Gambit win IEM Katowice 2021: Final placements & recap Counter-Strike\u2019s IEM Katowice 2021 saw Gambit Esports etch their name into one of CSGO\u2019s most prestigious trophies, alongside winning the lion\u2019s share of $1 million after defeating Virtus.pro in the finals! Here\u2019s how the tournament unfolded. Gambit defeated NAVI, Spirit and Virtus.pro in the Playoffs. – Abay \u2018Hobbit\u2019 Khasenov stole the show in the finals. – Dmitry \u2018sh1ro\u2019 Sokolov was crowned the event MVP. – IEM Katowice 2021: Final placements & prize breakdown The $1 million prize pool was be split between all 24 teams, including the ones that failed to make it to the Group Stage. The first-place team earned the biggest sliver of the pie, of course, taking home $400,000. IEM Katowice 2021: Format Play-In: Feb 16-17 Double-elimination bracket. – Opening matches were best-of-one, all other matches were best-of-three. – The Top 8 teams advanced to Group Stage. – – Group Stage: Feb 18-21 16 teams split into two groups. – Double-elimination brackets. – Top-three teams from each group advance to Playoffs. Group winners started in the semifinals. – Group second-place teams started in the quarterfinals (high seed). – Group third-place teams started in the quarterfinals (low seed). – – – Playoffs: Feb 26-28 Single-elimination bracket. – Best-of-three matches, Best-of-five Grand Final – – Watch now: ThriveFantasy IEM Katowice 2021 Quarter-Final Preview | Presented by BanKs & Maniac IEM Katowice 2021: Play-in results Day 1 \u2014 February 16 Day 2 \u2014 February 17 IEM Katowice 2021: Group Stage results Day 3 \u2014 February 18 Group A Group B Day 4 \u2014 February 19 Group B Group A Day 5 \u2014 February 20 Group A Group B Day 6 \u2014 February 21 Group A Group B IEM Katowice 2021: Playoff results Day 7 \u2014 February 26 (Quarter-finals) Navi & Astralis suffer shock exit Gambit pulled the upset against Navi in the CIS derby. The young squad swept s1mple\u2019s team 2-1 with Overpass (16-12) and Train (16-6) going the way of Gambit. Sh1ro stepped up across the series, consistently clutching rounds and displaying a respectable 87.8 ADR. Virtus.pro continued their great 2021 form by eliminating Astralis in a thrilling series. Overpass (16-10) went the way of VP, followed by Astralis taking Train (16-12). The Danes had no answer in the final map, as they witnessed YEKINDAR take control of Inferno (16-11) and bring home the bacon. The Latvian star consistently performed during the series, clocking out with 75 kills over the three maps. A 3-MAP THRILLER?! @BanKsEsports makes his #IEM Katowice QF @ThriveFantasy picks \ud83d\udd25 Use promo code DEX and receive an INSTANT match up to $50 on your first deposit! https:\/\/t.co\/8T3TdeM06N Full T&C\u2019s apply | #ad pic.twitter.com\/FkT9HXQf3q \u2014 Dexerto (@Dexerto) February 25, 2021 \ud83c\udfa5 @Maniac_CSGO is backing s1mple in his #IEM Katowice @ThriveFantasy picks. Use promo code DEX and receive an INSTANT match up to $50 on your first deposit! https:\/\/t.co\/8T3TdeuoId Full T&C\u2019s apply | #ad pic.twitter.com\/YQd1T98SRF \u2014 Dexerto (@Dexerto) February 25, 2021 Day 8 \u2014 February 27 (Semi-finals) Gambit &Virtus.pro sweep their way to an all-CIS Katowice final Gambit swept Team Spirit to earn a spot in the grand finals. Ax1Le was their top performer, staying at the top of the scoreboard on both Overpass (16-11) and Inferno (16-13) with 48 kills at the end of the series. Team Liquid were unable to stop the CIS region from dominating the Playoffs. Virtus.pro defeated the North Americans on Dust2 (16-9) and Mirage (16-12), with Jame finding impact with the AWP in almost every round. Day 9 \u2014 February 28 (Grand Final) Gambit defeat Virtus.pro to claim the Katowice trophy The CIS showdown started with VP edging out Gambit on Vertigo (16-14), as YEKINDAR and Jame topped the scoreboard with 26 kills each. Gambit turned the series around on Dust2 (16-6) winning 10 rounds in a row to close out the map before continuing their domination on Train (16-4). The youngsters finally took the trophy home after halting a potential VP comeback on Overpass (16-12). Hobbit led by example in the series, posting an impressive 90 frags over the four maps \u2014 alongside 106 ADR! IEM Katowice 2021 essentials! Relive the big moments Top 10 Group Stage Moments: Stewie & Degster DOMINATE! – Richard Lewis: Stewie2K IS BACK! Return of Liquid\u2019s Smoke Criminal – ThriveFantasy quarter-final preview – IEM Katowice Playoff preview – IEM Katowice Playoffs: 5 players to watch – Why Astralis Desperately Need a Zonic BOOM @ IEM Katowice Playoffs – Richard Lewis: Navi\u2019s Biggest Flaw EXPOSED AGAIN – Terms & Conditions of the ThriveFantasy service apply. For a full list of Terms & Conditions, please visit: https:\/\/www.thrivefantasy.com\/.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gambit win IEM Katowice 2021: Final placements & recap Counter-Strike\u2019s IEM Katowice 2021 saw Gambit Esports etch their name into one of CSGO\u2019s most prestigious trophies, alongside winning the lion\u2019s share of $1 million after defeating Virtus.pro in the finals! Here\u2019s how the tournament unfolded. Gambit defeated NAVI, Spirit and Virtus.pro in the Playoffs. – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}