Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII – World Championship

The Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII – World Championship or IEM Katowice 2019 was the world championship for the thirteenth season of the Intel Extreme Masters. It was held at the Spodek in Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland from February 13–March 3, 2019. The event featured tournaments for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, StarCraft II, and Fortnite: Battle Royale.^[1][2][3] In addition, the Counter-Strike tournament was the game's fourteenth Major Championship.^[4]

Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII – Katowice Major 2019

Tournament information
Sport	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location	Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Administrator	Valve ESL
Venue(s)	ESL Arena Katowice MCK [pl] Spodek
Final positions
Champions	Astralis
1st runners-up	ENCE eSports
2nd runners-up	MIBR Natus Vincere
MVP	Emil "Magisk" Reif
← London 2018 Berlin 2019 →

ESL One Katowice 2019

Tournament information
Sport	Dota 2
Location	Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Administrator	Electronic Sports League
Venue(s)	Spodek
Final positions
Champions	Team Secret
1st runners-up	Gambit Esports
2nd runners-up	OG
← Hamburg 2018 Birmingham 2019 →

Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII – World Championship

Tournament information
Sport	StarCraft II
Location	Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Administrator	Electronic Sports League
Venue(s)	Spodek
Final positions
Champions	soO
1st runners-up	Stats
2nd runners-up	Dark herO
← IEM Katowice 2018

ESL Katowice Royale 2019

Tournament information
Sport	Fortnite: Battle Royale
Location	Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Administrator	Electronic Sports League
Venue(s)	Spodek

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Main article: Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII – Katowice Major 2019

Valve awarded ESL a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship for the first time in nearly two and a half years. This tournament featured twenty-four teams from around the world, fourteen of which were directly invited from their top fourteen placements from the last Major and another ten teams qualifying from their respective regional qualifiers.

Major Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	3	Natus Vincere	2
	6	FaZe Clan	0
						3	Natus Vincere	1
						7	ENCE eSports	2
	2	Team Liquid	0
	7	ENCE eSports	2
											7	ENCE eSports	0
											1	Astralis	2
	4	MIBR	2
	5	Renegades	0
						4	MIBR	0
						1	Astralis	2
	1	Astralis	2
	8	Ninjas in Pyjamas	0

Intel Challenge

This tournament also featured the Intel Challenge Katowice 2019, an eight team tournament consisted of female teams.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	W	L	RF	RA	RD
1	Assassins	2	0	32	18	+14
2	Dignitas Female	2	1	59	31	+28
3	paiN Girls	1	2	60	86	-26
4	Orgless Female	0	2	46	62	-16

Group B

Pos	Team	W	L	RF	RA	RD
1	Beşiktaş Esports	2	0	32	21	+11
2	Counter Logic Gaming Red	2	1	57	42	+15
3	Crowns Female	1	2	58	69	-11
4	Carnage Esports Female	0	2	33	48	-29

Intel Challenge playoffs

	Semifinals					Finals
	A1	Assassins	1
	B2	CLG Red	2
						B2	CLG Red	0
						A2	Dignitas Female	2
	B1	Beşiktaş Esports	1
	A2	Dignitas Female	2			Third place
						A1	Assassins	1
						B1	Beşiktaş Esports	2

Dota 2

Dota 2's tournament was called ESL One Katowice 2019 rather than IEM Katowice 2019 as ESL deemed it to be part of its Dota ESL One series.

Teams

Direct Invitees

• Alliance
• Chaos Esports Club
• Fnatic
• Forward Gaming
• Ninjas in Pyjamas
• OG
• Team Aster
• Team Secret

Qualifiers

• compLexity Gaming (North America)
• For The Dream (China)
• Gambit Esports (Europe)
• Mineski (Southeast Asia)

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	W-L
1	Team Secret	9-1	Advance to upper bracket
2	Gambit Esports	7-3	Advance to upper bracket
3	OG	6-4	Advance to lower bracket
4	Mineski	4-6	Advance to lower bracket
5	Forward Gaming	3-7	Eliminated
6	For The Dream	1-9	Eliminated

Group A results

Results
	Secret	Gambit	FTD	OG	Forward	Mineski
Secret		2-0	2-0	1-1	2-0	2-0
Gambit	0-2		2-0	2-0	1-1	2-0
FTD	0-2	0-2		0-2	1-1	0-2
OG	1-1	0-2	2-0		1-1	2-0
Forward	0-2	1-1	1-1	1-1		0-2
Mineski	0-2	0-2	2-0	0-2	2-0

Group B

Pos	Team	W-L
1	Fnatic	8-2	Advance to upper bracket
2	Ninjas in Pyjamas	6-4	Advance to upper bracket
3	Chaos Esports Club	6-4	Advance to lower bracket
4	Team Aster	5-5	Advance to lower bracket
5	compLexity Gaming	3-7	Eliminated
6	Alliance	2-8	Eliminated

