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IEM Katowice Major 2019

The Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII – Katowice Major 2019, also known as IEM Katowice Major 2019 or Katowice 2019, was the fourteenth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship and the world championship for the thirteenth season of the Intel Extreme Masters. It was held in Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland from February 13 – March 3, 2019.[1] Fourteen teams would qualify for the IEM Katowice Major 2019 based on their top fourteen placements from the last Major, the FACEIT Major: London 2018, while another ten teams would qualify from their respective regional qualifiers.[2] The top eight teams from the London Major ("Legends") received a bye to the second phase of the group stage while the other sixteen teams ("Challengers") had to go through the first and second group stages in order to reach the playoffs. It featured a US$1,000,000 prize pool, the seventh consecutive Major with that prize pool.[3][4] It was hosted by ESL, their first Major since 2016. This event was the start of the second season of the Intel Grand Slam.

IEM Katowice 2019
2019
The Intel Extreme Masters logo
Tournament information
SportCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
LocationKatowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
DatesFebruary 13–March 3, 2019
AdministratorValve
ESL
Tournament
format(s)
Two 16 team swiss-system group stages
8 team single-elimination playoff
VenueESL Arena
Katowice MCK [pl]
Spodek
Teams24 teams
Purse$1,000,000 USD
Final positions
ChampionsAstralis (3rd title)
1st runners-upENCE
2nd runners-upMIBR
Natus Vincere
MVPEmil "Magisk" Reif

Astralis, Team Liquid, MIBR, Natus Vincere, and FaZe Clan were incoming Legends who retained that status, while BIG, HellRaisers, and compLexity Gaming were knocked out in the New Legends stage. Renegades, Ninjas in Pyjamas, and ENCE advanced to the playoff stage to become Legends for the following Major.

The grand finals featured the world's number one team Astralis, which defeated Ninjas in Pyjamas and MIBR in the playoffs, and the underdog ENCE, which defeated the world's number two in Team Liquid and the world's number three in Natus Vincere. Astralis swept ENCE in two maps to take its third Major title and tie Fnatic for most Majors titles. In addition, Astralis became just the third team after Fnatic and the Brazilian roster of Luminosity Gaming and SK Gaming to win consecutive Majors.

Background

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by Hidden Path Entertainment and Valve. It is the fourth game in the Counter-Strike series. In professional CS:GO, the Valve-sponsored Majors are the most prestigious tournaments.[5][6]

The defending champions were Astralis, after winning their second championship at the FACEIT Major: London 2018. At the time, Fnatic had the most Major titles, with three.

Format

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The Major cycle began with four Minors, or regional qualifiers: Americas, Asia, CIS, and Europe. Two teams from each qualifier moved on to the Major. In addition, because Valve reduced the number of direct Major invites from sixteen to fourteen, the third-place teams at each respective Minor advanced to a third-place qualifier to send two more teams to the Major.

The Major featured twenty-four teams. The top eight teams from the FACEIT Major: London 2018 were the Legends, and the remaining sixteen teams—the teams that placed ninth through fourteenth at the FACEIT Major and the ten teams that advanced from the Minors—were known as Challengers.

The Major was split into three stages. The first stage was the New Challengers stage, featuring all Challengers in a Swiss-system tournament: the top eight teams advanced to the next stage and the bottom eight teams were eliminated. The second stage is the New Legends stage, a second Swiss-system group stage. This stage featured the eight Legends from the London Major and the eight teams advancing from the New Challengers stage. Like the New Challengers stage, the New Legends stage also advanced the top eight teams and eliminated the bottom eight teams. All teams from this stage except the bottom two teams earned automatic invites to the following Major. The final stage was the New Champions stage, and teams that advanced to this stage received Legends status at the following Major. This stage featured an eight team, best-of-three, single elimination bracket.[7][8]

ESL announced changes for this Major in the New Challengers and the New Legends stages. Rather than only featuring best-of-threes in the fifth round of the group stages, ESL announced that any progression or elimination matches would feature a best-of-three series. Therefore, the high and low matches of round three and all matches in rounds four and five were best-of-three. ESL also made changes to the seeding protocol. Instead of having seeding determined by placement at the last Major and the Minors, each team in the Swiss-system stages ranked the other 15 teams in the stage; the rankings were then aggregated to create the final seeding for the first round of each Swiss-system stage.[9] ESL also moved away from FACEIT's Buchholz system and instead used an Elo rating system. Teams were assigned Elo ratings that matched their seeding and the rating changed after every win or loss, with the winner taking some of the loser's points. Each team's Elo rating was used to determine all matchups after the first round, instead of the random draws of previous Majors.[10][11]

Map Pool

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The map pool remained the same as the previous Major.[12]

