Katowice is now receiving the final Stage of IEM Katowice 2019, following the conclusion of the New Legends stage, out of 24 initial teams only eight are the remain contenders.
Hosted at The International Congress Center in Katowice, Poland, the remaining eight rosters will compete for $500,000 and Legends status, the second granting them a direct access to StarLadder’s Major at the end of the year in Berlin, Germany.
An handful of well established teams make the list of contenders, including Astralis, Ninjas In Pyjamas and Natus Vincere.
Below are all participants of the New Champions stage:
| Astralis | Na’Vi |
| NIP | MIBR |
| FaZe | Liquid |
| Renegades | Ence |
The matches will run from Thursday, 28th of February, to Sunday, 2nd of March, featuring two best-of-three series per day, but a single series in the form of the grand final on Sunday.
