Team Spirit crush FaZe Clan: IEM Katowice recap, schedule, past results & more

Declan Mclaughlin
Team Spirit lifts the 2024 IEM Katowice trophy

IEM Katowice 2024 playoffs has wrapped up, and Team Spirit has lifted the trophy after a dominant run, losing only one map in the win. Here is all you need to know of the tournament.

The 2024 edition of IEM Katowice is already chock-full of important storylines as teams test their roster’s capabilities in the first big tournament of the 2024 season.

Top teams like Vitality, NAVI and Heroic were eliminated before making it to the arena, while surprise new lineups like Spirit and MOUZ impressed, reaching the Spodek with ease.

Team Spirit as it turns out would have one of the most dominant Katowice runs in history, only losing one map the entire tournament, with their young gun Danil “donk” Kryshkovets putting on a world-class performance to net him the MVP just at 17 years old.

Team Spirit met FaZe Clan in the Grand Finals, this not being FaZe’s first Kato finals. However, it seems the CS giants in FaZe clan were no match against donk and Team Spirit, being handily defeated in a 3-0.

Here are all the details you need to know about IEM Katowice, including the full schedule, lineups, and format, and final results.

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IEM Katowice 2024: VODs & Stream

The tournament was broadcast across Twitch and YouTube on IEM channels.

VODs of all live broadcasts can be viewed on ESL Counter-Strike’s YouTube channel, with individual maps available on ESL Archives

IEM Katowice 2024: Final Standings

Below you can find the final standings of all the teams. Team Spirit took home the bulk of the $1,000,000 prize pool, with FaZe Clan taking home second.

Team Spirit’s trophy lift also secures them a spot at 2024’s IEM Cologne, the BLAST Premier World Final, and the Esports World Cup.

PlacementTeamsPrize Money (USD)
1Team Spirit$400,000
2FaZe Clan$180,000
3-4Team Falcons
MOUZ
$80,000
5-6ENCE
G2 Esports
$40,000
7-8NAVI
Heroic
$24,000
9-12Complexity
Eternal Fire
GamerLegion
Monta
$16,000
13-16Rebels Gaming
Apeks
Team Vitality
Cloud 9
$10,000
17-20Virtus.pro
The MongolZ
BIG
M80
$4,500
21-24BetBoom
Astralis
FURIA
Rooster
$2,500

IEM Katowice 2024: Results

Playoffs (February 9 – 11)

Day 3: February 11

StageMatchPTETGMT
Grand FinalsFaZe Clan 0-3 Team Spirit8 AM11 AM4 PM

Past results

Day 1: February 9

StageMatchPTETGMT
Quarter-finalsFaZe Clan 2-0 G2 Esports7:30 AM10:30 AM3:30 PM
Quarter-finalsENCE 1-2 Team Falcons10:30 AM1:30 PM6:30 PM

Day 2: February 10

StageMatchPTETGMT
Semi-finalsMOUZ 0-2 FaZe Clan7:15 AM10:15 AM3:15 PM
Semi-finalsSpirit 2-0 Team Falcons10:30 AM1:30 PM6:30 PM

Group Stage (February 3 – 6)

Day 1: February 3

StageMatchPTETGMT
Group A U. 1FaZe Clan 2-0 Rebels Gaming4:30 AM7:30 AM12:30 AM
Group A U. 1Team Falcons 0-2 Eternal Fire4:30 AM7:30 AM12:30 AM
Group A U. 1NAVI 1-2 Team Spirit7:30 AM10:30 AM3:30 PM
Group A U. 1Complexity 2-0 Apeks7:30 AM10:30 AM3:30 PM
Group B U. 1Team Vitality 1-2 ENCE10:30 AM1:30 PM6:30 PM
Group B U. 1G2 Esports 2-1 Heroic10:30 AM1:30 PM6:30 PM

Day 2: February 4

StageMatchPTETGMT
Group B U. 1Monte 0-2 GamerLegion4:30 AM7:30 AM12:30 AM
Group B U. 1MOUZ 2-1 Cloud94:30 AM7:30 AM12:30 AM
Group A U. 2Team Spirit 2-0 Complexity7:30 AM10:30 AM3:30 PM
Group A L. 1NAVI 2-1 Apeks7:30 AM10:30 AM3:30 PM
Group A U. 2FaZe Clan 2-1 Eternal Fire10:30 AM1:30 PM6:30 PM
Group A L. 1Rebels Gaming 1-2 Team Falcons10:30 AM1:30 PM6:30 PM

Day 3: February 5

StageMatchPTETGMT
Group B L. 1Team Vitality 1-2 Heroic4:30 AM7:30 AM12:30 AM
Group B L. 1Monte 2-0 Cloud94:30 AM7:30 AM12:30 AM
Group B U. 2ENCE 2-0 G2 Esports7:30 AM10:30 AM3:30 PM
Group B U. 2GamerLegion 0-2 MOUZ7:30 AM10:30 AM3:30 PM
Group A L. 2Complexity 1-2 Team Falcons10:30 AM1:30 PM6:30 PM
Group A L. 2NAVI 2-1 Eternal Fire10:30 AM1:30 PM6:30 PM

Day 4: February 6

StageMatchPTETGMT
Group B L. 2GamerLegion 1-2 Heroic4:30 AM7:30 AM12:30 AM
Group B L. 2G2 Esports 2-1 Monte4:30 AM7:30 AM12:30 AM
Group A U. 3FaZe Clan 0-2 Team Spirit7:30 AM10:30 AM3:30 PM
Group A L. 3Team Falcons 2-0 NAVI7:30 AM10:30 AM3:30 PM
Group B U. 3ENCE 0-2 MOUZ10:30 AM1:30 PM6:30 PM
Group B L. 3Heroic 0-2 G2 Esports10:30 AM1:30 PM6:30 PM