Maps
  • Cache
  • Dust II
  • Mirage
  • Inferno
  • Nuke
  • Train
  • Overpass

Minors

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Each regional qualifier, called "Minors", featured eight teams. Each Minor also had a US$50,000 prize pool, with first place receiving US$30,000, second place taking in US$15,000, and third place raking in the last US$5,000. Unlike past Minors, no teams was directly invited to the Minors.[13] All Minors take place in Katowice to avoid visa issues, just like the FACEIT Major approach.[14]

Each Minor's format was similar to past Minors, but with a couple small changes. The group stages would be a GSL, double elimination format with each group featuring four teams. The opening matches would be a best of one. A new change came along with the winner's set being a best of three instead of the usual best of one. The loser's and decider's matches would also be best of three sets. The top two teams in each group would move on to a four team, best of three, double elimination bracket. The top two teams would move on to the Major. In addition, the Minor finals that used to determine seeding would be eliminated; instead, the winner of the winner's match would be the first seed going into the New Challengers stage and the winner of the loser's match would be the second seed.[15]

CIS Minor

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The CIS Minor qualifier featured sixteen teams. Winstrike Team was automatically invited based on its top sixteen placement at the FACEIT Major and another seven teams were invited. Eight more teams qualified through four online qualifiers. The qualifier will have a sixteen team, double elimination bracket and teams will play until eight teams qualified CIS Minor.

The CIS Minor took place from January 16 to 20, 2019.[16]

Teams
  • AVANGAR (Closed #1–4)
  • Nemiga Gaming (Closed #1–4)
  • Team Spirit (Closed #1–4)
  • Winstrike Team (Closed #1–4)
  • Gambit Esports (Closed #5–8)
  • pro100 (Closed #5–8)
  • Syman Gaming (Closed #5–8)
  • Runtime.gg (Closed #5–8)
Upper round 1Upper finalQualified
A1Team Spirit0
B2AVANGAR2
B2AVANGAR2
B1Winstrike Team1
B1Winstrike Team2
A2Gambit Esports1
B2AVANGAR
A1Team Spirit
Lower round 1Lower final
B1Winstrike Team1
A1Team Spirit2A1Team Spirit2
A2Gambit Esports0

Europe Minor

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The Europe Minor qualifier featured sixteen teams. mousesports were automatically invited based on their top sixteen placement at the FACEIT Major and another seven teams were invited. Eight more teams qualified through four online qualifiers. The qualifier had a sixteen team, double elimination bracket and teams played until eight teams qualified for the Europe Minor.

The Europe Minor took place from January 16 to 20, 2019. ENCE and Team Vitality[17] qualified for the main qualifier.

Teams
Upper round 1Upper finalQualified
A1Team Vitality0
B2North2
B2North0
B1ENCE2
B1ENCE2
A2Valiance1
B1ENCE
A1Team Vitality
Lower round 1Lower final
B2North1
A1Team Vitality2A1Team Vitality2
A2Valiance1

Asia Minor

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The Asia Minor featured two teams from Oceania, two teams from China, two teams from East Asia, one team from Southeast Asia, and one team from the Middle East. Each qualifier featured four invited teams and another four teams through two online qualifiers. Each qualifier consist of an eight team, double elimination, best of three bracket. MVP PK was the first team to qualify for any Katowice 2019 Minor after defeating compatriot GOSU and Renegades rounded up the Asia Minor lineup after defeating Tainted Minds.

The Asia Minor will take place from January 22 to 26, 2019.[18]

Teams
  • Grayhound Gaming (Oceania #1)
  • Renegades (Oceania #2)
  • ViCi Gaming (China #1)
  • CyberZen (China #2)
  • MVP PK (East Asia #1)
  • GOSU (East Asia #2)
  • Beyond Esports (Southeast Asia)
  • Aequus Club (Middle East)
Upper round 1Upper finalQualified
A1Renegades2
B2ViCi Gaming1
A1Renegades2
A2Grayhound G.1
B1MVP PK1
A2Grayhound G.2
A1Renegades
A2Grayhound G.
Lower round 1Lower final
A2Grayhound G.2
B2ViCi Gaming2B2ViCi Gaming1
B1MVP PK0

Americas Minor

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The Americas Minor featured two qualifiers, one from North America and one from South America. The North America qualifier featured sixteen teams. Eight teams were invited and another eight teams qualified through four online qualifiers. The qualifier would have a sixteen team, double elimination bracket and teams would play until six teams qualified for the Americas Minor. The South America qualifier featured eight teams. Four teams were invited and another four teams qualified through two online qualifiers. This qualifier have an eight team, double elimination, best of three bracket. Teams would play until two teams qualified for the Minor.

