Heroic — G2 Esports Grand Final became the most popular match at IEM Katowice 2023
The well-known analytical service Esports Charts has summed up the results of the past IEM Katowice 2023. The most popular match of the championship was the final match between the teams Heroic and G2 Esports , which was watched by over 708 thousand people at its peak.
It is interesting that in the top five most popular matches there was a place for four meetings in the playoffs. The exception was the quarterfinal match between Team Liquid and Vitality, which outperformed the Group A grand final between G2 Esports and NAVI.
The G2 Esports team became the winner of IEM Katowice 2023, beating Heroic in the grand final with a score of 3:1 (Nuke - 16:12; Mirage - 16:13; Inferno - 11:16; Ancient - 16:7). The best player of the championship was huNter-, who scored an average rating of 1.21.
TOP 5 most popular matches of IEM Katowice 2023:
- Heroic vs G2 Esports - 708,725 spectators
- Heroic vs NAVI - 463,949 viewers
- G2 Esports vs Team Liquid - 459,650 viewers
- NAVI vs Outsiders - 456,595 spectators
- G2 Esports vs NAVI - 429,129 spectators
It is worth noting that IEM Katowice 2023 became the 18th tournament in the history of the discipline in terms of the peak number of views. In addition, the championship lost to its predecessors in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022.
IEM Katowice 2023 was held from 1 to 12 February in Katowice at the Spodek Arena. As part of the championship, 24 teams from the CIS, Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and Oceania fought for a total prize pool of $1,000,000, as well as a ticket to IEM Cologne 2023 for the winner.
IEM Katowice 2023 Results
- 1st place: G2 Esports — $400,000 + trip to IEM Cologne 2023
- 2nd place: Heroic — $180,000
- 3rd-4th place: NAVI and Team Liquid — $80,000
- 5th-6th place: Outsiders and Vitality - $40,000
- 7th-8th place: FaZe Clan and Complexity Gaming — $24,000
- 9th-12th place: IHC Esports, OG, fnatic and Team Spirit — $16,000
- 13th-16th place: BIG, Ninjas in Pajamas, MOUZ and Cloud9 — $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
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