Fortnite ESL Katowice: How to watch, schedule and format
Everything you need to know about following the upcoming Fortnite tournament.
Our guide to the Fortnite ESL Katowice event explains how to watch the stream, the schedule of play and the formats being used.
A new major Fortnite tournament is about to get under way this weekend, and this time it’s the turn of IEM Katowice to host the battle royale behemoth.
There’s a generous $600,000 of prize money on the table, with the action spread across two weekends of competitive play. The first will be Polish-only, while the second will see international players competing against one another.
In this article we’ve outlined everything you need to know about following the competition. We’ve got a schedule of play, details of how to watch the stream, and how the prize money will be awarded.
Fortnite ESL Katowice: Dates and Start Times
In this section we’ve broken down the complete schedule of play for the Fortnite ESL Katowice tournament:
February 23rd-24th 2019 (Polish)
The first round of the competition takes place between February 23rd and 24th and will be a Solos tournament for Polish players only. The prize money on offer is $100,000.
The competition will take place at the following times on both days.
- 11:00am GMT
- 12:00pm CET
- 03:00am PT
- 06:00am ET
March 1st-3rd 2019 (International)
The international leg of the competition consists of three day of competitive play.
March 1st will be a Solos tournament with a $100,000 prize pool.
March 2nd-3rd will be a Duos tournament where $400,000 is up for grabs.
Start times on each day are the same as for the Polish event which we’ve detailed above.
Fortnite ESL Katowice: Stream
The entire tournament will be broadcoast on the official Fortnite Twitch channel. Here’s an embed so you can jump in right away when the event is live:
Fortnite ESL Katowice: Scoring
There are two different scoring systems in effect for the Fortnite ESL Katowice, one for Solos and one for Duos.
Here’s how the ranking format looks in each case:
Solos
- Eliminations: 5 Points
- Victory Royale: 65 Points
- 2nd: 58 Points
- 3rd: 56 Points
- 4th Place: 54 Points
- 5th Place: 52 Points
Duos
- Eliminations: 5 Points
- Victory Royale: 65 Points
- 2nd: 56 Points
- 3rd: 52 Points
- 4th Place: 48 Points
- 5th Place: 44 Points
Fortnite ESL Katowice: Prize Money
Here’s a breakdown of how prize money will be allocated based on rankings in each format:
Solos
The top 20 highest ranking players will receive prize money for reaching the following Solos positions:
- 1st: $20,000
- 2nd: $16,000
- 3rd: $12,000
- 4th: $8,000
- 5th-6th: $6,000
- 7th-10th: $4,000
- 11th-16th: $2,000
- 17th-20th: $1,000
Duos
The top 20 highest ranking players will receive prize money for reaching the following Duos positions:
- 1st: $80,000
- 2nd: $64,000
- 3rd: $48,000
- 4th: $32,000
- 5th-6th: $24,000
- 7th-10th: $16,000
- 11th-16th: $8,000
- 17th-20th: $4,000