IEM Katowice 2017 - Schedule released

The schedule for the first Intel Extreme Masters event of the year, IEM Katowice, has been released.

Intel Extreme Masters will return to Katowice, Poland on March 1st-5th this year. Twelve participating teams will be split into two groups of six, playing in a round-robin, best-of-one format. The first two days of the event will witness group stage action, where all matches of a group will be played in a single day. The top teams from each group directly advance to the semi-finals, whilst teams that placed second and third will clash in the round-of-6 in attempt to advance to the semi-finals.

Contrary to the group stage, all matches will be best-of-three in the playoffs, except for the Grand Final match, which will see a best-of-five format. In addition, there won't be matches played simultaneously in the play-off stages. With teams such as Astralis, Virtus.pro and SK Gaming attending, the $250,000 tournament will surely be a stacked event.

Here are the groups and the schedule for Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2017:



Wednesday, March 1st - Group stage (Group A)

11:00 - OpTic vs. Astralis

11:00 - NiP vs. fnatic

12:15 - NiP vs. Astralis

12:15 - FaZe vs. Immortals

13:30 - OpTic vs. Immortals

13:30 - FaZe vs. fnatic

14:45 - Astralis vs. Immortals

14:45 - OpTic vs. fnatic

16:00 - NiP vs. FaZe

16:00 - Astralis vs. fnatic

17:15 - NiP vs. Immortals

17:15 - OpTic vs. FaZe

18:30 - Immortals vs. fnatic

18:30 - FaZe vs. Astralis

18:30 - OpTic vs. NiP



Thursday, March 2nd - Group stage (Group B)

11:00 - Natus Vincere vs. Virtus.pro

11:00 - Cloud9 vs. SK Gaming

12:15 - Natus Vincere vs. SK Gaming

12:15 - North vs. Heroic

13:30 - North vs. Virtus.pro

13:30 - Cloud9 vs. Heroic

14:45 - SK Gaming vs. Heroic

14:45 - Cloud9 vs. Virtus.pro

16:00 - Natus Vincere vs. North

16:00 - SK Gaming vs. Virtus.pro

17:15 - Cloud9 vs. North

17:15 - Natus Vincere vs. Heroic

18:30 - Heroic vs. Virtus.pro

18:30 - North vs. SK Gaming

18:30 - Cloud9 vs. Natus Vincere

Friday, March 3 - Round of 6

12:45 - Match #1

16:35 - Match #2

Saturday, March 4 - Semi-finals

12:30 - Semi-final Match #1

16:20 - Semi-final Match #2

Sunday, March 5 - Grand final

18:15 - Grand Final

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