IEM Katowice Groups and Schedule out

The groups and full schedule for IEM Katowice 2018 were released by ESL this morning. The format sees two groups of eight teams fighting through a double elimination bracket to determine the three teams from each who will advance to the playoffs. The playoffs will consist of a single elimination bracket.

Below you can find the two groups for the event:

Group A	Group B
SK	FaZe
Astralis	NiP
Liquid	G2
TyLoo	Fnatic
Cloud9	Heroic
Gambit	Virtus.pro
Renegades	North
AVANGAR	ORDER

The event will span six days, with the final three taking place in the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland. Here is the full schedule for the event:

Tuesday, February 27
06:00	Astralis	vs. Renegades	BO1
06:00	SK	vs. AVANGAR	BO1
07:10	Liquid	vs. Gambit	BO1
07:10	TyLoo	vs. Cloud9	BO1
08:20	NiP	vs. North	BO1
08:20	FaZe	vs. ORDER	BO1
09:30	G2	vs. Virtus.pro	BO1
09:30	Heroic	vs. Fnatic	BO1
10:40	Group A Upper Semi #1		BO3
10:40	Group A Lower Match #1		BO3
2:10	Group A Upper Semi #2		BO3
2:10	Group A Lower Match #2		BO3
Wednesday, February 28
06:00	Group B Lower Match #1		BO3
06:00	Group B Lower Match #2		BO3
09:30	Group B Upper Semi #1		BO3
09:30	Group A Lower Match #3		BO3
1:00	Group B Upper Semi #2		BO3
1:00	Group A Lower Match #4		BO3
Thursday, March 1
06:00	Group B Lower Match #3		BO3
06:00	Group B Lower Match #4		BO3
09:30	Group B Lower Final		BO3
09:30	Group A Upper Final		BO3
1:00	Group A Lower Final		BO3
1:00	Group B Upper Final		BO3
Friday, March 2
07:00	Playoff Match #1		BO3
10:50	Playoff Match #2		BO3
Saturday, March 3
09:00	Semi-final #1		BO3
12:50	Semi-final #2		BO3
Sunday, March 4
11:00	Grand final		BO5