Stage Host:
OJ Borg (Oliver James Borg D'Anastasi) [UK] Twitter

Desk Hosts:
Machine (Alex Richardson) [UK] Twitter Instagram[instagram.com]
stunna (Tres Saranthus) [USA] Twitter Instagram[instagram.com]

Interviewer:
Frankie (Frankie Ward) [UK] Twitter Twitch[twitch.tv]

Analysts:
SPUNJ (Chad Burchill) [AUS] Twitter
seangares (Sean Gares) [USA] Twitter Youtube
Pimp (Jacob Winneche) [DNK] Twitter Instagram[Instagram.com]

Commentators:
HenryG (Henry Greer) [UK] Twitter Instagram[instagram.com]
Sadokist (Matthew Trivett) [CAN] Twitter Instagram[instagram.com]
moses (Jason O'Toole) [USA] Twitter
Vince (Vince Hill) [UK] Twitter Twitch[twitch.tv]

Observers:
Prius (David "DJ" Kuntz) [USA] Twitter Twitch[twitch.tv]
sapphiRe (Heather Garozzo) [USA] Twitter Twitch[twitch.tv]
Rushly (Alex Rush) [UK] Twitter Twitch[twitch.tv]
Sliggy (Connor Blomfield) [UK] Twitter

$1,000,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:

place 1 to 8

• 1st $500,000 StarLadder Berlin Major 2019
  Legend Status TBD
  
• 2nd $150,000 StarLadder Berlin Major 2019
  Legend Status TBD
  
• 3rd-4th $70,000 StarLadder Berlin Major 2019
  Legend Status TBD TBD
  
• 5th-8th $35,000 StarLadder Berlin Major 2019
  Legend Status TBD TBD TBD TBD

place 9 to 24

• 9th-11th $8,750 StarLadder Berlin Major 2019
  New Challenger Status TBD TBD TBD
  
• 12th-14th $8,750 StarLadder Berlin Major 2019
  New Challenger Status TBD TBD
  
• 15th-16th $8,750 TBD TBD
  
• 17th-19th TYLOO - ViCi Gaming - Winstrike Team
  
• 20th-22nd Fnatic - Vega Squadron - FURIA Esports
  
• 23rd-24th Team Spirit - Grayhound Gaming

Note: No prize money is awarded to teams eliminated in the New Challengers Stage.
Note: 15-16th place teams are no longer invited to the next Major Championship.

The Current Legends


Astralis

• Nicolai "dev1ce" Reedtz 2016-01-18 [DNK]
  
• Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen 2016-01-18 [DNK]
  
• Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth 2016-01-18 [DNK]
  
• Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander 2016-10-24 [DNK]
  
• Emil "Magisk" Reif 2018-02-07 [DNK]
  
• (C) Danny "zonic" Sørensen 2016-01-18 [DNK]

Natus Vincere

• Ioann "Edward" Sukhariev 2013-12-09 [UKR]
  
• Egor "flamie" Vasilyev 2015-04-10 [RU]
  
• Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev 2016-08-04 [UKR]
  
• Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko 2017-08-09 [UKR]
  
• Denis "electronic" Sharipov 2017-11-06 [RU]
  
• (C) Mykhailo "kane" Blagin 2017-08-09 [UKR]

MIBR

• Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo 2018-06-23 [BRA]
  
• Fernando "fer" Alvarenga 2018-06-23 [BRA]
  
• Marcelo "coldzera" David 2018-06-23 [BRA]
  
• Epitácio "TACO" de Melo 2018-12-21 [BRA]
  
• João "felps" Vasconcellos 2019-01-12 [BRA]
  
• (C) Wilton "zews" Prado 2018-12-21 [BRA]

Team Liquid

• Nicholas "nitr0" Cannella 2015-01-13 [USA]
  
• Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski 2015-03-22 [USA]
  
• Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken 2017-04-14 [CAN]
  
• Keith "NAF" Markovic 2018-02-05 [CAN]
  
