IEM Katowice 2021 Play-In team list set

21-12-2020 20:46

The teams filling the ESL World Ranking slots at the IEM Katowice 2021 Play-In have been invited after the German tournament organizer updated its world ranking upon the IEM Global Challenge's completion.

BIG, MOUZ, Virtus.pro, Gambit, Cloud9 and Spirit are the last batch of invited teams to the IEM Katowice Play-In, having earned their spot thanks to their final standings in the ESL World Ranking. They join the teams that made their way through the ESL Pro Tour and its feeder tournaments, namely Complexity, fnatic, OG, Liquid, Chaos, TYLOO, BOOM and Renegades, as well as the ESL Mistrzostwa Polski champions, Illuminar.

BIG are one of the six teams that received an invite

The last spot will go to the ESL European Championship winners, an eight team tournament on January 18-19 featuring ESL's national league champions: Endpoint, LDLC, Movistar Riders, Maestro, Sangal, Elites, KINGZZZ and the Meisterschaft champions, who will be known in January.

The Play-In, which is scheduled for February 16-17, is part of IEM Katowice 2021, the $1 million tournament that ESL recently announced would be hosted in Europe and is planned as an in-person event as long as there is no "major barrier to the safety of our talent, players and staff," albeit with no audience.

The top eight play-in finishers will then be drawn immediately into the tournament's group stage on February 18-21, where Astralis, Vitality, Natus Vincere, HEROIC, FURIA, G2, FaZe and Evil Geniuses are waiting.

The play-in stage teams are:

EPEC Winter 2020

EZ for BIG

2020-12-21 20:46

17 replies

Yes

2020-12-21 20:47

2 replies

2020-12-21 21:02

1 reply

Ez for tyloo

2020-12-22 07:20

Nah man, RNG gonna get that DH Leipzig runback

2020-12-21 20:52

3 replies

True

2020-12-21 21:47

Although rng did lose to big twice there

2020-12-21 23:22

But that was right after kicking dicktacy now theyve had time to prac ez win for rng

2020-12-22 13:34

2020-12-21 20:59

naw.... ez for tyloo :)

2020-12-21 21:03

+1 and goat syrsoN

2020-12-21 21:14

BIG is very good team but not as good as BOOM esports

2020-12-21 21:50

true

2020-12-21 22:48

2020-12-22 04:00

If its a joke, funny if it isn't a joke more funny hahahahha

2021-01-11 11:38

like 4 of these teams will pull out

2020-12-21 22:13

Kinda

2020-12-22 04:13

Ez for Liquid

2020-12-22 07:19

VAMOUZ

8 replies

Ez for Mouz #vaMouz!

2020-12-22 07:12

7 replies

it's really nice to see that you guys are cheering for illuminar!

2020-12-22 10:31

5 replies

PL the best Lol #vaMouz #vM

2020-12-23 09:03

4 replies

yes, illuminar top30 soon

2020-12-23 13:43

Only Honoris

2020-12-23 14:37

yes, but in 2k21

2020-12-23 16:25

hahahh I have hope that u are right

2020-12-24 10:08

2020-12-22 19:11

EZ MOUZ

2020-12-22 06:19

7/8

2020-12-22 10:41

EZ VIRTUS.PRO

10 replies

2020-12-21 20:49

no way for bot jame

2020-12-21 22:20

jame time

2020-12-21 22:40

Cry botxic fan

2020-12-22 13:16

Nope mate.

2020-12-22 20:20

Yepe.

2020-12-27 13:23

Cringe

2020-12-22 00:55

Flair and flag checks out

2020-12-22 02:36

caught cringe by ur comment bruh

2020-12-22 07:56

Vp OMEGALUL

2020-12-26 05:24

POG BOOM

isn't boom gonna disband?

2020-12-21 22:28

lul no

2020-12-22 01:03

Ez for "Europe EPEC Winter 2020" top1 2021

2020-12-21 20:48

EZ ILLUMINAR

EZ4ENCE

ez for tyloo, xi wu greatest player from chinese

XI WU TO TYLOO , greatest move ever

2020-12-21 21:17

GOGO VP, gl gambit too

vp deserved invite to the main event wtf

6 replies

Not even close to BIG

2020-12-21 21:11

hltv.org/matches/2345570/virtuspro-vs-bi.. bad try

2020-12-22 03:28

VP this year good only for tier 2 tournaments, BIG good for tier 1.

2020-12-22 21:20

vp still better than big atm

2020-12-23 03:57

They are not, BIG is showing better results vs better teams

2020-12-23 17:43

LETS GO MOUZ

wadda fak were is TeamOne

2020-12-21 20:50

TeamOne qualified for ProLeague not Katowice

2020-12-21 20:56

fak mens))

EZ4CSPPJ

Finally We get to see BOOM

They were destroying BR CS, let's see how good they'll be against EU/NA

2020-12-22 03:36

Lets go coL and renegades!

2020-12-21 20:51

EZ4THEBOYS

2020-12-22 06:10

LAN Pog

2020-12-21 20:53

ALGA AVANGAR Time to destroy more EU teams ez4 godkert ez4 godji ez4 godkindar ez4 bustgod ez4 jame

2020-12-21 20:54

2020-12-22 03:25

GodreN ;(

2020-12-22 18:54

feels bad for chaos

How is C9 high enough in the world ranking for an invite?

ESL ranking does it by players so when it was formed floppy, es3tag, and woxic already had a lot of points

2020-12-21 21:09

this is pretty dumb imo

2020-12-21 21:39

Agree stupid and unfair, they are literally helping to push this team to the top from 0

2020-12-22 00:34

Fuck esl

2020-12-21 20:57

BOOM POGU

Fallen going to drop 40 bombs every game

2020-12-21 21:00

+1 expected from one of the bests awpers of csgo history fr

2020-12-22 15:53

#GOGOVP

why there is a spot from EPEC Winter 2020? you can easily write there Sangal :)

EZ FOR BOOM

2020-12-21 21:04

ez for polish god snax

2020-12-21 21:08

CHAOS ?|?

2020-12-21 21:10

MIBR??

i think they will not play as the are ranked 25 on ESL ranking :(

2020-12-21 21:35

Illuminar got this, Snax top10 player 2021

2020-12-21 21:12

0/8

2020-12-21 21:13

natalia 😳

2020-12-21 21:26

Illuminar is a bad team compared to tier1 :(

2020-12-21 21:44

i know man

2020-12-21 21:45

Let's go Spirit #SPIRITED #EZ4SPIRIT

2020-12-21 21:20

wanna see how Renegades and Illuminar perform international

2020-12-21 21:24

Renegades internationally proven. So ez 4 renegods.

2020-12-22 06:09

wait so is this a major or just a big event am big confusion

Just a big LAN studio event

2020-12-21 21:33

ah ok. rip major lol

2020-12-22 03:52

Major is delayed at least to November of 2021

2020-12-22 07:32

ez for belali

2020-12-21 21:27

EZ 4 BOOM

2020-12-21 21:31

Gambit, Virtus Pro, Spirit gogogogo

2020-12-21 21:32

WTF ni NIP?

2020-12-21 21:34

renegades lets gooo

why not ENCE?

Tournament for good teams only Hope this helps

2020-12-21 22:21

still there is illuminar, renegades, tyloo, boom, clown9, and chaos ??

2020-12-21 23:44

All better than ence Hope this helps

2020-12-22 00:47

Ence tier 10. All the teams you mentioned above- tier 1.5-2... Also, ence may not even have a roster when the tournament starts

2020-12-22 03:22

Let's go Spirit! gl to Gambit & VP too

2020-12-21 21:36

No GODSENT((( atleast I'll rot for Godbit

2020-12-21 21:43

Who replaces Chaos?

I are think Chaos is disband or they still ex-Chaos?

2020-12-21 21:52

No Faze Noo Nip katowice is rip

faze?

2020-12-21 22:01

Faze has already qualified for the main event Hope this helps

2020-12-21 22:22

tyloo ftw

2020-12-21 21:58

Easy for Big. But wouldn't be surprised about complexity.

2020-12-21 22:00

Nice

2020-12-21 22:05

no godsent...but yeah, lets invite boom and illuminar

2020-12-21 23:09

BOOM is so much good actually. SA is completely dominated by them.

