Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII – World Championship

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Dota 2

StarCraft II

Fortnite: Battle Royale

References

Major Playoffs

Intel Challenge

Teams

Group stage

Playoffs

Participants

Group stage

Playoffs

Duos

Group stage

Intel Challenge playoffs

Direct Invitees

Qualifiers

Group A

Group B

Upper bracket

Lower bracket

Top 3

Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII – World Championship
Tournament information
Sport	StarCraft II
Location	Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Administrator	Electronic Sports League
Venue(s)	Spodek
Final positions
Champions	soO
1st runners-up	Stats
2nd runners-up	Dark ; herO
	← IEM Katowice 2018

ESL One Katowice 2019
Tournament information
Sport	Dota 2
Location	Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Administrator	Electronic Sports League
Venue(s)	Spodek
Final positions
Champions	Team Secret
1st runners-up	Gambit Esports
2nd runners-up	OG
	← Hamburg 2018 Birmingham 2019 →

Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII – Katowice Major 2019
Tournament information
Sport	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location	Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Administrator	Valve; ESL
Venue(s)	ESL Arena ; Katowice MCK [pl]; Spodek
Final positions
Champions	Astralis
1st runners-up	ENCE eSports
2nd runners-up	MIBR ; Natus Vincere
MVP	Emil "Magisk" Reif
	← London 2018 Berlin 2019 →

ESL Katowice Royale 2019
Tournament information
Sport	Fortnite: Battle Royale
Location	Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Administrator	Electronic Sports League
Venue(s)	Spodek

The Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII – World Championship or IEM Katowice 2019 was the world championship for the thirteenth season of the Intel Extreme Masters. It was held at the Spodek in Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland from February 13–March 3, 2019. The event featured tournaments for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, StarCraft II, and Fortnite: Battle Royale.^[1]^[2]^[3] In addition, the Counter-Strike tournament was the game's fourteenth Major Championship.^[4]

Valve awarded ESL a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship for the first time in nearly two and a half years. This tournament featured twenty-four teams from around the world, fourteen of which were directly invited from their top fourteen placements from the last Major and another ten teams qualifying from their respective regional qualifiers.

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

3	Natus Vincere	2

6	FaZe Clan	0
			3	Natus Vincere	1

			7	ENCE eSports	2
2	Team Liquid	0

7	ENCE eSports	2
						7	ENCE eSports	0

						1	Astralis	2
4	MIBR	2

5	Renegades	0
			4	MIBR	0

			1	Astralis	2
1	Astralis	2

8	Ninjas in Pyjamas	0

This tournament also featured the Intel Challenge Katowice 2019, an eight team tournament consisted of female teams.

Group A

Group B

Semifinals			Finals

A1	Assassins	1

B2	CLG Red	2
			B2	CLG Red	0

			A2	Dignitas Female	2
B1	Beşiktaş Esports	1

A2	Dignitas Female	2	Third place


			A1	Assassins	1

			B1	Beşiktaş Esports	2

Dota 2's tournament was called ESL One Katowice 2019 rather than IEM Katowice 2019 as ESL deemed it to be part of its Dota ESL One series.

compLexity Gaming (North America)
For The Dream (China)
Gambit Esports (Europe)
Mineski (Southeast Asia)

Pos	Team	W-L
1	Team Secret	9-1	Advance to upper bracket
2	Gambit Esports	7-3	Advance to upper bracket
3	OG	6-4	Advance to lower bracket
4	Mineski	4-6	Advance to lower bracket
5	Forward Gaming	3-7	Eliminated
6	For The Dream	1-9	Eliminated

Group A results

Results
	Secret	Gambit	FTD	OG	Forward	Mineski
Secret		2-0	2-0	1-1	2-0	2-0
Gambit	0-2		2-0	2-0	1-1	2-0
FTD	0-2	0-2		0-2	1-1	0-2
OG	1-1	0-2	2-0		1-1	2-0
Forward	0-2	1-1	1-1	1-1		0-2
Mineski	0-2	0-2	2-0	0-2	2-0

Pos	Team	W-L
1	Fnatic	8-2	Advance to upper bracket
2	Ninjas in Pyjamas	6-4	Advance to upper bracket
3	Chaos Esports Club	6-4	Advance to lower bracket
4	Team Aster	5-5	Advance to lower bracket
5	compLexity Gaming	3-7	Eliminated
6	Alliance	2-8	Eliminated

Group B results

Results
	NiP	coL	Fnatic	[A]	Chaos	Aster
NiP		1-1	1-1	2-0	1-1	1-1
coL	1-1		1-1	1-1	0-2	0-2
Fnatic	1-1	1-1		2-0	2-0	2-0
[A]	0-2	1-1	0-2		1-1	0-2
Chaos	1-1	2-0	0-2	1-1		2-0
Aster	1-1	2-0	0-2	2-0	0-2

Upper bracket semifinals			Upper bracket finals

A1	Team Secret	2

B2	Ninjas in Pyjamas	0
			A1	Team Secret	2

			A2	Gambit Esports	0
B1	Fnatic	1

A2	Gambit Esports	2

Lower bracket round 1

Lower bracket round 2

Lower bracket semifinals

B2

Ninjas in Pyjamas

1

A3

OG

2

A3

OG

2

B4

Team Aster

0

A3

OG

2

B1

Fnatic

0

B1

Fnatic

2

B3

Chaos Esports Club

1

A4

Mineski

1

A4

Mineski

2

Lower bracket finals			Finals

			A1	Team Secret	3
A2	Gambit Esports	2	A2	Gambit Esports	0
A3	OG	0

Protoss (8)	Terran (7)	Zerg (9)
2018 WCS Global Finals (1)
-	-	Serral (ENCE eSports)
Server Qualifiers (11)
Neeb (Ting)	Bunny (Team Blacer)	Dark (The Gosu Crew)
Patience	INnoVation (Team Reprecocity)	Rogue (Green Wings)
Zest	Maru (Green Wings)	-
-	SpeCial (XTEN Esports)	-
-	TY (Splyce)	-
-	uThermal (Team Liquid)	-
Offline qualifiers (12)
Creator (Green Wings)	GuMiho (PSISTORM)	Lambo (QLASH)
Dear (Newbee)	-	Leenock
herO (TSGaming)	-	RaganaroK (PSISTORM)
Stats (Splyce)	-	Scarlett (Newbee)
Trap (Green Wings)	-	Solar (TSGaming)
-	-	soO (Chivo SC)

Group A
P	Player	W-L	Map W-L	MD
1	Stats	5-0	10-2	+8
2	Zest	4-1	9-4	+5
3	herO	3-2	6-5	+1
4	SpeCial	2-3	6-7	-1
5	Patience	1-4	3-8	-5
6	Creator	0-5	2-10	-8

Group B
P	Player	W-L	Map W-L	MD
1	Dark	4-1	8-3	+5
2	Trap	3-2	6-5	+1
3	Neeb	3-2	6-6	0
4	Maru	2-3	6-6	0
5	Leenock	2-3	6-8	-1
6	Lambo	1-4	4-8	-4

Group C
P	Player	W-L	Map W-L	MD
1	Serral	4-1	9-5	+4
2	RagnaroK	3-2	8-5	+3
3	Solar	3-2	7-7	0
4	GuMiho	2-3	6-6	0
5	Rogue	2-3	5-7	-2
6	INnoVation	1-4	4-9	-5

Group D
P	Player	W-L	Map W-L	MD
1	Dear	4-1	8-2	+6
2	TY	3-2	6-6	0
3	soO	2-3	6-6	0
4	Bunny	2-3	6-7	-1
5	uThermal	2-3	5-7	-2
6	Scarlett	2-3	4-7	-3

First round		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

		Dear	0
herO	3	herO	3
Trap	0			herO	1
				soO	3
		Serral	2
Zest	0	soO	3
soO	3					soO	4
						Stats	2
		Stats	3
Neeb	3	Neeb	0
RagnaroK	0			Stats	3
				Dark	1
		Dark	3
TY	0	Solar	1
Solar	3

hrs - Chap
7ssk7 - Jamside
Bizzle - Dmo
Boyerxd - Crippa
Domentos - Fwexy
Hoopek - Sk1x
Issa - Kamo
Kinstaar - Hunter
Magin - Juganza
Mirwana - Inclyde
Mitr0 - Khuna
Motor - ErycTriceps
Nate Hill - FunkBomb
RazZzero0o - x8
Saf - Zayt
Sak0ner - Skram
Skite - Vato
Taiovsky - Nero
Teeqzy - Mushway
Tfue - Cloak
TheVic - Blaxou
Vivid - Poach
ZexRow - Vinny1x

Dignitas Female

paiN Girls

Orgless Female

^ Samal, Rohan (October 18, 2018). "ESL One Katowice 2019 announced for Dota 2". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
^ Scott, Tyler (November 28, 2018). "StarCraft II returns to IEM Katowice in February 2019". Daily Esports. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
^ "ESL to Introduce Fortnite in IEM Katowice 2019". TalkEsport. 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
^ Donigan, Wyatt (January 9, 2019). "When does the next CS:GO Major begin? IEM Katowice Major 2019 information". Dexerto. Retrieved January 11, 2019.

[1] Samal, Rohan (October 18, 2018). "ESL One Katowice 2019 announced for Dota 2". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 11, 2019.

[2] Scott, Tyler (November 28, 2018). "StarCraft II returns to IEM Katowice in February 2019". Daily Esports. Retrieved January 11, 2019.

[3] "ESL to Introduce Fortnite in IEM Katowice 2019". TalkEsport. 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2019-01-25.

[4] Donigan, Wyatt (January 9, 2019). "When does the next CS:GO Major begin? IEM Katowice Major 2019 information". Dexerto. Retrieved January 11, 2019.

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