{"id":16178,"date":"2024-10-21T13:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T13:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/?p=16178"},"modified":"2024-10-21T13:44:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T13:44:36","slug":"esl-challenger-katowice-2024-overview-tournament-format-groups-and-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/esl-challenger-katowice-2024-overview-tournament-format-groups-and-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"ESL Challenger Katowice 2024 Overview: Tournament Format, Groups And Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tournament Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ESL Challenger Katowice 2024 <\/strong>is an A-tier <\/strong>event with a prize pool of $100,000 <\/strong>that will be held from October 25 to October 27. There will be eight teams featured, and since no top teams are on the participant’s list, it’s another chance for a lower-tier team to win some money and get their confidence. However, few of them still have the advantage of having experience at big tournaments and some of the most experienced players, such as Falcons <\/strong>with ‘s1mple’ <\/strong>and Eternal Fire, <\/strong>who recently been in the Grand Finals<\/strong> of ESL Pro League Season 20<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tournament Format<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Group Stage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  • Two double-elimination format (GSL) Groups<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Each group has 4 teams<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Opening & Winners’ matches are Bo1<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Elimination & Decider matches are Bo3<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Top two teams from each group advance to the Playoffs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Playoffs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      \n
    • Single-Elimination bracket<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • All matches are Bo3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Groups and Teams Participating<\/h2>\n\n\n
      \n
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      ESL Challenger Katowice 2024 – Group A and Group B<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

      Group A<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
        \n
      • Eternal Fire<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • SAW<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Falcons<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • B8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Group B<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
          \n
        • MIBR<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • paiN<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Monte<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Legacy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Tournament Schedule<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

          October 25<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
            \n
          • Eternal Fire <\/strong>vs. B8 <\/strong>starting at 11:00 CET<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • SAW <\/strong>vs. Falcons <\/strong>starting at 12:00 CET<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • MIBR <\/strong>vs. Legacy <\/strong>starting at 13:00 CET<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • paiN <\/strong>vs. Monte <\/strong>starting at 14:00 CET<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • The winner of Eternal Fire <\/strong>vs. B8 against the winner of SAW <\/strong>vs. Falcons <\/strong>starting at 15:00 CET<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • The winner of MIBR <\/strong>vs. Legacy <\/strong>against the winner of paiN <\/strong>vs. Monte <\/strong>starting at 16:00 CET<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Group B Elimination match <\/strong>starting at 17:00 CET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            October 26<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
              \n
            • Group A Elimination match<\/strong> starting at 11:30 CET<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Group B Decider match<\/strong> starting at 13:45 CET<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Group A Decider match<\/strong> starting at 16:45 CET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              October 27<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                \n
              • Semi-final #1<\/strong> starting at 12:30 CET<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Semi-final #2<\/strong> starting at 14:45 CET<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Grand Final <\/strong>starting at 17:45 CET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                Keep up with our coverage for more insights on the latest esports news and updates.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Tournament Overview ESL Challenger Katowice 2024 is an A-tier event with a prize pool of $100,000 that will be held from October 25 to October 27. There will be eight teams featured, and since no top teams are on the participant’s list, it’s another chance for a lower-tier team to win some money and get<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":16179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,247],"class_list":{"0":"post-16178","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs-2","8":"tag-cs2","9":"tag-cs2-tournaments"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16180,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16178\/revisions\/16180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}