From March 2-5, ESL will host at Spodek Arena, in Katowice, the final event of the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) season, called the World Championship, featuring 12 teams from all over the world and a minimum prize pool of $250,000. The tournament will kick off with a round-robin group stage, with the group winners advancing to the semi-finals. The second and third-placed teams from both groups will progress to the quarter-final stage, which will determine the final two sides making it to the last-four round.  fnatic will face Na`Vi in the opening match
With the group draw having been known at the start of the month, ESL has now released the complete tournament schedule, which can be found below: Wednesday, March 2 | 12:20 | fnatic | vs. | Natus Vincere | 12:20 | MOUZ | vs. | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 13:40 | Luminosity | vs. | Natus Vincere | 13:40 | MOUZ | vs. | The MongolZ | 15:00 | fnatic | vs. | Luminosity | 15:00 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | vs. | The MongolZ | 16:20 | fnatic | vs. | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 16:20 | MOUZ | vs. | Natus Vincere | 17:40 | Luminosity | vs. | The MongolZ | 17:40 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | vs. | Natus Vincere | 19:00 | MOUZ | vs. | Luminosity | 19:00 | fnatic | vs. | The MongolZ | 20:20 | Natus Vincere | vs. | The MongolZ | 20:20 | Luminosity | vs. | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 20:20 | fnatic | vs. | MOUZ | Thursday, March 3 | 12:20 | Envy | vs. | Astralis | 12:20 | E-frag.net | vs. | FaZe | 13:40 | Virtus.pro | vs. | Astralis | 13:40 | E-frag.net | vs. | Tempo Storm | 15:00 | Envy | vs. | Virtus.pro | 15:00 | FaZe | vs. | Tempo Storm | 16:20 | Envy | vs. | FaZe | 16:20 | E-frag.net | vs. | Astralis | 17:40 | Virtus.pro | vs. | Tempo Storm | 17:40 | FaZe | vs. | Astralis | 19:00 | E-frag.net | vs. | Virtus.pro | 19:00 | Envy | vs. | Tempo Storm | 20:20 | Astralis | vs. | Tempo Storm | 20:20 | Virtus.pro | vs. | FaZe | 20:20 | Envy | vs. | E-frag.net | Friday, March 4 | 12:30 | Quarter-final #1 (bo3) | | | 15:50 | Quarter-final #2 (bo3) | | | 19:10 | Semi-final #1 (bo3) | | | 22:30 | Semi-final #2 (bo3) | | | Saturday, March 5 | 18:00 | Grand final (bo5) | |
| Time is adjusted to your selected timezone  FaZe #8  Ricardo 'fox' Pacheco Mikail 'Maikelele' Bill Philip 'aizy' Aistrup Håvard 'rain' Nygaard Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad  Tempo Storm #28  Henrique 'HEN1' Teles Lucas 'LUCAS1' Teles Ricardo 'boltz' Prass João 'felps' Vasconcellos Gustavo 'SHOOWTiME' Gonçalves  Ninjas in Pyjamas #11  Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund Richard 'Xizt' Landström Adam 'friberg' Friberg Jacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi  E-frag.net #17  Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinov Emiliyan 'spyleadeR' Dimitrov Nikolay 'nkl' Krastev Viktor 'v1c7oR' Dyankov Simeon 'dream3r' Ganev   The MongolZ #24   Temuulen 'Zilkenberg' Battulga Tsog 'Tsogoo' Mashbat Enkhtaivan 'Machinegun' Lkhagva Otgonjargal 'Menace' Ganzorig Bold 'ncl' Batsuh  Astralis #4  Finn 'karrigan' Andersen René 'cajunb' Borg Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen Nicolai 'device' Reedtz  MOUZ #10  Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Johannes 'nex' Maget Timo 'Spiidi' Richter Denis 'denis' Howell  Natus Vincere #2  Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács Denis 'seized' Kostin Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev  Luminosity #5  Lincoln 'fnx' Lau Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo Fernando 'fer' Alvarenga Marcelo 'coldzera' David Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo  fnatic #1  Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer Dennis 'dennis' Edman Robin 'flusha' Rönnquist Jesper 'JW' Wecksell Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson   Envy #3   Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire Vincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer  Virtus.pro #6  Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas Filip 'NEO' Kubski Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' Jarząbkowski Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski Paweł 'byali' Bieliński |