Gambit Defeat VP to Win IEM Katowice 2021
Gambit Defeat VP to Win IEM Katowice 2021
The grand finale of IEM Katowice 201 has featured two teams from the CIS region – Gambit Esports have defeated Virtus.pro with a 3-1 score. The winners have claimed $400,000, while the runner-ups received $180,000.
Gambit started competing at the event in Group A, where they lost to EG (0-2) in the very first match, and then made it all the way through the lower bracket, defeating mouz (2-0), Heroic (2-1) and G2 (2-0). In the playoffs they managed to outplay NAVI (2-0) and Team Spirit (2-0). In the final series VP gained an upper hand on Vertigo (16:14), however later Gambit won on Dust II (16:6), Train (16:4) and Overpass (16:12).
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IEM Katowice 2021 was held online from February 16th to 28th. The event featured 24 teams competing for a $1,000,000 prize pool and was part of the Intel Grand Slam series.