The schedule of IEM Sydney was announced

The organizers of the upcoming tournament have informed about new details of the event. Now the schedule and formats of matches are known.

IEM Sydney will be carried out from May 3 to May 7 in the largest city of Australia, Sydney. Such teams as Astralis, FaZe Clan, SK Gaming and others will take part in the tournament.

It is known that the group stage will be carried out in a Swiss system and this means that all matches of the group round will be in a best-of-one (bo1) format. The playoff matches will be carried out in a best-of-three (bo3) format and the Grand Final will be hosted in a best-of-five (bo5) format.

The full schedule of IEM Sydney (UTC +1):

Wednesday, May 3rd

05:00 North vs OpTic06:10 SK vs ViCi07:20 Astralis vs Chiefs08:30 FaZe vs Renegades09:40 Swiss Round 2 Match 110:50 Swiss Round 2 Match 312:00 Swiss Round 2 Match 413:10 Swiss Round 2 Match 5 Thursday, May 4th

05:00 Swiss Round 3 Match 106:10 Swiss Round 3 Match 207:20 Swiss Round 3 Match 308:30 Swiss Round 3 Match 409:40 Swiss Round 4 Match 110:50 Swiss Round 4 Match 212:00 Swiss Round 4 Match 313:00 Swiss Round 5 Match 114:20 Swiss Round 5 Match 2 (if required) Saturday, May 6th

07:00 Semi-Final #110:50 Semi-Final #2 Sunday, May 7th

05:00 Showmatch 07:00 Grand Final