- [e] 2021-03-09 | Believe it into Existence: Reynor wins IEM Katowice 2021 by Waxangel of tl.net
- [e] 2021-03-02 |
Riccardo Romiti, il re del videogame Starcraft II (con la media del 9 a scuola) by Marco Gasperetti of Corriere della Sera
- [e] 2021-03-01 |
La storia degli eSport è fatta. Riccardo Reynor Romiti è il primo italiano campione del mondo di StarCraft II by Valerio Berra of open.online
- [e] 2021-03-01 |
L'italiano Reynor è il nuovo campione del mondo di StarCraft 2 by Diego Barbera of wired.it
- [e] 2021-03-01 |
StarCraft 2: l'italiano Reynor è il campione del mondo degli Intel Extreme Masters by Nicola Armondi of multiplayer.it
- [e] 2021-03-01 |
StarCraft 2, il nuovo campione del mondo è italiano: il trionfo di Reynor by Pasquale Fusco of hwupgrade.it
- [e] 2021-03-01 |
Riccardo "Reynor" Romiti, il predestinato: è campione del mondo di StarCraft II by Francesco Lombardo of Il Fatto Quotidiano
- [e] 2021-03-01 |
StarCraft 2, il nostro Reynor batte i coreani ed è Campione del Mondo by Giuseppe Licciardi of tomshw.it
- [e] 2021-02-28 | Grand finals post-match interview by Smix
- [e] 2021-02-19 | Korea at IEM Katowice 2021: The RO36 Players by Waxangel of tl.net
- [e] 2021-02-19 | NA, LATAM, OCE at IEM Katowice 2021 by Darkhorse and Waxangel of tl.net
- [e] 2021-02-17 | Europe at IEM Katowice 2021 - The Big Three by TheOneAboveU of tl.net
- [e] 2021-02-11 | China and Taiwan at IEM Katowice 2021 by TheOneAboveU of tl.net