Team Spirit enters race for Intel Grand Slam Season 5

Team Spirit entered the race for the 5th season of Intel Grand Slam. This became possible after Dragons' victory at IEM Katowice 2024.

Note that Team Spirit has become the sixth team to compete for Intel Grand Slam Season 5. Previously, Vitality, ENCE, G2, MOUZ and FaZe joined the race.

The Season 5 award will be secured by the roster that wins three ESL Pro Tour Masters events and one big tournament in the elite Championship category, which includes IEM Katowice, IEM Cologne or an ESL major.

The results of Intel Grand Slam Season 5 and schedule of the upcoming award tournaments:

IEM Rio 2023 –  Vitality
IEM Dallas 2023 –  ENCE
IEM Cologne 2023 –  G2
ESL Pro League Season 18 –  MOUZ
IEM Sydney 2023 –  FaZe
IEM Katowice 2024 –  Team Spirit
IEM Chengdu 2024 – April 8-14
ESL Pro League Season 19 – April 23 - May 12
IEM Dallas 2024 – May 27 - June 2
IEM Cologne 2024 – August 7-18
ESL Pro League Season 20 – September 3-22
IEM Fall 2024 – October 7-13

Earlier the winners of the Intel Grand Slam award, which has existed since 2018, were Astralis, Liquid, NAVI and FaZe. Season 5 was announced in the spring of 2023, when ESL revealed that the race will kick off in CS:GO and continue after the transition to CS2.