IEM Katowice viewer's guide

Herein you shall find everything you need to know concerning the $250,000+ CS:GO tournament taking place from March 2-5 at IEM Katowice.

From March 2-5 in Katowice, Poland, the final Intel Extreme Masters stopover of the season will include a $250,000+ CS:GO tournament with 12 teams in attendance.

There are two groups with six teams each and the tournament kicks off with a best-of-one round-robin group stage that will take place during the first two days and be inaccessible to the public.

The group winners will automatically advance to the semifinals whereas the second and third place finishers in each group will play quarter-finals to determine the final two teams to make the top four of the event.

CS:GO returns to the Spodek Arena from the quarter-finals onwards

Every match from the quarter-finals onward will take place inside the Spodek Arena proper. The quarter and semifinals will be best-of-three games whereas the grand final will be a best-of-five.

The official groups for IEM Katowice 2016 are once again:

Group A	Group B
fnatic	Envy
Natus Vincere	Astralis
Luminosity	Virtus.pro
MOUZ	FaZe
Ninjas in Pyjamas	E-frag.net
The MongolZ	Tempo Storm

The schedule for the event is:

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)

The talent list for IEM Katowice draws on most of the most renowned corners of the current CS:GO scene and is as follows:

Will "Chobra" Cho - Host
O. J. Borg - Sideline reporter

Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Analyst desk host
Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović - Analyst

Lauren "Pansy" Scott - Commentator
Alex "Machine" Richardson - Commentator
Anders Blume - Commentator
Auguste "Semmler" Massonat - Commentator
Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer - Commentator
Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole - Commentator

Heather "sapphiRe" Garozzo - Observer
Alex Rush - Observer 

You will be able to catch the action over at ESL's CS:GO channel as always and the games go live when fnatic will take on Na`Vi in a best-of-one at 12:20

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