Introduction

The 2014 EMS One Katowice CS:GO Championship is the ESL’s biggest and most prestigious Counter-Strike tournament as of yet. Featuring a massive $250,000 community funded prize pool, the tournament will take place during the IEM in Katowice in the legendary Spodek arena. Taking part will be 16 of the world’s best teams, with 8 invitational slots given to the quarter-finalists of DH Winter 2013, 2 invitational slots for non-European teams and 6 further slots awarded in a series of regional qualifiers. Sponsored by ASUS and Intel, it will be the first professional CS:GO tournament held in Poland.