FaZe, Astralis and NIP kick off IEM Katowice 2022 with victories

FaZe, Astralis and NIP have gotten off to a flying start at the LAN event in Poland. Finn "karrigan" Andersen’s squad confirmed the status of the favorite in the match against Sprout, the Danes got the better of MIBR, while the Ninjas expectedly took over Wisla Krakow.

In addition to the teams mentioned above, the victories at the tournament were also secured by MOUZ, Copenhagen Flames, ENCE, OG and BIG, who defeated GODSENT, fnatic, Entropiq, Renegades and Movistar Riders, respectively.

Today, February 15, the winners of the opening matches of the Play-In stage will determine the four teams to make it to the group stage. The spots in the next stage will be contested in the following matchups: NIP – Copenhagen Flames, MOUZ – FaZe, Astralis – BIG and ENCE – OG.

Today’s matchday will also see two elimination matches, the losers of which will be sent packing: Wisla Krakow – fnatic and GODSENT – Sprout.

Current IEM Katowice 2022 Play-In bracket:

The full schedule, up-to-date results and live streams of IEM Katowice 2022 are available on the event’s page on our website via this link.