Find out what will happen during the CS:GO competition in Katowice in the case of a tie<\/p>\n
The Intel Extreme Masters World Championship in CS:GO kicks off this Wednesday in Katowice, Poland with the group stages. The tournament will be played with round-robin groups of six, with the teams who finish first in their groups to advance straight to the semifinals while the second and third-placed teams will continue their battle in the quarterfinals. But what will happen if the teams end up in a draw? Find out here! <\/p>\n
Tiebreakers<\/p>\n
If a three-way tie occurs between the teams in fourth to sixth place, the total prize money for these slots will be split among them. <\/p>\n
If a three-way-tie occurs for any other three places, it will be decided in the following way:
\n\u2022The three teams decide their ranking order by playing three overtimes against each other
\n\u2022Overtime will be played for the tiebreakers, with a single map selected via veto with all teams participating in the vote
\n\u2022Each team will start on the T and CT side once
\n\u2022The tiebreaker is over when one team wins two matches during the first three matches – if each team wins a single match, the process is repeated<\/p>\n
The battle commences on Wednesday<\/p>\n
The CS:GO portion of the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship in Katowice begins this Wednesday the 2nd of March at 12:00 CET. The group stage is not open to the public so be sure to tune in online<\/a> for all the matches and join us in person from Friday the 4th of March! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Find out what will happen during the CS:GO competition in Katowice in the case of a tie The Intel Extreme Masters World Championship in CS:GO kicks off this Wednesday in Katowice, Poland with the group stages. The tournament will be played with round-robin groups of six, with the teams who finish first in their groups … <\/p>\n