IEM Katowice Major 2019 explained

IEM Katowice 2019
Sport:
Year:2019
Location:Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Start Date:February 13
End Date:March 3, 2019
Administrator:Valve
ESL
Tournament Format:Two 16 team swiss-system group stages
8 team single-elimination playoff
Venue:ESL Arena

Spodek
Teams:24 teams
Purse:$1,000,000 USD
Champions:Astralis (3rd title)
Runners-Up1:ENCE
Runners-Up2:MIBR
Natus Vincere
Mvp:Emil "Magisk" Reif
Previous:London 2018
Next:Berlin 2019

The Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII – Katowice Major 2019, also known as IEM Katowice Major 2019 or Katowice 2019, was the fourteenth Major Championship and the world championship for the thirteenth season of the Intel Extreme Masters. It was held in Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland from February 13 – March 3, 2019.[1] Fourteen teams would qualify for the IEM Katowice Major 2019 based on their top fourteen placements from the last Major, the, while another ten teams would qualify from their respective regional qualifiers.[2] The top eight teams from the London Major ("Legends") received a bye to the second phase of the group stage while the other sixteen teams ("Challengers") had to go through the first and second group stages in order to reach the playoffs. It featured a prize pool, the seventh consecutive Major with that prize pool.[3] [4] It was hosted by ESL, their first Major since 2016. This event was the start of the second season of the Intel Grand Slam.

Astralis, Team Liquid, MIBR, Natus Vincere, and FaZe Clan were incoming Legends who retained that status, while BIG, HellRaisers, and compLexity Gaming were knocked out in the New Legends stage. Renegades, Ninjas in Pyjamas, and ENCE advanced to the playoff stage to become Legends for the following Major.

The grand finals featured the world's number one team Astralis, which defeated Ninjas in Pyjamas and MIBR in the playoffs, and the underdog ENCE, which defeated the world's number two in Team Liquid and the world's number three in Natus Vincere. Astralis swept ENCE in two maps to take its third Major title and tie Fnatic for most Majors titles. In addition, Astralis became just the third team after Fnatic and the Brazilian roster of Luminosity Gaming and SK Gaming to win consecutive Majors.

Background

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by Hidden Path Entertainment and Valve. It is the fourth game in the Counter-Strike series. In professional CS:GO, the Valve-sponsored Majors are the most prestigious tournaments.[5] [6]

The defending champions were Astralis, after winning their second championship at the . At the time, Fnatic had the most Major titles, with three.

Format

The Major cycle began with four Minors, or regional qualifiers: Americas, Asia, CIS, and Europe. Two teams from each qualifier moved on to the Major. In addition, because Valve reduced the number of direct Major invites from sixteen to fourteen, the third-place teams at each respective Minor advanced to a third-place qualifier to send two more teams to the Major.

The Major featured twenty-four teams. The top eight teams from the were the Legends, and the remaining sixteen teams—the teams that placed ninth through fourteenth at the FACEIT Major and the ten teams that advanced from the Minors—were known as Challengers.

The Major was split into three stages. The first stage was the New Challengers stage, featuring all Challengers in a Swiss-system tournament: the top eight teams advanced to the next stage and the bottom eight teams were eliminated. The second stage is the New Legends stage, a second Swiss-system group stage. This stage featured the eight Legends from the London Major and the eight teams advancing from the New Challengers stage. Like the New Challengers stage, the New Legends stage also advanced the top eight teams and eliminated the bottom eight teams. All teams from this stage except the bottom two teams earned automatic invites to the following Major. The final stage was the New Champions stage, and teams that advanced to this stage received Legends status at the following Major. This stage featured an eight team, best-of-three, single elimination bracket.[7] [8]

ESL announced changes for this Major in the New Challengers and the New Legends stages. Rather than only featuring best-of-threes in the fifth round of the group stages, ESL announced that any progression or elimination matches would feature a best-of-three series. Therefore, the high and low matches of round three and all matches in rounds four and five were best-of-three. ESL also made changes to the seeding protocol. Instead of having seeding determined by placement at the last Major and the Minors, each team in the Swiss-system stages ranked the other 15 teams in the stage; the rankings were then aggregated to create the final seeding for the first round of each Swiss-system stage.[9] ESL also moved away from FACEIT's Buchholz system and instead used an Elo rating system. Teams were assigned Elo ratings that matched their seeding and the rating changed after every win or loss, with the winner taking some of the loser's points. Each team's Elo rating was used to determine all matchups after the first round, instead of the random draws of previous Majors.[10] [11]

