IEM Katowice 2020 schedule presented

The organizers of the IEM Katowice 2020 presented the schedule for the upcoming championship, which will take place from February 24 to March 1 at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland. The tournament kicks off with a group stage in Double Elimination BO3 format, with six finalists competing in Single Elimination BO3+BO5 bracket for the lion's share of the prize pool of $500,000.

Earlier participants' seeding for the group stage has been announced. Astralis, fnatic, Vitality, Natus Vincere, FaZe, NiP, Renegades and Cloud9 got into group A, while mousesports, Evil Geniuses, Liquid, G2, Virtus.pro, 100 Thieves, MAD Lions and TYLOO - into group B.

Preliminary tournament schedule:

24th of February

12:00  Astralis vs.  Cloud9 BO3
12:00  NiP vs.  Vitality BO3
15:30  Natus Vincere vs.  FaZe BO3
15:30  Renegades vs.  fnatic BO3
19:00  mousesports vs.  ViCi BO3
19:00  100 Thieves vs.  G2 BO3

February 25

12:00  Liquid vs.  Virtus.pro BO3
12:00  MAD Lions vs.  Evil Geniuses BO3
15:30 Group A - Upper bracket semifinal #1 BO3
15:30 Group A - First round of the lower bracket Match #1 ВО3
19:00 Group A - Upper bracket semifinal #2 BO3
19:00 Group A - First round of the lower bracket Match #2 ВО3

February 26

12:00 Group B - First round of the lower bracket Match #1 ВО3
12:00 Group B - First round of the lower bracket Match #2 BO3
15:30 Group B - Semifinal of the upper bracket #1 BO3
15:30 Group A - Second round of the lower bracket Match #1 ВО3
19:00 Group B - Semifinal of the upper bracket #2 BO3
19:00 Group A - Second round of the lower bracket Match #2 ВО3

27 February

12:00 Group B - Second round of the lower bracket Match #1 ВО3
12:00 Group B - Second round of the lower bracket Match #2 ВО3
15:30 Group A - Upper bracket Final BO3
15:30 Group A - Lower bracket Final BO3
19:00 Group B - Upper bracket Final BO3
19:00 Group B - Lower bracket Final BO3

February 28

15:00 Quarterfinal #1 BO3
18:25 Quarterfinal #2 BO3

29 February

15:00 Semifinal #1 BO3
18:25 Semifinal #2 BO3

March 1

17:00 Grand Final BO5