IEM Dallas 2024 is fast approaching, marking the 100th IEM event of all time. This adds extra stakes to an event boasting an already-cool $250,000 prize pool. Kicking off on May 27th, IEM Dallas 2024 is a shorter affair than other IEM events, concluding on June 2nd.
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When IEM Dallas 2024 kicks off on May 27th, you can catch all the action on the official ESL Twitch channel below.
IEM Dallas 2024 follows the fairly standard IEM tournament format, beginning with a Group Stage before moving to a single-elimination Playoffs. Full details of the format of IEM Dallas 2024 are below:
IEM Dallas 2024 will feature 16 teams in total, all of which have their own route to this CS2 tournament. The majority of the top teams here are ESL Partner teams, while the likes of Spirit and G2 arrive via their ESL World Ranking. M80 get the Local Hero spot, and teams such as Virtus.pro, Heroic, and Liquid arrive in Dallas having fought their way through the brutal online qualifiers. See below for the full list of teams at IEM Dallas 2024.
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Overall, the quality of teams at IEM Dallas 2024 is absurdly high. Realistically, the best team not at the event is Astralis, but beyond that, we have all the heavy hitters. In terms of favorites, FaZe and MOUZ go right into the mix, and it’ll be interesting to see what G2 can do with (potentially) Stewie2k returning to CS as a stand-in. It’ll be great to see Spirit back in action again, although let’s see if they suffer from any rustiness from their lack of tournaments of late.
Coming to the underdogs, let’s see what Liquid can do. On home soil, it will be the last opportunity for Liquid’s players to show they deserve their spot on this roster going forward. We also think Falcons are an interesting prospect here. By the time IEM Dallas rolls around, they’ll have had plenty of time to integrate dupreeh into the team, at which point Falcons will expect results. Similar to Liquid, we think this could be a defining tournament for a few players on this underperforming Falcons team.