The Americas Minor took place from January 22 to 26, 2019, the same dates as the Asia Minor.[19]

Teams
  • eUnited (NA #1–4)
  • FURIA Esports (NA #1–4)
  • NRG Esports (NA #1–4)
  • Team Envy (NA #1–4)
  • Bravado Gaming (NA #5–6)
  • Team One (NA #5–6)
  • INTZ eSports (SA #1)
  • Imperial e-Sports (SA #2)
Upper round 1Upper finalQualified
A1NRG Esports2
B2Team Envy0
A1NRG Esports2
B1FURIA Esports0
B1FURIA Esports2
A2INTZ eSports1
A1NRG Esports
B1FURIA Esports
Lower round 1Lower final
B1FURIA Esports2
B2Team Envy2B2Team Envy0
A2INTZ eSports1

Minor play-in

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This qualifier featured the teams that placed third in their respective Minors. This phase was a four team, best of three, double elimination bracket. The opening matches were the Asia Minor representative against the Europe Minor representative and the CIS Minor team versus the Americans Minor team.[15]

The Minor play-in took place on January 27, 2019.[20]

Teams
Upper round 1Upper finalQualified
ASViCi Gaming1
EUNorth0
ASViCi Gaming0
CISWinstrike Team1
CISWinstrike Team1
AMTeam Envy0
CISWinstrike Team
ASViCi Gaming
Lower round 1Lower final
ASViCi Gaming2
EUNorth2EUNorth0
AMTeam Envy0

Broadcast talent

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The Major was streamed in various languages across Twitch. It was also streamed on ESL's YouTube channel, Steam.tv, and on CS:GO's in-game viewing client GOTV.[21]

Desk hosts

  • Alex "Machine" Richardson
  • Tres "stunna" Saranthus

Stage host

  • OJ Borg

Reporter

  • Frankie Ward

Commentators

  • Henry "HenryG" Greer
  • Vince Hill
  • Jason "moses" O'Toole
  • Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett

Analysts

Observers

  • Connor "Sliggy" Blomfield
  • Heather "sapphiRe" Garozzo
  • David "Prius" Kuntz
  • Alex "Rushly" Rush

Teams competing

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Legends
London 2018 9th–14th

Regional Qualifiers
  • AVANGAR (CIS Minor #1)
  • Team Spirit (CIS Minor #2)
  • ENCE (Europe Minor #1)
  • Team Vitality (Europe Minor #2)
  • Renegades (Asia Minor #1)
  • Grayhound Gaming (Asia Minor #2)
  • NRG Esports (Americas Minor #1)
  • FURIA Esports (Americas Minor #2)
  • Winstrike Team (Play-in #1)
  • ViCi Gaming (Play-in #2)

Pre-Major ranking

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HLTV.org rank teams based on results of teams' performances. The rankings shown below reflect the February 11, 2019 rankings.[22]

Teams that were in the top 30 but failed to qualify for the major include North (#7, Denmark), mousesports (#10, Europe), Ghost Gaming (#16, United States), Valiance (#20, Serbia), 3DMAX (#24, France), Heroic (#25, Denmark), forZe (#26, Russia), Luminosity Gaming (#27, Brazil), Sprout Esports (#29, Germany), and x6tence Galaxy (#30, Sweden).

HLTV.org pre-major ranking
World ranking
Place Team Points Move1 Peak2 Low2 Best Major placing3 Best achievements2
1 Astralis 933   1 1 1st at Atlanta 2017
1st at London 2018 		IEM Chicago 2018 winner
ECS Season 6 winner
ESL Pro League Season 8 winner
2 Team Liquid 576   1 2 3 2nd at Cologne 2016 IEM Chicago 2018 runner-up
ESL One New York runner-up
ESL Pro League Season 8 runner-up
3 Natus Vincere 384   1 2 3 2nd at Cluj-Napoca 2015
2nd at Columbus 2016
2nd at London 2018 		BLAST Copenhagen winner
EPICENTER 2018 runner-up
4 FaZe Clan 4327   1 4 8 2nd at Boston 2018 EPICENTER 2018 winner
3rd at IEM Chicago 2018
ELEAGUE Invitational 2019 winner
5 NRG Esports 265   5 10 1st at Katowice 2019 Americas Minor cs_summit 3 winner
3rd at ESL One New York 2018
3rd at SL iL Season 6
6 Fnatic 265   5 26 1st at Winter 2013
1st at Katowice 2015
1st Cologne 2015 		PLG Grand Slam 2018 winner
3rd at IEM Chicago 2018
8 Cloud9 208   13 7 29 1st at Boston 2018 3rd at BLAST Lisbon 2018
ELEAGUE Invitational 2019 runner-up
9 MIBR 187   5 4 9 1st at Columbus 2016
1st at Cologne 2016 		ECS Season 6 runner-up
BLAST Istanbul 2018 runner-up
11 ENCE 182   6 10 20 1st at Katowice 2019 Europe Minor DreamHack Winter 2018 winner
SL iL Season 6 winner
12 BIG 178   4 7 15 5th at Kraków 2017
5th at London 2018 		5th at SL iL Season 6
3rd at cs_summit 3
13 Renegades 166   10 11 30 9th at Cologne 2015 5th at SL iL Season 6
3rd at Toyota Masters Bangkok 2018
14 Ninjas in Pyjamas 163   5 6 14 1st at Cologne 2014 BLAST Copenhagen runner-up
5th at EPICENTER 2018
15 Team Vitality 162 N/A 14 45 2nd at Katowice 2019 Europe Minor DreamHack Atlanta 2018 winner
17 Team Spirit 115   17 17 56 17th at London 2018 5th at WePlay! Lock and Load
18 AVANGAR 114   15 15 31 17th at Boston 2018 3rd at EPICENTER 2018
Qi Invitational runner-up
19 G2 Esports 109   4 4 25 5th at Boston 2018 5th at ESL One New York 2018
7th at ESL Pro League Season 8
21 HellRaisers 101   11 10 21 5th at London 2018 5th at EPICENTER 2018
22 Grayhound Gaming 82   23 22 68 2nd at Katowice 2019 Asia Minor 3rd at ESEA Season 29
9th at PLG Grand Slam
23 FURIA Esports 80   56 21 85 2nd at Katowice 2018 Americas Minor 5th at WePlay! Lock and Load
28 Winstrike Team 178   276 27 304 1st at Katowice 2019 play-in 9th at WePlay! Lock and Load
35 ViCi Gaming –   110 35 145 2nd at Katowice 2019 play-in 13th at ESL Pro League Season 8
39 compLexity Gaming –   18 11 39 5th at London 2018 3rd at DreamHack Atlanta 2018
4th at cs_summit 3
53 Vega Squadron –   13 13 53 9th at Boston 2018 SL iL Season 6 runner-up
67 TyLoo –   55 12 67 12th at London 2018 DreamHack Open Austin 2018 runner-up

1Change since September 24, 2018 ranking, the ranking after the FACEIT Major.

2Since end of FACEIT Major

3Best major placements may not necessarily reflect teams' current rosters

New Challengers stage

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The New Challengers stage took place from February 13 to February 17, 2019, at the ESL Arena. The Challengers stage, also known as the Preliminary stage and formerly known as the offline qualifier, was a sixteen team swiss tournament. The seeding was released on February 6, 2019. Next to each team's name under the "Team" column is each team's initial seeding. Under each of the "Rounds" columns are the team's opponent's seed at the time the round was played.[23]

Place Team Record RD Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
1–2 NRG Esports (2) 3–0 +22 Winstrike Team (15)
16–9
Nuke 		High match
ViCi Gaming (12)
16–6
Overpass 		High match
TyLoo (6)
2–0 		New Legends stage New Legends stage
Renegades (9) 3–0 +22 AVANGAR (8)
16–8
Train 		High match
Ninjas in Pyjamas (3)
16–13
Mirage 		High match
ENCE (2)
2–0 		New Legends stage New Legends stage
3–5 Team Vitality (6) 3–1 +16 TyLoo (11)
8–16
Inferno 		Low match
Grayhound Gaming (15)
19–17
Nuke 		Mid match
Vega Squadron (11)
16–1
Overpass 		High match
ViCi Gaming (11)
2–0 		New Legends stage
AVANGAR (8) 3–1 +6 Renegades (9)
8–16
Train 		Low match
FURIA Esports (14)
16–14
Mirage 		Mid match
G2 Esports (7)
16–10
Overpass 		High match
TyLoo (7)
2–0 		New Legends stage
ENCE eSports (5) 3–1 +4 Team Spirit (12)
16–10
Nuke 		High match
G2 Esports (6)
16–6
Overpass 		High match
Renegades (5)
0–2 		High match
Winstrike Team (12)
2–1 		New Legends stage
6–8 Ninjas in Pyjamas (4) 3–2 +20 FURIA Esports (13)
16–6
Mirage 		High match
Renegades (8)
13–16
Mirage 		Mid match
Winstrike Team (13)
6–16
Train 		Low match
Vega Squadron (13)
2–1 		ViCi Gaming (11)
2–1
G2 Esports (7) 3–2 +16 Vega Squadron (10)
16–14
Cache 		High match
ENCE eSports (4)
6–16
Overpass 		Mid match
AVANGAR (10)
16–10
Overpass 		Low match
Fnatic (10)
2–1 		TyLoo (10)
2–1
Cloud9 (3) 3–2 0 Grayhound Gaming (14)
16–11
Mirage 		High match
TyLoo (9)
3–16
Overpass 		Mid match
ViCi Gaming (12)
6–16
Inferno 		Low match
FURIA Esports (14)
2–1 		Winstrike Team (8)
2–0
9–11 Winstrike Team (15) 2–3 −3 NRG Esports (2)
9–16
Nuke 		Low match
Fnatic (5)
16–11
Train 		Mid match
Ninjas in Pyjamas (3)
16–6
Train 		High match
ENCE eSports (3)
1–2 		Cloud9 (9)
0–2
TyLoo (11) 2–3 −9 Team Vitality (6)
16–8
Inferno 		High match
Cloud9 (2)
16–3
Overpass 		High match
NRG Esports (1)
0–2 		High match
AVANGAR (8)
0–2 		G2 Esports (7)
1–2
ViCi Gaming (16) 2–3 −12 Fnatic (1)
16–9
Train 		High match
NRG Esports (1)
6–16
Overpass 		Mid match
Cloud9 (4)
16–6
Inferno 		High match
Team Vitality (5)
0–2 		Ninjas in Pyjamas (6)
1–2
12–14 FURIA Esports (13) 1–3 −9 Ninjas in Pyjamas (4)
6–16
Mirage 		Low match
AVANGAR (10)
14–16
Mirage 		Low match
Team Spirit (14)
2–0 		Low match
Cloud9 (14)
1–2 		Eliminated
Fnatic (1) 1–3 −11 ViCi Gaming (16)
9–16
Overpass 		Low match
Winstrike Team (16)
11–16
Train 		Low match
Grayhound Gaming (16)
2–0 		Low match
G2 Esports (9)
1–2 		Eliminated
Vega Squadron (10) 1–3 −26 G2 Esports (7)
14–16
Cache 		Low match
Team Spirit (13)
16–14
Mirage 		Mid match
Team Vitality (8)
1–16
Overpass 		Low match
Ninjas in Pyjamas (6)
1–2 		Eliminated
15–16 Team Spirit (12) 0–3 −17 ENCE eSports (5)
10–16
Nuke 		Low match
Vega Squadron (11)
14–16
Mirage 		Low match
FURIA Esports (15)
0–2 		Eliminated Eliminated
Grayhound Gaming (14) 0–3 −19 Cloud9 (3)
11–16
Mirage 		Low match
Team Vitality (7)
17–19
Nuke 		Low match
Fnatic (9)
0–2 		Eliminated Eliminated
Round 3 scores
Round 3 matches
Team Score Map Score Team
ENCE eSports 7 Nuke 16 Renegades
ENCE eSports 14 Mirage 16 Renegades
ENCE eSports – Inferno – Renegades
Fnatic 16 Inferno 9 Grayhound Gaming
Fnatic 16 Overpass 11 Grayhound Gaming
Fnatic – Mirage – Grayhound Gaming
NRG Esports 16 Inferno 14 TyLoo
NRG Esports 16 Mirage 13 TyLoo
NRG Esports – Train – TyLoo
Team Spirit 9 Mirage 16 FURIA Esports
Team Spirit 14 Nuke 16 FURIA Esports
Team Spirit – Cache – FURIA Esports
Round 4 scores
Round 4 matches
Team Score Map Score Team
Team Vitality 25 Inferno 22 ViCi Gaming
Team Vitality 16 Nuke 12 ViCi Gaming
Team Vitality – Overpass – ViCi Gaming
TyLoo 12 Cache 16 AVANGAR
TyLoo 14 Inferno 16 AVANGAR
TyLoo – Mirage – AVANGAR
ENCE eSports 16 Dust II 11 Winstrike Team
ENCE eSports 7 Mirage 16 Winstrike Team
ENCE eSports 16 Train 13 Winstrike Team
Ninjas in Pyjamas 17 Overpass 19 Vega Squadron
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Train 6 Vega Squadron
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Mirage 6 Vega Squadron
G2 Esports 8 Mirage 16 Fnatic
G2 Esports 16 Dust II 8 Fnatic
G2 Esports 16 Overpass 5 Fnatic
Cloud9 1 Mirage 16 FURIA Esports
Cloud9 16 Inferno 1 FURIA Esports
Cloud9 16 Cache 10 FURIA Esports
Round 5 scores
Round 5 matches
Team Score Map Score Team
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Train 7 ViCi Gaming
Ninjas in Pyjamas 13 Inferno 16 ViCi Gaming
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Mirage 7 ViCi Gaming
G2 Esports 12 Mirage 16 TyLoo
G2 Esports 16 Dust II 2 TyLoo
G2 Esports 16 Cache 7 TyLoo
Cloud9 16 Nuke 7 Winstrike Team
Cloud9 19 Overpass 16 Winstrike Team
Cloud9 – Mirage – Winstrike Team

