G2 win IEM Katowice 2023

G2 have become the winners of the prestigious LAN tournament IEM Katowice 2023. In the grand final, which was held in a best-of-five format, Rasmus "HooXi" Nielsen's men defeated Heroic with a 3:1 scoreline – 16:13 on Nuke, 16:13 on Mirage, 11:16 on Inferno and 16:7 on Ancient.

Over the course of the event, G2 won all their matches. In the group stage, they bested BIG, FaZe and NAVI, before moving on to take down Liquid in the semifinals. Detailed results of IEM Katowice 2023 can be found on the tournament page on our website via this link.

The final playoff bracket is:

The prize pool distribution is as follows:

1.  G2 – $400,000
2.  Heroic – $180,000
3-4.  NAVI – $80,000
3-4.  Liquid – $80,000
5-6.  Vitality – $40,000
5-6.  Outsiders – $40,000
7-8.  Complexity – $24,000
7-8.  FaZe – $24,000
9-12.  fnatic – $16,000
9-12.  OG – $16,000
9-12.  Team Spirit – $16,000
9-12.  IHC – $16,000
13-16.  MOUZ – $10,000
13-16.  NIP – $10,000
13-16.  Cloud9 – $10,000
13-16.  BIG – $10,000
17-20.  ENCE – $4,500
17-20.  Sprout – $4,500
17-20.  MIBR – $4,500
17-20.  FURIA – $4,500
21-24.  Permitta – $2,500
21-24.  Evil Geniuses – $2,500
21-24.  Grayhound – $2,500
21-24.  paiN – $2,500