• Jacky "Stewie2K" Yip 2018-12-21 [USA]
  
• (C) Eric "adreN" Hoag 2018-12-22 [USA]

compLexity Gaming

• dephh Rory Jackson 2016-02-05 [UK]
  
• stanislaw Peter Jarguz 2018-04-27 [CAN]
  
• ShahZaM Shahzeeb Khan 2018-04-27 [USA]
  
• Rickeh Ricardo Mulholland 2018-12-29 [AUS]
  
• n0thing (Stand-in) Jordan Gilbert 2018-12-29 [USA]

BIG

• Fatih "gob b" Dayik 2017-01-02 [GER]
  
• Johannes "tabseN" Wodarz 2017-01-02 [GER]
  
• Johannes "nex" Maget 2017-08-20 [GER]
  
• Tizian "tiziaN" Feldbusch 2018-02-11 [GER]
  
• Can "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş 2018-12-23 [TUR]
  
• (C) Alexander "kakafu" Szymanczyk 2018-12-?? [AU]

HellRaisers

• Kirill "ANGE1" Karasiow 2014-03-07 [UKR]
  
• Bence "DeadFox" Böröcz 2016-10-05 [HUN]
  
• Özgür "woxic" Eker 2017-09-13 [TUR]
  
• Issa "ISSAA" Murad 2017-10-30 [JOR]
  
• Abay "Hobbit" Khasenov 2018-11-08 [KAZ]
  
• (C) Amiran "ami" Rekhviashvili 2018-12-22 [UKR]

FaZe Clan

• Håvard "rain" Nygaard 2016-01-20 [NOR]
  
• Nikola "NiKo" Kovač 2017-02-19
  
• Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács 2017-08-03
  
• Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer 2017-08-20 [SWE]
  
• (Stand-in) Dauren "AdreN" Kystaubayev 2019-01-06
  
• (C) anko "YNk" Paunović 2019-01-06

Latest changes
1 November 8th - HellRaisers replace Ukraine bondik with Kazakhstan Hobbit.
2 December 16th - FaZe Clan bench Denmark karrigan.
3 December 20th - compLexity Gaming bench United States yay and release United States Rambo.
4 December 21st - Team Liquid transfer Brazil TACO and Brazil zews to MIBR in exchange for United States Stewie2K.
5 December 22nd - HellRaisers promote Ukraine ami to coach as Ukraine Johnta leaves.
6 December 22nd - Team Liquid sign United States adreN as their new coach.
7 December 22nd - compLexity Gaming bench Canada ANDROID.
8 December 23rd - BIG sign Turkey XANTARES and bench Germany nex.
9 December 29th - compLexity Gaming sign Australia Rickeh and United States n0thing to complete the major lineup.
10 January 5th - FaZe Clan lose Sweden RobbaN who steps down as coach.
11 January 6th - FaZe Clan sign Kazakhstan AdreN to complete their Major lineup and add Serbia YNk as the team's new coach.
12 January 12th - MIBR replace United States tarik with Brazil felps.
13 January 13th - ESL announce the final confirmed rosters for the Major & Minor Championships; Germany nex will act as coach for BIG; United States Warden will coach compLexity Gaming.
14 February 1st - United Kingdom smooya steps down from the active roster; Germany nex returns.

The Returning Challengers
Ninjas in Pyjamas

• Patrik "f0rest " Lindberg 2012-08-10 [SWE]
  
• Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund 2016-01-18 [SWE]
  
• Frederik "REZ" Sterner 2017-0612 [SWE]
  
• Denis "denis" Edman 2018-02-13 [SWE]
  
• Jonas "Lekr0" Olofss 2018-06-05 [SWE
  
• (C) Faruk "pita" Pita 2018-02-01 [SWE]

Fnatic

• Lars Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson 2016-10-24 [SWE]
  
• Jesper "JW" Wecksell 2017-02-04 [SWE]
  
• Richard "Xizt" Landström 2018-05-25 [SWE]
  
