Intel Challenge Katowice 2018: Everything you need to know

Eight of the world's best female CS:GO teams will be playing in Katowice for a $50,000 prize pool.

The groups for the tournament, which is set to take place on February 23-25 at the IEM Expo in Katowice, have been drawn, the schedule is set, and the broadcast team announced.

RES are one of the favorites

Among some of the more notorious teams will be Dignitas fe and RES, who will be fighting teams from Asia, Brazil, Europe, and North America.

The group draw is the following:

Group A Group B
United States Dignitas fe Europe RES
Brazil Keyd Stars fe United States CLG Red
China LLG Europe Squared Prospects
Europe Singularity fe Russia ARES fe

The schedule for the tournament is:

Friday, February 23
11:00 Group A matches start BO1
16:50 Group B matches start BO1
     
Saturday, February 24
13:00 Semifinal #1 BO3
15:00 Semifinal #2 BO3
     
Sunday, February 25
13:00 Third place decider BO3
15:00 Grand Final BO3

The six-person broadcast team will be formed by:

United Kingdom Matt Andrews - Stage Host

United Kingdom James "BanKs" Banks - Desk Host

Canada Stephanie "missharvey" Harvey - Analyst

United Kingdom Jack "Jacky" Peters - Commentator
United Kingdom Alex "snodz" Byfield - Commentator
United Kingdom Hugo Byron - Commentator

Finally, the prize distribution of the $50,000 will be:

1. $25,000
2. $12,000
3. $8,000
4. $5,000

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#1
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Netherlands Sander335
Fe event, sick Mom I did it
2018-02-20 18:51
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lol
2018-02-20 18:51
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3 replies
50k for tier 1000 2018 i guess
2018-02-20 18:56
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1 reply
Money exists Greek politician 2k8
2018-02-20 20:12
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Should be an empty article Imo
2018-02-20 19:46
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#20
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Netherlands JPDragao
wp son
2018-02-20 18:51
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Is your mom going to play here too?
2018-02-20 18:55
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1 reply
#73
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Netherlands Sander335
No, not even fav pro fe player. :(
2018-02-20 20:44
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#62
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United States Origin503
Im actually stoked for this, its not as exciting as a regular tourney but its cool to have some variety.
2018-02-20 19:44
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then watch tier 3-4 male event, you will have some variety and still see better CS.
2018-02-21 04:19
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#2
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Italy Brian_Furious
Nice read
2018-02-20 18:50
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Wha
2018-02-20 18:50
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All I need to know is that it's gonna be tier 600
2018-02-20 18:50
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1 reply
#24
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World cucco
+1
2018-02-20 18:51
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#5
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Poland Aloes
ez for juliano
2018-02-20 18:52
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#6
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Czech Republic SanTua
I prefer THE REAL Katowice ;)
2018-02-20 18:50
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2 replies
+111
2018-02-20 19:15
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#101
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Canada _Dark__
+Agreed
2018-02-21 16:36
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Tier 76
2018-02-20 18:50
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RES <3
2018-02-20 18:50
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3 replies
ankt1ka <3
2018-02-21 04:10
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2 replies
Oh yeah <3
2018-02-21 06:11
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1 reply
Ant1ka have my kids <3
2018-02-21 09:30
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#10
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Sweden Virr
DAMN GURL
2018-02-20 18:51
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#11
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Belgium Hjawesomme
what is dignitas doing thhere edit: nvm just changed to their fe team
2018-02-20 18:51
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#12
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United Kingdom Fizzhaz
actually i want to know more
2018-02-20 18:51
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1 reply
#87
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Argentina (._.)
+1 Title is clickbait (;_;)
2018-02-21 03:01
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Who cares
2018-02-20 18:51
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#14
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Estonia m8k
waste of money
2018-02-20 18:51
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#15
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dennis | 
Netherlands cock
gonna be a real shitshow
2018-02-20 18:51
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lul
2018-02-20 18:51
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but I want to knw is earth flat
2018-02-20 18:51
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women should be in kitchen
2018-02-20 18:51
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#22
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Armenia gr1nch
ez 4 armenian princess bENITa
2018-02-20 18:51
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1 reply
grilzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
2018-02-20 18:52
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invite VP to this ttournament so maybe they finally can win some BO3 !
2018-02-20 18:51
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1 reply
savage af
2018-02-20 21:17
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EZ FOR VIVOKEYD EZ FOR BIZINHA THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD
2018-02-20 18:51
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#26
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New Zealand Azylu
EZ PZ LEMON SQUEEZY FOR THE GOD HERSELF XIAO 720 ZHAO
2018-02-20 18:52
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#28
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Ukraine websnap
1st
2018-02-20 18:52
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#29
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Poland throwing
lul
2018-02-20 18:52
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#31
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Spain Alser
The new Keyd stars logo is cool
2018-02-20 18:53
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who cares? tier 1223312413131 teams gold novas > fe cs
2018-02-20 18:53
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#33
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Sweden flippig
will not watch
2018-02-20 18:54
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Go Team Dignitas!!!
2018-02-20 18:54
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50k event major for female cs
2018-02-20 18:55
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Female Gaming = being RES and moving away from CS region to enjoy free paycheck and vacation and people wonder why we think female cs is a joke XD
2018-02-20 18:55
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No Korean grills no watch!! WHY CAN'T CS BE LIKE OVER WATCH WE NEED MORE KOREANS AND JUST ONE TOKEN GIRL. (jinny <3)
2018-02-20 18:57
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#40
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World Acoluahuacatl
50k for DMG vs DMG tournament. Sexism in csgo LUL
2018-02-20 18:59
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no vp no fun
2018-02-20 19:02
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OMEGALUL 50K
2018-02-20 19:05
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#43
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Argentina epov.boris
GL Keyd
2018-02-20 19:07
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#44
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dupreeh | 
Germany pastaMasta
nice chinese nicknames: 129, 720
2018-02-20 19:11
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#45
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Norway Phancy11
Grillzz
2018-02-20 19:14
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Virtus.Pussy new team
2018-02-20 19:14
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#48
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Other TheAwakening
We don't need to know anything of this, lol.
2018-02-20 19:17
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#49
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Finland Alko^
Female cs LUL
2018-02-20 19:19
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2 replies
#51
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Poland Aloes
female cs < gold nova 2
2018-02-20 19:22
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1 reply
#52
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Finland Alko^
+1
2018-02-20 19:22
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#50
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NiKo | 
Poland Jaruzel
Free money for shit teams.
2018-02-20 19:20
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#53
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Russia M13F
EZ RES and ARES
2018-02-20 19:23
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#54
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Poland Marcines
female cs LUL
2018-02-20 19:27
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FEMALE CS LUL
2018-02-20 19:27
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1 reply
whats wrong with fe cs
2018-02-21 04:09
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#56
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United States Origin503
Is there going to be a stream for this on twitch?
2018-02-20 19:28
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3 replies
#58
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United States Origin503
NM, Im an idiot
2018-02-20 19:28
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2 replies
NA kid replying yourself, do no eat vegans
2018-02-21 04:08
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1 reply
#100
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United States Origin503
Totally!
2018-02-21 16:18
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EZ 4 SHOWLIANA THE BRAZILIAN TACO
2018-02-20 19:28
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1 reply
#77
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Hungary Shaperz
that's an insult for showliana
2018-02-20 21:07
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click bait
2018-02-20 19:30
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1 reply
name checks out
2018-02-21 04:07
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#60
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Austria t47ED
ez money for the girls in a computer game its stupid to make 2 tournaments 1 normal and 1 for girls
2018-02-20 19:30
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clickbait
2018-02-20 19:43
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#64
Faceit plus user Faceit level 10  | 
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Moldova OptimusBlyad
FE CS
2018-02-20 19:47
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I THOUGHT ITS REAL CS WTF?! THX FOR CLICKBAIT
2018-02-20 19:57
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#67
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United States V1ruh
female cs OMEGALUL
2018-02-20 20:06
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Can someone please beat RES this time please?!
2018-02-20 20:06
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GoGo Bulka
2018-02-20 20:15
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Go pan, use your nunchaku
2018-02-20 20:18
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#72
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United States SILHOUTTE
This is not everything we need to know HLTV is fake news.
2018-02-20 20:40
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Girls in 2018 hahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahaha
2018-02-20 20:47
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#75
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Brazil Kohzito
Res Gaming x Keyd in final
2018-02-20 20:58
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#76
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Hungary Shaperz
is this like a beauty contest?
2018-02-20 21:06
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1 reply
#104
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Bulgaria AboveYall
looking at them is more of a ugliness contest..
2018-02-22 16:51
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#79
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Netherlands Yak_41M
grills and cs, pack me a bowl son!
2018-02-20 23:02
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#80
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HUNDEN | 
China ene1nz
All I needed to know is that this shit is a femal event. I'm outta here.
2018-02-20 23:03
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CARE
2018-02-20 23:23
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#82
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United Kingdom Legoshi
Female CS LUL
2018-02-20 23:28
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#83
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Turkey Mustafa-
waste of money in my opinion
2018-02-20 23:51
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TIER 5 CS LUL
2018-02-21 01:04
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Everyhing you need to know: FE CS LUL
2018-02-21 02:53
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1 reply
Lol
2018-02-21 04:49
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#88
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Argentina (._.)
Go dignitas go (?) \(._.)/
2018-02-21 03:03
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Fe lul
2018-02-21 04:48
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#98
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tarik | 
United States jjh
missharvey is a MILF
2018-02-21 10:51
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#99
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Malaysia byaIi
gl to my sisters!
2018-02-21 11:59
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#102
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United Kingdom trtr098
Respect women
2018-02-21 23:15
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