FaZe win marathon IEM Katowice 2022 Grand Final ESLIEM Katowice 2022, the first major Counter-Strike event of the year ended with FaZe taking down G2 in a showstopper of a Grand Final in the Spodek Arena. Here\u2019s what happened at the event, including the full schedule, results, and how the final went down. FaZe wins OT-packed Grand Final match against G2 3-0 – G2 fly past NAVI 2-0 to secure first Grand Finals spot – FaZe take down Heroic 2-0 to face G2 in finals – IEM Katowice might not be a Major, but it\u2019s still one of Counter-Strike\u2019s biggest events. Returning to Poland again for 2022, 24 teams duked it out for a share of $1 million \u2014 including $400,000 for the winners. All the big names were there, and the action was definitely intense. Here\u2019s all you need to know about IEM Katowice 2022, including full results, teams participating, and how the Grand Final went down. Contents IEM Katowice 2022: Recap Following the Group Stages, eventual champs FaZe were forced to play with stand-in jks in place of Rain for the entire knockout portion. However, they made quick work of Gambit, taking them down 2-0. On the other side of the bracket G2 also made quick work of Virtus.Pro, also winning 2-0. The semis were full of even more sweeps. FaZe would get past Heroic unscathed with a 2-0 score, and G2 pulled off the upset against NAVI with their own 2-0 sweep. This set up the FaZe vs G2 Grand Final, and despite finishing with a score of 3-0 in FaZe\u2019s favor, it was a much closer match than that. On the second map Mirage, the two teams would slog it out in more than 50 rounds of Counter-Strike for a map that ended up lasting over 2 hours in total. FaZe would end up winning 31-27 in one of the most memorable matches in recent CS history. After that, Dust II seemed to fly by with FaZe wrapping things up 16-14, and an emotional karrigan raised the Katowice trophy along with the rest of his teammates. IEM Katowice 2022: schedule & results Playoffs: February 25 \u2014 February 27 Day 1: February 25 Day 2: February 26 Day 3: February 27 Group Stage: February 17 \u2014 February 20 Day 1: February 17 Day 2: February 18 Day 3: February 19 Day 4: February 20 Play-Ins: February 15 \u2014 February 16 Day 1: February 15 Day 2: February 16 Qualified teams: CPH Flames, Astralis, OG, FaZe, MOUZ, NIP, ENCE, Fnatic IEM Katowice 2022: Final placements IEM Katowice 2022: Teams 24 teams descended on the Spodek for IEM Katowice 2022. They were split into two seeds \u2014 eight teams going right through to the Main Event, and 16 teams who had to tackle the Play-In gauntlet. NAVI, Gambit, G2 Esports, and Vitality pushed through to the Main Event, and so did Liquid. However, names like Ninjas in Pyjamas, Astralis, and MIBR started in the Play-Ins. You can find the full list of teams who played at IEM Katowice 2022 below. Teams qualified for Play-ins Note: Due to multiple infection cases, TYLOO and Complexity withdrew from the event. They were replaced by Sprout and Movistar Riders. Note 2: FaZe\u2019s Robin \u2018ropz\u2019 Kool and MOUZ\u2019s Aurimas \u2018Bymas\u2019 Pipiras have tested positive ahead of the event. Complexity benched player Justin \u2018jks\u2019 Savage will step in for FaZe, while MOUZ have brought in academy player Jon \u2018JDC\u2019 de Castro for the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FaZe win marathon IEM Katowice 2022 Grand Final ESLIEM Katowice 2022, the first major Counter-Strike event of the year ended with FaZe taking down G2 in a showstopper of a Grand Final in the Spodek Arena. Here\u2019s what happened at the event, including the full schedule, results, and how the final went down. FaZe wins […]<\/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-38494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38494","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=38494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}