2020-12-22 11:39

yeah, youre right, it will be interesting to see how will they do against NA and EU, but still, godsent are proven T2 team and still are getting f-cked by esl almost every tournament, this is not the first time they were not invited and worse teams were

2020-12-22 11:56

They had a criteria to invite the teams, and it's fair. This is a global tournament, they are just being fair and inviting teams from all around the world instead of just invite european teams.

2020-12-22 12:04

well I guess so, but even then my point about illuminar stands :D

2020-12-22 12:08

ez4VIRTUSPRO another $500k incoming

2020-12-21 23:48

And no NiP again. WTF!?

2020-12-22 00:26

Ikrrrr wtf

2020-12-22 05:38

why the fuck is illuminar there bunch of garbage throwers losing to tier 9999 teams haha i bet my house they dont win a single game

2020-12-22 00:36

same with tyloo, fixing half of their games

2020-12-22 01:44

ESL Mistrzostwa Polski champions Event in Poland needs to have at least one Polish team

2021-01-05 18:21

Ez for og nd big

2020-12-22 01:21

wtf why is chaos there put NiP instead

2020-12-22 01:27

hltv.org/news/30802/esl-to-announce-meas.. dead scene needs life support.

2020-12-22 01:43

Very ez for BOOM, top1 team BR

2020-12-22 02:55

RIP Chaos :(

2020-12-22 03:00

This LAN right? ISSAA finally no more 80 ping

2020-12-22 03:39

youtube.com/watch?v=RzZ2bWZ_8Ho

2020-12-22 03:41

Wow such professional game wow big skill wow

2021-01-05 18:22

WTF No NIP

2020-12-22 03:46

Ikr wtff

ez fo VP

2020-12-22 04:01

why no NIP?

2020-12-22 04:36

Pog finally a chance for Renegades to show themselves off

2020-12-22 05:05

Already proven top 20)) so ez for the boys!

+1 Sexter and INSane will go ham

Dexter top 20 2021.

2020-12-22 06:12

Pog

2020-12-22 05:06

EZ4 SANGAL EASY WIN EPEC WINTER

2020-12-22 05:13

No NiP?

should've invited another OCE team smh

2020-12-22 05:43

None of the others are competitive internationally.

2020-12-22 06:08

Don't get ahead of yourself there mate, Renegades only serious competition from that region

2020-12-22 08:01

GO GO VP

2020-12-22 05:58

SOOO EZ 4 RENEGODS!

2020-12-22 06:07

>IEM KATOWICE 2021 PLAY-IN TEAM LIST SET >EPEC Winter 2020 So, its not truly set yet??????

2020-12-22 06:51

where is sangal

2020-12-22 07:21

where is ence ? :(

2020-12-22 07:44

RIP GODSENT

2020-12-22 07:49

Unfortunately BIG is a wasted spot, they are a dead team. mousesports has been showing a little bit of life left in them, but I think there are teams that deserve this spot more than them. Nice that they invited Virtus.Pro, they are a TOP 10 team for me. Same for Gambit. C9 is also looking really good. Spirit has potential, if they will fix their issues till the event they can achieve something. Overall GL to everyone.

2020-12-22 07:55

Big dead team xD

2020-12-22 11:42

BIG is a dead team? I understand that they are not as good as they were a few months ago, but have you seen IEM Global Challenge? They beat Vitality and Astralis there, the two top ranked teams. If you were to say that they lost a bit of steam these last few months, I'd agree with you, but this team is nowhere near dead.

2020-12-22 12:14

They played really well vs Astralis and Vitality, we have to give it to them. What I wanted to say is that this 5 is dead together, and by saying that I meant that they won't progress further, and this level probably isn't enough for them.

2020-12-22 16:54

"Unfortunately BIG is a wasted spot, they are a dead team." BIG is #4 btw. VP is #12 and Gambit #15. So why would you call BIG a dead Team?

2020-12-22 12:18

VP and Gambit are both TOP 10 teams. Because this lineup of BIG is never going to be better than they already were, they will just start getting worse and worse, this lineup isn't good.

2020-12-23 14:49