IEM Katowice 2018 Europe Closed Qualifier

IEM Katowice 2018 EU Closed Qualifier bracket drawn

2-2-2018 15:20

The matchups for the IEM Katowice 2018 Closed Qualifier, that will take place on February 3-4, have been drawn.

Twelve teams will be in competition for the four IEM Katowice 2018 Europe Closed Qualifier, where four LAN spots are up for grabs. Out of the twelve squads, eight squads got a direct invite, while four of them made it through the two open qualifiers.

North will debut their new roster in tomorrow's qualifier

Among the invited teams are the likes of MOUZ, Natus Vincere and fnatic, while the four qualifier slots were claimed by Singularity, HEROIC, Epsilon and AGO.

Today, the double-elimination bracket, which will be played out exclusively using BO3 matches, has been drawn. With 12 teams in the competition, the four best-ranked ones have been placed directly in the quarter-final, while the other eight teams will have to earn their place there.

The bracket draw is available below:

First round
HEROIC	vs. BIG
Natus Vincere	vs. Epsilon
Singularity	vs. Envy
HellRaisers	vs. AGO
Quarter-finals
North	vs. HEROIC / BIG
Gambit	vs. Natus Vincere / Epsilon
fnatic	vs. Singularity / Envy
MOUZ	vs. HellRaisers / AGO

You can find more details about the competition on our event page.

first fnatic ez

2018-02-02 15:23

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Hope epsilon get it done

2018-02-02 15:21

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eu 4head

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Na scene lul

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you mean the top 1 scene? cry is free kid

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So when gambit won cis was top 1 scene? You're trying too hard, NA is shit, was shit and will always be shit, stop being delusional, they'll go out in groups at katowice

2018-02-02 15:27

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CRY IS FREE

2018-02-02 15:28

12 replies

No arguments as always, ignorance at its best, kill yourself

2018-02-02 15:29

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2018-02-02 15:32

3RD WORLD KID LUL

2018-02-02 15:33

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Nice argument lul

2018-02-02 15:35

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The thing is, gambit didnt have to face and beat the top 4 teams in the world. C9 did and did it quite convincingly. Im not sayin NA is #1 but it sure as hell isnt as much of a joke as it used and i have no idea how no NA team is in this

2018-02-02 15:44

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Really? Do you people even know how to read? xD EU closed qualy 0/8 b8

2018-02-02 15:55

Yes, we need more NA teams in the EU qualifiers...

2018-02-02 16:16

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+1 if the next EU closed qualifier for a significant event does not feature cloud9, liquid, swole patrol and french canadians i am gonna be so mad Kippa

2018-02-02 22:13

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+1 we need Swole Patrol

2018-02-03 05:00

No need arguments for trolling balcan scene))

2018-02-03 04:18

Learn to speak english, gandon

2018-02-03 04:57

A u mad, coz im not. Learn to be polite, have a nice day, gandon

2018-02-03 07:11

+1 na shit

EU 4HEAD kkkkk

2018-02-02 18:42

sup

RUNFNATIC BROTHER

2018-02-02 15:39

NO BUG NO BIG NO BUG NO BIG NO BUG NO BIG NO BUG NO BIG NO BUG NO BIG

wow stacked quals

2018-02-02 16:23

I am ready

2018-02-02 15:20

Almost First Ez 4 Fnatic and for my dad

Ezzz

nice

Almost did it

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1min late nt

Ye my phone just sent me a notification

2018-02-02 15:22

Idk how those guys get here so fast

GO GO AGO

its some time ago they missed the major

Rip epsilon lol

Nooo

Gambit vs Na`Vi bo3?

lululululu

mom mom mom whyy

HR vs AGO Fuck's sake..

ez HR

poor AGO

why poor

hr > ago

2018-02-02 15:25

maybe but not with 3 coaches))

2018-02-03 07:15

They can do it, i believe but it will be so hard. HR with Bondik is really good

2018-02-02 15:26

The only better draw would be this North/BIG/Heroic one, they should be happy

2018-02-02 15:47

Ago would not stand a chance against heroic and north. Its pretty stacked

2018-02-02 17:19

north has 2 changes. They are not so stacked, as u wish

2018-02-03 07:16

Still better than ago so whats your point

2018-02-03 08:19

I cheer only CIS cs, dont care about EU. But its online game. AGO strong online instead of LAN

2018-02-03 08:25

Still the history seems that ago didnt stand a chance against heroic and dont think that something would change against north

2018-02-03 08:47

Ez BIG

gambit vs navi hhahahahaha

Why is North already on quarters when they are much weaker than NaVi (playing the first round) for example ?

Based on hltv top i guess.

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Dont think so as Navi is #9 and gambit for example is #11

2018-02-02 15:58

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Based on old rating i guess before major

2018-02-02 20:07

Yes probably

2018-02-02 20:08

It's based on the ESL Ranking system, or more accurately the club ranking system. eslgaming.com/worldranking/csgo#/ The seeding for the IEM Katowice event will also be based on these rankings

2018-02-02 22:41

Funny rank - QBF (-18) pos and take 18 rank

2018-02-03 07:42

I'm guessing since they don't do ranks below 34 every team outside of that are considered rank 0 on the rankings therefore they moved down from 0 to 18

2018-02-03 09:48

Thanks

2018-02-03 10:27

2018-02-02 22:39

Thanks for your help. Still pretty bad seedings though.

