HLTV.org live from Katowice

Our three-man crew has arrived at the ESL Arena to begin our coverage of the IEM Katowice Major, which is set to kick off with the New Challengers Stage.

The 14th Major, hosted by ESL, is about to begin with the first two matches of the first Swiss stage, where 16 teams are clashing to battle for eight spots in next week's New Legends Stage, where the top-eight teams from the FACEIT Major await.

The first two rounds will take place on the first day, with Renegades versus AVANGAR (main stream) and fnatic versus ViCi (B stream) opening the tournament. For the rest of the schedule and everything about the new format introduced by ESL for this Major and other details, head over to our viewer's guide.

We also looked at all the participating teams in two previews, split into the six Returning Challengers, written by yours truly, and the 10 Minor Challengers by Lucas Aznar Miles.

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