FaZe Clan slog Team Spirit i början av IEM Katowice 2023

FaZe Clan defeated Team Spirit 2:0 at the start of the group stage of IEM Katowice 2023. Thanks to this victory, RobbaN's wards reached the semi-finals of group A, where they will meet G2 Esports tomorrow. In turn, the Russian team fell into the lower bracket, where they will play with BIG for the right to stay in the championship.

The third match within group A started on the Ancient map, which became the choice of "dragons". However, FaZe Clan was clearly happy with such a development of events, as they immediately took control of the game and began to extinguish the opponent. In turn, Team Spirit could not come up with anything in the attack, having received a natural defeat - 12:3. After the side switch, the "dragons" failed to get involved in the fight, while the FaZe Clan players confidently reached the rounds in the attack and took the lead in the series - 16:6.

Next, the teams moved to the Nuke map, which turned out to be the choice of FaZe Clan. Initially, the teams exchanged rounds, but in the equator of the first half, the "dragons" were able to find their game to close the half in defense with a comfortable advantage - 9:6. After the side switch, the game became equal, but FaZe Clan gradually closed the gap, taking a series of rounds. At the same time, the ideas of Team Spirit stopped working, allowing the European team to secure the final victory — 16:12.

IEM Katowice 2023 takes place from 1 to 12 February in Katowice at the Spodek Arena. As part of the championship, 24 teams from the CIS, Europe, North and Latin America, Asia and Oceania are fighting for a total prize pool of $1,000,000, as well as a ticket to IEM Cologne 2023 for the winner.

Interim results of IEM Katowice 2023

• 1st place: $400,000 + ticket to IEM Cologne 2023
• 2nd place: $180,000
• 3rd-4th place: $80,000
• 5th-6th place: $40,000
• 7th-8th place: $24,000
• 9th-12th place: $16,000
• 13th-16th place: $10,000
• 17th-20th place: MIBR, ENCE, Sprout and FURIA - $4,500
• 21st-24th place: paiN Gaming, Evil Geniuses, Permitta Esports and Grayhound Gaming — $2,500