New Legends stage

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The New Legends stage, formerly known as the Group stage, used the same format as the Challengers stage. This stage takes place from February 20 to February 24, 2019, live at the International Congress Center in Katowice. The seeding was released on February 19, 2019.[24] Next to each team's name under the "Team" column is each team's initial seeding. Under each of the "Rounds" columns are the team's opponent's seed at the time the round was played.[25]

Place Team Record RD Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
1–2 Astralis (1) 3–0 +45 compLexity Gaming (16)
16–6
Nuke 		High match
Cloud9 (12)
16–0
Train 		High match
Renegades (8)
2–1 		New Champions stage New Champions stage
Team Liquid (2) 3–0 +16 AVANGAR (15)
16–12
Overpass 		High match
Ninjas in Pyjamas (10)
16–13
Overpass 		High match
Natus Vincere (3)
2–0 		New Champions stage New Champions stage
3–5 Natus Vincere (3) 3–1 +18 G2 Esports (14)
16–7
Inferno 		High match
Team Vitality (11)
25–22
Mirage 		High match
Team Liquid (2)
0–2 		High match
AVANGAR (10)
2–0 		New Champions stage
MIBR (4) 3–1 +10 Cloud9 (13)
3–16
Inferno 		Low match
compLexity Gaming (16)
16–9
Mirage 		Mid match
G2 Esports (14)
16–12
Inferno 		High match
Ninjas in Pyjamas (8)
2–0 		New Champions stage
Renegades (9) 3–1 −4 ENCE eSports (8)
16–13
Inferno 		High match
FaZe Clan (4)
16–14
Inferno 		High match
Astralis (1)
1–2 		High match
Team Vitality (7)
2–1 		New Champions stage
6–8 FaZe Clan (5) 3–2 +15 HellRaisers (12)
16–4
Train 		High match
Renegades (8)
14–16
Inferno 		Mid match
AVANGAR (15)
13–16
Mirage 		Low match
compLexity Gaming (14)
2–1 		Cloud9 (11)
2–0
ENCE eSports (8) 3–2 +11 Renegades (9)
13–16
Inferno 		Low match
HellRaisers (13)
12–16
Dust II 		Low match
BIG (7)
2–1 		Low match
G2 Esports (14)
2–0 		AVANGAR (10)
2–0
Ninjas in Pyjamas (11) 3–2 +8 NRG Esports (6)
16–14
Nuke 		High match
Team Liquid (2)
13–16
Overpass 		Mid match
HellRaisers (13)
16–5
Overpass 		High match
MIBR (4)
0–2 		Team Vitality (9)
2–1
9–11 Cloud9 (13) 2–3 −2 MIBR (4)
16–3
Inferno 		High match
Astralis (1)
0–16
Train 		Mid match
Team Vitality (11)
14–16
Mirage 		Low match
HellRaisers (12)
2–0 		FaZe Clan (6)
0–2
Team Vitality (10) 2–3 −16 BIG (7)
16–11
Mirage 		High match
Natus Vincere (3)
22–25
Mirage 		Mid match
Cloud9 (12)
16–14
Mirage 		High match
Renegades (5)
1–2 		Ninjas in Pyjamas (8)
1–2
AVANGAR (15) 2–3 −26 Team Liquid (2)
12–16
Overpass 		Low match
NRG Sports (6)
16–13
Overpass 		Mid match
FaZe Clan (4)
16–13
Mirage 		High match
Natus Vincere (3)
0–2 		ENCE eSports (7)
0–2
12–14 compLexity Gaming (16) 1–3 −10 Astralis (1)
6–16
Nuke 		Low match
MIBR (5)
9–16
Mirage 		Low match
NRG Esports (6)
2–0 		Low match
FaZe Clan (6)
1–2 		Eliminated
G2 Esports (14) 1–3 −18 Natus Vincere (3)
7–16
Inferno 		Low match
BIG (7)
16–13
Mirage 		Mid match
MIBR (5)
12–16
Inferno 		Low match
ENCE eSports (8)
2–0 		Eliminated
HellRaisers (12) 1–3 −31 FaZe Clan (5)
4–16
Train 		Low match
ENCE eSports (9)
16–12
Dust II 		Mid match
Ninjas in Pyjamas (10)
5–16
Overpass 		Low match
Cloud9 (11)
0–2 		Eliminated
15–16 BIG (7) 0–3 −5 Team Vitality (10)
11–16
Mirage 		Low match
G2 Esports (14)
13–16
Mirage 		Low match
ENCE eSports (9)
1–2 		Eliminated Eliminated
NRG Esports (6) 0–3 −11 Ninjas in Pyjamas (11)
14–16
Nuke 		Low match
AVANGAR (15)
13–16
Overpass 		Low match
compLexity Gaming (16)
0–2 		Eliminated Eliminated
Round 3 scores
Round 3 matches
Team Score Map Score Team
Astralis 17 Mirage 19 Renegades
Astralis 16 Nuke 9 Renegades
Astralis 16 Inferno 2 Renegades
ENCE eSports 5 Dust II 16 BIG
ENCE eSports 16 Train 14 BIG
ENCE eSports 16 Overpass 10 BIG
Team Liquid 16 Mirage 14 Natus Vincere
Team Liquid 16 Dust II 9 Natus Vincere
Team Liquid – Nuke – Natus Vincere
NRG Esports 19 Nuke 22 compLexity Gaming
NRG Esports 16 Cache 19 compLexity Gaming
NRG Esports – Inferno – compLexity Gaming
Round 4 scores
Round 4 matches
Team Score Map Score Team
Renegades 16 Dust II 5 Team Vitality
Renegades 11 Cache 16 Team Vitality
Renegades 16 Inferno 12 Team Vitality
Natus Vincere 16 Dust II 6 AVANGAR
Natus Vincere 16 Train 11 AVANGAR
Natus Vincere – Mirage – AVANGAR
MIBR 16 Train 6 Ninjas in Pyjamas
MIBR 16 Inferno 14 Ninjas in Pyjamas
MIBR – Mirage – Ninjas in Pyjamas
ENCE eSports 19 Dust II 17 G2 Esports
ENCE eSports 16 Mirage 10 G2 Esports
ENCE eSports – Nuke – G2 Esports
FaZe Clan 8 Cache 16 compLexity Gaming
FaZe Clan 16 Mirage 11 compLexity Gaming
FaZe Clan 16 Dust II 14 compLexity Gaming
Cloud9 16 Inferno 8 HellRaisers
Cloud9 16 Cache 12 HellRaisers
Cloud9 – Mirage – HellRaisers
Round 5 scores
Round 5 matches
Team Score Map Score Team
ENCE eSports 16 Mirage 12 AVANGAR
ENCE eSports 16 Train 7 AVANGAR
ENCE eSports – Overpass – AVANGAR
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Cache 7 Team Vitality
Ninjas in Pyjamas 8 Overpass 16 Team Vitality
Ninjas in Pyjamas 16 Mirage 7 Team Vitality
FaZe Clan 16 Cache 14 Cloud9
FaZe Clan 16 Dust II 9 Cloud9
FaZe Clan – Nuke – Cloud9

