Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII – World Championship
The Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII – World Championship or IEM Katowice 2019 was the world championship for the thirteenth season of the Intel Extreme Masters. It was held at the Spodek in Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland from February 13–March 3, 2019. The event featured tournaments for "", "Dota 2", "StarCraft II", and "". In addition, the "Counter-Strike" tournament was the game's fourteenth . Section::::"Counter-Strike: Global Offensive". Valve awarded ESL a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship for the first time in nearly two and a half years. This tournament featured twenty-four  teams from around the world, fourteen of which were directly invited from their top fourteen placements from the and another ten teams qualifying from their respective regional qualifiers. Intel Challenge. This tournament also featured the Intel Challenge Katowice 2019, an eight team tournament consisted of female teams. Group stage. Group A Group B Section::::"Dota 2". Dota 2's tournament was called ESL One Katowice 2019 rather than IEM Katowice 2019 as ESL deemed it to be part of its Dota ESL One series.