• Simon "twist" Eliasson 2018-10-02 [SWE]
  
• Ludvig "Brollan" Brolin 2018-10-17 [SWE]
  
• (C) Jimmy "Jumpy" Berndtsson 2016-08-22 [SWE]

G2 Esports

• Richard "shox" Papillon 2018-06-04 [FRA]
  
• Alexandre "bodyy" Pianaro 2016-04-09 [FRA]
  
• Kenny "kennyS" Schrub 2017-02-03 [FRA]
  
• Lucas "Lucky" Chastang 2018-11-26 [FRA]
  
• Audric "JaCkz" Jug 2018-11-26 [FRA]
  
• (C) Damien "maLeK" Marcel 2018-11-26 [FRA]

Vega Squadron

• Leonid "chopper" Vishnyakov 2016-11-17 [RUS]
  
• Dmitriy "jr" Chervak 2016-11-17 [UKR]
  
• Pavel "hutji" Lashkov 2016-11-17 [RUS]
  
• Igor "crush" Shevchenko 2018-04-18 [UKR]
  
• Anton "tonyblack" Kolesnikov 2018-05-10 [RUS]
  
• (C) Аrtem "Fierce" Ivanov 2018-05-10 [RUS]

Cloud9

• Timothy "autimatic" Ta 2016-08-17 [USA]
  
• William Thomas "RUSH" Wierzba 2017-08-15 [USA]
  
• Robin "flusha" Rönnquist 2018-09-25 [SWE]
  
• Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey 2018-11-17 [FRA]
  
• Jordan "Zellsis" Montemurro 2018-12-29 [USA]

TYLOO

• Haowen "somebody" Xu 2015-05-18 [CHN]
  
• Hansel "BnTeT" Ferdinand 2017-03-15 [IDN]
  
• Kevin "xccurate" Susanto 2018-01-18 [IDN]
  
• YuLun "Summer" Cai 2019-01-01 [CHN]
  
• YuanZhang "Attacker" Sheng 2019-01-01 [CHN]
  
• (C) Ivan "Johnta" Shevtsov 2019-01-11 [UKR]

ENCE eSports

• Aleksi "allu" Jalli 2018-03-12 [FIN]
  
• Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen 2018-04-04 [FIN]
  
• Jere "sergej" Salo 2018-04-04 [FIN]
  
• Jani "Aerial" Jussila 2018-04-04 [FIN]
  
• Sami "xseveN" Laasanen 2018-04-04 [FIN]
  
• (C) Slaava "Twista" Räsänen 2018-08-23 [FIN]

NRG Esports

• Jacob "FugLy" Medina 2016-05-27 [USA]
  
• Damian "daps" Steele 2017-11-08 [CAN]
  
• Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte 2016-12-19 [USA]
  
• Cvetelin "CeRq" Dimitrov 2017-10-09 [BGR]
  
• Ethan "Ethan" Arnold 2018-01-15 [USA]
  
• (C) Chet "ImAPet" Singh 2018-05-21 [USA]

Avangar

• Timur "buster" Tulepov 2017-07-17 [KAZ]
  
• Aidyn "KrizzeN" Turlybekov 2017-07-17 [KAZ]
  
• Alexey "qikert" Golubev 2017-07-17 [KAZ]
  
• Ali "Jame" Djami 2017-08-09 [RUS]
  
• Bektiyar "fitch" Bahytov 2017-07-19 [KAZ]
  
• (C) Dastan "dastan" Akbaev 2017-07-17 [KAZ]

Renegades

• Aaron "AZR" Ward 2015-06-19 [AUS]
  
• Justin "jks" Savage 2015-06-19 [AUS]
  
• Joakim "jkaem" Myrbostad 2018-02-08 [NOR]
  
• Jay "Liazz" Tregillgas 2018-09-30 [AUS]
  
• Sean "Gratisfaction" Kaiwai 2018-09-30 [AUS]
  
