Organizer
Tournament edition
Intel Extreme Masters Season XI — World Championship
Intel Extreme Masters Season XI's World Championship brought League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and StarCraft II to Katowice across two weekends in February and March 2017. Flash Wolves won the League of Legends title and Astralis won Counter-Strike.
Share this page
Updated October 29, 2026Competition snapshot
Host and dates
Spodek Arena, Katowice, Poland · Feb 25–Mar 5, 2017[2][3][4]
Champion
League of Legends: Flash Wolves; Counter-Strike: Astralis[3][6]
Combined prize pool
More than USD 600,000 across the two-weekend World Championship[2]
Games
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive; League of Legends; StarCraft II[2][6]
Participant scale
CategoryPartnerCommercial note
Category
Organizer
Partner
ESL FACEIT GroupCommercial note
Organizer under the ESL name · Recorded in the 2017 edition.[2]
Category
Sponsor
Partner
IntelCommercial note
Event sponsor · Recorded in the 2017 edition.[2]
Category
Sponsor
Partner
HyperXCommercial note
Event sponsor · Recorded in the 2017 edition.[2]
Category
Sponsor
Partner
GilletteCommercial note
Event sponsor · Recorded in the 2017 edition.[2]
Category
Sponsor
Partner
G FUELCommercial note
Event sponsor · Recorded in the 2017 edition.[2]
Category
Sponsor
Partner
KinguinCommercial note
Event sponsor · Recorded in the 2017 edition.[2]
Category
Sponsor
Partner
Acer PredatorCommercial note
Event sponsor identified as Acer in the announcement · Recorded in the 2017 edition.[2]
PTG Database Analysis
ESL’s Season XI World Championship brought League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and StarCraft II to Katowice across two weekends. The LoL record lists February 22–26 for its competition dates, with the concluding matches at Spodek Arena on February 26; Counter-Strike ran March 1–5. The organizer announced more than USD 600,000 in prize money across the two-weekend championship.[2][6][7]
At Spodek, Flash Wolves beat G2 Esports 2–0 in the League of Legends final. ROX Tigers and H2K-Gaming were the other semifinalists. G2 advanced from a group decider against Unicorns of Love. The eight-team LoL competition had a USD 150,000 prize pool.[6][7]
The other group-stage exits included M19, Hong Kong Esports (later renamed Hong Kong Attitude), and Kongdoo Monster.[9][10]
The Counter-Strike tournament had 12 teams and a USD 250,000 prize pool; Astralis beat FaZe Clan 3–1 in its final. ESL’s Season 11 announcement names Intel, HyperX, Gillette, G FUEL, Kinguin and Acer Predator as event sponsors.[2][3][4][5]
References11
- [1]Intel Extreme Masters Season XI — World Championship — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki
- [2]Intel Extreme Masters Season 11 Finals Confirmed for Two Weekends in March with More than $600,000 in Prizing — ESL FACEIT Group
- [3]IEM Katowice 2017 overview — HLTV.org
- [4]IEM Katowice 2017 groups drawn — HLTV.org
- [5]Astralis beat FaZe to win IEM Katowice — HLTV.org
- [6]The 2017 Intel Extreme Masters World Champions in League of Legends have been crowned! — ESL
- [7]Intel Extreme Masters Season XI — World Championship — Liquipedia League of Legends Wiki
- [8]First teams get eliminated on day two of League of Legends at IEM Katowice — ESL
- [9]Hong Kong Esports — Leaguepedia
- [10]IEM Counter-Strike — ESL FACEIT Group
- [11]IEM v2019 logo.svg — ESL, via Wikimedia Commons
Commercial opportunities
Work with Press The Game
Bring an opportunity to the table
Looking for media reach, industry insight or the right esports partner? Bring us your brief—we’ll help move it forward.
