IEM Katowice 2024: Schedule, scores, teams, and more

Between the RMR qualifiers and BLAST Premier’s Spring Groups this past week, most of Counter-Strike 2’s top squads have a few official games under their belt for the 2024 season. They’ll need to hope the rust is shaken off as the first tier one LAN has arrived—IEM Katowice.

IEM Katowice is one of ESL’s longest-standing tournaments and kicks off 2024’s major competitive ladder. One of the most prestigious titles in Counter-Strike, IEM Katowice features a massive $1 million prize pool and, for the winner, a guaranteed invitation to IEM Cologne and the BLAST Premier World Final. With the world rankings far from set in stone as teams adjust to CS2 and the meta, you won’t want to miss this year’s edition of the Polish event.

Here’s everything we know about IEM Katowice 2024: full schedule, results, participating teams, and more.

IEM Katowice 2024 format and teams

IEM Katowice 2024 is split into three stages: Play-In, Group Stage, and the Playoffs. 24 teams in total will contest for the trophy but only six will win the right to play in front of the crowd at Spodek Arena in February.

The Play-In features 16 teams split into a double-elimination bracket. These teams qualified for the opening stage of IEM Katowice thanks to their status as the top squads from their respective regions per the ESL rankings. Eight teams will emerge from the Play-In bracket and join the eight invited squads in the Group Stage.

The remaining 16 teams will play out another double-elimination bracket across two groups, with three per group making it to the arena for the Playoffs. A final single-elimination bracket will determine who rises above all to lift the Katowice trophy and etch their names into CS history.

Below, we’ve listed the full list of invites, their method of qualification, and where they will begin their IEM Katowice 2024 journey.

IEM Katowice 2024 standings

Below you’ll find the full standings for IEM Katowice 2024. Alongside the $400,000 prize purse for the tournament champion, the winner will also receive a direct invite to ESL’s second pinnacle event for 2024 at IEM Cologne, as well as BLAST Premier’s World Final. That’s not all though, because they’ll also notch a mark on the Intel Grand Slam; win four IGS-tier events before anyone else, and the team net a further $1 million.

IEM Katowice 2024 schedule

All times below are listed in Central Time (CT) and are subject to change.

Play-In

Wednesday, Jan. 31

• 8:30am
  • Heroic def. Astralis (13-11 on Mirage)
  • Eternal Fire def. BetrBoom (13-1 on Nuke)
• 9:30am
  • Rebels def. Cloud9 (13-10 on Mirage)
  • BIG def. ENCE (13-9 on Ancient)
• 10:30am
  • GamerLegion def. M80 (13-10 on Nuke)
  • Spirit def. Apeks (13-0 on Ancient)
• 11:30am
  • The Mongolz def. FURIA (16-14 on Mirage)
  • Virtus.pro def. Rooster (13-4 on Inferno)

• 12:30pm
  • Eternal Fire 2-0 Rebels (13-4 on Inferno, 13-9 on Mirage)
    • Eternal Firequalifies to group stage.
  • Heroic def. BIG (Heroic 13-8 on Nuke, BIG 13-7 on Vertigo, Heroic 13-7 on Anubis)
    • Heroic qualifies to group stage.

Thursday, Feb. 1

• 6:30am
  • The MongolZ vs. Team Spirit
    • Winner qualifies to group stage.
  • GamerLegion vs. Virtus.pro
    • Winner qualifies to group stage.

• 9:30am
  • Cloud9 vs. BetBoom
    • Loser is eliminated.
  • Astralis vs. ENCE
    • Loser is eliminated.
• 12:30pm
  • FURIA vs. Apeks
    • Loser is eliminated.
  • M80 vs. Rooster
    • Loser is eliminated.

Friday, Feb. 2

• 9:30am
  • TBD vs. TBD
    • Winner qualifies to group stage, loser is eliminated.
  • TBD vs. TBD
    • Winner qualifies to group stage, loser is eliminated.
• 12:30pm
  • TBD vs. TBD
    • Winner qualifies to group stage, loser is eliminated.
  • TBD vs. TBD
    • Winner qualifies to group stage, loser is eliminated.

Group Stage

Full group stage schedule to be determined.

This schedule will be updated as the event progresses.