IEM Sydney is the first ESL tournament to be played on Counter-Strike 2

When Valve released CS2 out of the blue, tournament operators were caught unawares. Counter-Strike 2 was released on September 27 and several tournament operators have had to make changes. ESL also announced it will switch to CS2 starting with IEM Sydney 2023. Here’s all you need to know about IEM Sydney including the teams, format, prize pool, and live stream.

IEM Sydney Live score

Grand Finals

Team 1
Team 2
Map 1
Map 2
Map 3
Score
FaZe ClanComplexityOverpass (11-13)Nuke (13-10)Ancient (19-16)2-1

Playoffs

Stage
Team 1
Team 2
Map 1
Map 2
Map 3
Score
QFENCEFaZe ClanNuke (5-13)Anubis (0-12)Ancient0-2
QFBetBoomComplexityAnubis (6-13)Ancient (11-13)Vertigo0-2
SFMOUZFaZe ClanNuke (4-13)Vertigo (9-13)Ancient0-2
SFG2 esportsComplexityAnubis (8-13)Ancient (3-13)Vertigo0-2

Group A

Stage
Team 1
Team 2
Map 1
Map 2
Map 3
Score
UB QFVitalityBetBoomMirage (14-16)--0-1
UB QFFaZe ClanGamerLegionNuke (15-19)--0-1
UB QFNatus VincereApeksMirage (13-9)--1-0
UB QFVERTEX ESCMOUZInferno (2-13)--0-1
UB SFBetBoomGamerLegionMirage (13-11)Nuke (13-6)Ancient
UB SFNatus VincereMOUZMirage (13-16)Inferno (13-4)Ancient (6-13)
LB QFVitalityFaZe ClanOverpass (16-14)Inferno (10-13)Nuke (9-13)1-2
LB QFApeksVERTEX ESCMirage (13-5)Anubis (13-11)Inferno2-0
UB FBetBoomMOUZMirage (13-11)Ancient (13-6)Overpass1-2
LB SFNatus VincereFaZe ClanOverpass (7-13)Mirage (13-4)Inferno (7-13)1-2
LB SFGamerLegionApeksVertigo (13-8)Overpass (13-11)Ancient2-0

Group B

Stage
Team 1
Team 2
Map 1
Map 2
Map 3
Score
UB QFENCELynn VisionAnubis (13-6)--1-0
UB QFCloud9FnaticInferno (10-13)--0-1
UB QFMonteComplexityAnubis (9-13)--0-1
UB QFGrayhoundG2 esportsNuke (11-13)--0-1
UB SFENCEFnaticOverpass (10-13)Anubis (13-10)Vertigo (13-10)2-1
UB SFComplexityG2 esportsAnubis (7-13)Ancient (7-13)Vertigo0-2
LB QFLynn VisionCloud9Anubis (11-13)Ancient (8-13)Inferno0-2
LB QFMonteGrayhoundNuke (13-5)Anubis (13-11)Mirage2-0
UB FENCEG2 esportsAncient (10-13)Vertigo (13-10)Mirage (13-10)2-1
LB SFComplexityCloud9Anubis (13-9)Ancient (6-13)Inferno (13-3)2-1
LB SFFnaticMonteOverpass (13-10)Anubis (4-13)Vertigo (6-13)1-2
LB FComplexityMonteOverpass (16-13)Ancient (16-13)Anubis2-0

Which teams are participating in IEM Sydney 2023?

ENCE

  • Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffe
  • Paweł "dycha" Dycha
  • Pavle "maden" Bošković
  • Alvaro "SunPayus" Garcia
  • Guy "NertZ" Iluz

FaZe Clan

  • Håvard "rain" Nygaard
  • Helvijs "broky" Saukants
  • Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken
  • Finn "karrigan" Andersen
  • Robin "ropz" Kool

G2 esports

  • Nemanja "huNter-" Kovač
  • Nikola "NiKo" Kovač
  • Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov
  • Justin "jks" Savage
  • Rasmus "HooXi" Nielsen

MOUZ

  • David "frozen" Čerňanský
  • Ádám "torzsi" Torzsás
  • Dorian "xertioN" Berman
  • Kamil "siuhy" Szkaradek
  • Jimi "Jimpphat" Salo

NAVI

  • Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyljev
  • Valerij "b1t" Vakhovsjkyj
  • Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen
  • Ivan "iM" Mihai
  • Justinas "jL" Lekavicius 

Team Vitality

  • Dan "apEX" Madesclaire
  • Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut
  • Emil "Magisk" Reif
  • Lotan "Spinx" Giladi
  • Shahar "flameZ" Shushan

Cloud9

  • Dmitriy "sh1ro" Sokolov
  • Sergey "Ax1Le" Rykhtorov
  • Abai "HObbit" Hasenov
  • Denis "electroNic" Sharipov
  • Ilya "Perfecto" Zalutskiy

GamerLegion

  • Isak "isak" Fahlén
  • Frederik "acoR" Gyldstrand
  • Nicolas "Keoz" Dgus
  • Sebastian "volt" Maloș
  • Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski

Monte

  • Volodymyr "Woro2k" Veletnjuk
  • Serghij "DemQQ" Demchenko
  • Szymon "kRaSnaL" Mrozek
  • Viktor "sdy" Orudzhev
  • Alexander "br0" Bro

Fnatic

  • Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson
  • William "mezii" Merriman
  • Fredrik "roeJ" Jørgensen
  • Aurélien "afro" Drapier
  • Christopher "dexter" Nong

Grayhound Gaming

  • Simon "Sico" Williams
  • Joshua "INS" Potter
  • Alistair "aliStair" Johnston
  • Jay "Liazz" Tregillgas
  • Declan "Vexite" Portelli

Apeks

  • Tim "nawwk" Jonasson
  • Joakim "jkaem" Myrbostad
  • Martin "STYKO" Styk
  • Damjan "kyxsan" Stoilkovski
  • Aleksandar "CacaNito" Kjulukoski

BetBoom Team

  • Vladislav "nafany" Gorshkov
  • Aleksandr "KaiR0N-" Anashkin 
  • Pavel "s1ren" Ogloblin
  • Aleksandr "zorte" Zagodyrenko
  • Danil ‘danistzz’ Roslyakov

Complexity Gaming

  • Ioannis 'Johnny' "JT" Theodosiou
  • Ricky "floppy" Kemery
  • Michael "Grim" Wince
  • Håkon "hallzerk" Fjærli
  • Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski

Lynn Vision Gaming

  • Niu "westmelon" Zhe
  • Zhang "z4kr" Sike
  • Ye "Starry" Lizhi
  • Tang "EmiliaQAQ" Junjie
  • Ji "Jee" Dongkai 

VERTEX Esports Club

  • Jordan "pz" White
  • Toby "BRACE" Barnes
  • Liam "malta" Schembri
  • Christian "ADDICT" Pendleton
  • Jared "HaZR" O'Bree

What is the tournament format?

There are a total of sixteen teams in the tournament. The teams form two groups of eight teams each. The teams play in a GSL-style double-elimination format in the competition. The opening matches are best-of-one series while the remaining matches are best-of-three in nature.

The top three teams from each group advance to the playoffs. The top team goes directly to the semifinals, the second best team goes to the quarterfinals as the Upper seed while the third team goes to the Quarterfinals as the lower seed.

  • Two groups of eight teams 
  • GSL Format double-elimination format
  • Opening matches bo1
  • All remaining matches bo3
  • Playoffs: Single-elimination
  • All matches are best-of-three.

Where can I watch IEM Sydney 2023?

The IEM Sydney 2023 event will stream live on Twitch. We have embedded the stream below for your convenience.

IEM Sydney 2023 Results and Prize pool

Placement
Team
Prize Pool
1$100,000
2$42,000
3$20,000
4$20,000
5$10,000
6$10,000
7$8,000
8$8,000
9$6,000
10$6,000
11$5,000
12$5,000
13$5,000
14$5,000
15$4,000
16$4,000