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 Clan | Complexity | Overpass (11-13) | Nuke (13-10) | Ancient (19-16) | 2-1 |
Playoffs
Stage | Team 1 | Team 2 | Map 1 | Map 2 | Map 3 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QF | ENCE | FaZe Clan | Nuke (5-13) | Anubis (0-12) | Ancient | 0-2 |
QF | BetBoom | Complexity | Anubis (6-13) | Ancient (11-13) | Vertigo | 0-2 |
SF | MOUZ | FaZe Clan | Nuke (4-13) | Vertigo (9-13) | Ancient | 0-2 |
SF | G2 esports | Complexity | Anubis (8-13) | Ancient (3-13) | Vertigo | 0-2 |
Group A
Stage | Team 1 | Team 2 | Map 1 | Map 2 | Map 3 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UB QF | Vitality | BetBoom | Mirage (14-16) | - | - | 0-1 |
UB QF | FaZe Clan | GamerLegion | Nuke (15-19) | - | - | 0-1 |
UB QF | Natus Vincere | Apeks | Mirage (13-9) | - | - | 1-0 |
UB QF | VERTEX ESC | MOUZ | Inferno (2-13) | - | - | 0-1 |
UB SF | BetBoom | GamerLegion | Mirage (13-11) | Nuke (13-6) | Ancient | |
UB SF | Natus Vincere | MOUZ | Mirage (13-16) | Inferno (13-4) | Ancient (6-13) | |
LB QF | Vitality | FaZe Clan | Overpass (16-14) | Inferno (10-13) | Nuke (9-13) | 1-2 |
LB QF | Apeks | VERTEX ESC | Mirage (13-5) | Anubis (13-11) | Inferno | 2-0 |
UB F | BetBoom | MOUZ | Mirage (13-11) | Ancient (13-6) | Overpass | 1-2 |
LB SF | Natus Vincere | FaZe Clan | Overpass (7-13) | Mirage (13-4) | Inferno (7-13) | 1-2 |
LB SF | GamerLegion | Apeks | Vertigo (13-8) | Overpass (13-11) | Ancient | 2-0 |
Group B
Stage | Team 1 | Team 2 | Map 1 | Map 2 | Map 3 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UB QF | ENCE | Lynn Vision | Anubis (13-6) | - | - | 1-0 |
UB QF | Cloud9 | Fnatic | Inferno (10-13) | - | - | 0-1 |
UB QF | Monte | Complexity | Anubis (9-13) | - | - | 0-1 |
UB QF | Grayhound | G2 esports | Nuke (11-13) | - | - | 0-1 |
UB SF | ENCE | Fnatic | Overpass (10-13) | Anubis (13-10) | Vertigo (13-10) | 2-1 |
UB SF | Complexity | G2 esports | Anubis (7-13) | Ancient (7-13) | Vertigo | 0-2 |
LB QF | Lynn Vision | Cloud9 | Anubis (11-13) | Ancient (8-13) | Inferno | 0-2 |
LB QF | Monte | Grayhound | Nuke (13-5) | Anubis (13-11) | Mirage | 2-0 |
UB F | ENCE | G2 esports | Ancient (10-13) | Vertigo (13-10) | Mirage (13-10) | 2-1 |
LB SF | Complexity | Cloud9 | Anubis (13-9) | Ancient (6-13) | Inferno (13-3) | 2-1 |
LB SF | Fnatic | Monte | Overpass (13-10) | Anubis (4-13) | Vertigo (6-13) | 1-2 |
LB F | Complexity | Monte | Overpass (16-13) | Ancient (16-13) | Anubis | 2-0 |
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 |
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