IEM Dallas viewer's guide

Get up to date on the teams, schedule, and format of the penultimate tier-one event before the player break.

IEM Dallas will kick off on Monday, May 29, and will feature a three-day group stage followed by a single-elimination playoff bracket before concluding on June 4 with a best-of-three grand final in the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center.

The team list features five top 10 teams, while the most notable absentees are Natus Vincere and reigning-Major champions Vitality. The 16 teams have been seeded into two double-elimination groups, with just six playoff spots up for grabs. The group winners earn a spot in the semi-finals, while those who finish the group stage in second and third place will start the playoffs from a false four-team quarter-finals.

The playoff bracket will be single-elimination and all of the matches best-of-threes. The winners will take home a $100,000 grand prize and will earn a spot at IEM Cologne, which will run from July 25-August 6.

Cloud9 return to tier-one competition after missing out on the Major

HEROIC make the flight over the pond as the event's highest-ranked team, with the likes of FaZe, Cloud9, and G2 also in the pool of favorites. All four squads will be trying to leave their Major performances — or Major qualifying performances, in the case of the Russians — behind and set their sights back on winning a trophy.

Liquid are the fifth top 10 side and the best North American team in attendance. They will play their home event at a delicate time as Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella, who gave up calling at the Major in favor of Mareks "⁠YEKINDAR⁠" Gaļinskis, recently announced that he will step down from the North American squad's active roster after IEM Dallas.

Read more nitr0 to step down from Liquid after IEM Dallas, future unclear

Elsewhere on the roster are two teams with stand-ins. fnatic will be playing with Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg in place of Freddy "⁠KRIMZ⁠" Johansson, while OG will be using Iulian "⁠regali⁠" Harjău instead of Abdul "⁠degster⁠" Gasanov ahead of a potentially hectic off-season which will most likely see star rifler Shahar "⁠flameZ⁠" Shushan depart to a bigger team.

Read more flameZ will explore options as contract with OG is set to expire

Down the list are two American teams that don't make it to top flight events regularly: Edgar "⁠MarKE⁠" Maldonado's Nouns, another local North American side, and 9z, who will be representing South America.

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Participating teams

Group A
HEROIC
G2
FURIA
fnatic
OG
MOUZ
Nouns
9z Group B
FaZe
Cloud9
Liquid
ENCE
Complexity
Astralis
Grayhound
Evil Geniuses

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Schedule

Group A

Date	Matches
IEM Dallas 2023
29/05/2023	FURIA18:00 OG	Match
29/05/2023	G218:00 Nouns	Match
29/05/2023	fnatic19:20 MOUZ	Match
29/05/2023	HEROIC19:45 9z	Match
29/05/2023	FURIA23:45 Nouns	Match
29/05/2023	G223:50 OG	Match
30/05/2023	MOUZ02:30 HEROIC	Match
30/05/2023	fnatic02:30 9z	Match
30/05/2023	FURIA21:40 MOUZ	Match
31/05/2023	OG01:00 9z	Match
31/05/2023	G221:30 HEROIC	Match
31/05/2023	MOUZ21:50 OG	Match

Group B

Date	Matches
IEM Dallas 2023
29/05/2023	ENCE20:45 Complexity	Match
29/05/2023	FaZe21:00 Evil Geniuses	Match
29/05/2023	Liquid22:05 Astralis	Match
29/05/2023	Cloud922:40 Grayhound	Match
30/05/2023	Evil Geniuses18:00 Complexity	Match
30/05/2023	Liquid18:00 Grayhound	Match
30/05/2023	FaZe21:30 ENCE	Match
31/05/2023	Cloud901:00 Astralis	Match
31/05/2023	Complexity18:00 Cloud9	Match
31/05/2023	FaZe18:00 Liquid	Match
01/06/2023	ENCE01:00 Astralis	Match
01/06/2023	FaZe01:00 Cloud9	Match

Playoffs

Date	Matches
IEM Dallas 2023
02/06/2023	Astralis20:30 MOUZ	Match
03/06/2023	G200:35 FaZe	Match
03/06/2023	HEROIC18:30 MOUZ	Match
03/06/2023	ENCE23:00 FaZe	Match
04/06/2023	MOUZ20:00 ENCE	Match

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Prize distribution

IEM Dallas will feature a $250,000 prize pool, of which $100,000 will go to the winner alongside a spot at IEM Cologne.

