IEM  Katowice 2025 is starting soon, and the organizers have shared the tournament bracket. The tournament will begin on January 29 and last until February 4. The battles will start in two stages: Stage 1 and Stage 2.

Group allocation

The tournament will take place in 2 stages, with the first involving 16 teams that have been distributed according to the Valve ranking. The pairs of the first round in Stage 1:

• Team Liquid vs. HEROIC
• Complexity vs. Eternal Fire
• 3DMAX vs. FlyQuest
• Astralis vs. MIBR
• paiN vs. Virtus.pro
• SAW vs. GamerLegion
• Wildcard vs. BIG
• Imperial Female vs. FURIA

In Stage 2, 8 teams also received invitations, which were distributed according to the Valve ranking, where they await opponents from the first stage. In Stage 2, the teams were divided into two groups.

Group A:

• G2 vs. TBD
• Team Falcons vs. TBD
• Vitality vs. TBD
• FaZe vs. TBD

Group B:

• Team Spirit vs. TBD
• NAVI vs. TBD
• MOUZ vs. TBD
• The MongolZ vs. TBD

Interesting pairs

An interesting match in the first stage is the meeting between Imperial Fe and FURIA, where the women's team can compete against a good opponent and has a chance to win. Also interesting will be the meeting between Liquid and HEROIC, where NertZ will play against his former team.

IEM Katowice 2025 will take place from January 29 to February 9, 2025. The prize pool is $1,000,000. More details about the tournament can be followed here.