Map Pool

The map pool remained the same as the previous Major.[12]

Minors

Each regional qualifier, called "Minors", featured eight teams. Each Minor also had a 50,000 prize pool, with first place receiving 30,000, second place taking in 15,000, and third place raking in the last 5,000. Unlike past Minors, no teams was directly invited to the Minors.[13] All Minors take place in Katowice to avoid visa issues, just like the FACEIT Major approach.[14]

Each Minor's format was similar to past Minors, but with a couple small changes. The group stages would be a GSL, double elimination format with each group featuring four teams. The opening matches would be a best of one. A new change came along with the winner's set being a best of three instead of the usual best of one. The loser's and decider's matches would also be best of three sets. The top two teams in each group would move on to a four team, best of three, double elimination bracket. The top two teams would move on to the Major. In addition, the Minor finals that used to determine seeding would be eliminated; instead, the winner of the winner's match would be the first seed going into the New Challengers stage and the winner of the loser's match would be the second seed.[15]

CIS Minor

The CIS Minor qualifier featured sixteen teams. Winstrike Team was automatically invited based on its top sixteen placement at the FACEIT Major and another seven teams were invited. Eight more teams qualified through four online qualifiers. The qualifier will have a sixteen team, double elimination bracket and teams will play until eight teams qualified CIS Minor.

The CIS Minor took place from January 16 to 20, 2019.[16]

Europe Minor

The Europe Minor qualifier featured sixteen teams. mousesports were automatically invited based on their top sixteen placement at the FACEIT Major and another seven teams were invited. Eight more teams qualified through four online qualifiers. The qualifier had a sixteen team, double elimination bracket and teams played until eight teams qualified for the Europe Minor.

The Europe Minor took place from January 16 to 20, 2019. ENCE and Team Vitality[17] qualified for the main qualifier.

Asia Minor

The Asia Minor featured two teams from Oceania, two teams from China, two teams from East Asia, one team from Southeast Asia, and one team from the Middle East. Each qualifier featured four invited teams and another four teams through two online qualifiers. Each qualifier consist of an eight team, double elimination, best of three bracket. MVP PK was the first team to qualify for any Katowice 2019 Minor after defeating compatriot GOSU and Renegades rounded up the Asia Minor lineup after defeating Tainted Minds.

The Asia Minor will take place from January 22 to 26, 2019.[18]

Americas Minor

The Americas Minor featured two qualifiers, one from North America and one from South America. The North America qualifier featured sixteen teams. Eight teams were invited and another eight teams qualified through four online qualifiers. The qualifier would have a sixteen team, double elimination bracket and teams would play until six teams qualified for the Americas Minor. The South America qualifier featured eight teams. Four teams were invited and another four teams qualified through two online qualifiers. This qualifier have an eight team, double elimination, best of three bracket. Teams would play until two teams qualified for the Minor.

The Americas Minor took place from January 22 to 26, 2019, the same dates as the Asia Minor.[19]

Minor play-in

This qualifier featured the teams that placed third in their respective Minors. This phase was a four team, best of three, double elimination bracket. The opening matches were the Asia Minor representative against the Europe Minor representative and the CIS Minor team versus the Americans Minor team.

The Minor play-in took place on January 27, 2019.[20]

Broadcast talent

The Major was streamed in various languages across Twitch. It was also streamed on ESL's YouTube channel, Steam.tv, and on CS:GO's in-game viewing client GOTV.[21]

Desk hosts

Stage host

Reporter

Commentators

Analysts

Observers

Teams competing

Legends
London 2018 9th–14th


Regional Qualifiers

Pre-Major ranking

HLTV.org rank teams based on results of teams' performances. The rankings shown below reflect the February 11, 2019 rankings.[22]

Teams that were in the top 30 but failed to qualify for the major include North (#7, Denmark), mousesports (#10, Europe), Ghost Gaming (#16, United States), Valiance (#20, Serbia), 3DMAX (#24, France), Heroic (#25, Denmark), forZe (#26, Russia), Luminosity Gaming (#27, Brazil), Sprout Esports (#29, Germany), and x6tence Galaxy (#30, Sweden).

