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' Andersen Håvard 'rain' Nygaard Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Robin 'ropz' Kool Helvijs 'broky' Saukants   HEROIC #7   Casper 'cadiaN' Møller Ismail 'refrezh' Ali Martin 'stavn' Lund René 'TeSeS' Madsen Rasmus 'sjuush' Beck  Gambit #2  Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov Timofey 'interz' Yakushin Sergey 'Ax1Le' Rykhtorov Dmitry 'sh1ro' Sokolov Vladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov  Natus Vincere #1  Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov Kirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov Ilya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy Valeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy  G2 #3  Audric 'JACKZ' Jug Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov  Virtus.pro #6  Timur 'buster' Tulepov Evgenii 'FL1T' Lebedev Alexey 'Qikert' Golubev Dzhami 'Jame' Ali Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis |