Asia & Americas Minors viewer's guide

We have put together a viewer's guide with all the information you need regarding both the Asian and the American Minors, which are set to start on Tuesday.

After the CIS and the European Minor, Katowice is ready to host, from January 22-26, the final Minors leading to the Major.

Each event will see eight teams duking it out for two spots at the IEM Katowice Major and their share of a $50,000 prize pool. Contrary to previous editions, third-placed teams will also have a chance to compete at the Major as they will advance to the play-in tournament, where Winstrike and North await for their opponents.

Katowice will host a Major for the third time

Both Minors will kick off with a GSL group stage, where only the openers are set to be played as best-of-one matches. The top two teams from both groups will then secure a spot in the double-elimination, best-of-three playoffs.

The Asia Minor is scheduled to start at 10:00 on Tuesday, with its group draw looking as follows:

Group A
Renegades
Grayhound
CyberZen
Aequus Group B
ViCi
MVP PK
GOSU
Beyond

Below you can find the full schedule for the Asian Minor:

Tuesday, January 22
10:00 - Grayhound vs. CyberZen | BO1
10:00 - Renegades vs. Aequus | BO1
11:10 - Beyond vs. MVP PK | BO1
11:10 - ViCi vs. GOSU | BO1
12:20 - Group A winners' match | BO3
12:20 - Group B winners' match | BO3

Wednesday, January 23
10:00 - Group A elimination match | BO3
10:00 - Group B elimination match | BO3
13:30 - Group A decider | BO3
13:30 - Group B decider | BO3

Thursday, January 24
10:00 - Upper bracket semi-final #1 | BO3
13:30 - Upper bracket semi-final #2 | BO3

Friday, January 25
10:00 - Lower bracket final | BO3
13:30 - Upper bracket final | BO3

Saturday, January 26
13:30 - Consolidation Final | BO3

As for the Americas Minor, which features teams such as NRG, INTZ and eUnited, the group draw looks as follows:

Group A
NRG
Bravado
INTZ
Imperial Group B
eUnited
Envy
FURIA
TeamOne

You can find the schedule for the Americas Minor below:

Tuesday, January 22
16:05 - Bravado vs. INTZ | BO1
16:05 - NRG vs. Imperial | BO1
17:15 - FURIA vs. eUnited | BO1
17:15 - Envy vs. TeamOne | BO1
18:25 - Group A winners' match | BO3
18:25 - Group B winners' match | BO3

Wednesday, January 23
17:15 - Group A elimination match | BO3
17:15 - Group B elimination match | BO3
20:45 - Group A decider | BO3
20:45 - Group B decider | BO3

Thursday, January 24
17:15 - Upper bracket semi-final #1 | BO3
20:45 - Upper bracket semi-final #2 | BO3

Friday, January 25
17:15 - Lower bracket final | BO3
20:45 - Upper bracket final | BO3

Saturday, January 26
17:15 - Consolidation Final | BO3

Tres "stunna" Saranthus and James Banks appear in the talent team for the Minors as desk hosts, while Sudhen "Bleh" Wahengbam, Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill, Jacob "Pimp" Winneche and Joona "natu" Leppänen are designated to break down the action as analysts. Below you can find the on-air team in full, including the three pairs of commentators:

Tres "stunna" Saranthus - Desk Host
James Banks - Desk Host

Sudhen "Bleh" Wahengbam – Analyst
Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill – Analyst
Jacob "Pimp" Winneche – Analyst
Joona "natu" Leppänen - Analyst

Hugo Byron – Commentator
Harry "JustHarry" Russell – Commentator
Conner "Scrawny" Girvan – Commentator
Mohan "Launders" Govindasamy – Commentator
Jason Kaplan – Commentator
Tom "Tombizz" Bissmire - Commentator

Finally, here is how the prize pool will be distributed in each of the two tournaments:

1. $30,000 + spot in New Challengers Stage
2. $15,000 + spot in New Challengers Stage
3. $5,000 + spot in Minor's play-in tournament

Bravado #22 Dimitri 'Detrony' HadjipaschaliRuan 'ELUSIVE' van WykAran 'Sonic' GroesbeekRhys 'Fadey' ArmstrongJohnny 'JT' Theodosiou GOSU #150 Hae-Sung 'HSK' KimHong-Gyo 'Jinx' JungGu-Taek 'stax' KimJong-Min 'Lakia' KimGi-Seok 'SeokE' Kim Winstrike #54 Georgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' RahkonenAurimas 'Kvik' KvakšysKirill 'Boombl4' MikhailovDavid 'n0rb3r7' Danielyan INTZ #41 Vito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeAlexandre 'xand' ZiziLucas 'destiny' BulloGustavo 'yel' KnittelMarcelo 'chelo' Cespedes Aequus Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Imperial #109 Caio 'zqkS' FonsecaGustavo 'SHOOWTiME' GonçalvesThiago 'tifa' FrançaDenis 'dzt' FischerBruno 'shz' Martinelli eUnited #38 Pujan 'FNS' MehtaWill 'dazzLe' LoafmanMichael 'dapr' GulinoKaleb 'moose' JayneAustin 'Cooper' Abadir Renegades #13 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiJay 'Liazz' Tregillgas Envy #40 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenStephen 'reltuC' CutlerJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoNoah 'Nifty' FrancisTaylor 'Drone' Johnson TeamOne #51 Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda LimaPedro 'Maluk3' CamposNicolas 'NikoM' MiozziVictor 'iDk' TorracaAlencar 'trk' Rossato FURIA #44 Andrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoKaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoRinaldo 'ableJ' Moda Junior ViCi #69 Zhuo 'advent' LiangWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongZhiHong 'aumaN' LiuAndrew 'kaze' KhongWingHei 'Freeman' Cheung Grayhound #43 Christopher 'dexter' NongErdenetsogt 'erkaSt' GantulgaLiam 'malta' SchembriEuan 'sterling' MooreOllie 'DickStacy' Tierney Beyond #201 Kitsada 'bnwGiggs' PookamroongPakorn 'veta' TreeronaritWarittorn 'RoLEX' KalanukarnChanawin 'JohnOlsen' Nakchain CyberZen #59 Bin 'Savage' LiuBingYuan 'tb' LiZhen 'HZ' HuangLei 'bottle' MaoLifan 'Viva' Ran NRG #8 Damian 'daps' SteeleJacob 'FugLy' MedinaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov MVP PK #42 Keun-Chul 'solo' KangMin-Soo 'glow' KimMin-Seok 'zeff' ParkHyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeSeon-Ho 'xeta' Son North #10 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerPhilip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeNicklas 'gade' GadeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså