A ton of action for all the viewers when IEM Katowice 2023 kicks off next week. IEM Katowice is one of the biggest tournaments in CS, and this year the prize pool will feature $1,000,000.
1st. place: $400,000
2st. place: $180.000
3st. place: $80,000
IEM Katowice format
Play-In
: February 1st – February 3rd.
– Opening matches are Bo1
– Following matches are Bo3
Group Stage
: February 4th – 7th.
– Bo3 Matches
– Group stage winners advance to Semifinals
– Group runner-ups Quarterfinals
Playoffs
: February 10th – 12th.
– Single-Elimination bracket
– The Quarterfinals & Semifinals are Bo3
– The Grand Final is Bo5
To guide all the viewers during the event, ESL has brought in most of the faces that we normally recognize when seeing their own broadcasts.
The full lineup looks as follows:
Hosts and interviewers
Freya “Freya” Spiers
Oliver “OJ Borg” D’Anastasi
Eefje “sjokz” Depoortere
James “BanKs” Banks
Mike “DarfMike” Winnick
Anastasija “Heccu” Tolmačeva
Tres “stunna” Saranthus
Commentators
Hugo “Hugo” Byron
Alex “Machine” Richardson
Chad “SPUNJ” Burchill
Mohan “launders” Govindasamy
Harry “JustHarry” Russell
Alex “hawka” Hawkins
Conner “Scrawny” Girvan
James “BARDOLPH” Bardolph
Analysts
Janko “YNk” Paunović
Luis “peacemaker” Tadeu
Alex “Mauisnake” Ellenberg
Sudhen “Bleh” Wahengbam
Aleksandar “kassad” Trifunović
Mathieu “Maniac” Quiquerez
