Astralis moved past EnVyUs 16-11, while FaZe demolished E-frag.net 16-5 in the first round of Group B matches at IEM Katowice.
Day two of IEM Katowice began with a mouth-watering clash between Astralis and EnVyUs, two of the favorites in this group, on de_train. The Danish team got off to a flying start and took the first eight rounds to immediately put EnVyUs in danger of getting blown out.
After calling a timeout, EnVyUs finally managed to get a round on the board, courtesy of a triple kill from Dan "apEX" Madesclaire, but Astralis replied right after to reset the Frenchmen's economy. After losing a couple more rounds, the French team were finally able to string two rounds together, the first of which due to a quad-kill from Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey, who was finally starting to show his true level after a poor start to the game.
Astralis pick up a crucial win
Down 3-12, EnVyUs picked up the pistol round and the following anti-eco, but Astralis regained control of the game after buying up and brought the scoreline to 14-6. Even as EnVyUs rallied to take the next five rounds, the map looked to be in Astralis' favor, and a timeout was just what they needed to get those last two rounds and secure a victory.
IEM Katowice 2016Best of 1 
Envy
Matchpage 11 16 3rd March 2016 
Astralis 11Train 16
| Astralis | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh | 27 - 15 | +12 | 103.0 | 1.60 |
| Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice | 23 - 17 | +6 | 85.6 | 1.27 |
| René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb | 23 - 15 | +8 | 75.9 | 1.26 |
| Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethXyp9x | 16 - 21 | -5 | 77.3 | 1.02 |
| Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan | 12 - 22 | -10 | 66.5 | 0.71 |
| Envy | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubkennyS | 21 - 20 | +1 | 82.0 | 1.12 |
| Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireapEX | 22 - 21 | +1 | 76.8 | 1.02 |
| Vincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerHappy | 20 - 21 | -1 | 79.9 | 1.00 |
| Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieykioShiMa | 14 - 19 | -5 | 66.9 | 0.90 |
| Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittNBK- | 13 - 21 | -8 | 67.4 | 0.83 |
The other group match, featuring FaZe and E-frag.net, was a one-sided affair from the get-go as the former Kinguin and G2 team picked up a 16-5 victory after taking a commanding 11-4 half-time lead, with Philip "aizy" Aistrup and Håvard "rain" Nygaard topping the scoreboard for the European mixture.
IEM Katowice 2016Best of 1 
E-frag.net
Matchpage 5 16 3rd March 2016 
FaZe 5Cache 16
| FaZe | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Håvard 'rain' Nygaardrain | 22 - 9 | +13 | 108.7 | 1.74 |
| Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostadjkaem | 18 - 11 | +7 | 99.8 | 1.62 |
| Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy | 20 - 10 | +10 | 95.5 | 1.61 |
 Ricardo 'fox' Pachecofox | 19 - 13 | +6 | 74.4 | 1.22 |
 Mikail 'Maikelele' BillMaikelele | 9 - 12 | -3 | 52.4 | 1.05 |
| E-frag.net | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emiliyan 'spyleadeR' DimitrovspyleadeR | 15 - 19 | -4 | 102.3 | 0.94 |
| Nikolay 'pNshr' PauninpNshr | 9 - 17 | -8 | 77.1 | 0.83 |
| Viktor 'v1c7oR' Dyankovv1c7oR | 10 - 17 | -7 | 59.5 | 0.60 |
| Nikolay 'nkl' Krastevnkl | 10 - 17 | -7 | 43.2 | 0.57 |
| Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinovbubble | 10 - 18 | -8 | 48.3 | 0.49 |
| # | Team | W | L | Diff | Points |
| 1. | FaZe | 1 | 0 | +11 | 3 |
| 2. | Astralis | 1 | 0 | +5 | 3 |
| 3. |  Tempo Storm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3. |  Virtus.pro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | EnVyUs | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 |
| 6. | E-frag.net | 0 | 1 | -11 | 0 |
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard 
Age: 21 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 303 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.71 Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire 
Age: 23 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 705 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.71 Philip 'aizy' Aistrup 
Age: 19 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 468 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.68 Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey 
Age: 21 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 674 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.63