IEM Katowice 2017 CS:GO tournament results, Astralis takes first place
The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament at the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2017 have concluded, with Astralis taking first place.
Astralis beat FaZe in a best-of-five series of games that went 3-1. Astralis won on the maps Overpass, Nuke, and Inferno, while FaZe won on Cache.
The full results of the tournament are as follows:
1st. Astralis ($104,000)
2nd. FaZe ($44,000)
3rd-4th. Immortals ($24,000) / Heroic ($23,000)
5th-6th. North / Natus Vincere ($13,000)
7th-8th. Fnatic / Virtus.pro ($7,000)
9th-10th. Cloud9 ($5,000) / Ninjas in Pyjamas ($4,000)
11th-12th. SK Gaming ($4,000) / OpTic Gaming ($2,000)
Teams are awarded $1,000 for each victory in the group stages in addition to their placement prize money.
The Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2017 CS:GO main event was hosted from March 3-5 in the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland. We covered the event and will have plenty of interviews and content going up, so keep an eye on our CS:GO hub for more.