ESL has announced the full schedule for IEM Katowice's male CS:GO competition. From March 2-5, ESL will host at Spodek Arena, in Katowice, the final event of the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) season, called the World Championship, featuring 12 teams from all over the world and a minimum prize pool of $250,000. The tournament will kick off with a round-robin group stage, with the group winners advancing to the semi-finals. The second and third-placed teams from both groups will progress to the quarter-final stage, which will determine the final two sides making it to the last-four round. With the group draw having been known at the start of the month, ESL has now released the complete tournament schedule, which can be found below:
fnatic will face Na`Vi in the opening match
Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Wednesday, March 2 12:20 fnatic
vs. Natus Vincere
12:20 MOUZ
vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas
13:40 Luminosity
vs. Natus Vincere
13:40 MOUZ
vs. The MongolZ
15:00 fnatic
vs. Luminosity
15:00 Ninjas in Pyjamas
vs. The MongolZ
16:20 fnatic
vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas
16:20 MOUZ
vs. Natus Vincere
17:40 Luminosity
vs. The MongolZ
17:40 Ninjas in Pyjamas
vs. Natus Vincere
19:00 MOUZ
vs. Luminosity
19:00 fnatic
vs. The MongolZ
20:20 Natus Vincere
vs. The MongolZ
20:20 Luminosity
vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas
20:20 fnatic
vs. MOUZ
Thursday, March 3 12:20 Envy
vs. Astralis
12:20 E-frag.net
vs. FaZe
13:40 Virtus.pro
vs. Astralis
13:40 E-frag.net
vs. Tempo Storm
15:00 Envy
vs. Virtus.pro
15:00 FaZe
vs. Tempo Storm
16:20 Envy
vs. FaZe
16:20 E-frag.net
vs. Astralis
17:40 Virtus.pro
vs. Tempo Storm
17:40 FaZe
vs. Astralis
19:00 E-frag.net
vs. Virtus.pro
19:00 Envy
vs. Tempo Storm
20:20 Astralis
vs. Tempo Storm
20:20 Virtus.pro
vs. FaZe
20:20 Envy
vs. E-frag.net
Friday, March 4 12:30 Quarter-final #1 (bo3) 15:50 Quarter-final #2 (bo3) 19:10 Semi-final #1 (bo3) 22:30 Semi-final #2 (bo3) Saturday, March 5 18:00 Grand final (bo5) FaZe #8
Ricardo 'fox' Pacheco
Mikail 'Maikelele' Bill
Philip 'aizy' Aistrup
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard
Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad
Tempo Storm #28
Henrique 'HEN1' Teles
Lucas 'LUCAS1' Teles
Ricardo 'boltz' Prass
João 'felps' Vasconcellos
Gustavo 'SHOOWTiME' Gonçalves
Ninjas in Pyjamas #11
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund
Richard 'Xizt' Landström
Adam 'friberg' Friberg
Jacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi
E-frag.net #17
Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinov
Emiliyan 'spyleadeR' Dimitrov
Nikolay 'nkl' Krastev
Viktor 'v1c7oR' Dyankov
Simeon 'dream3r' Ganev
The MongolZ #24
Temuulen 'Zilkenberg' Battulga
Tsog 'Tsogoo' Mashbat
Enkhtaivan 'Machinegun' Lkhagva
Otgonjargal 'Menace' Ganzorig
Bold 'ncl' Batsuh
Astralis #4
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
René 'cajunb' Borg
Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen
Nicolai 'device' Reedtz
MOUZ #10
Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Johannes 'nex' Maget
Timo 'Spiidi' Richter
Denis 'denis' Howell
Natus Vincere #2
Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev
Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács
Denis 'seized' Kostin
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev
Luminosity #5
Lincoln 'fnx' Lau
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo
Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga
Marcelo 'coldzera' David
Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo
fnatic #1
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer
Dennis 'dennis' Edman
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist
Jesper 'JW' Wecksell
Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson
Envy #3
Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey
Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub
Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt
Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire
Vincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer
Virtus.pro #6
Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas
Filip 'NEO' Kubski
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski
Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski
Paweł 'byali' Bieliński