The qualifying process for IEM Katowice 2018, for the most part, still follows the standard open and closed qualifier system that we saw for ESL's tournaments in the past, but this time, one LAN slot will be given out through a third-party tournament, the Farmskins Championship #2 organized by UCC. pronax will compete in the tournament with his new team 'enyoy'
Teams such as AGO, Windigo and GODSENT have been confirmed for the first stage of the competition, which will feature 15 invited teams and one qualified team, spread out through four groups. Each group will be played out as a double-elimination bracket, with only the winners advancing to the second stage. One of the teams that should debut in the tournament is Enyoy, Mikail "Maikelele" Bill's new team that also features the likes of Jacob "pyth" Mourujärvi and Markus "pronax" Wallsten. After the first stage is completed, the four group winners will be joined by four invited teams in the second stage, which will be played out as a single-elimination bracket from February 7th onwards. The groups for the first stage of the Farmskins Championship #2, which are still not finalized, are available below: Group A | Group B | AGO | Enyoy | PRIDE | Kinguin | Valiance | Windigo | Spirit | MANS NOT HOT | Group C | Group D | ALTERNATE aTTaX | EnVyUs Academy | GODSENT | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
 Windigo #31  Nikolay 'pNshr' Paunin Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinov Viktor 'v1c7oR' Dyankov Teodor 'SPELLAN' Nikolov Georgi 'SHiPZ' Grigorov  MANS NOT HOT #55  Jesper 'TENZKI' Plougmann Asger 'AcilioN' Larsen Nikolaj 'kalinka' Rysakov Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković Rokas 'EspiranTo' Milasauskas  Jacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi Age: 24 Team: Enyoy Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 558 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.69  Markus 'pronax' Wallsten Age: 26 Team: Enyoy Rating 1.0: 0.90 Maps played: 1059 KPR: 0.60 DPR: 0.66  Kinguin #40  Ricardo 'fox' Pacheco Christopher 'MUTiRiS' Fernandes Karol 'rallen' Rodowicz Michał 'MICHU' Müller Mikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski  Enyoy  Markus 'pronax' Wallsten Mikail 'Maikelele' Bill Jacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi Aleksandar 'jayzaR' Zarkovic  ALTERNATE aTTaX #38  Tizian 'tiziaN' Feldbusch Florian 'syrsoN' Rische Nicolai 'HUNDEN' Petersen Stefan 'stfN' Seier Lukas 'ecfN' Kauer  Mikail 'Maikelele' Bill Age: 26 Team: Enyoy Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 587 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.64  GODSENT #25  Simon 'twist' Eliasson Joakim 'disco doplan' Gidetun Fredrik 'freddieb' Buö Hampus 'hampus' Poser Ludvig 'Brollan' Brolin  Valiance #30  Anel 'NENO' Ceković Luka 'emi' Vuković Đorđe 'DJOXiC' Niciforović Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač Nestor 'LETN1' Tanić  EnVyUs Academy #44  Audric 'JACKZ' Jug Lambert 'Lambert' Prigent Valentin 'VKLL' Bartolomei Julien 'PetitSkel' Marcantoni Ali 'hAdji' Haïnouss  PRIDE #35  Jacek 'MINISE' Jeziak Paweł 'reatz' Jańczak Piotr 'morelz' Taterka Tomasz 'ToM223' Richter  Spirit #41  Vadim 'DavCost' Vasilyev Dmitriy 'Dimaoneshot' Bandurka Dmitry 'S0tF1k' Forostyanko Pavel 'COLDYY1' Veklenko Viktor 'sdy' Orudzhev  AGO #18  Damian 'Furlan' Kislowski Dominik 'GruBy' Swiderski Michał 'snatchie' Rudzki Mateusz 'TOAO' Zawistowski Tomasz 'phr' Wójcik |