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Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023

IEM Katowice 2023 was a 24-team Counter-Strike Global Offensive championship held February 1–12. G2 Esports defeated Heroic 3–1 in the final.

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Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023
Intel Extreme Masters logo (2019 visual identity); edition-specific official artwork was not verified. · ESL, Intel Extreme Masters 2019 logo; local asset converted from (identifies eslgaming.com/brand as the source).
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Updated October 29, 2026

Competition snapshot

Combined prize pool

USD 1m

ESL reports USD 1 million in total CS:GO prize money.[2]

Participant scale

24 teams[1]

Category

Organizer

Commercial note

Tournament organizer · Recorded in the 2023 edition.[1]

Category

Presenting Partner

Partner

Intel

Commercial note

IEM presenting partner · Recorded in the 2023 edition.[5]

Category

Sponsor

Partner

Lenovo

Commercial note

Lenovo Legion event sponsor · Recorded in the 2023 edition.[3]

Category

Official Partner

Partner

DHL

Commercial note

DHL-branded EPT MVP award and event sponsor · Recorded in the 2023 edition.[2]

Category

Sponsor

Partner

1xBet

Commercial note

Event sponsor · Recorded in the 2023 edition.[3]

Category

Sponsor

Commercial note

Event sponsor · Recorded in the 2023 edition.[3]

Category

Sponsor

Commercial note

Event partner · Recorded in the 2023 edition.[3]

Category

Sponsor

Partner

FACEIT

Commercial note

Event partner · Recorded in the 2023 edition.[3]

Reach & distribution

Audience

Peak online viewership

Almost 710,000

ESL attributes this peak concurrent viewership figure to Esports Charts.[2]

Distribution

PTG Database Analysis

IEM Katowice 2023 ran the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive championship from February 1 to 12 as part of the IEM event in Katowice. ESL FACEIT Group divided the 24-team field into a 16-team Play-In, an eight-team direct group-stage seed, and a six-team playoff at Spodek Arena. G2 Esports beat Heroic 3–1 in the final for the USD 1 million CS:GO prize pool.[1][2]

Liquipedia classifies the championship as S-Tier and lists event partners including Lenovo Legion, 1xBet, DHL, Monster Energy, FACEIT, and the U.S. Air Force. The linked partner records above cover the available canonical PTG entities. The 2023 event venue shown here is the playoff venue; the wider IEM Katowice program also included StarCraft II, ESL Impact, and the Expo, outside this Counter-Strike tournament record.[3]

References7
  1. [1]All Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 participants revealed — ESL FACEIT Group
  2. [2]IEM Katowice is back in full glory as G2 Esports and Oliveira claim their place in the Hall of Heroes as 2023 Champions — ESL FACEIT Group
  3. [3]Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki — Liquipedia
  4. [4]S-Tier Tournaments: 2012–2023 — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki — Liquipedia
  5. [5]Sponsors — Intel Extreme Masters — Intel Extreme Masters
  6. [6]Spodek Katowice 2024 DSC 2845 — Wikimedia Commons · photograph by Ranjithsiji
  7. [7]IEM v2019 logo.svg — ESL, via Wikimedia Commons

Commercial opportunities

Presenting partner

Intel is the presenting partner of the IEM series.[5]

Event partners

Liquipedia lists Lenovo Legion, 1xBet, DHL, Monster Energy, FACEIT, and the U.S. Air Force as event partners. Each partner now resolves to a canonical PTG profile.[3]

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