FURIA and MOUZ lose their debut matches in IEM Katowice 2025 group

First playday of the IEM Katowice 2025 group stage ended with two Group B matches. NAVI and GamerLegion emerged victorious.

Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen's squad prevailed over FURIA (13:5 on Dust2, 13:3 on Mirage) in the first round of the event bracket, while the Erik "ztr" Gustafsson-led roster defeated MOUZ (13:9 on Inferno, 13:11 on Mirage).

The winners advanced to the next round of the upper bracket, while the losing squads dropped into the losers.

Notably, IEM Katowice 2025 is taking place from January 29 to February 9 in Katowice, Poland. The total prize pool of the competition is one million US dollars, which will be divided among 24 teams.

Current Group B bracket looks as follows:

The full schedule and live broadcast of IEM Katowice 2025 can be found on the tournament page via this link.