The matchups for the IEM Katowice 2018 Closed Qualifier, that will take place on February 3-4, have been drawn. Twelve teams will be in competition for the four IEM Katowice 2018 Europe Closed Qualifier, where four LAN spots are up for grabs. Out of the twelve squads, eight squads got a direct invite, while four of them made it through the two open qualifiers. Among the invited teams are the likes of MOUZ, Natus Vincere and fnatic, while the four qualifier slots were claimed by Singularity, HEROIC, Epsilon and AGO. Today, the double-elimination bracket, which will be played out exclusively using BO3 matches, has been drawn. With 12 teams in the competition, the four best-ranked ones have been placed directly in the quarter-final, while the other eight teams will have to earn their place there. The bracket draw is available below: You can find more details about the competition on our event page.First round HEROIC
vs. BIG
Natus Vincere
vs. Epsilon
Singularity
vs. Envy
HellRaisers
vs. AGO
Quarter-finals North
vs. HEROIC /
BIG
Gambit
vs. Natus Vincere /
Epsilon
fnatic
vs. Singularity /
Envy
MOUZ
vs. HellRaisers /
AGO
BIG #24
Fatih 'gob b' Dayik
Nikola 'LEGIJA' Ninić
Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz
Kevin 'keev' Bartholomäus
Johannes 'nex' Maget
Singularity #67
André 'BARBARR' Möller
Benjamin 'BENDJI' Söderena
Saif 'Sayf' Jibraeel
Hugo 'HugoXD' Hallgren
Gambit #11
Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev
Mihail 'Dosia' Stolyarov
Rustem 'mou' Telepov
Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov
Bektiyar 'fitch' Bahytov
Envy #20
Christophe 'SIXER' Xia
Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy
Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom
Vincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer
Alexandre 'xms' Forté
Epsilon #254
Konstantinos 'tsack' Theodoropoulos
Robin 'robiin' Sjögren
Cosmin-Mihai 'cosmeeeN' Butuc
Kia 'Surreal' Man
Owen 'smooya' Butterfield
North #12
Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen
Philip 'aizy' Aistrup
Markus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye
Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså
Daniel 'mertz' Mertz
Natus Vincere #9
Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev
Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev
Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov
MOUZ #7
Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastný
Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong
Miikka 'suNny' Kemppi
Martin 'STYKO' Styk
Robin 'ropz' Kool
HellRaisers #21
Kirill 'ANGE1' Karasiow
Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchuk
Özgür 'woxic' Eker
Bence 'DeadFox' Böröcz
Issa 'ISSAA' Murad
HEROIC #22
Andreas 'MODDII' Fridh
Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer
Patrick 'es3tag' Hansen
Jakob 'JUGi' Hansen
Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensen
fnatic #6
Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist
Jesper 'JW' Wecksell
Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson
Jonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson
Maikil 'Golden' Selim
AGO #23
Damian 'Furlan' Kislowski
Dominik 'GruBy' Swiderski
Michał 'snatchie' Rudzki
Mateusz 'TOAO' Zawistowski
Tomasz 'phr' Wójcik