IEM Katowice New Legends stage draw released
ESL have released the first round draw for the upcoming IEM Katowice New Legends Stage, where six North American-based teams will be taking part.
The first round is entirely best-of-one, and will see two games played alongside each other throughout the first day. Renegades will be the first team based in the region to play, as they'll face ENCE at 7:00 AM EST. NRG and Liquid will be the next North Americans to play, when they face NiP and AVANGAR at 9:20 AM EST respectively.
The final two matches of the first round will see MIBR and Cloud9 face each other, alongside a rematch of the final FACEIT New Challengers match between Astralis and compLexity, both at 10:30 AM EST. All teams have been seeded by the other teams, and the full list can be seen in the tweet above, with Astralis and Liquid being given unanimous top two places.
The full first round draw, with times in EST, is as follows:
| First Round | |
 ENCE -vs-  Renegades |
7:00 AM |
 BIG -vs-  Vitality |
7:00 AM |
 Na`Vi -vs- G2 |
8:10 AM |
 FaZe -vs-  HellRaisers |
8:10 AM |
 NRG -vs-  NiP |
9:20 AM |
Liquid -vs-  AVANGAR |
9:20 AM |
 MIBR -vs- Cloud9 |
10:30 AM |
 Astralis -vs-  compLexity |
10:30 AM |
Like the New Challengers stage, the second round will take place just after the first round takes place on Wednesday. The first games will start at 12:05 PM EST, with the last games of that round starting at 3:35 PM EST.
The full IEM Katowice New Legends stage will be held at the International Congress Centre in Katowice, with the stage having a crowd for the first time. During the first three stages, the tournament will be streamed on the main ESL stream and second stream at the advertised times.
