IEM Major: Katowice 2019

IEM Katowice 2019
	Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII - Katowice Major 2019
Disciplines	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
winner	Astralis
organizer	Intel Extreme Masters
venue	Challengers Stage: ESL Studios, ; Legends Stage: International Congress Center, ; Champions Stage: Spodek , Katowice;
Participating clans	24
Beginning	February 13, 2019
final	3rd March 2019
Prize pool	$ 1,000,000
Sponsors	Valve Corporation
Homepage	Official website
	← Faceit Major: London 2018 StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019 →

The IEM Major: Katowice 2019 was the 14th major tournament in the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive esports discipline and took place from February 13th to March 3rd, 2019. The venue was Katowice for the third time . The final Champions Stage of the tournament was held in the Spodek . The winner of the tournament was Astralis , who won a major tournament for the third time.

qualification

The finalists of the minor tournaments in the four regions of the CIS, Asia, America and Europe, as well as the winner and the third placed in the Asia and CIS minor qualified for the Major's Challengers Stage. All minors took place in Katowice.

Katowice 2019
Surname	CIS Minor Championship	European Minor Championship	Asian Minor Championship	Americas Minor Championship	Minors' 3rd Place Play-in
time	January 16-20, 2019	January 16-20, 2019	January 22nd to 26th, 2019	January 22nd to 26th, 2019	January 27, 2019
Winner (prize money)	Kazakhstan AVANGAR ($ 30,000)	Finland ENCE eSports ($ 30,000)	Australia Renegades ($ 30,000)	United States NRG Esports ($ 30,000)	Russia Winstrike team
Finalist (prize money)	Russia Team Spirit ($ 15,000)	France Team Vitality ($ 15,000)	Australia Grayhound Gaming ($ 15,000)	Brazil FURIA Esports ($ 15,000)	China People's Republic Vici Gaming
3rd place (prize money)	Russia Winstrike Team ($ 5,000)	Denmark North ($ 5,000)	China People's Republic Vici Gaming ($ 5,000)	United States Team EnVyUs ($ 5,000)	Denmark North
Other participants	Russia Gambit Gaming Nemiga Gaming pro100 Runtime.gg Syman Gaming Belarus Ukraine	European Union mousesports OpTic Gaming Space Soldiers Valiance Windigo Gaming Denmark Turkey United Nations Bulgaria	IsraelAequus Club Beyond Esports CyberZen GOSU MVP PK Thailand China People's Republic Korea South Korea South	South AfricaBravado Gaming eUnited Imperial e-Sports INTZ eSports Team One United States Brazil Brazil Brazil	United States Team EnVyUs