The full prize pool allocation is as follows:

1. $100,000 + IEM Cologne
2. $42,000
3-4. $20,000
3-4. $20,000
5-6. $10,000
5-6. $10,000
7-8. $6,000
7-8. $6,000
9-12. $5,000
9-12. $5,000
9-12. $5,000
9-12. $5,000
13-16. $4,000
13-16. $4,000
13-16. $4,000
13-16. $4,000

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On-site coverage

HLTV will be in attendance at IEM Dallas, so stay tuned as we'll bring you coverage of the competition in North America.

FaZe #3 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenHåvard 'rain' NygaardRussel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenRobin 'ropz' KoolHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Complexity #24 Johnny 'JT' TheodosiouRicky 'floppy' KemeryHåkon 'hallzerk' FjærliMichael 'Grim' WinceJustin 'FaNg' Coakley Nick 'nitr0' Cannella Age: 27 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 1536 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.66 Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado Age: 25 Team: Nouns Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1053 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.65 G2 #6 Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNemanja 'huNter-' KovačJustin 'jks' SavageRasmus 'HooXi' NielsenIlya 'm0NESY' Osipov Natus Vincere #4 Oleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovIlya 'Perfecto' ZalutskiyValeriy 'b1t' VakhovskiyAndrii 'npl' Kukharskyi ENCE #11 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferGuy 'NertZ' IluzPavle 'Maden' BoškovićPaweł 'dycha' DychaÁlvaro 'SunPayus' García Vitality #1 Dan 'apEX' MadesclairePeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenEmil 'Magisk' ReifMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautLotan 'Spinx' Giladi Evil Geniuses #54 Timothy 'autimatic' TaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteIsmail 'refrezh' AliSanzhar 'neaLaN' IskhakovJerric 'wiz' Jiang MOUZ #18 Christopher 'dexter' NongDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýJon 'JDC' de CastroÁdám 'torzsi' TorzsásDorian 'xertioN' Berman 9z #40 Maximiliano 'max' GonzalezFranco 'dgt' GarciaDavid 'dav1deuS' Tapia MaldonadoSantino 'try' RigalNicolás 'buda' Kramer Nouns #34 Edgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoChristopher 'cJ dA K1nG' JonesDavid 'cynic' PolsterBrendan 'Bwills' WilliamsCarson 'nosraC' O'Reilly HEROIC #2 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerMartin 'stavn' LundRené 'TeSeS' MadsenRasmus 'sjuush' BeckJakob 'jabbi' Nygaard Astralis #25 Lukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzBenjamin 'blameF' BremerAlexander 'Altekz' GivskovChristian 'Buzz' Andersen Abdul 'degster' Gasanov Age: 21 Team: OG Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 830 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.60 Iulian 'regali' Harjău Age: 20 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 322 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.61 Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis Age: 23 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 1240 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.70 Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg Age: 34 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 2102 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.65 FURIA #12 Andrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosKaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoRafael 'saffee' CostaAndré 'drop' Abreu Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson Age: 29 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1918 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.64 OG #17 Nikolaj 'niko' KristensenAdam 'NEOFRAG' ZouharShahar 'flameZ' ShushanAbdul 'degster' GasanovMaciej 'F1KU' Miklas Shahar 'flameZ' Shushan Age: 19 Team: OG Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 544 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.67 fnatic #14 Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonDion 'FASHR' DerksenNico 'nicoodoz' TamjidiFredrik 'roeJ' JørgensenWilliam 'mezii' Merriman Liquid #8 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJosh 'oSee' OhmMareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis Grayhound #27 Simon 'Sico' WilliamsJay 'Liazz' TregillgasAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJoshua 'INS' PotterDeclan 'Vexite' Portelli Cloud9 #5 Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovTimur 'buster' TulepovSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov