{"id":90811,"date":"2025-02-10T04:30:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T04:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/10\/team-vitality-claim-iem-katowice-grand-final\/"},"modified":"2025-02-10T04:30:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T04:30:27","slug":"team-vitality-claim-iem-katowice-grand-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/10\/team-vitality-claim-iem-katowice-grand-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Vitality claim IEM Katowice grand final"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Team Vitality knocked out Team Spirit in three straight maps to win the grand final of the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice event in Poland on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Vitality claimed the top prize of $460,000, which was revised upward from $400,000 over the weekend. Spirit pocketed $216,000 as the runner-up.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Vitality rolled to 13-6 and 13-5 wins on Dust II and Nuke to start the grand final, and then led 11-4 on Mirage before hanging on for the clinching 13-11 victory.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut of France led the winners with 67 kills and a plus-38 kill-death differential. Russia’s Danil “donk” Kryshkovets posted 40 kills, but nobody on the Spirit squad had a plus KD differential.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Group play in the $1 million Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event featured 16 teams that were split into two double-elimination brackets, with all matches best-of-three. The two group-phase winners advanced directly to the playoff semifinals; the two group-phase runners-up moved to the quarterfinals as high seeds; and the two third-place teams made the quarterfinals as low seeds.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The playoffs were single elimination, with best-of-three matches for the quarterfinals and semifinals. Sunday’s grand final was the only use of a best-of-five format in the competition.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Intel Extreme Masters Katowice prize pool:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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1. $460,000 — Team Vitality<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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2. $216,000 — Team Spirit<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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3-4. $108,000 — The MongolZ, Natus Vincere<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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5-6. $61,000 — Eternal Fire, Virtus.pro<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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7-8. $38,000 — FaZe Clan, GamerLegion<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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9-12. $23,000 — G2 Esports, 3DMAX, Astralis, Team Liquid<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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13-16. $10,000 — Team Falcons, BIG, FURIA Esports, MOUZ<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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17-20. $4,500 — Wildcard, paiN Gaming, MIBR, HEROIC<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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21-24. $2,500 — Complexity, FlyQuest, SAW, Imperial Female<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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–Field Level Media<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n


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