Qualification for the Challengers Stage

Qualify for the Minors' 3rd Place Play-in

Team lineups

Places 1 - 8 of the Faceit Major: London 2018
Denmark Astralis	Germany BIG	United Nations compLexity	United Nations FaZe Clan
Denmark Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth	Germany Fatih "gob b" Dayik	United States Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert	Sweden Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer
Denmark Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen	Turkey Can "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş	United Kingdom Rory "dephh" Jackson	Bosnia and Herzegovina Nikola "NiKo" Kovač
Denmark Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz	Germany Tizian "tiziaN" fieldbusch	Canada Peter "Stanislaw" Jarguz	Slovakia Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács
Denmark Emil "Magisk" Reif	Germany Johannes "nex" Maget	United States Shahzeeb "ShahZaM" Khan	Kazakhstan Dauren "AdreN" Kystaubajew
Denmark Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander	Germany Johannes "tabseN" Wodarz	Australia Ricky "Rickeh" Mulholland	Norway Håvard "rain" Nygaard
United Nations HellRaisers	Brazil Made in Brazil	Ukraine Natus Vincere	United States Team Liquid
Hungary Bence "DeadFox" Böröcz	Brazil Fernando "fer" Alvarenga	Ukraine Olexander "s1mple" Kostyliw	United States Nicholas "nitr0" Cannella
Kazakhstan Abai "HObbit" Chassenow	Brazil Marcelo "coldzera" David	Russia Denis "electronic" Sharipov	Canada Russell "Twistzz" van Dulken
Turkey Özgür "woxic" Eker	Brazil Tacio "TACO" Filho	Ukraine Ioann "Edward" Sukharev	United States Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski
Ukraine Kyryll "ANGE1" Karasёw	Brazil Gabriel "TrapN" Toledo	Ukraine Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko	Canada Keith "NAF" Markovic
Jordan Issa "ISSAA" Murad	Brazil João "felps" Vasconcellos	Russia Egor "flamie" Vasiliev	United States Jake "Stewie2k" Yip
Places 9-14 of the Faceit Major: London 2018 and minor qualifiers
Kazakhstan AVANGAR	United States Cloud 9	Finland ENCE eSports	Sweden fnatic
Kazakhstan Bektiyar "fitch" Bachytow	France Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey	Finland Aleksi "allu" Jalli	Sweden Ludvig "Brollan" Brolin
Russia Ali "Jame" Jami	United States Jordan "Zellsis" Montemurro	Finland Jani "Aerial" Jussila	Sweden Simon "twist" Eliasson
Kazakhstan Alexei "Qikert" Golubev	Sweden Robin "flusha" Rönnquist	Finland Sami "xseveN" Laasanen	Sweden Freddy "KRiMZ" Johansson
Kazakhstan Timur "Buster" Tulepov	United States Timothy "autimatic" Ta	Finland Jere "sergej" Salo	Sweden Richard "Xizt" Landström
Kazakhstan Ajdyn "KrizzeN" Turlybekow	United States Will "RUSH" Wierzba	Finland Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen	Sweden Jesper "JW" Wecksell
Brazil FURIA Esports	France G2 esports	Australia Grayhound Gaming	Sweden Ninjas in pajamas
Brazil Kaike "kscerato" Cerato	France Lucas "Lucky" Chastang	Mongolia Erdenetsogt “erkaSt” Gantulga	Sweden Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund
Brazil Vinicius "VINI" Figueiredo	France Audric "JaCkz" Jug	New Zealand Euan "sterling" moors	Sweden Dennis "dennis" Edman
Brazil Rinaldo "AbleJ" Moda Júnior	France Richard "shox" Papillon	Australia Chris "dexter" Nong	Sweden Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg
Brazil Andrei "arT" Piovezan	France Alexandre "bodyy" Pianaro	Australia Liam "malta" Schembri	Sweden Jonas "Lekr0" Olofsson
Brazil Yuri "Yuurih" Santos	France Kenny "kennyS" Schrub	Australia Oliver "DickStacy" Tierney	Sweden Fredrik "REZ" Sterner
United States NRG Esports	Australia Renegades	Russia Team spirit	France Team vitality
United States Ethan "approaches" Arnold	New Zealand Sean "Gratisfaction" Kaiwai	Russia Dmitri "Dima" Bandurka	France Cédric "RpK" Guipouy
United States Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte	Norway Joakim "jkaem" Myrbostad	Russia Dmitri "S0tF1k" Forostjanko	France Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut
Bulgaria Zwetelin "CeRq" Dimitrov	Australia Justin "jks" Savage	Ukraine Vyktor "somedieyoung" Orudžev	France Dan "apEX" Madesclaire
United States Jacob "FugLy" Medina	Australia Jay "liazz" Tregillgas	Russia Vadim "DavCost" Wassiljew	United Kingdom Alex "ALEX" McMeekin
Canada Damian "daps" Steele	Australia Aaron "AZR" Ward	Ukraine Pavel "COLDYY1" Weklenko	France Nathan "NBK" Schmitt
China People's Republic TyLoo	Russia Vega Squadron	China People's Republic Vici Gaming	Russia Winstrike team
China People's Republic Cai "Summer" Yulun	Russia Anton "tonyblack" Kolesnikow	Hong Kong Cheung "Freeman" Winghei	Russia Dawid "n0rb3r7" Danijeljan
Indonesia Hansel "BnTeT" Ferdinand	Russia Pavel "hutji" Laschkow	Malaysia Andrew "kaze" Khong	Russia Georgi "WorldEdit" Jaskin
China People's Republic Xu "somebody" Haowen	Ukraine Yhor "crush" Shevchenko	China People's Republic Liang "advent" Zhuo	Lithuania Aurimas "Kvik" Kvakšys
China People's Republic Sheng "Attacker" Yuanzhang	Ukraine Dmytryj "jR" Tscherwjak	China People's Republic Liu "aumaN" Zhihong	Russia Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov
Indonesia Kevin "xccurate" Susanto	Russia Leonid "chopper" Vishnyakov	China People's Republic Zhong "zhokiNg" Weijie	Finland Jan "wayLander" Rahkonen

Challengers Stage

Eight teams are automatically qualified by being eliminated from places 9 to 14 in the Legend Stage at the Faceit Major: London 2018 . The remaining ten Temas qualified through the minor tournaments and the Minors' 3rd Place Play-in.

