Have you ever dreamed of watching top-tier Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in the Cathedral of Counter-Strike? What about in the historic Spodek Arena? Well, now you can. ESL has announced the dates for both IEM Katowice and IEM Cologne next year - and early tickets can be purchased this week.

IEM Katowice will be the first flagship tournament of the ESL Pro Tour will take place from February 10-12, 2023. IEM Cologne will be played August 4-6, 2023, which is after the summer player break, meaning we should have some spicy contests on our hands.

These dates mean that both these tournaments, which most CS:GO players will want to mark on their calendars, come two weeks earlier and two weeks later respectively. The Counter-Strike Professional Players' Association has a hand in this, after the player break was moved one month earlier so that the competitive CS:GO season is split into two, more even halves.

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