Invites for IEM Katowice closed qualifiers revealed

6-1-2020 19:48

Following the announcement of the directly invited teams, ESL has revealed the invited closed qualifier teams for IEM Katowice 2020.

The names of the teams that were invited to the Asian, European, North American, and Oceanic closed qualifiers for IEM Katowice have been revealed, with some big names and new rosters finding their way onto the team lists.

MIBR will have to earn their spot in Katowice through the closed qualifier

In Europe, FaZe will have to go through the online qualifier to earn a spot at IEM Katowice, as will G2 and ENCE. Illuminar got a spot in the closed qualifier by winning the Polish Championship, while HEROIC and ARCY made it through the first open qualifier. Two more teams are yet to be decided through the second open qualifier before the closed qualifier kicks off on January 14.

IEM Katowice Europe Closed Qualifier team list:

Open Qualifier #2

Open Qualifier #2

In North America, a few new rosters will debut in the qualifier, such as Complexity and Gen.G, albeit the latter will not feature Hansel "⁠BnTeT⁠" Ferdinand as he will be helping TYLOO in the Asian qualifier before moving over to his new team. Brazilian sides MIBR, FURIA, and INTZ will also be competing for a spot at the event, with only the best team in North America earning a spot in Poland.

IEM Katowice North America Closed Qualifier team list:

Asia and Oceania have one slot each at the final event, with the competition being more straightforward than in Europe and North America. TYLOO, ViCi, and Renegades are the biggest favorites for spots at IEM Katowice 2020.

IEM Katowice Asia Closed Qualifier team list:

IEM Katowice Oceania Closed Qualifier team list:

Finally, the team list for the $500,000 event in Katowice, Poland will look as follows:

EU Qualifier

NA Qualifier

Asia Qualifier

Oceania Qualifier

Cool. Lets hope ENCE lose this one!

2020-01-06 19:49

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It's the battle for who disappoints the most with Faze and G2 in the mix

2020-01-06 20:36

North? At least Complexity is there!

2020-01-06 21:35

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North more like gone #rebrandingmorelikedisbanding

2020-01-07 12:51

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lol, it was kind of a joke. Interested in seeing Complexity in action though! At heart im Astralis fanboy so the kjearby move to North still hurts xD

2020-01-07 13:51

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Astralis fanboy should love magisk kjaerby move was such a dick

2020-01-08 08:35

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In hinsight of cause but at the time the move was the ultimate "cs go betrayal" in danish cs go. That being said kjaerby most likely had the shittiest Astralis contract so in essence I would probably have done the same had I been in his shoes. I was actually hoping for toxic-k0nfig (he is quite entertaining) at the time but seeing the post Magisk results im quite happy!

2020-01-08 09:21

zehn>aerial?

2020-01-07 09:29

EZ4ENCE

2020-01-06 19:48

2020-01-07 09:30

Nice

faze playing closed qualifier kekw

Um og not invited??

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They're trash

2020-01-06 19:50

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Hmm, I wonder why the spaniardo has so strong opinions about og. Maybe because og #26 and riders #34 jajajajaja

2020-01-06 19:59

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I'm not actually Spanish

2020-01-06 20:03

Catalonia is not Spain?

2020-01-06 20:54

wat

2020-01-06 21:06

hes german u dumb mens)))

2020-01-06 20:04

na brain deceted mens))))

2020-01-07 09:04

Turns out you gotta earn your invite in ESL. Who would’ve thought?

2020-01-06 19:53

1 tournament lol

Seems like OG cannot buy their way to every tournament there is

2020-01-06 20:30

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yes and now we look at complexity who clearly did jackshit and still made to closed qualifers

2020-01-06 20:56

And what NA team should/could replace them? And NEVER disrespect the JUGGERNAUT again!!!

2020-01-06 21:44

lmfao that can be said about og , they didnt get invited for nothing and at least will play so that they can deserve their spot to closed if they will qualify meanwhile complexity didnt need to win single round to get invited because of fame and money 0/8

2020-01-06 21:47

Well what has any of the oceania qualifier teams done? Nothing. What about the asian qualifier teams? Minor regions don't have that many contender teams to invite into qualifiers like this. Europe does. Fuck off fanboy and learn the realities of life.

2020-01-06 21:56

you're talking about being a fanboy but clearly og and complexity are both new teams and both of them dont deserve direct invite to closed qualifers og actually plays qualifers so that they can prove that they deserve it meanwhile complexity should do the same but they dont cuz they are riding on their fame and famous players fuck off fanboy

2020-01-06 22:00

Holy shit you're retarded, there isn't even an open qualifier for NA, ofc one of the best teams in NA are going to get an invite into the closed qualifier, complexity isn't even the only new team in the cq so where does this hate towards only them come from?

2020-01-06 22:34

yes there arent na qualifers but we could argue that , singularity or eunited could also get invited based on their ranking on hltv , meanwhile complexity doesnt even have a ranking the only way they got invited is cuz of their fame and famous players not based on their performance or achievements now pls tell me which team (invited to closed qualifers) are a new team? you are clearly a fanboy of complexity lineup and you cant see the point i am reffering to

2020-01-06 22:37

What are you talking about there's no NA open qualifiers? That is how Chaos Gen.G Riot squad and Intz got into the closed qualifier. Imo they should have had to go through the open qualifiers too. Gen.G is a new team, they had to do it, Chaos is relatively new, they had to do it so why does Complexity get a free ride to the closes qualifier when they haven't proved they even deserved to be there

2020-01-06 23:14

if og is good enough they will just drive through open qualifiers.

2020-01-06 21:20

#LETSGOMIBR

mibr and furia let's go

2020-01-06 21:04

ESL is a joke.

if they truly are #8 ranked team then they should be able to qualify easily. 8 Teams and 3 of them qualify. It just kinda sucks that it already starts the 9th day so if they want to qualify they cant really keep a long holiday

2020-01-07 09:34

furia mibr deserve invite

No they don't.

2020-01-06 20:44

avenger #17

2020-01-06 20:52

Its VP, and the org is always invited to Katowice. MIBR has done nothing at all to warrant an invite. Furia has also been poor lately.

2020-01-06 22:04

EASY FOR G2, ROBBED OF A SPOT. ASHAME ESL.

2020-01-06 19:51

FaZe, ENCE, Complexity

lol arcy illuminar invited but no forze and og OMEGALUL

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+1 wtf

they not invited, they qualified

2020-01-06 19:52

Expect that neither of those teams were invited, arcy qualified from #1 open qualifier and Illuminar got in as polish champions as it is polish event anyway so they gave spot polish team this way to qualifier at least xd

2020-01-06 19:54

2020-01-06 19:57

But there is already vp in the direct invites list 😏

2020-01-07 07:50

they qualified, not invited u dumb ruski

INVITES FOR IEM KATOWICE CLOSED QUALIFIERS REVEALED INVITES sorry if i didnt knew about some polish tier3 open quals

2020-01-06 21:22

you dumb

WOWOWOWOWOWOWOW DESTROYED BY FACTS AND LOGIC "you dumb" got rekt me in 2 words omg mens how

2020-01-06 23:50

just use my flair and you'll be able to do the same mens))

2020-01-07 00:03

EU: FaZe G2 Heroic NA: MIBR ASIA: ViCi Oceania: Renegades ez af

do you really think mibr will qualify over col or furia???

2020-01-06 20:42

Even Gen.G can win mibr

2020-01-06 20:57

gen.g will play without bntet D:

2020-01-06 20:59

wtf mens rly?

2020-01-06 21:23

read the article lol

2020-01-06 21:29

Riot Squad come strong, i really think they are going to qualify

2020-01-07 03:06

So many tierless teams on european side and, yet, 2 european teams qualify. And, honestly, if MIBR or FURIA don't qualify in a qualifier easy as that, just give up ...

3 eu teams*

lmfao ence faze g2 > mibr and furia

2020-01-06 22:46

Don't be mad/triggered, euroboy. You know you are lying. Compare MIBR's player titles to those of any player in these teams and we are done. kthxbye

2020-01-06 23:02

lmfao deluded brboy living in 7171 we have 2020 already and no way mibr or furia are better than any of this 3 teams

2020-01-06 23:12

DIGNITAS

where they at

2020-01-06 20:08

not officialy signed

2020-01-06 20:09

delete asian and australian slots on IEM Katowice. EU needs 5 slots

2020-01-06 20:02

actually na qualifier is stronger than eu qualifier this time

2020-01-06 20:43

+1 eu and na should give 2 spot each this time Even thought i usualy prefer when eu has more spots than other

2020-01-06 21:07

God neo

OG will come from open quali and aleksib will shit on allu's tactics :D

Wtf where is BIG Clan ??!

2020-01-06 20:00

in open quali

yeah man, where are my boyz? the new linup from BIG will destroy everything !!!

2020-01-07 14:19

Gen.G has no chance without bntet which means Complexity or MIBR will be the NA qualifier winner EU: G2 and Faze 100% Asia: ViCi Oceania: Renegades / Order

No invites for Movistar Riders ???? WHAT A DISGRACE

ez4enke

2020-01-06 20:11

ez4 FURIA

2020-01-06 20:15

Vp omegalul

2020-01-06 20:16

FaZe in online qualifiers? this is a new low :(

2020-01-06 20:35

MIBR finally having to qualify for something, wow

3 EU opening 1 for others ummm seems unfair for Na, ocean and Asia

2020-01-06 20:39

since tyloo is gone there's no point in giving asia an invite to tier 1 events

2020-01-06 20:47

In NA: Ez for Furia or MIBR. In EU: Ez for ENCE or FAZE

2020-01-06 20:55

1st : Col >>>>>>>>> mibr 2nd eu have 3 spots...

1: ... Yes 2: So ez for random team to Open #2

invites MIBR please

mibr wont qualify xaxaxaxaxaaxaaa

2020-01-06 21:27

sad to see mibr having to play a qualifier

2020-01-06 20:58

yeah, wasted spot

2020-01-06 21:28

yeah theyre gonna qualify so easily they should have been invited already

2020-01-06 21:45

imagine thinking they're gonna qualify xddd

eu more chance to qualy for NA only one team omg haha

nice

eu + liquid and...tier3-4 team q

2020-01-06 21:34

Unfair only one spot for NA with great contenders comparing to EU 3 spots.... Look to the NA lineups and compare to heroic, ilumiar, Arcy... Come on!

2020-01-06 21:46

2020-01-06 22:56

Remove the Asian spot then?

2020-01-06 23:11

No, force Faze, G2 and Ence fight for 2 spots, and them all the NA will have a chance to fight for 2 as well...

2020-01-07 01:53

2020-01-06 23:47

CoL or C9 will win this NA closed qualifier. Brazilian scene is dead already, they need a big merger or nothing is gonna change. NA should get 2 spot wtf mens :( BnTeT will carry tyloo for one last ride. Congratulations Renegades! Hoping OG win open qualifier #2 When Asia & Oceania closed qualifier start btw? Next week?

2020-01-06 21:54