Natus Vincere are the champions of IEM Katowice 2020

IEM Katowice 2020 took place from February 24 to March 1 in Katowice, Poland. The tournament started with a group stage in Double Elimination BO3 format, with six finalists advanced to the  Elimination BO3+BO5 bracket to fight for the lion's share of the prize pool of $500,000.

Natus Vincere started their way to the trophy from Group A, as a result they took a third place in the playoffs.

On the way to the Grand Final Natus Vincere have shocked Team Liquid and Astralis , and in the decisive BO5-match they faced G2, where the French-Serbian team was defeated with a devastating 3-0 map score. Alexander "s1mple" Kostylev was named the strongest player of the IEM Katowice 2020 according to HLTV.org.

Distribution of the prize fund:

1.  Natus Vincere – $250,000
2.  G2 – $100,000
3-4.  Astralis – $40,000
3-4.  fnatic – $40,000
5-6.  Liquid – $15,000
5-6.  100 Thieves – $15,000
7-8.  FaZe – $7,000
7-8.  mousesports – $7,000
9-12.  NiP – $4,000
9-12.  Vitality – $4,000
9-12.  Evil Geniuses – $4,000
9-12.  MAD Lions – $4,000
13-16.  Cloud9 – $2,500
13-16.  Renegades – $2,500
13-16.  TYLOO – $2,500
13-16.  Virtus.pro – $2,500