New Champions stage

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The New Champions Stage, also known as the Playoffs, is a best of three double elimination bracket. Teams play until a winner is decided. This stage is taking place at the Spodek from February 28 to March 3, 2019. Brackets were revealed shortly after FaZe defeated Cloud9 in the last map of the group stages. Teams were seeded first based on their record in the New Legends stage and based on the strength of their schedule.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                  
1 Astralis 16 16 – 2
8 Ninjas in Pyjamas 2 14 – 0
1 Astralis 16 16 – 2
4 MIBR 14 7 – 0
4 MIBR 16 16 – 2
5 Renegades 6 12 – 0
1 Astralis 16 16 – 2
7 ENCE 11 4 – 0
3 Natus Vincere 16 16 – 2
6 FaZe Clan 13 7 – 0
3 Natus Vincere 14 16 14 1
7 ENCE 16 3 16 2
2 Team Liquid 11 16 – 0
7 ENCE 16 19 – 2

Quarterfinals

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Natus Vincere vs. FaZe Clan

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Casters: HenryG & Sadokist

Natus Vincere vs. FaZe Clan scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Natus Vincere 16 Inferno 13 FaZe Clan
Natus Vincere 16 Mirage 7 FaZe Clan
Natus Vincere – Dust II – FaZe Clan

Team Liquid vs. ENCE eSports

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Casters: Vince Hill & moses

Team Liquid vs. ENCE eSports scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Team Liquid 11 Mirage 16 ENCE eSports
Team Liquid 16 Inferno 19 ENCE eSports
Team Liquid – Overpass – ENCE eSports

MIBR vs. Renegades

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Casters: HenryG & Sadokist

MIBR vs. Renegades scores
Team Score Map Score Team
MIBR 16 Dust II 6 Renegades
MIBR 16 Train 12 Renegades
MIBR – Mirage – Renegades

Astralis vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas

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Casters: Vince Hill & moses

Astralis vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Astralis 16 Mirage 2 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Astralis 16 Dust II 14 Ninjas in Pyjamas
Astralis – Overpass – Ninjas in Pyjamas

