“IEM Katowice”, the first major Counter Strike tournament of the year, begins today /2025.01.29/. The best 24 teams from all over the world will compete each other in this historical game with a prize pool of 1 million USD.

Mongolian team “The Mongolz” has invited directly to play-off stage by their rank. Previously, “The MongolZ” team, despite being the top team in Asia, started their tournament in the preliminary stage. They are now ranked third in Valve’s world rankings and will automatically qualify for the play-offs.

After the preliminary matches, the opponent for “The MongolZ” should be determined.

The first matches of preliminary stage will take place today. The most notable are the women of the Brazilian team “Imperial”. They will be compete against the men for the second time. Recently, they participated “Blast Bounty” tournament and competed well against Ukrainian team “NaVi”.