• (C) Aleksandar "kassad" Trifunović 2018-10-08 [SRB]

Team Vitality

• Nathan "NBK" Schmitt 2018-10-08 [FRA]
  
• Dan "apEX" Madesclaire 2018-10-08 [FRA]
  
• Cédric "RpK" Guipouy 2018-10-08 [FRA]
  
• Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut 2018-10-08 [FRA]
  
• Alex "ALEX" McMeekin 2018-12-28 [ENG]
  
• (C) Rémy "XTWZZZ" Quoniam 2018-12-06 [FRA]

FURIA Esports

• Yuri "Yuurih" Santos 2017-11-08 [BRA]
  
• Andrei "arT" Piovezan 2018-02-06 [BRA]
  
• Vinicius "VINI" Figueiredo 2018-02-06 [BRA]
  
• Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato 2018-02-06 [BRA]
  
• Rinaldo "ableJ" Moda Júnior 2018-10-02 [BRA]
  
• (C) Nicholas "guerri" Nogueira 2018-02-02 [BRA]

Team Spirit

• Pavel "COLDYY1" Veklenko 2016-06-09 [UKR]
  
• Dmitry "S0tF1k" Forostyanko 2016-06-09 [RUS]
  
• Vadim "DavCost" Vasilyev 2016-06-09 [RUS]
  
• Dmitriy "Dima" Bandurka 2016-06-09 [RUS]
  
• Victor "somedieyoung" Orudzhev 2018-01-08 [UKR]
  
• (C) Nikolay "Certus" Poluyanov 2016-06-09 [RUS]

Grayhound Gaming

• Erdenetsogt "erkaSt" Gantulga 2017-06-20 [AUS]
  
• Chris "dexter" Nong 2017-08-16 [AUS]
  
• Oliver "DickStacy" Tierney 2017-11-14 [AUS]
  
• Liam "malta" Schembri 2018-04-11 [AUS]
  
• Euan "sterling" Moore 2018-10-04 [AUS]

Winstrike Team

• Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov 2018-06-20 [RUS]
  
• Aurimas "Kvik" Kvakšys 2018-10-19 [LTU]
  
• David "n0rb3r7" Danielyan 2018-10-19 [RUS]
  
• Georgi "WorldEdit" Yaskin 2018-10-19 [RUS]
  
• Jan "wayLander" Rahkonen 2018-10-19 [RUS]
  
• (C) Dmitriy Mikhaylichenko 2018-06-20 [RUS]

ViCi Gaming

• Zhong "zhokiNg" Weijie 2018-09-03 [CHN]
  
• Cheung Wing "Freeman" Hei 2018-09-03 [HKG]
  
• Liu "aumaN" Zhihong 2018-09-03 [CHN]
  
• Liang "advent" Zhuo 2018-09-03 [CHN]
  
• Ching "kaze" Chong 2018-09-03 [MYS]
  
• Um "lei" Tung 2018-09-03 [CHN]

All Champions- and Legends Stage Premium Ticket Holders will receive a PIN
You can collect it right when you enter the #IEM Katowice Major!
Get Tickets[t.co]

Valve Store
CSGO Blind Bag Pins Series 2 - $20.00 buy[valvestore.forfansbyfans.com]
CSGO Blind Bag Pins Series 3 - $20.00 buy[valvestore.forfansbyfans.com]

- 8 Streaming Racks - custom built by @ESL
- 36 Encoding Servers - custom built by @ESL
- 5 Simultaneous Productions in Katowice
- 12 consecutive live days

Quarterfinals
3-0 High ELO 3-2 Low ELO
February 28, 2019 - 16:00 CET

3-1 Low ELO 3-1 Mid ELO
February 28, 2019 - 19:50 CET

3-1 High ELO 3-2 High ELO
March 1, 2019 - 16:00 CET

3-2 Mid ELO 3-0 Low ELO
March 1, 2019 - 19:50 CET

Semifinals
March 2, 2019 - 16:00 CET

March 2, 2019 - 19:50 CET
Grand Final

March 3, 2019 - 19:00 CET

All times your timezone (GMT +1)