Semifinals

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Natus Vincere vs. ENCE eSports

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Casters: HenryG & Sadokist

Natus Vincere vs. ENCE eSports scores
Team Score Map Score Team
Natus Vincere 14 Train 16 ENCE eSports
Natus Vincere 16 Dust II 3 ENCE eSports
Natus Vincere 14 Mirage 16 ENCE eSports

MIBR vs. Astralis

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Casters: Vince Hill & moses

MIBR vs. Astralis scores
Team Score Map Score Team
MIBR 14 Overpass 16 Astralis
MIBR 7 Inferno 16 Astralis
MIBR – Train – Astralis

Finals

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Casters: HenryG & Sadokist

ENCE eSports vs. Astralis scores
Team Score Map Score Team
ENCE eSports 11 Train 16 Astralis
ENCE eSports 4 Inferno 16 Astralis
ENCE eSports – Overpass – Astralis

Final standings

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The final placings are shown below. In addition, the prize distribution, seed for the next major, roster, and coaches are shown. Each team's in-game leader is shown first.

Place Prize Money Team Seed Roster Coach
1st US$500,000 Astralis Berlin 2019 Legends gla1ve, dev1ce, dupreeh, Magisk, Xyp9x zonic
2nd US$150,000 ENCE Aleksib, Aerial, allu, sergej, xseven Twista
3rd – 4th US$70,000 MIBR FalleN, coldzera, felps, fer, TACO zews
Natus Vincere Zeus, Edward, s1mple, electronic, flamie kane
5th – 8th US$35,000 FaZe Clan NiKo, AdreN, GuardiaN, olofmeister, rain YNk
Ninjas in Pyjamas Lekr0, dennis, f0rest, GeT RiGhT, REZ pita
Renegades AZR, jks, Liazz, Gratisfaction, jkaem kassad
Team Liquid nitr0, ELiGE, Stewie2K, NAF, Twistzz adreN
9th – 11th US$8,750 AVANGAR Berlin 2019 Challengers Jame, buster, fitch, KrizzeN, qikert dastan
Cloud9 Zellsis,[a] autimatic, RUSH, flusha, kioShiMa –
Team Vitality NBK-, apEX, Rpk, ZywOo, ALEX XTQZZZ
12th – 14th US$8,750 compLexity Gaming stanislaw, n0thing, ShahZaM, dephh, Rickeh Warden
G2 Esports shox, bodyy, JaCkz, kennyS, Lucky maLeK
HellRaisers ANGE1, DeadFox, HObbit, ISSAA, woxic ami
15th – 16th US$8,750 BIG – gob b, nex, tabseN, tiziaN, XANTARES kakafu
NRG Esports daps, Brehze, Ethan, FugLy, CeRq ImAPet
17th – 19th – TyLoo Attacker, somebody, Summer, xccurate, BnTeT Johnta
ViCi Gaming advent, aumaN, zhokiNg, Freeman, kaze –
Winstrike Team Boombl4, n0rb3r7, WorldEdit, Kvik, wayLander iksou
20th – 22nd – Fnatic Xizt, Brollan, JW, KRiMZ, twist Jumpy
FURIA Esports arT, ableJ, KSCERATO, VINI, yuurih guerri
Vega Squadron chopper, hutji, tonyblack, crush, jR Fierce
23rd – 24th – Grayhound Gaming dexter, DickStacy, malta, sterling, erkaSt –
Team Spirit S0tF1k, DavCost, Dima, COLDYY1, somedieyoung Certus
  1. ^ Golden was unable to attend due to health issues, but due to Cloud9 having him listed on the roster after the rosters were locked, they were forced to list Zellsis as a coach so he could stand-in for Golden.[26][27]

Post-Major ranking

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The rankings shown below reflect the March 4, 2019 rankings, the first ranking after the Major.[28]

HLTV.org post-Major ranking
World ranking
Place Team Points Move1
1 Astralis 986  
2 Team Liquid 534  
3 Natus Vincere 464  
4 ENCE 435   7
5 MIBR 352   4
6 FaZe Clan 310   2
7 Renegades 275   6
8 Ninjas in Pyjamas 252   6
9 Cloud9 196   1
10 Team Vitality 184   5
11 NRG Esports 172   6
13 AVANGAR 149   5
14 Fnatic 147   8
16 G2 Esports 132   3
18 BIG 122   6
19 HellRaisers 88   2
21 FURIA Esports 83   2
22 Winstrike Team 83   6
23 TyLoo 71   44
25 ViCi Gaming 67   10
27 compLexity Gaming 63   12
28 Grayhound Gaming 53   6
31 Team Spirit –   14
38 Vega Squadron –   15

1Change since February 11, 2019 ranking

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