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How to watch IEM New York Europe and North America

Some of the best CS:GO teams in the world will play again starting on Tuesday, Oct. 6.

Leonardo Biazzi

Published: Oct 5, 2020 02:00 pm

IEM New York 2020 will start tomorrow in both Europe and North America.

Stream

IEM New York 2020 will be broadcast on ESL’s three Twitch channels since there will be two or three matches live at the same time, depending on the day. If your favorite team isn’t playing on the main broadcast, you can follow them on the second or third channels.

Format

ESL has split the European teams into two double-elimination groups of four. All of the matches will be best-of-three series and the top two teams from each group will advance to the playoffs.

In North America, the format is quite different. The teams have been split into two round-robin best-of-three groups of six. All the North American teams will play against each other once and the top three teams from each group will advance to the playoffs.

The playoffs will use a single-elimination best-of-three bracket for Europe and North America. Only the grand finals will be played as a best-of-five series and the team from the upper bracket will start with a one map advantage. ESL will distribute $140,000 of the prize pool to Europe and $60,000 to North America.

Teams

Europe – Group A

Vitality

ZywOo
shox
RpK
apEX
misutaaa
Coach: XTQZZZ

G2

nexa
huNter-
kennyS
AmaNEk
JaCkz
Coach: maLek

Fnatic

KRIMZ
flusha
JW
Golden
Brollan
Coach: Samuelsson

Complexity

blameF
poizon
k0nfig
RUSH
TBD
Coach: keita

Europe – Group B

Heroic

cadiaN
niko
stavn
b0RUP
TeSeS

BIG

tabseN
XANTARES
syrsoN
k1to
tiziaN
Coach: tow b

OG

valde
Aleksib
NBK-
ISSAA
mantuu

FaZe

NiKo
coldzera
rain
broky
Kjaerbye
Coach: YNk

North America – Group A

Evil Geniuses

Brehze
Ethan
CeRq
tarik
stanislaw
Coach: zews

FURIA

arT
KSCERATO
yuurih
HEN1
VINI

Triumph

Shakezullah
junior
moose
penny
curry
Coach: tacitus

New England Whalers

PwnAlone
ben1337
djay
BOOBIE
Rampage
Coach: Muenster

Rebirth

XotiC
phantom
retchy
4pack
nosraC
Coach: ERIC

ImPerium

Burt^
Wilky
CarterJ
EllisoN
heretic-
Coach: BirdehBox

North America – Group B

Liquid

EliGE
NAF
Twistzz
Grim
Stewie2K
Coach: moses

100 Thieves

jks
jkaem
AZR
Gratisfaction
Liazz
Coach: ImaPet

Chaos

Xeppaa
steel
leaf
vanity
Jonji
Coach: mCe

Team oNe

Maluk3
b4rtiN
prt
pesadelo
malbsMd
Coach: cky

Mythic

fl0m
adreN
DAVEY
Polen
Keiti
Coach: zNf

RBG

gmanchew
pwny
Walco
wiz
HexT
Coach: KayJay

Schedule

Tuesday, Oct. 6

7am CT: Vitality vs. Fnatic
7am CT: G2 vs. Complexity
10:30am CT: Heroic vs. FaZe
10:30am CT: BIG vs. OG
2pm CT: Evil Geniuses vs. Triumph
5pm CT: FURIA vs. Rebirth
5pm CT: 100 Thieves vs. RBG

Wednesday, Oct. 7

2pm CT: Liquid vs. Team oNe
2pm CT: Chaos vs. Mythic
5:30pm CT: FURIA vs. Triumph

Thursday, Oct. 8

2pm CT: Liquid vs. Mythic
2pm CT: Evil Geniuses vs. New England Whalers
5:30pm CT: 100 Thieves vs. Chaos

Friday, Oct. 9

2pm CT: Evil Geniuses vs. FURIA
5:30pm CT: Liquid vs. Chaos

Saturday, Oct. 10

2pm CT: 100 Thieves vs. Team oNe
5:30pm CT: Evil Geniuses vs. Rebirth
5:30pm CT: FURIA vs. ImPerium

Sunday, Oct. 11

2pm CT: Liquid vs. 100 Thieves
2pm CT: Chaos vs. RBG

Tuesday, Oct. 13

2pm CT: FURIA vs. New England Whalers
2pm CT: Evil Geniuses vs. ImPerium
5:30pm CT: Chaos vs. Team oNe
5:30pm CT: 100 Thieves vs. Mythic
5:30pm CT: Liquid vs. RBG

Key storylines

One of the best teams in 2020, G2, may play its last tournament with its current lineup. The organization is reportedly in talks with FaZe to sign NiKo. There haven’t been any updates on this potential move since the initial reports on Sept. 18, but if it happens, G2 will likely have three non-French players. This could also lead FaZe to completely overhaul its team since they’ve had poor results following Kjaerbye’s arrival in August.

Heroic were one of the best teams in ESL Pro League season 12 Europe and were narrowly eliminated by Astralis in the lower bracket finals. CadiaN and crew have been playing well since the player break and won their first big tournament at ESL One Cologne Europe. But coach Nicolai “HUNDEN” Petersen was caught abusing the coach spectating bug in matches earlier this year and has been banned from coaching for eight months. Heroic, however, has transitioned HUNDEN to an analyst role following ESIC’s statement. Fans will have their eyes on this to see how it’ll affect the team.

Vitality have been one of the most consistent CS:GO teams throughout 2020. The French squad hasn’t lifted a single trophy this year, however, despite going to three grand finals so far and ZywOo’s optimal individual form. ApEX seems to be learning the in-game leader role, so Vitality may need just a bit more time to win a trophy in 2020.

Although BIG remains a good team, the Germans still aren’t in the same form they showed in the first part of the CS:GO season. BIG were eliminated in the early stages of ESL One Cologne Europe in August and surprisingly fell short to mousesports in ESL Pro League season 12 Europe. One of their main stars, XANTARES, has just renewed his contract, so he clearly has faith that BIG will still be a solid team in the future. The German will look to show that tactical brilliance again and try to win IEM New York.

Moving on to North America, FURIA seem to have become the best team in the region. The Brazilians steamrolled Evil Geniuses in the upper bracket finals at ESL Pro League season 12 North America and easily dealt with 100 Thieves, even bringing out an innovative boost on Vertigo. But aside from FURIA, we can’t ignore teams like EG that may have just had an off-tournament or Liquid, who perhaps has the best lineup in terms of firepower and mechanics but are struggling under Stewie2K’s guidance.

IEM New York kicks off on Oct. 6.

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