The Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII – World Championship or IEM Katowice 2019 was the world championship for the thirteenth season of the Intel Extreme Masters.
It was held at the Spodek in Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland from February 13–March 3, 2019.
The event featured tournaments for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, StarCraft II, and Fortnite: Battle Royale.
[4] Valve awarded ESL a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship for the first time in nearly two and a half years.
This tournament featured twenty-four teams from around the world, fourteen of which were directly invited from their top fourteen placements from the last Major and another ten teams qualifying from their respective regional qualifiers.