IEM Katowice 2017
IEM Katowice 2017 ran 1–5 March 2017 in Katowice, Poland and was won by Astralis. A $250K prize pool and 12 teams were on the line. Full final standings and prize money below.
- Dates: 1–5 March 2017
- Location: Katowice, Poland
- Prize pool: $250K
- Teams: 12
- Tier: Tier 1
- Type: Intl. LAN
Final standings
- 1st — Astralis — $112K
- 2nd — FaZe — $46K
- 3-4th — Immortals — $25K
- 3-4th — HEROIC — $24K
- 5-6th — Natus Vincere — $14K
- 5-6th — North — $14K
- 7-8th — fnatic — $7K
- 7-8th — Virtus.pro — $7K
- 9-10th — Ninjas in Pyjamas — $4K
- 9-10th — Cloud9 — $5K
- 11-12th — SK — $4K
- 11-12th — OpTic — $2K
Format
- Group stage: Round-Robin BO1 · Top teams advance directly to semi-finals · 2nd/3rd teams advance to Ro6 · Teams are awarded $1,000 for each win · If two or more teams are tied, head-to-head results will be considered first · If that doesn't break a 3-way (or more) tie, overtime MR3 matches will be played between tied teams
- Playoffs: Single-elimination: · Quarter and semi-finals BO3 · Grand final BO5
- Veto: The higher seed always determines who starts the ban/pick process. Teams choose sides on the map choice of their opponent. On the last map of a series, the sides are determined by a kniferound. · Best of 1: · 1) Team A ban · 2) Team B ban (2) · 3) Team A ban (2) · 4) Team B ban · 5) Remaining map is played · Best of 3: · 1) Team A ban · 2) Team B ban · 3) Team A pick · 4) Team B pick · 5) Team A ban · 6) Team B ban · 7) Remaining map is the decider · Best of 5: · 1) Team A ban · 2) Team B ban · 3) Team A pick · 4) Team B pick · 5) Team A pick · 6) Team B pick · 7) Remaining map is the decider · * Higher seed is decided by coin toss in the group stage and in the grand final, while the quarter-final and semi-final seeds will be determined by group placings.
Play with these teams
- Guess the Player — A daily Counter-Strike 2 wordle: name the mystery pro from clues that light up green as you get closer.
- Blur — A pixelated photo of a Counter-Strike 2 pro sharpens with every wrong guess. Name them before the picture gives it away.
- Higher or Lower — Two Counter-Strike 2 pros, one hidden stat. Call higher or lower and build the longest streak you can.
- Bingo — A grid of Counter-Strike categories — countries, teams, trophies, roles. Fill each cell with a real pro, and no player twice.
- Team Path — Follow a Counter-Strike pro’s career through the teams they played for, and work out who it is.
- Major Draft — Draft five Counter-Strike 2 pros by role, then coach them live through a full Major — Swiss stage, playoffs, round by round.
- Pro Career — Create a Counter-Strike 2 pro at 16, sign with a real club, and play out a full career of seasons, transfers and choices.
- CS2 Wordle — The Wordle you know, played on the Counter-Strike dictionary: guess the daily word letter by letter, six tries.
- Ace — A ranked list of Counter-Strike pros for each difficulty, every day. Name everyone on it and it’s an ace.
- Fan Favourites — Vote for the Counter-Strike 2 pros you actually like — no account, no sign-up. The ranking below is the crowd's, updated the moment you click.
- CS2 Transfers — Every roster move HLTV has published, dated to the day, back to March 2023.
- Pro Manager — Run a real Counter-Strike 2 club on the real circuit — sign pros and retired legends, call the veto and every round, and climb Valve's ranking season after season.
- Multiplayer rooms — Press Find a match for a 1v1 against another player, or create a private room, send the code, and race your friends through the same rounds of Guess, Blur, Team Path, Higher-Lower, Wordle, Bingo, Ace or Major Draft — or pick Mixed and get a different game every round.
- CS2 tier lists — Rank Counter-Strike players, coaches, clubs or maps the way you see them, send the board to whoever you want with one link, and compare it with where everyone else put them.