Get ready for the IEM Katowice Play-In

The first eight teams of the upcoming IEM Katowice 2021 event have already been found. However, before the tournament can start on February the 18th. there needs to be found eight additional teams to compete against the world's best teams. The eight teams that have already qualified for the high-profiled tournament are as follows:

-Natus Vincere

-Astralis

-Vitality

-Heroic

-Evil Geniuses

-G2

-Furia

-FaZe

The remaining eight teams are to be found in the upcoming IEM Katowice Play-In event, beginning tomorrow at 12:00 (CET).

To kick things off we have, among others, Cloud9 against Spirit. Cloud9 currently ranks 20th. in the world, whereas the Russians of Spirit rank at an impressive 16th. Despite their new signing of 20-year-old rifler Erick "Xeppaa" Bach, Cloud9 has struggled with finding their footing in the new Counter-Strike season. They will seek to hit the ground running as they face a new-look Spirit roster with young prospect Abdul "degster" Gasanov wielding his team's AWP. The last time the two rosters faced each other Cloud9 won the BO3-series 2-0.

A team that, like Cloud9, has had difficulties with finding their form is the Swedish Ninjas in Pyjamas. They face the, arguably, strongest roster of the tournament in Complexity on the first day of the mini-event. The Ninjas currently ranks at 15th. in the world and with Complexity coming from a strong performance at BLAST Premier Spring Groups, finishing first in their group, it is without any doubt going to be a difficult task for the Swedes. The last time the two rosters clashed was in 2020 where Complexity won 2-0.

Get ready to witness some quality Counter-Strike as some of the world's best teams battle to earn themselves a spot at the IEM Katowice main event. The show starts tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:00 (CET).