World ranking
PlaceTeamPointsMove1Peak2Low2Best Major placing3Best achievements2
1Astralis933111st at Atlanta 2017
1st at London 2018		IEM Chicago 2018 winner
ECS Season 6 winner
ESL Pro League Season 8 winner
2Team Liquid576 1232nd at Cologne 2016IEM Chicago 2018 runner-up
ESL One New York runner-up
ESL Pro League Season 8 runner-up
3Natus Vincere384 1232nd at Cluj-Napoca 2015
2nd at Columbus 2016
2nd at London 2018		BLAST Copenhagen winner
EPICENTER 2018 runner-up
4FaZe Clan4327 1482nd at Boston 2018EPICENTER 2018 winner
3rd at IEM Chicago 2018
ELEAGUE Invitational 2019 winner
5NRG Esports2655101st at Katowice 2019 Americas Minorcs_summit 3 winner
3rd at ESL One New York 2018
3rd at SL iL Season 6
6Fnatic2655261st at Winter 2013
1st at Katowice 2015
1st Cologne 2015		PLG Grand Slam 2018 winner
3rd at IEM Chicago 2018
8Cloud9208 137291st at Boston 20183rd at BLAST Lisbon 2018
ELEAGUE Invitational 2019 runner-up
9MIBR187 5491st at Columbus 2016
1st at Cologne 2016		ECS Season 6 runner-up
BLAST Istanbul 2018 runner-up
11ENCE182 610201st at Katowice 2019 Europe MinorDreamHack Winter 2018 winner
SL iL Season 6 winner
12BIG178 47155th at Kraków 2017
5th at London 2018		5th at SL iL Season 6
3rd at cs_summit 3
13Renegades166 1011309th at Cologne 20155th at SL iL Season 6
3rd at Toyota Masters Bangkok 2018
14Ninjas in Pyjamas163 56141st at Cologne 2014BLAST Copenhagen runner-up
5th at EPICENTER 2018
15Team Vitality162N/A14452nd at Katowice 2019 Europe MinorDreamHack Atlanta 2018 winner
17Team Spirit115 17175617th at London 20185th at WePlayLock and Load
18AVANGAR114 15153117th at Boston 20183rd at EPICENTER 2018
Qi Invitational runner-up
19G2 Esports109 44255th at Boston 20185th at ESL One New York 2018
7th at ESL Pro League Season 8
21HellRaisers101 1110215th at London 20185th at EPICENTER 2018
22Grayhound Gaming82 2322682nd at Katowice 2019 Asia Minor3rd at ESEA Season 29
9th at PLG Grand Slam
23FURIA Esports80 5621852nd at Katowice 2018 Americas Minor5th at WePlayLock and Load
28Winstrike Team178 276273041st at Katowice 2019 play-in9th at WePlayLock and Load
35ViCi Gaming 110351452nd at Katowice 2019 play-in13th at ESL Pro League Season 8
39compLexity Gaming 1811395th at London 20183rd at DreamHack Atlanta 2018
4th at cs_summit 3
53Vega Squadron 1313539th at Boston 2018SL iL Season 6 runner-up
67TyLoo 55126712th at London 2018DreamHack Open Austin 2018 runner-up
1Change since September 24, 2018 ranking, the ranking after the FACEIT Major.

2Since end of FACEIT Major

3Best major placements may not necessarily reflect teams' current rosters

New Challengers stage

The New Challengers stage took place from February 13 to February 17, 2019, at the ESL Arena. The Challengers stage, also known as the Preliminary stage and formerly known as the offline qualifier, was a sixteen team swiss tournament. The seeding was released on February 6, 2019. Next to each team's name under the "Team" column is each team's initial seeding. Under each of the "Rounds" columns are the team's opponent's seed at the time the round was played.[23]

PlaceTeamRecordRDRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5
3–0+22Winstrike Team
16–9
Nuke		High match
ViCi Gaming
16–6
Overpass		High match
TyLoo
2–0		New Legends stageNew Legends stage
3–0+22AVANGAR
16–8
Train		High match
Ninjas in Pyjamas
16–13
Mirage		High match
ENCE
2–0		New Legends stageNew Legends stage
3–1+16TyLoo
8–16
Inferno		Low match
Grayhound Gaming
19–17
Nuke		Mid match
Vega Squadron
16–1
Overpass		High match
ViCi Gaming
2–0		New Legends stage
AVANGAR 3–1+6Renegades
8–16
Train		Low match
FURIA Esports
16–14
Mirage		Mid match
G2 Esports
16–10
Overpass		High match
TyLoo
2–0		New Legends stage
ENCE eSports 3–1+4Team Spirit
16–10
Nuke		High match
G2 Esports
16–6
Overpass		High match
Renegades
0–2		High match
Winstrike Team
2–1		New Legends stage
3–2+20FURIA Esports
16–6
Mirage		High match
Renegades
13–16
Mirage		Mid match
Winstrike Team
6–16
Train		Low match
Vega Squadron
2–1		ViCi Gaming
2–1
3–2+16Vega Squadron
16–14
Cache		High match
ENCE eSports
6–16
Overpass		Mid match
AVANGAR
16–10
Overpass		Low match
Fnatic
2–1		TyLoo
2–1
Cloud9 3–20Grayhound Gaming
16–11
Mirage		High match
TyLoo
3–16
Overpass		Mid match
ViCi Gaming
6–16
Inferno		Low match
FURIA Esports
2–1		Winstrike Team
2–0
Winstrike Team 2–3−3NRG Esports
9–16
Nuke		Low match
Fnatic
16–11
Train		Mid match
Ninjas in Pyjamas
16–6
Train		High match
ENCE eSports
1–2		Cloud9
0–2
TyLoo 2–3−9Team Vitality
16–8
Inferno		High match
Cloud9
16–3
Overpass		High match
NRG Esports
0–2		High match
AVANGAR
0–2		G2 Esports
1–2
2–3−12Fnatic
16–9
Train		High match
NRG Esports
6–16
Overpass		Mid match
Cloud9
16–6
Inferno		High match
Team Vitality
0–2		Ninjas in Pyjamas
1–2
FURIA Esports 1–3−9Ninjas in Pyjamas
6–16
Mirage		Low match
AVANGAR
14–16
Mirage		Low match
Team Spirit
2–0		Low match
Cloud9
1–2		Eliminated
1–3−11ViCi Gaming
9–16
Overpass		Low match
Winstrike Team
11–16
Train		Low match
Grayhound Gaming
2–0		Low match
G2 Esports
1–2		Eliminated
Vega Squadron 1–3−26G2 Esports
14–16
Cache		Low match
Team Spirit
16–14
Mirage		Mid match
Team Vitality
1–16
Overpass		Low match
Ninjas in Pyjamas
1–2		Eliminated
0–3−17ENCE eSports
10–16
Nuke		Low match
Vega Squadron
14–16
Mirage		Low match
FURIA Esports
0–2		EliminatedEliminated
Grayhound Gaming 0–3−19Cloud9
11–16
Mirage		Low match
Team Vitality
17–19
Nuke		Low match
Fnatic
0–2		EliminatedEliminated
Round 3 matches
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
ENCE eSports7Nuke16Renegades
ENCE eSports14Mirage16Renegades
ENCE eSportsInfernoRenegades
Fnatic16Inferno9Grayhound Gaming
Fnatic16Overpass11Grayhound Gaming
FnaticMirageGrayhound Gaming
NRG Esports16Inferno14TyLoo
NRG Esports16Mirage13TyLoo
NRG EsportsTrainTyLoo
Team Spirit9Mirage16FURIA Esports
Team Spirit14Nuke16FURIA Esports
Team SpiritCacheFURIA Esports
Round 4 matches
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Team Vitality25Inferno22ViCi Gaming
Team Vitality16Nuke12ViCi Gaming
Team VitalityOverpassViCi Gaming
TyLoo12Cache16AVANGAR
TyLoo14Inferno16AVANGAR
TyLooMirageAVANGAR
ENCE eSports16Dust II11Winstrike Team
ENCE eSports7Mirage16Winstrike Team
ENCE eSports16Train13Winstrike Team
Ninjas in Pyjamas17Overpass19Vega Squadron
Ninjas in Pyjamas16Train6Vega Squadron
Ninjas in Pyjamas16Mirage6Vega Squadron
G2 Esports8Mirage16Fnatic
G2 Esports16Dust II8Fnatic
G2 Esports16Overpass5Fnatic
Cloud91Mirage16FURIA Esports
Cloud916Inferno1FURIA Esports
Cloud916Cache10FURIA Esports
Round 5 matches
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Ninjas in Pyjamas16Train7ViCi Gaming
Ninjas in Pyjamas13Inferno16ViCi Gaming
Ninjas in Pyjamas16Mirage7ViCi Gaming
G2 Esports12Mirage16TyLoo
G2 Esports16Dust II2TyLoo
G2 Esports16Cache7TyLoo
Cloud916Nuke7Winstrike Team
Cloud919Overpass16Winstrike Team
Cloud9MirageWinstrike Team

New Legends stage

The New Legends stage, formerly known as the Group stage, used the same format as the Challengers stage. This stage takes place from February 20 to February 24, 2019, live at the International Congress Center in Katowice. The seeding was released on February 19, 2019.[24] Next to each team's name under the "Team" column is each team's initial seeding. Under each of the "Rounds" columns are the team's opponent's seed at the time the round was played.[25]

PlaceTeamRecordRDRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5
3–0+45compLexity Gaming
16–6
Nuke		High match
Cloud9
16–0
Train		High match
Renegades
2–1		New Champions stageNew Champions stage
3–0+16AVANGAR
16–12
Overpass		High match
Ninjas in Pyjamas
16–13
Overpass		High match
Natus Vincere
2–0		New Champions stageNew Champions stage
3–1+18G2 Esports
16–7
Inferno		High match
Team Vitality
25–22
Mirage		High match
Team Liquid
0–2		High match
AVANGAR
2–0		New Champions stage
3–1+10Cloud9
3–16
Inferno		Low match
compLexity Gaming
16–9
Mirage		Mid match
G2 Esports
16–12
Inferno		High match
Ninjas in Pyjamas
2–0		New Champions stage
3–1−4ENCE eSports
16–13
Inferno		High match
FaZe Clan
16–14
Inferno		High match
Astralis
1–2		High match
Team Vitality
2–1		New Champions stage
3–2+15HellRaisers
16–4
Train		High match
Renegades
14–16
Inferno		Mid match
AVANGAR
13–16
Mirage		Low match
compLexity Gaming
2–1		Cloud9
2–0
ENCE eSports 3–2+11Renegades
13–16
Inferno		Low match
HellRaisers
12–16
Dust II		Low match
BIG
2–1		Low match
G2 Esports
2–0		AVANGAR
2–0
3–2+8NRG Esports
16–14
Nuke		High match
Team Liquid
13–16
Overpass		Mid match
HellRaisers
16–5
Overpass		High match
MIBR
0–2		Team Vitality
2–1
2–3−2MIBR
16–3
Inferno		High match
Astralis
0–16
Train		Mid match
Team Vitality
14–16
Mirage		Low match
HellRaisers
2–0		FaZe Clan
0–2
2–3−16BIG
16–11
Mirage		High match
Natus Vincere
22–25
Mirage		Mid match
Cloud9
16–14
Mirage		High match
Renegades
1–2		Ninjas in Pyjamas
1–2
AVANGAR 2–3−26Team Liquid
12–16
Overpass		Low match
NRG Sports
16–13
Overpass		Mid match
FaZe Clan
16–13
Mirage		High match
Natus Vincere
0–2		ENCE eSports
0–2
1–3−10Astralis
6–16
Nuke		Low match
MIBR
9–16
Mirage		Low match
NRG Esports
2–0		Low match
FaZe Clan
1–2		Eliminated
1–3−18Natus Vincere
7–16
Inferno		Low match
BIG
16–13
Mirage		Mid match
MIBR
12–16
Inferno		Low match
ENCE eSports
2–0		Eliminated
HellRaisers 1–3−31FaZe Clan
4–16
Train		Low match
ENCE eSports
16–12
Dust II		Mid match
Ninjas in Pyjamas
5–16
Overpass		Low match
Cloud9
0–2		Eliminated
BIG 0–3−5Team Vitality
11–16
Mirage		Low match
G2 Esports
13–16
Mirage		Low match
ENCE eSports
1–2		EliminatedEliminated
0–3−11Ninjas in Pyjamas
14–16
Nuke		Low match
AVANGAR
13–16
Overpass		Low match
compLexity Gaming
0–2		EliminatedEliminated
Round 3 matches
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Astralis17Mirage19Renegades
Astralis16Nuke9Renegades
Astralis16Inferno2Renegades
ENCE eSports5Dust II16BIG
ENCE eSports16Train14BIG
ENCE eSports16Overpass10BIG
Team Liquid16Mirage14Natus Vincere
Team Liquid16Dust II9Natus Vincere
Team LiquidNukeNatus Vincere
NRG Esports19Nuke22compLexity Gaming
NRG Esports16Cache19compLexity Gaming
NRG EsportsInfernocompLexity Gaming
Round 4 matches
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Renegades16Dust II5Team Vitality
Renegades11Cache16Team Vitality
Renegades16Inferno12Team Vitality
Natus Vincere16Dust II6AVANGAR
Natus Vincere16Train11AVANGAR
Natus VincereMirageAVANGAR
MIBR16Train6Ninjas in Pyjamas
MIBR16Inferno14Ninjas in Pyjamas
MIBRMirageNinjas in Pyjamas
ENCE eSports19Dust II17G2 Esports
ENCE eSports16Mirage10G2 Esports
ENCE eSportsNukeG2 Esports
FaZe Clan8Cache16compLexity Gaming
FaZe Clan16Mirage11compLexity Gaming
FaZe Clan16Dust II14compLexity Gaming
Cloud916Inferno8HellRaisers
Cloud916Cache12HellRaisers
Cloud9MirageHellRaisers
Round 5 matches
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
ENCE eSports16Mirage12AVANGAR
ENCE eSports16Train7AVANGAR
ENCE eSportsOverpassAVANGAR
Ninjas in Pyjamas16Cache7Team Vitality
Ninjas in Pyjamas8Overpass16Team Vitality
Ninjas in Pyjamas16Mirage7Team Vitality
FaZe Clan16Cache14Cloud9
FaZe Clan16Dust II9Cloud9
FaZe ClanNukeCloud9

New Champions stage

The New Champions Stage, also known as the Playoffs, is a best of three double elimination bracket. Teams play until a winner is decided. This stage is taking place at the Spodek from February 28 to March 3, 2019. Brackets were revealed shortly after FaZe defeated Cloud9 in the last map of the group stages. Teams were seeded first based on their record in the New Legends stage and based on the strength of their schedule.

Quarterfinals

Natus Vincere vs. FaZe Clan

Casters: HenryG & Sadokist

Natus Vincere vs. FaZe Clan scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Natus Vincere16Inferno13FaZe Clan
Natus Vincere16Mirage7FaZe Clan
Natus VincereDust IIFaZe Clan

Team Liquid vs. ENCE eSports

Casters: Vince Hill & moses

Team Liquid vs. ENCE eSports scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Team Liquid11Mirage16ENCE eSports
Team Liquid16Inferno19ENCE eSports
Team LiquidOverpassENCE eSports

MIBR vs. Renegades

Casters: HenryG & Sadokist

MIBR vs. Renegades scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
MIBR16Dust II6Renegades
MIBR16Train12Renegades
MIBRMirageRenegades

Astralis vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas

Casters: Vince Hill & moses

Astralis vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Astralis16Mirage2Ninjas in Pyjamas
Astralis16Dust II14Ninjas in Pyjamas
AstralisOverpassNinjas in Pyjamas

Semifinals

Natus Vincere vs. ENCE eSports

Casters: HenryG & Sadokist

Natus Vincere vs. ENCE eSports scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
Natus Vincere14Train16ENCE eSports
Natus Vincere16Dust II3ENCE eSports
Natus Vincere14Mirage16ENCE eSports

MIBR vs. Astralis

Casters: Vince Hill & moses

MIBR vs. Astralis scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
MIBR14Overpass16Astralis
MIBR7Inferno16Astralis
MIBRTrainAstralis

Finals

Casters: HenryG & Sadokist

ENCE eSports vs. Astralis scores
TeamScoreMapScoreTeam
ENCE eSports11Train16Astralis
ENCE eSports4Inferno16Astralis
ENCE eSportsOverpassAstralis

Final standings

The final placings are shown below. In addition, the prize distribution, seed for the next major, roster, and coaches are shown. Each team's in-game leader is shown first.

PlacePrize MoneyTeamSeedRosterCoach
1stAstralisBerlin 2019 Legends, dev1ce, dupreeh, Magisk, Xyp9x
2ndENCEAleksib, Aerial, allu,, Twista
3rd 4thMIBRFalleN, coldzera,,, TACO
Natus VincereZeus, Edward,, electronic,
5th 8thFaZe ClanNiKo, AdreN, GuardiaN,, YNk
Ninjas in PyjamasLekr0,,, GeT RiGhT, REZ
RenegadesAZR,, Liazz, Gratisfaction,
Team Liquid, ELiGE, Stewie2K, NAF, Twistzz
9th 11thAVANGARBerlin 2019 ChallengersJame,,, KrizzeN,
Cloud9Zellsis,, RUSH,, kioShiMa
Team VitalityNBK-,, Rpk, ZywOo, ALEXXTQZZZ
12th 14thcompLexity Gaming, n0thing, ShahZaM,, RickehWarden
G2 Esports,, JaCkz, kennyS, Lucky
HellRaisersANGE1, DeadFox, HObbit, ISSAA,
15th 16thBIG, nex,,, XANTARES
NRG Esports, Brehze, Ethan, FugLy, CeRqImAPet
17th 19thTyLooAttacker, somebody, Summer,, BnTeTJohnta
ViCi Gaming,,, Freeman,
Winstrike TeamBoombl4, n0rb3r7, WorldEdit, Kvik,
20th 22ndFnaticXizt, Brollan, JW, KRiMZ, Jumpy
FURIA Esports,, KSCERATO, VINI,
Vega Squadron,, tonyblack,, jRFierce
23rd 24thGrayhound Gamingdexter, DickStacy,,,
Team SpiritS0tF1k, DavCost, Dima, COLDYY1, somedieyoungCertus

Post-Major ranking

The rankings shown below reflect the March 4, 2019 rankings, the first ranking after the Major.[26]

World ranking
PlaceTeamPointsMove1
1Astralis986
2Team Liquid534
3Natus Vincere464
4ENCE435 7
5MIBR352 4
6FaZe Clan310 2
7Renegades275 6
8Ninjas in Pyjamas252 6
9Cloud9196 1
10Team Vitality184 5
11NRG Esports172 6
13AVANGAR149 5
14Fnatic147 8
16G2 Esports132 3
18BIG122 6
19HellRaisers88 2
21FURIA Esports83 2
22Winstrike Team83 6
23TyLoo71 44
25ViCi Gaming67 10
27compLexity Gaming63 12
28Grayhound Gaming53 6
31Team Spirit 14
38Vega Squadron 15

1Change since February 11, 2019 ranking

References

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  13. Web site: ESL Removes Minor Invites Ahead of IEM Katowice Major. Steven. Cropley. VPEsports. October 9, 2018. October 21, 2018.
  14. Web site: ESL to host all Minors in Katowice. Luis. Mira. HLTV.org. October 9, 2018. October 21, 2018.
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  21. News: IEM Katowice CS:GO Major Adds Fresh Blood to Talent Lineup. 2019-02-08. VPEsports. 2019-02-09. en-US.
  22. Web site: CS:GO Ranking – World Ranking. HLTV.org. February 11, 2019.
  23. Web site: IEM Katowice New Challengers stage seeding, first matchup determined. Zvonimir. Burazin. HLTV.org. February 6, 2019. February 6, 2019.
  24. Web site: Legends Stage First Round matchups and initial seeding announced – IEM Katowice 2019. en-US. 2019-02-19.
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  26. Web site: CS:GO Ranking – World Ranking. HLTV.org. March 4, 2019.

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