IEM Katowice CS: GO tournament invites are now complete
It looks like the final two teams to be receive an invite to one of the year’s biggest events have been revealed, and they’re non other than FaZe Clan and FC Copenhagen’s North.
The two teams will be attending IEM Katowice’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive finals from Mar. 1-5, ESL announced today. The teams will be competing against some of the best teams in the world with names like SK Gaming, Astralis and Virtus.Pro.
Four teams will be added after a series of online qualifiers. In total, three more European teams will be attending IEM Katowice, as well as one North American team. The current North roster, which was signed to Dignitas at the time, took home the $500,000 EPICENTER event in Moscow. It will be interesting to see what players can offer in their new suits. On their side, since FaZe picked up former Astralis in-game leader Finn “Karrigan” Andersen they have had their best results since the team’s inception, and have looked stronger at each event they have attended.
Taking place roughly one month after the ELEAGUE Major, which begins on Jan. 22, IEM Katowice will likely be the ground to some very interesting competition. Make sure to keep an eye on it.
IEM Katowice invited teams:
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Virtus.Pro
Astralis
SK Gaming
Cloud9
OpTic Gaming- North
FaZe Clan
