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Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024
IEM Katowice 2024 was a 24-team Counter-Strike 2 EPT Championship held January 31–February 11. Team Spirit defeated FaZe Clan 3–0 in the final.
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Updated October 29, 2026Competition snapshot
Host and dates
Spodek Arena, Katowice, Poland · Playoffs Feb 9–11; event Jan 31–Feb 11, 2024
Champion
Combined prize pool
USD 1m
ESL reports USD 1 million in total Counter-Strike 2 prize money.[1]
Games
Participant scale
24 teams
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Organizer
Partner
ESL FACEIT GroupCommercial note
Tournament organizer · Recorded in the 2024 edition.[1]
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Presenting Partner
Partner
IntelCommercial note
IEM presenting partner · Recorded in the 2024 edition.[7]
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Official Partner
Partner
Acer PredatorCommercial note
Official Acer Predator partner in the 2024 EPT season · Recorded in the 2024 edition.[6]
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Official Partner
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DHLCommercial note
DHL ESL Pro Tour MVP award partner · Recorded in the 2024 edition.[2]
PTG Database Analysis
IEM Katowice 2024 ran January 31 to February 11 as the first ESL Pro Tour Championship of the year for Counter-Strike 2. Its six-team playoff stage took place at Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland. ESL FACEIT Group organized the event; the official format began with a 16-team double-elimination Play-In, followed by two eight-team groups and a six-team single-elimination playoff.[1]
The final 24-team field included eight direct group-stage invites and sixteen Play-In teams, including Rebels Gaming, Cloud9, Apeks and local contender ENCE. Team Spirit swept FaZe Clan 3–0 in the best-of-five final. EFG reported that donk received the DHL ESL Pro Tour MVP award.[1][2]
Intel is the presenting partner of IEM. EFG also confirmed that its Intel and Acer partnership continued into IEM Katowice 2024, with Acer Predator participating in event activations. The commercial relationship data records Intel, Acer Predator and DHL; the visible partnership set is partial.[5][6]
References9
- [1]Everything you need to know ahead of Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024 — ESL FACEIT Group
- [2]Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024: Team Spirit and Serral crowned new Champions following two electrifying Grand Finals — ESL FACEIT Group
- [3]IEM Katowice 2024 — ESL Pro Tour — ESL Pro Tour
- [4]Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024 — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki — Liquipedia
- [5]S-Tier Tournaments: Post 2023 — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki — Liquipedia
- [6]ESL FACEIT Group, Intel and Acer expand strategic partnership across premier Counter-Strike and Dota 2 competitions — ESL FACEIT Group
- [7]Sponsors — Intel Extreme Masters — Intel Extreme Masters
- [8]Spodek Katowice 2024 DSC 2845 — Wikimedia Commons · photograph by Ranjithsiji
- [9]IEM v2019 logo.svg — ESL, via Wikimedia Commons
Commercial opportunities
Presenting partner
Intel is the presenting partner of the Intel Extreme Masters series.[6]
Official hardware partnership
Acer's partnership with ESL FACEIT Group covered the 2024 Counter-Strike event cycle, with IEM Katowice named as the next tournament in the agreement.[5]
Official event activation
The ESL Pro Tour named donk the event's DHL MVP, confirming DHL's event-specific branded award activation.[2]
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