IEM Katowice 2018 overview

IEM Katowice 2018

Date	Prize pool	Teams	Location
Feb 27th - Mar 4th 2018	$500,000	16	Katowice, Poland

Prize distribution

fnatic

1st

$250,000

FaZe

2nd

$100,000

Astralis

3-4th

$40,000

Liquid

3-4th

$40,000

NiP

5-6th

$15,000

Cloud9

5-6th

$15,000

North

7-8th

$7,000

7-8th

$7,000

Renegades

9-12th

$4,000

Gambit

9-12th

$4,000

Heroic

9-12th

$4,000

9-12th

$4,000

TYLOO

13-16th

$2,500

Virtus.pro

13-16th

$2,500

AVANGAR

13-16th

$2,500

ORDER

13-16th

$2,500

MVP - Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist

Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist

Playoffs

Brackets

Upper bracket

Lower bracket

Upper bracket

Lower bracket

Galleries

News

emagine: "We're obviously not happy with our performance"

NAF: "There's a lot that we need to learn and practice"

Video: flusha - MVP of IEM Katowice 2018

Video: flusha vs. FaZe

Best photos from IEM Katowice 2018

Video: GuardiaN vs. fnatic

flusha: "I thought FaZe were playing a bit scared; the nerves got to them"

flusha claims IEM Katowice MVP award

flusha shines as fnatic beat FaZe to win IEM Katowice

coldzera: "The problem is not inside the game; some players have had personal problems"

fnatic take down Liquid to secure final spot

NBK: "shox will have two weeks off at the very minimum"

FaZe defeat Astralis 2-0; to IEM Katowice grand finals

Liquid to IEM Katowice semis over NiP

RUBINO: "I just filled es3tag's shoes because we couldn't change anything before these events"

More news

Teams attended

FaZe

Invited

Cloud9

Invited

Liquid

North America

Invited

Invited

Europe

North America

Europe

Europe

Invited

Europe

Invited

Farmskins Championship 2

Asia

Oceania

Formats

Group stage	Double-Elimination BO3 * Opening matches are BO1 * Top team from each group advances directly to the semifinals
Playoffs	Single-Elimination BO3 * BO5 Grand Final

Related events

Map pool

Cache

Mirage

Inferno

Nuke

Train

Cobblestone

Overpass