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The play-in stage sees sixteen players compete in a double elimination bracket, with the top four players advancing on to the main event (RO24 group stage). The RO24 group stage is played out as four separate round-robin groups, with 12 players advancing to the single elimination playoff round. IEM Katowice will be played from February 8-12. Round of 24 ![[image loading]](/staff/Waxangel/EPT/Katowice2023/ro24groups_1.png) Round of 36 ![[image loading]](/staff/Waxangel/EPT/Katowice2023/ro36bracket_1.png) 
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TheCheapSkate
Slovenia317 Posts
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Die4Ever
United States17750 Posts
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Rob-Zero
Germany460 Posts
I would say Group A. Gabes draw against three top korean terrans is pretty hard for him, too. Maybe Lambo is at least happy that he has only one matchup so far | ||
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dysenterymd
1250 Posts
B is the easiest group, I think you can make an argument for any of the others being the hardest. | ||
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tigera6
3516 Posts
Btw, they still havent announced the patch mod to be used for IEM? | ||
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zumpy
United States122 Posts
Cure seems the favorite for the bottom side of the bracket but top bracket is almost anyone's game (strong feeling for soO) | ||
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tlnetuser108
83 Posts
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Drfilip
Sweden592 Posts
Compare that with group B were the top players are way better than the bottom. Reynor has been a bit shaky this year but he has always sharpened up for these huge events in the past. I expected him to top his form yet again. Astrea has been on an absolute tear in recent time and is deserving of praise. Creator had a good half of 2022 but fell of a bit. Showtime has not impressed me much of late, Him beating the one man army in his prime (ByuN lost vs Showtime in the group stage of the Blizzcon ByuN won) is a far off thing now. Lastly, we have GuMiho. He plays great TvT, but his experiments and general understanding of the other match ups look very shaky. I don't think he'll win a single match vs the other 4 in his group. Group A has 3 question marks. Is RagnaroK good or great? Will his nerves manage? Can Neeb keep doing well or was his recent performances a fluke? I suspect he will put more effort into SC2 than his studies so he has the possibility to be great. Oliveira is a player that rises and falls regularly, but I have not seen a pattern yet. He can play like a top 3 player in the world, like a semi pro, or anything in between. Will we see the greatness in Katowice? I don't know, but I hope. Group C has 2 absolute beasts in herO and Serral. Solar is known to make huge blunders but play amazingly the rest of the time. If he can isolate blunders to a few games then he can crush anyone. If not, then he can go out with 0 map wins. DRG looks like a solid player. Worse than the best, better than many. SpeCial has been playing way worse since TY went military/pandemic times. TY is back and pandemic is winding down in non-China. Will SpeCial improve to enough to be competitive? I doubt it. I wonder if any of the play in players will spice things up. | ||
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ZeroByte13
799 Posts
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Creager
Germany1965 Posts
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Nakajin
Canada8991 Posts
On January 20 2023 08:53 dysenterymd wrote: Cure and Zoun feel like locks to make it through the ro36, the last two slots will come down to who plays well on the day. If Ryung wasn't against Zerg first round I wouldn't hate his chances. B is the easiest group, I think you can make an argument for any of the others being the hardest. I think Elazer should be the favorite to get out from the upper bracket with Scarlett and Nightmare being in the chase. I don't really believe in either Ryung or soO atm. The lower half is a lot harder to call, since we don't really know Cure or Armani form, but Zoun should be the favorite. | ||
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Drfilip
Sweden592 Posts
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Irukandji30
15 Posts
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JJH777
United States4420 Posts
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ZeroByte13
799 Posts
On January 21 2023 03:25 JJH777 wrote: Who are you kidding, we all know finals will be Serral vs Reynor, Serral vs Dark or Dark vs Reynor.A finals with 2/3 of DRG/Solar/Ragnarok is about the most I can hope for from this event. ZvZ upsets please. | ||
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tommey.liang
United States363 Posts
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TossHeroes
281 Posts
First challenge as the defending champion Maru in ez pz tvt group As long as Classic and Harstem gets out of the bracket, I’m a happy dude | ||
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QOGQOG
834 Posts
On January 22 2023 01:07 TossHeroes wrote: As usual Serral has the group of death If he manages to lose to DRG and SpeCial, he deserves death. | ||
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tigera6
3516 Posts
On January 21 2023 03:51 ZeroByte13 wrote: Who are you kidding, we all know finals will be Serral vs Reynor, Serral vs Dark or Dark vs Reynor. In before they put all 3 on the same side of the bracket. | ||
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