With 16 teams battling it out, IEM Winter promises to be 10 days of intense battles, with some of the biggest talent in Counter Strike.

The 16 teams who made it to this event are Virtus.pro, Astralis, Vitality, GODSENT, NIP, MOUZ, OG, BIG, FaZe, TYLOO, ENCE, Heroic, Gambit, Liquid, G2 & fnatic. All of which are some of the best not only in their own regions of the globe, but also some of the best amongst all of the Counter Strike teams. However, those of you who are observant may notice the current colossus of Natus Vincere is absent from this event, this means not only is the chance of yet another all CIS final in 2021 a lot lower, but it also means that any of the teams here in this event could go all the way and take the prize money.

The schedule is as follows, with the initial matches already filled in, the opening rounds, which are the matches we already know the teams for, are all best of one affairs. Then future matches are switched to a more traditional best of three, with the Grand Final is a huge best of five, all of the times given below are in GMT/UTC +/- 0 format.

Thursday, 2nd December

  • 1100 Astralis vs NIP
  • 1100 MOUZ vs Vitality
  • 1210 Liquid vs OG
  • 1210 TYLOO vs G2
  • 1320 ENCE vs Virtus.pro
  • 1320 Gambit vs fnatic
  • 1430 FaZE vs BIG
  • 1430 Heroic vs GODSENT
  • 1540 - Group A Upper Semi-final 1
  • 1540 - Group A Lower Round 1, 1
  • 1910 - Group A Upper Semi-final 2
  • 1910 - Group A Lower Round 1, 2

Friday, 3rd December

  • 1230 - Group B Lower Round 1, 1
  • 1230 - Group B Lower Round 1, 2
  • 1545 - Group B Upper Semi-final 1
  • 1545 - Group A Lower Semi-final 1
  • 1900 - Group A Lower Semi-final 2
  • 1900 - Group B Upper Semi-final 2

Saturday, 4th December

  • 1230 - Group B Lower Semi-final 1
  • 1230 - Group B Lower Semi-final 2
  • 1545 - Group A Upper Final 1
  • 1545 - Group B Lower Final 1
  • 1900 - Group A Upper Final 2
  • 1545 - Group B Lower Final 2

Sunday, 5th December

  • 1500 - Quarter Final 1
  • 1815 - Quarter Final 2

Saturday 11th December

  • 1500 - Semi Final 1
  • 1815 - Semi Final 2

Sunday, 12th December

  • 1500 - Grand Final