As we stand less than two weeks away from the highly anticipated IEM Katowice 2025, the brackets for Stage 1 of the Counter-Strike 2 event have officially been revealed by ESL.
For the uninitiated, IEM Katowice 2025, which is scheduled to kick off on January 29th, will see sixteen of the finest CS2 teams from throughout the world competing for a lion’s share of the $1 million USD prize pool.
A recent X (formerly Twitter) post confirmed the matchups for Stage 1 of the tournament. The top eight teams from Stage 1 will make their way to the main event, where they will have to take on eight invited teams.
IEM Katowice 2025 CS2 Stage 1 Matches
Here are the Stage 1 matches for the IEM Katowice 2025 CS2 event, as confirmed by ESL:
- Liquid vs HEROIC
- Complexity vs Eternal Fire
- 3DMAX vs FlyQuest
- Astralis vs MIBR
- paiN vs Virtus.Pro
- SAW vs GamerLegion
- Wildcard vs BIG
- Imperial vs FURIA
Stage 2 of the event is set to commence from February 1, 2025. Here are the groups for Stage 2:
Group A
- FaZe
- G2
- Vitality
- Falcons
Group B
- The MongolZ
- MOUZ
- NAVI
- Spirit
