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IEM Katowice 2023
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IEM Katowice 2023
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor(s):
Game Version:
Server:
Europe
Type:
Offline
Location:
KatowiceVenue:
Format:
1v1
Play-ins
Group Stage
Playoffs
Play-ins
Group Stage
Playoffs
Prize Pool:
$500,000 USD
Start Date:
2023-02-08
End Date:
2023-02-12
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
36
12
12
12Maps
Chronology
IEM Katowice 2023 is the final tournament of the ESL Pro Tour 2022/23, also known as Masters Championship 2023.
Format[edit]
Round of 36[edit]
- 16 players.
- Double-elimination bracket.
- Top 4 players advance to main tournament Group Stage.
- Date:
- February 8, 2023
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
- Dates:
- February 9-11, 2023
Playoffs[edit]
- Single-elimination bracket:
- Round of 12, Quarterfinals, and Semifinals matches are Bo5.
- Finals are Bo7.
- Dates:
- February 11-12, 2023
Map Pool[edit]
Talents[edit]
- Commentators:
Artosis (Dan Stemkoski)- feardragon (Ravi Pareek)
Lowko (Simon Heijnen)
PiG (Jared Krensel)- RotterdaM (Kevin van der Kooi)
- Tasteless (Nicolas Plott)
Wardi (Jonathon Ward)- ZombieGrub (Jessica Chernega)
- French Commentators:
- German Commentator:
NarutO (Silvano Bovo)
- Portuguese Language Commentator:
COSMOS (Lucas Faria)
- Taiwanese Commentators:
Prize Pool[edit]
1st
2nd
3rd-4th 
| Base prize money | ||
|---|---|---|
| Place | Prize | |
| 1st | $150,000 | |
| 2nd | $71,000 | |
| 3 - 4th | $40,000 | |
| 5 - 8th | $20,000 | |
| 9 - 12th | $10,000 | |
| 13 - 16th | $5,000 | |
| 17 - 20th | $4,000 | |
| 21 - 24th | $3,000 | |
| 25 - 26th | $2,000 | |
| 27 - 28th | $1,500 | |
| 29 - 32nd | $1,000 | |
| 33 - 36th | $500 | |
| Group Stage winnings | ||
|---|---|---|
| Participant | Victories | Winnings |
| Reynor | 5 | $1,500 |
| GuMiho | 4 | $1,200 |
| HeRoMaRinE | 4 | $1,200 |
| herO | 4 | $1,200 |
| Maru | 4 | $1,200 |
| RagnaroK | 4 | $1,200 |
| ByuN | 3 | $900 |
| Creator | 3 | $900 |
| Dark | 3 | $900 |
| Serral | 3 | $900 |
| Solar | 3 | $900 |
 SpeCial | 3 | $900 |
| Classic | 2 | $600 |
 Clem | 2 | $600 |
| Cure | 2 | $600 |
| Neeb | 2 | $600 |
| Oliveira | 2 | $600 |
| Spirit | 2 | $600 |
| Bunny | 1 | $300 |
| DRG | 1 | $300 |
| Elazer | 1 | $300 |
| Lambo | 1 | $300 |
| ShoWTimE | 1 | $300 |
| Astrea | 0 | $- |
- In addition to the base prize money, players also receive $300 USD for each Bo3 win in the Group Stage.
Participants[edit]
Races and Teams[edit]
Protoss (6) Terran (10) Zerg (8)From winning a 2022 
DH Masters (1)
DH Masters (1)1 From winning a 2022 
GSL Code S (2)
GSL Code S (2) 2From the South Korea Standings (6)
South Korea Standings (6) 
From the 
Europe Standings (4)
Europe Standings (4) 
From the 
North America Standings (2)
North America Standings (2) From the 
Latin America Standings (1)
Latin America Standings (1) 
From the China Standings (1)
China Standings (1) From the 
Combined Standings (3)
Combined Standings (3) 
From the Round of 36 (4)
1 Due to herO winning both 2022 GSL Season 2 and DH SC2 Masters 2022 Atlanta
one additional qualifying spot is awarded to the Combined Standings.
2 Rogue could not participate due to serving his mandatory military service at the time of the event.
Standings[edit]
| # | Participant | EPT Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clem | 3,945 |
| 2 | Maru | 3,935 |
| 3 | herO | 3,200 |
| 4 | Reynor | 3,124 |
| 5 | Dark | 3,113 |
| 6 | Serral | 2,865 |
| 7 | Astrea | 2,049 |
| 8 | Bunny | 1,980 |
| 9 | Creator | 1,971 |
| 10 | RagnaroK | 1,922 |
| 11 | ByuN | 1,891 |
| 12 | Solar | 1,814 |
| 13 | Neeb | 1,811 |
| 14 | HeRoMaRinE | 1,728 |
| 15 | ShoWTimE | 1,505 |
| 16 | DRG | 1,485 |
| 17 | Lambo | 1,420 |
| 18 | GuMiho | 1,336 |
| 19 | Elazer | 1,225 |
| 21 | Oliveira | 1,156 |
| 22 | SpeCial | 1,051 |
| 24 | Cure | 932 |
| 28 | Spirit | 752 |
| 33 | Classic | 641 |
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
[edit]
Group A Matches
February 9, 2023 - 12:00 CET
1
2
1
2
February 9, 2023 - 12:00 CET
Casters: 
CatZ & Kelazhur
CatZ & Kelazhur
February 9, 2023 - 13:10 CET
February 10, 2023 - 14:30 CET
1
2
1
2
February 10, 2023 - 15:35 CET
2
1
February 10, 2023 - 16:55 CET
February 11, 2023 - 12:00 CET
[edit]
Group B Matches
February 9, 2023 - 14:35 CET
0
2
0
2
February 9, 2023 - 14:20 CET
February 9, 2023 - 15:10 CET
February 9, 2023 - 15:45 CET
2
1
2
1
February 10, 2023 - 12:00 CET
1
2
1
2
February 10, 2023 - 13:45 CET
2
0
2
0
February 10, 2023 - 13:45 CET
February 11, 2023 - 13:00 CET
[edit]
Group C Matches
February 9, 2023 - 17:00 CET
February 9, 2023 - 17:40 CET
February 10, 2023 - 19:50 CET
1
2
1
2
February 10, 2023 - 19:50 CET
1
2
February 10, 2023 - 21:00 CET
1
2
1
2
February 10, 2023 - 22:10 CET
February 11, 2023 - 14:00 CET
0
2
0
2
2
1
[edit]
Group D Matches
February 9, 2023 - 19:00 CET
1
2
February 9, 2023 - 20:00 CET
2
1
February 9, 2023 - 20:50 CET
2
0
2
0
February 9, 2023 - 20:50 CET
February 10, 2023 - 18:10 CET
0
2
0
2
February 10, 2023 - 18:10 CET
February 10, 2023 - 19:00 CET
0
2
0
2
February 11, 2023 - 15:00 CET
Playoffs[edit]
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Round of 12 (Bo5) Quarterfinals (Bo5) Semifinals (Bo5) Finals (Bo7) 3 1 3 1 February 11, 2023 - 15:55 CET 3 1 3 1 February 12, 2023 - 12:00 CET 3 0 3 0 February 11, 2023 - 17:30 CET 3 2 3 2 February 12, 2023 - 13:20 CET 3 0 3 0 February 12, 2023 - 17:30 CET 3 |