Play-In (January 31 – February 2)

Day 1: January 31

StageMatchPTETGMT
Upper Round 1Eternal Fire 13-1 BetBoom6:30 AM9:30 AM2:30 PM
Upper Round 1Heroic 13-11 Astralis6:30 AM9:30 AM2:30 PM
Upper Round 1Cloud9 10-13 Rebels Gaming7:30 AM10:30 AM3:30 PM
Upper Round 1ENCE 9-13 BIG7:30 AM10:30 AM3:30 PM
Upper Round 1Spirit 13-0 Apeks8:30 AM11:30 AM4:30 PM
Upper Round 1Gamer Legion 13-10 M808:30 AM11:30 AM4:30 PM
Upper Round 1FURIA 14-16 TheMongolz9:30 AM12:30 AM5:30 PM
Upper Round 1Rooster 4-13 VP9:30 AM12:30 AM5:30 PM
Upper Round 2Eternal Fire 2-0 Rebels10:30 AM1:30 PM6:30 PM
Upper Round 2Heroic 2-1 BIG10:30 AM1:30 PM6:30 PM

Day 2: February 1

StageMatchPTETGMT
Upper Round 2Spirit 2-0 TheMongolz4:30 AM 7:30 AM12:30 AM
Upper Round 2GamerLegion 2-1 VP4:30 AM 7:30 AM12:30 AM
Lower Round 1BetBoom 1-2 Cloud97:30 AM10:30 AM3:30 PM
Lower Round 1M80 2-0 Rooster7:30 AM10:30 AM3:30 PM
Lower Round 1Astralis 0-2 ENCE10:30 AM1:30 PM6:30 PM
Lower Round 1Apeks 2-1 Furia10:30 AM1:30 PM6:30 PM

Day 3: February 2

StageMatchPTETGMT
Lower Round 2VP 1-2 Cloud97:30 AM10:30 AM3:30 PM
Lower Round 2The MongolZ 1-2 ENCE7:30 AM10:30 AM3:30 PM
Lower Round 2BIG 1-2 Apeks10:30 AM1:30 PM6:30 PM
Lower Round 2Rebels 2-0 M8010:30 AM1:30 PM6:30 PM

IEM Katowice 2024: Format

The IEM format was largely unchanged from previous years. Sixteen teams have qualified for the Play-In stage and will face off in a double-elimination bracket. The first matches were best-of-ones and all other were best-of-threes.

The Group Stage featured invited teams and the Play-In Stage teams split into 2 eight-team double-elimination brackets. All matches will be best-of-three series and the top three from each group will qualify for the Playoffs.

The Playoffs were a six-team single-elimination bracket with the top finishes in the group stage seeded directly to the semifinals. The quarterfinals and semifinals were best-of-three matches, with the Grand Final as the sole best-of-five match.

IEM Katowice 2024: Schedule

The tournament ran from January 31 – February 11, and the playoffs stage will take place in the Spodek Arena from February 9-11. Here were the schedules:

  • Play-In: January 31 – February 2
  • Group Stage: February 3 – 6
  • Playoffs: February 9 – 11

IEM Katowice 2024: Teams and Players

FaZe Clan Karrigan csgo
FaZe and IGL Karrigan are returning to the IEM stage after winning IEM Sydney in 2023.

Invited Teams

TeamRegionPlayers
NAVIEuropeAleksib, b1t, jL, iM, w0nderful
FaZeEuroperain, broky, karrigan, ropz, frozen
Team FlaconsEuropeBOROS, Snappi, Magisk, made, SunPayus
ComplexityAmericasJT, floppy, Grim, hallzerk, EliGE
MOUZEuropetorzsi, xertioN, siuhy, jimpphat, Brollan
G2 EsportsEuropeNiKo, m0NESY, huNter-, nexa, HooXi
VitalityEuropeZywOo, apEX, flameZ, Spinx, mezii
MonteEuropeWoro2k, DemQQ, kRaSnaL, sdy, br0

Play-In Teams

TeamRegionPlayers
Rebels GamingEuropeolimp, sNx, Flayy, Kisserek, casey
Cloud9EuropeAx1Le, HObbit, electroNic, Perfecto, Boombl4
Virtus.proEuropeJame, FL1T, fame, n0rb3r7, mir
HeroicEuropeTeSeS, sjuush, NertZ, nicoodoz, kyxsan
FURIA EsportsAmericasyuurih, arT, KSCERATO, FalleN, chelo
M80AmericasSwisher, reck, malbsMd, maNkz, slaxz-
RoosterOceaniaasap, nettik, chelleos, TjP
The MongolZAsiabLitz, Techno4K, 910, mzinho, Senzu
BIGEuropetabseN, Krimbo, prosus, s1n, mantuu
GamerLegionEuropeisak, acoR, Keoz, volt, Snax
ApeksEuropenawwk, jkaem, CacaNito, sense, STYKO
AstralisEuropeblameF, dev1ce, Staehr, stavn, jabbi
Eternal FireEuropeXANTARES, Calyx, MAJ3R, Wicadia, woxic
BetBoomEuropenafany, KaiR0N-, s1ren, zorte, daniztzz
ENCEEuropedycha, gla1ve, Goofy, Kylar, hades
Team SpiritEuropechopper, magixx, zont1x, donk, sh1ro