2018-02-02 22:46

Not really if you understand their logic. The Club Rankings look at results over the last 12 months instead of the usual 6 of their Power Rankings and 3 of HLTV. North had a strong early and mid 2017 where as NaVi didn't start getting good results until later on in the year.

2018-02-02 22:49

wow, what a joke those club rankings are! they count every event of the last 11 months with 100% weight. btw, the hltv rankings use: 2 months in the form category with 200 points for 1st; 3 months in the lan category with 300 points for first; 12 months in the achievement category with 500 points for 1st. but, other than esl, hltv has a weighting system for their achievements, meaning you get less and less points over time for any given result. that imo much better reflects overall strength, giving astralis full credit now for winning kato in march 2017 is ridiculous.

2018-02-03 17:53

I understand the HLTV system. I actually sort of like how it works. Although it doesn't have decay on really good results it also doesn't have decay on bad results. Someone like Fnatic who was having a lot of trouble with their roster in early to mid 2017 didn't start getting good results until lately so they maybe shouldn't be as rewarded as a team like Astralis who had consistent results. Saying that though I also like HLTV's since it gives a more recent idea for who the best in the world is.

2018-02-03 23:54

i'm confused. in your 2nd sentence, are you saying hltv doesn't have decay? because it does, even within the first 3 months, although a small one. and looking at the achievements of ast and fnc, they're pretty even overall. the xmas/newyear break gives the major more importance, so fnc has a slight edge.

2018-02-06 13:10

The third sentence, that starts with Although is mean to transition to me talking about the ESL system since I'm pretty sure it doesn't have point decay. I understand the confusion there.

2018-02-06 13:15

ofc Epsi vs Navi... Unluko

NICE EPSILONN!!!

Na'Vi vs Gambit PogChamp Let's go!

ez for GODRopz and GODmouz

ez AGO

2018-02-02 15:24

RIP North, nV, Gambit and HR

Mouz has 97%chance of winning

Gambit navi again. Its not random ofc, iem try to hype and get viewers like everyone else. Ofc epsilon can win. Everyone can win Navi

wE Will go to Katowice...c'mon EPSILON

Come on... We all know Epsilon is the weakest team alongside Singularity, it would be a huge surprise if they didnt go out with 0-2 record. Just lets be honest here, they are at a 12th spot in my power ranking, the fact they got drawn against NaVi... its just impossible for them. They also made it into the closed qualies cause of an easy route through the open one, if they met AGO or SS along the way or even Wololos they would be out already

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IT is almost impossible just because of monsters like simple and electronic...other players are not so better than epsilon best ones imho

2018-02-02 15:34

Epsilon best ones? From what Ive seen espilons best player is smooya and he is a toxic whiny b*tch (sorry for that, but he really is) and he aint that good either. Id say smooya < bondik even

smooya is good and cosmeen is good too...the 3 other players sucks we agree...its just about dream... i mean...Zeus and Edward are bots...maybe not SO bots as epsilon players but they're no good...flamie and electronic are good yes and simple is simply a monster... probably the awp fight between simple and smooya will end in a slaughter but lets dream

2018-02-02 15:38

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Yeah lets dream. Btw isnt cosmeen the guy known for his worse spray than Kjearbye? I mean as even more obvious one, sorry if Im wrong but there is a lot of cheaters from Romania and I dont know why

2018-02-02 15:48

has kjaerbye a bad spray? LOL btw I watched some matchs with cosmeeen, online and Lan...the entire Gifinity Elite Series was LAN and in LAN u cant cheat...and he was good at that competition... of couse was a minor tournament with a bunch of shitty UK teams but he is a good player i think...not a top team player but a good one...4 example it seems to me he frags more than STYKObot but yet Styko plays into a top team...so...we'll see :)

2018-02-02 15:52

Kjearbye's spray? Obvious cheating. "Oh shaking my hand around my target is helping me to aim better"... ummm, okay? He zigzags in 90 degrees angles, thats what an aimlock does when its badly configurated, unfortunately he cannot stop spraying like that rn cause he would be lynched for hacking. But yeah, there was one romanian guy whose spray was even more shaky than Markus' one.

2018-02-02 16:01

Edward is 2 tiers above every player on ripsilon lol

2018-02-02 16:15

NaVi will win but Edward will go negative tho he is shit and outdated.

2018-02-02 16:52

Didn't go negative vs assilon. Pretty much impossible vs them.

2018-02-04 00:14

Edward isnt above noone...old and bad.

2018-02-03 01:53

Way above pepsilon

2018-02-04 00:28

ok my friend...but it easy now to talk after Epsilon was rekt

2018-02-04 20:58

My first comment was long before the game and it was right.

2018-02-05 02:13

Seized against navi hmmm

2018-02-02 15:30

BIG got a great chance ... but they will choke in the 1st round against heroic :l

2018-02-02 15:31

They dont have a great chance, weaker six Id say and there is only 4 spots

it means you have to beat heroic (is possible) and north got changes now and big could already beat them on lan ... so yeah its a big chance for them ...

2018-02-02 15:37

Ya know heroic is a really strong team with moddi being a god lately?

2018-02-02 15:46

never said they are bad just they are beatable for big ... dunno why ur so triggere lol

2018-02-02 15:54

Hes not triggered? Hes providing his veiwpoint because you provided yours. You just dont know how to have a civil conversation.

tabseN is really good btw

2018-02-02 15:40

compare na qualifier to this... shame na have 2 spots

Wtf are you on. EU has 4 spots and NA has 2, its a good change for EU already. All of the teams apart from Singularity and Epsilon would have a big chance of winning against both Renegades and Liquid, ya know?