IEM Katowice 2020 invite teams announced

IEM Katowice 2020 has announced the 10 teams invited to the $500,000 tournament that will take place on February 25 - March 1. The tournament will consist of 16 teams total with these 10 invite teams and six others that will come through qualifiers. The tournament team structure is these 10 European teams, three North American teams,  two Oceania teams, and one Asian team.

One notable name missing from this list is FaZe. They had a rough year in 2019 and will have to earn their way to Katowice through qualifiers.

The 16 teams will be:

• Vitality
• Team Liquid
• Natus Vincere
• 100 Thieves
• Astralis
• Ninjas in Pyjamas
• Fnatic
• Virtus Pro
• Evil Geniuses
• mousesports
• EU Qualifier
• EU Qualifier
• EU Qualifier
• NA Qualifier
• Asia Qualifier
• Oceania Qualifier