Bracket for IEM Katowice 2021 Play-In Stage Revealed
Bracket for IEM Katowice 2021 Play-In Stage Revealed
ESL have revealed the bracket for the opening stage of the upcoming IEM Katowice 2021. All series within the first round are scheduled for February 16th, with multiple series being played simultaneously. The sixteen teams have been split in pairs as follows (UK time):
11:00 AM
- BIG vs Movistar Riders
- Team Spirit vs Cloud9
- Gambit Esports vs Team One
12:30 PM
- Renegades vs mousesports
- Virtus.pro vs Wisla Krakow
- Ninjas in Pyjamas vs Complexity
2:00 PM
- OG vs Fnatic
- Team Liquid vs MIBR
The series above will be best-of-one, while all following matches will be best-of-three. Top eight teams of the Play-In stage will advance to the group stage, where they will compete with Heroic, Vitality, Astralis, Natus Vincere, G2 Esports, FaZe Clan, FURIA, and Evil Geniuses.
IEM Katowice 2021, also known as IEM XV – World Championship, features a $1,000,000 prize pool and is a part of the Intel Grand Slam series. The online event will conclude on February 28th with a best-of-five grand finale, the winner of which will claim $400,000.