Sweden Ninjas in Pajamas (9-11 Legends Stage at Faceit Major: London 2018)
Sweden fnatic (9–11 places on the Legends Stage at the Faceit Major: London 2018)
France G2 Esports (9-11 Legends Stage at Faceit Major: London 2018)
Russia Vega Squadron (12-14 Legends Stage at Faceit Major: London 2018)
United States Cloud 9 (12-14 Legends Stage at the Faceit Major: London 2018)
China People's Republic TyLoo (12-14 Legends Stage at Faceit Major: London 2018)
Kazakhstan AVANGAR (Winner CIS Minor)
Russia Team Spirit (Second CIS Minor)
Finland ENCE eSports (winner Europe Minor)
France Team Vitality (Second Europe Minor)
Australia Renegades (Asia Minor Winner)
Australia Grayhound Gaming (Second Asia Minor)
United States NRG Esports (Americas Minor Winner)
Brazil FURIA Esports (Second Americas Minor)
Russia Winstrike Team (Winner Minors' 3rd Place Play-in)
China People's Republic Vici Gaming (Second Minors' 3rd Place Play-in)

Round 1

	Result		SN
Renegades Australia	16 : 08	Kazakhstan AVANGAR	0-0
fnatic Sweden	09: 16	China People's Republic Vici Gaming	0-0
TyLoo China People's Republic	16 : 08	France Team vitality	0-0
Cloud 9 United States	16 : 11	Australia Grayhound Gaming	0-0
ENCE eSports Finland	16 : 10	Russia Team spirit	0-0
G2 esports France	16 : 14	Russia Vega Squadron	0-0
FURIA Esports Brazil	06: 16	Sweden Ninjas in pajamas	0-0
Winstrike team Russia	09: 16	United States NRG Esports	0-0

round 2

	Result		SN
Cloud 9 United States	03: 16	China People's Republic TyLoo	1-0
ENCE eSports Finland	16 : 06	France G2 esports	1-0
Ninjas in pajamas Sweden	13: 16	Australia Renegades	1-0
NRG Esports United States	16 : 06	China People's Republic Vici Gaming	1-0
Vega Squadron Russia	16 : 14	Russia Team spirit	0-1
Team vitality France	19 : 17	Australia Grayhound Gaming	0-1
AVANGAR Kazakhstan	16 : 14	Brazil FURIA Esports	0-1
fnatic Sweden	11: 16	Russia Winstrike team	0-1

Round 3

	Result		SN
ENCE eSports Finland	07: 16 14: 16	Australia Renegades	2-0
NRG Esports United States	16 : 14 16 : 13	China People's Republic TyLoo	2-0
G2 esports France	10: 16	Kazakhstan AVANGAR	1-1
Team vitality France	16 : 01	Russia Vega Squadron	1-1
Cloud 9 United States	06: 16	China People's Republic Vici Gaming	1-1
Ninjas in pajamas Sweden	06: 16	Russia Winstrike team	1-1
fnatic Sweden	16 : 09 16 : 11	Australia Grayhound Gaming	0-2
Team spirit Russia	09: 16 14: 16	Brazil FURIA Esports	0-2

Round 4

	Result		SN
Team vitality France	25 : 22 16 : 12	China People's Republic Vici Gaming	2-1
TyLoo China People's Republic	12: 16 14: 16	Kazakhstan AVANGAR	2-1
ENCE eSports Finland	16 : 11 07: 16 16 : 13	Russia Winstrike team	2-1
Ninjas in pajamas Sweden	17: 19 16 : 06 16 : 13	Russia Vega Squadron	1-2
G2 esports France	08: 16 16 : 08 16 : 05	Sweden fnatic	1-2
Cloud 9 United States	01: 16 16 : 01 16 : 19	Brazil FURIA Esports	1-2

Round 5

	Result		SN
Ninjas in pajamas Sweden	16 : 07 13: 16 16 : 10	China People's Republic Vici Gaming	2-2
G2 esports France	12: 16 16 : 02 16 : 07	China People's Republic TyLoo	2-2
Cloud 9 United States	16 : 07 19 : 16	Russia Winstrike team	2-2

Legends Stage

Eight teams are already qualified by placing them in the top eight of the last Major Faceit Major: London 2018 . Another eight can qualify via the Challenger Stage.

Denmark Astralis (Winner Faceit Major: London 2018)
Ukraine Natus Vincere (Finalist Faceit Major: London 2018)
Brazil Made in Brazil (semi-finalist Faceit Major: London 2018)
United States Team Liquid (semi-finalist Faceit Major: London 2018)
United Nations compLexity (quarter-finalist Faceit Major: London 2018)
Germany BIG (quarter-finalist Faceit Major: London 2018)
United Nations HellRaisers (quarter-finalist Faceit Major: London 2018)
United Nations FaZe Clan (quarter-finalist Faceit Major: London 2018)
United States NRG Esports (Challengers Stage)
Australia Renegades (Challengers Stage)
Finland ENCE eSports (Challengers Stage)
France Team Vitality (Challengers Stage)
Kazakhstan AVANGAR (Challengers Stage)
Sweden Ninjas in Pajamas (Challengers Stage)
France G2 Esports (Challengers Stage)
United States Cloud 9 (Challengers Stage)