English Speaking
esl_csgo[www.twitch.tv]
Russia
csruhub[www.twitch.tv]
France
http://csruhub
Germany
esl_99damage[www.twitch.tv]
Spain
esl_csgo_es[www.twitch.tv]
Poland
esl_csgo_pl[www.twitch.tv]
Portugal
rtparenacsgo[www.twitch.tv]
Bulgaria
HFTVRed[www.twitch.tv]
Czech Republic
esl_czsk[www.twitch.tv]
Hungary
esporthucs[www.twitch.tv]
Turkey
esl_csgo_tr[www.twitch.tv]
Brazil
esl_brazil[www.twitch.tv]
Mexico
ESL_LatAm[www.twitch.tv]
China
https://www.huomao.com/10433
Indonesia
esl_supremeleague[www.twitch.tv]
Vietnam
youtube
World
https://live.intelextrememasters.com/

"Changes to the IEM Katowice 2019 CS:GO Major explained". ESL. 2019-01-21.
"Winning is Everything". Valve. 2018-08-28.
"Hobbit Joins HellRaisers. Bondik is a Free Agent now". HellRaisers. 2018-11-08.
"CS:GO update: Today Karrigan is benched with immediate effect, more news to follow.". FaZe Clan. 2018-12-16.
Andrew "aMies" Miesner (2018-12-20). "Changes to coL.cs". compLexity Gaming.
"Liquid Update: Zews & TACO traded for Stewie2K". Team Liquid. 2018-12-21.
"HellRaisers.CS:GO Coaching Staff Changes". HellRaisers. 2018-12-22.
"Welcome Back Coach adreN!". Team Liquid. 2018-12-22.
Andrew "aMies" Miesner (2018-12-22). "Additional Changes to coL.cs". compLexity Gaming.
"CS:GO Update – Welcome İsmailcan “XANTARES” Dörtkardeş". BIG. 2018-12-23.
Andrew "aMies" Miesner (2018-12-28). "Additions to coL.cs". compLexity Gaming.
"Today, RobbaN announces he is stepping down as Head Coach.". FaZe Clan. 2019-01-05.
"OFFICIAL: @AdreNcs will stand-in as FaZe CS:GO's 5th player through the Major, & @YNk has signed on to coach the team". FaZe Clan. 2019-01-06.
"Today we announce the missing piece to get back to the top!". MIBR. 2019-01-12.
"All CS:GO Minor & Major teams have submitted and confirmed their rosters for the IEM Katowice 2019 competition". ESL. 2019-01-13.
"Goodbye Smooya". BIG. 2019-02-01.
"Post-FACEIT Major Roster Update". Fnatic. 2018-09-21.
John Nomis (2018-09-25). "Cloud9 CS:GO Sign flusha, Release STYKO". Cloud9.
"twist Returns". Fnatic. 2018-10-02.
John Nomis (2018-10-16). "Skadoodle Stepping Back From Competitive CS:GO". Cloud9.
"Brollan becomes our fifth". Fnatic. 2018-10-17.
John Nomis (2018-11-17). "Cloud9 CS:GO Welcomes kioShiMa". Cloud9.
"#reshuffle – CS:GO Roster and Structure Update". G2 Esports. 12-11-26.
Luis "MIRAA" Mira (2019-01-01). "AttackeR, Summer return to TYLOO". HLTV.org.
TYLOO (2019-01-11). "And the search is over. Today we are proud to announce the addition of the Ukrainian Counter-Strike veteran @JohntaCSGO to our CSGO roster, who will join us as the head coach in the upcoming IEM Katowice major and beyond.".
Zellsis (2019-02-03). "One week into our bootcamp in Poland with another week and a half left before competition starts.".

https://liquipedia.net/counterstrike/Intel_Extreme_Masters/Season_XIII/World_Championship