IEM Katowice 2018 overview

IEM Katowice 2018

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

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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"

Teams attended

Asia

Europe

Europe

Europe

Europe

Farmskins Championship 2

Invited

Invited

Invited

Invited

Invited

North America

North America

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

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