Round 1

	Result		SN
ENCE eSports Finland	13: 16	Australia Renegades	0-0
BIG Germany	11: 16	France Team vitality	0-0
Natus Vincere Ukraine	16 : 07	France G2 esports	0-0
FaZe Clan United Nations	16 : 04	United Nations HellRaisers	0-0
NRG Esports United States	14: 16	Sweden Ninjas in pajamas	0-0
Team Liquid United States	16 : 12	Kazakhstan AVANGAR	0-0
Made in Brazil Brazil	03: 16	United States Cloud 9	0-0
Astralis Denmark	16 : 06	United Nations compLexity	0-0

round 2

	Result		SN
Natus Vincere Ukraine	25 : 22	France Team vitality	1-0
FaZe Clan United Nations	14: 16	Australia Renegades	1-0
Team Liquid United States	16 : 13	Sweden Ninjas in pajamas	1-0
Astralis Denmark	16 : 00	United States Cloud 9	1-0
ENCE eSports Finland	12: 16	United Nations HellRaisers	0-1
BIG Germany	13: 16	France G2 esports	0-1
NRG Esports United States	13: 16	Kazakhstan AVANGAR	0-1
Made in Brazil Brazil	16 : 09	United Nations compLexity	0-1

Round 3

	Result		SN
Astralis Denmark	17: 19 16 : 09 16 : 02	Australia Renegades	2-0
Team Liquid United States	16 : 14 16 : 09	Ukraine Natus Vincere	2-0
Made in Brazil Brazil	16 : 12	France G2 esports	1-1
FaZe Clan United Nations	13: 16	Kazakhstan AVANGAR	1-1
Team vitality France	16 : 14	United States Cloud 9	1-1
Ninjas in pajamas Sweden	16 : 05	United Nations HellRaisers	1-1
ENCE eSports Finland	05: 16 16 : 14 16 : 10	Germany BIG	0-2
NRG Esports United States	19: 22 16: 19	United Nations compLexity	0-2

Round 4

	Result		SN
Renegades Australia	16 : 05 11: 16 16 : 12	France Team vitality	2-1
Natus Vincere Ukraine	16 : 06 16 : 11	Kazakhstan AVANGAR	2-1
Made in Brazil Brazil	16 : 06 16 : 14	Sweden Ninjas in pajamas	2-1
ENCE eSports Finland	19 : 17 16 : 10	France G2 esports	1-2
FaZe Clan United Nations	08: 16 16 : 11 16 : 14	United Nations compLexity	1-2
Cloud 9 United States	16 : 08 16 : 12	United Nations HellRaisers	1-2

Round 5

	Result		SN
ENCE eSports Finland	16 : 12 16 : 07	Kazakhstan AVANGAR	2-2
Ninjas in pajamas Sweden	16 : 07 08: 16 16 : 07	France Team vitality	2-2
FaZe Clan United Nations	16 : 14 16 : 09	United States Cloud 9	2-2

Champions Stage

Quarter finals					Semifinals					final

Ukraine	Natus Vincere	16	16	-
United Nations	FaZe Clan	13	7th	-
					Ukraine	Natus Vincere	14th	16	14th

					Finland	ENCE eSports	16	3	16
United States	Team Liquid	11	16	-

Finland	ENCE eSports	16	19th	-
										Finland	ENCE eSports	11	4th	-
										Denmark	Astralis	16	16	-
Brazil	Made in Brazil	16	16	-
Australia	Renegades	6th	12	-
					Brazil	Made in Brazil	14th	7th	-

					Denmark	Astralis	16	16	-
Denmark	Astralis	16	16	-

Sweden	Ninjas in pajamas	2	14th	-

Prize money distribution

space	clan	Prize money (in US dollars )
1.	Denmark Astralis	500,000
2.	Finland ENCE eSports	150,000
3rd - 4th	Ukraine Natus Vincere MIBR Brazil	70,000
5th - 8th	AustraliaRenegades NIP FaZe Clan Team Liquid Sweden European Union United States	35,000
9-16	Germany BIG NRG Esports G2 Esports compLexity Gaming HellRaisers Avangar Team Vitality Cloud9 United States France United States European Union Kazakhstan France United States	8,750

Web links

Official website

Individual evidence

↑ Luis Mira: IEM Katowice Major team list finalized. hltv.org, January 27, 2019, accessed on January 27, 2019 .

[:0-1] Luis Mira: IEM Katowice Major team list finalized. hltv.org, January 27, 2019, accessed on January 27, 2019 .

IEM Katowice 2019
Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII - Katowice Major 2019
Disciplines	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
winner	Denmark Astralis
organizer	Intel Extreme Masters
venue	Challengers Stage: ESL Studios, Legends Stage: International Congress Center, Champions Stage: Spodek , Katowice Poland
Participating clans	24
Beginning	February 13, 2019
final	3rd March 2019
Prize pool	$ 1,000,000
Sponsors	Valve Corporation
Homepage	Official website
← Faceit Major: London 2018 StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019 →