Best photos from the Spodek Arena

Relive some of the standout moments from the playoffs of IEM Katowice as captured by our photographers, Josip "brcho" Brtan and Radosław "MAKKU" Makuch.

Following the start of the year tournament break, teams returned to LAN and the Spodek Arena at IEM Katowice, the first time the venue would play host to an audience for Counter-Strike since 2019. After a tense first day of action in the arena, which saw Gambit and Virtus.pro sent packing, Natus Vincere and HEROIC took the stage alongside G2 and FaZe, with our photographers on hand to capture the action.

Take a browse through some of the best moments from the arena days as seen through the lens of Josip "brcho" Brtan and Radosław "MAKKU" Makuch below, featuring teams taking the stage in front of the crowd as tension builds towards a thrilling grand final finish.

You can browse all of the photos from IEM Katowice in our galleries linked below:

Playoffs day 3
Playoffs day 2
Playoffs day 1

Group stage day 4
Group stage day 3
Group stage day 2
Group stage day 1

Play-in stage day 2
Play-in stage day 1

FaZe #4 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenHåvard 'rain' NygaardRussel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenRobin 'ropz' KoolHelvijs 'broky' Saukants HEROIC #7 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerIsmail 'refrezh' AliMartin 'stavn' LundRené 'TeSeS' MadsenRasmus 'sjuush' Beck Gambit #2 Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovTimofey 'interz' YakushinSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov Natus Vincere #1 Oleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovKirill 'Boombl4' MikhailovIlya 'Perfecto' ZalutskiyValeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy G2 #3 Audric 'JACKZ' JugNikola 'NiKo' KovačNemanja 'huNter-' KovačAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenIlya 'm0NESY' Osipov Virtus.pro #6 Timur 'buster' TulepovEvgenii 'FL1T' LebedevAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' AliMareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis