Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is one of the most played online games in history. Due to its popularity, an esports organization, such as Electronic Sports League (ESL), organized Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) to showcase known players or teams worldwide.
Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) is one of the most popular pro gaming events in the world. In 2006, IEM was launched by Electronic Sports League (ELS), a production company and an esports organizer which is run and owned by Turtle Entertainment that is based in Cologne, Germany.
ELS was behind some of the well-known video game competitions all over the world. Intel Extreme Masters is a competition between the best pro gamers in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, including StarCraft and other renowned esports. With IEM’s history for almost a decade, everyone in the esports community considers it one of the most prestigious and awaited events by esports players and fans.
This upcoming October 14, Intel Extreme Masters Fall 2023 will start. It will showcase sixteen (16) of the best teams that are popular in the esports community. IEM Fall 2023 is one of the initiatives of ESL of this year since most of the anticipated tournaments have been canceled due to the pandemic outbreak in the past year.
About IEM Fall 2023
Intel Extreme Masters: Fall 2023 is granted a final Regional Major Ranking for the second half of this year. And that all six (6) major regions will have to compete for the last chance to qualify for the Professional Gaming League (PGL) that will happen later this year.
However, with the current situation and continued restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, IEM will not gather teams on LAN. It will only Europe that will meet at LAN, while the remaining regions such as Commonwealth Independent States (CIS), North America, Asia, South America, and Oceania will be played solely online within its respective regions.
The tournament has a prize pool of not less than $250,000. Thus, making the event another big championship of the year that will showcase the best teams and action-packed plays.
Qualifier Stage
In the qualifiers stage, chosen teams will be invited based on the Regional Major Rankings in their respective regions. The official and final invites will be given and issued once teams submit their rosters to determine their RMR points deductions.
When the potential RMR points deduction has been made after the deadline of the lineup, it is only then the final Regional Major Ranking for the tournament will be confirmed and issuance of all invites. After this, no further teams can be invited using the Regional Major Rankings privilege, then ESL WR will be in charge and used to determine the upcoming teams.
Group Stage
- Each group will have eight (8) teams that will play
- It will have two double-elimination formats for groups
- All matches will be Best of Three (3)
- It will be using TBA Rankings during matches
- Top three (3) teams in each group will advance to the Playoffs
- Winners in the group stage will advance to the Semifinals
- Runner-ups in the group stage will advance to the Quarterfinals as the High Seeds
- Third placer teams will advance to the Quarterfinals as the Low Seeds
Playoffs Stage
- Single-elimination bracket
- Best of Three (3) in the Quarterfinals and Semifinals
- Best of Five (5) in the Grand Final
Match Settings
The following match settings need to be used for tournament matches:
- Rounds: Best out of 30 (mp_maxrounds 30)
- Round time: 1 minute 55 seconds (mp_roundtime 1.92)
- Start money: $800 (mp_startmoney 800)
- Freeze time: 20 seconds (mp_freezetime 20)
- Buy time: 20 seconds (mp_buytime 20)
- Bomb timer: 40 seconds (mp_c4timer 40)
- Overtime rounds: Best out of 6 (mp_overtime_maxrounds 6)
- Overtime start money: $10,000 (mp_overtime_startmoney 10000)
- Round restart delay: 5 seconds (mp_round_restart_delay 5)
- Prohibited items: none (mp_items_prohibited “”)
- Players cannot see the amount of damage they made or received from the console (sv_damage_print_enable 0)
- Competitive game mode (game_type 0 & game_mode 1)
- Number of tactical timeouts per team: 4 (mp_team_timeout_max 4)
- Duration of a single tactical timeout: 30 seconds (mp_team_timeout_time 30)
- No cash advantage to a team playing without a full lineup (cash_team_bonus_shorthanded 0)
- Break during half time for ESEA qualifiers: 2 minutes 30 seconds (mp_halftime_duration 150)
- Break during half time for Challenger level tournaments and above: 3 – 4 minutes
- Break during half time in overtimes: disabled
Online Coaching
During online matches, teams are not allowed to connect their coaches to the game server.
Offline Coaching
Just like any other esports tournament, teams are allowed during an official match. While on the match, the coach will have to be connected to a voice communication system that will enable the coach to talk to the players during halftime and tactical pauses. With that, a coach is not allowed to communicate in any other way, which includes but is not limited to shouting, touching, or any other non-verbal communication with the players at a specific time available.
Any coaches who are found to violate or in breach of the communication restrictions as provided by the organizers will receive one (1) warning from the referees, and such warning shall be on stay period during the whole event. And if such violation is repeated or be in a graver offense, the coach will then be ousted in the game itself.
IEM Fall 2023 Europe Bracket
Participants
| Heroic
G2 Esports Mousesports Ninjas in Pyjamas Team Vitality Astralis BIG FunPlus Phoenix Double Poney Complexity Gaming Sprout OG |
FaZe Clan
Copenhagen Flames SKADE Dignitas Movistar Riders Sinner Esports Endpoint ENCE Team Fiend Mad Lions Fnatic Aura |
Overview
- The event will be done on LAN
- The event will happen from September 29 to October 10
- Comprises of twenty-four (24) teams
- Twelve (12) teams are invited
- Twelve (12) teams are chosen via closed qualifier
- Total Prize Money is $105,000
- Point and Prize money Distribution be done in the following manner:
| Rank | EPT POINTS | PRIZE MONEY |
| 1 | 500 | $27,500 |
| 2 | 350 | $17,500 |
| 3 | 225 | $12,000 |
| 4 | 150 | $9,000 |
| 5 | 110 | $7,500 |
| 6 | 90 | $6,500 |
| 7 | 75 | $5,500 |
| 8 | 65 | $4,500 |
| 9 | 60 | $3,000 |
| 10 | 55 | $2,500 |
| 11 | 50 | $2,000 |
| 12 | 45 | $1,500 |
| 13 | 40 | $1,000 |
| 14 | 40 | $1,000 |
| 15 | 40 | $1,000 |
| 16 | 40 | $1,000 |
| 17-20 | 20 | $500 |
| 21-24 | 0 | $0 |
| TOTAL | 2015 | $105,000 |
IEM Fall 2023 North America Bracket
Participants
| EXTREMUM
Team Liquid Furia Esports Evil Geniuses 00Nation ExtraSalt |
TBD
TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD |
Overview
- The event will be done ONLINE
- The event will happen from October 10 to October 10
- Comprises of twelve (12) teams
- Six (6) teams are invited
- Six (6) teams are chosen via closed qualifier
- Total Prize Money is $70,000
- Point and Prize money Distribution be done in the following manner:
| Rank | EPT POINTS | PRIZE MONEY |
| 1 | 400 | $25,000 |
| 2 | 285 | $16,000 |
| 3 | 180 | $11,000 |
| 4 | 130 | $7,000 |
| 5 | 95 | $4,000 |
| 6 | 75 | $2,500 |
| 7 | 55 | $1,500 |
| 8 | 55 | $1,500 |
| 9 | 30 | $750 |
| 10 | 30 | $750 |
| 11 | 0 | $0 |
| 12 | 781 | $0 |
| TOTAL | 1335 | $75,000 |
IEM Fall 2023 Commonwealth Independent States (CIS) Bracket
Participants
| NaVi
Team Spirit Gambit Esports K23 forZe Virtus.Pro |
TBD
TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD |
Overview
- The event will be done ONLINE
- The event will happen from September 29 to October 3
- Comprises of twelve (12) teams
- Six (6) teams are invited
- Six (6) teams are chosen via closed qualifier
- Total Prize Money is $50,000
- Point and Prize money Distribution be done in the following manner:
| Rank | EPT POINTS | PRIZE MONEY |
| 1 | 400 | $17,500 |
| 2 | 285 | $12,000 |
| 3 | 180 | $8,000 |
| 4 | 130 | $5,000 |
| 5 | 95 | $3,000 |
| 6 | 75 | $1,500 |
| 7 | 55 | $1,000 |
| 8 | 55 | $1,000 |
| 9 | 30 | $500 |
| 10 | 30 | $500 |
| 11 | 0 | $0 |
| 12 | 0 | $0 |
| TOTAL | 1335 | $50,000 |
IEM Fall 2023 South America Bracket
Participants
| MIBR
Shart Esports |
TBD
TBD |
Overview
- The event will be done ONLINE
- The event will happen from October 5 to October 10
- Comprises of four (4) teams
- Two (2) teams are invited
- Two (2) teams are chosen via closed qualifier
- Total Prize Money is $10,000
- Point and Prize money Distribution be done in the following manner:
| Rank | EPT POINTS | PRIZE MONEY |
| 1 | 185 | $5,500 |
| 2 | 85 | $3,000 |
| 3 | 45 | $1,500 |
| 4 | 0 | $0 |
| TOTAL | 315 | $10,000 |
IEM Fall 2023 Asia Bracket
Participants
| TYLOO
ViCi Gaming |
TBD
TBD |
Overview
- The event will be done ONLINE
- The event will happen from September 29 to October 3
- Comprises of four (4) teams
- Two (2) teams are invited
- Two (2) teams are chosen via closed qualifier
- Total Prize Money is $10,000
- Point and Prize money Distribution be done in the following manner:
| Rank | EPT POINTS | PRIZE MONEY |
| 1 | 185 | $5,500 |
| 2 | 85 | $3,000 |
| 3 | 45 | $1,500 |
| 4 | 0 | $0 |
| TOTAL | 315 | $10,000 |
IEM Fall 2023 Oceania Bracket
Participants
| Renegades
ORDER |
TBD
TBD |
Overview
- The event will be done ONLINE
- The event will happen from September 29 to October 3
- Comprises of four (4) teams
- Two (2) teams are invited
- Two (2) teams are chosen via closed qualifier
- Total Prize Money is $10,000
- Point and Prize money Distribution be done in the following manner:
| Rank | EPT POINTS | PRIZE MONEY |
| 1 | 185 | $5,500 |
| 2 | 85 | $3,000 |
| 3 | 45 | $1,500 |
| 4 | 0 | $0 |
| TOTAL | 315 | $10,000 |
