IEM Katowice, the first $1 million CS:GO tournament of 2023, is well underway and some teams have already booked their spot in the playoffs.
The playoffs will run from Feb. 10 to 12 in front of a live audience at the iconic Spodek Arena. The winners of Groups A and B will directly qualify for the semifinals of IEM Katowice 2023, while the runners-up of each group and third-place teams will play in the quarterfinals as high-seed and low-seed, respectively.
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To keep track of which teams have progressed to the playoffs of IEM Katowice, Dot Esports will list every one of them and update this article every time a new team secures a spot in the final stage of the $1 million flagship CS:GO event run by ESL.
All CS:GO teams qualified for IEM Katowice 2023 playoffs
- Heroic (semifinals)
- G2 Esports (semifinals)
- Vitality (quarterfinals)
- Natus Vincere (quarterfinals)
- Team Liquid (quarterfinals)
- Outsiders (quarterfinals)
G2 beat NAVI to secure first place in group A and a spot in the semifinals, while Heroic defeated Vitality in the upper final of group B and took the other semifinal spot. The other quarterfinalists alongside Vitality and NAVI will be Liquid, and Outsiders
The playoff structure of IEM Katowice 2023 places the teams in a single-elimination bracket, meaning that teams that lose once in the playoffs are knocked out of the event. All matches are best-of-threes, except for the grand finals, which is a best-of-five. The two quarterfinals will be played on Friday, Feb. 10 at 8:30am CT and 12pm CT, respectively.
The semifinals of IEM Katowice will take place on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 8:30am CT and 12pm CT, respectively, and the best-of-five grand finals will be played on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 9am CT. The winner of IEM Katowice will earn $400,000 and qualify for IEM Cologne 2023, which will be played between the end of July and the beginning of August.