Group B results

Results
	NiP	coL	Fnatic	[A]	Chaos	Aster
NiP		1-1	1-1	2-0	1-1	1-1
coL	1-1		1-1	1-1	0-2	0-2
Fnatic	1-1	1-1		2-0	2-0	2-0
[A]	0-2	1-1	0-2		1-1	0-2
Chaos	1-1	2-0	0-2	1-1		2-0
Aster	1-1	2-0	0-2	2-0	0-2

Playoffs

Upper bracket

	Upper bracket semifinals					Upper bracket finals
	A1	Team Secret	2
	B2	Ninjas in Pyjamas	0
						A1	Team Secret	2
						A2	Gambit Esports	0
	B1	Fnatic	1
	A2	Gambit Esports	2

Lower bracket

Lower bracket round 1

Lower bracket round 2

Lower bracket semifinals

B2

Ninjas in Pyjamas

1

A3

OG

2

A3

OG

2

B4

Team Aster

0

A3

OG

2

B1

Fnatic

0

B1

Fnatic

2

B3

Chaos Esports Club

1

A4

Mineski

1

A4

Mineski

2

Top 3

	Lower bracket finals					Finals
						A1	Team Secret	3
	A2	Gambit Esports	2			A2	Gambit Esports	0
	A3	OG	0

StarCraft II

Participants

Protoss (8)	Terran (7)	Zerg (9)
2018 WCS Global Finals (1)
-	-	Serral (ENCE eSports)
Server Qualifiers (11)
Neeb (Ting)	Bunny (Team Blacer)	Dark (The Gosu Crew)
Patience	INnoVation (Team Reprecocity)	Rogue (Green Wings)
Zest	Maru (Green Wings)	-
-	SpeCial (XTEN Esports)	-
-	TY (Splyce)	-
-	uThermal (Team Liquid)	-
Offline qualifiers (12)
Creator (Green Wings)	GuMiho (PSISTORM)	Lambo (QLASH)
Dear (Newbee)	-	Leenock
herO (TSGaming)	-	RaganaroK (PSISTORM)
Stats (Splyce)	-	Scarlett (Newbee)
Trap (Green Wings)	-	Solar (TSGaming)
-	-	soO (Chivo SC)

Group stage

Group A
P	Player	W-L	Map W-L	MD
1	Stats	5-0	10-2	+8
2	Zest	4-1	9-4	+5
3	herO	3-2	6-5	+1
4	SpeCial	2-3	6-7	-1
5	Patience	1-4	3-8	-5
6	Creator	0-5	2-10	-8

Group B
P	Player	W-L	Map W-L	MD
1	Dark	4-1	8-3	+5
2	Trap	3-2	6-5	+1
3	Neeb	3-2	6-6	0
4	Maru	2-3	6-6	0
5	Leenock	2-3	6-8	-1
6	Lambo	1-4	4-8	-4

Group C
P	Player	W-L	Map W-L	MD
1	Serral	4-1	9-5	+4
2	RagnaroK	3-2	8-5	+3
3	Solar	3-2	7-7	0
4	GuMiho	2-3	6-6	0
5	Rogue	2-3	5-7	-2
6	INnoVation	1-4	4-9	-5

Group D
P	Player	W-L	Map W-L	MD
1	Dear	4-1	8-2	+6
2	TY	3-2	6-6	0
3	soO	2-3	6-6	0
4	Bunny	2-3	6-7	-1
5	uThermal	2-3	5-7	-2
6	Scarlett	2-3	4-7	-3

Playoffs

	First round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						Dear		0
	herO		3			herO		3
	Trap		0								herO		1
											soO		3
						Serral		2
	Zest		0			soO		3
	soO		3													soO		4
																Stats		2
						Stats		3
	Neeb		3			Neeb		0
	RagnaroK		0								Stats		3
											Dark		1
						Dark		3
	TY		0			Solar		1
	Solar		3

Fortnite: Battle Royale

Duos

• hrs - Chap
• 7ssk7 - Jamside
• Bizzle - Dmo
• Boyerxd - Crippa
• Domentos - Fwexy
• Hoopek - Sk1x
• Issa - Kamo
• Kinstaar - Hunter
• Magin - Juganza
• Mirwana - Inclyde
• Mitr0 - Khuna
• Motor - ErycTriceps
• Nate Hill - FunkBomb
• RazZzero0o - x8
• Saf - Zayt
• Sak0ner - Skram
• Skite - Vato
• Taiovsky - Nero
• Teeqzy - Mushway
• Tfue - Cloak
• TheVic - Blaxou
• Vivid - Poach
• ZexRow - Vinny1x