The first day of IEM Katowice 2016 continued with mousesports picking up two games against NiP and TheMongolz and with Luminosity defeating Natus Vincere.

Natus Vincere went up against Luminosity on de_mirage and secured the pistol round on the T-side. The eco win of the Brazilians started a four round streak for them. With Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga's strong showing, they finished the half 9-6 in front and gained an advantage.

fer had one of his best performances in recent history

Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo & company capitalized on this advantage and grabbed the pistol round. fer once again stepped up to get a monster quad-kill and earned his team the match point. They didn't struggle to close it out and finished it 16-11. With this result Natus Vincere lost both of their matches to kick off the tournament.

IEM Katowice 2016Best of 1 LuminosityMatchpage 16 11 2nd March 2016 Natus Vincere 16Mirage 11

Luminosity	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Fernando 'fer' Alvarengafer	29 - 15	+14	107.1	1.58
Marcelo 'coldzera' Davidcoldzera	18 - 17	+1	86.7	1.14
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO	20 - 14	+6	70.8	1.11
Lincoln 'fnx' Laufnx	18 - 18	0	77.0	1.05
Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFalleN	10 - 17	-7	46.7	0.81

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyevflamie	19 - 20	-1	81.5	1.06
Denis 'seized' Kostinseized	19 - 18	+1	79.9	1.03
Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus	16 - 22	-6	83.4	0.90
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsGuardiaN	13 - 16	-3	40.1	0.83
Ioann 'Edward' SukharievEdward	13 - 19	-6	52.1	0.66

MOUZ faced Ninjas in Pyjamas in their opening match and secured it 16-8 on de_mirage. Johannes "⁠nex⁠" Maget and Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač combined for 45 kills in 24 rounds as Jacob "⁠pyth⁠" Mourujärvi struggled, posting only a 7-21 K-D. Christopher "⁠GeT_RiGhT⁠" Alesund and Patrik "⁠f0rest⁠" Lindberg's efforts were not enough to handle mouz and the Swedes started with a loss.

IEM Katowice 2016Best of 1 MOUZMatchpage 16 8 2nd March 2016 Ninjas in Pyjamas 16Mirage 8

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	24 - 15	+9	120.1	1.59
Johannes 'nex' Magetnex	21 - 11	+10	74.8	1.41
Timo 'Spiidi' RichterSpiidi	15 - 11	+4	71.6	1.25
Chris 'chrisJ' de JongchrisJ	17 - 13	+4	74.5	1.15
Denis 'denis' Howelldenis	13 - 16	-3	59.2	0.90

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Patrik 'f0rest' Lindbergf0rest	17 - 17	0	74.3	1.09
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundGeT_RiGhT	19 - 18	+1	85.1	1.04
Richard 'Xizt' LandströmXizt	13 - 16	-3	60.1	0.78
Adam 'friberg' Fribergfriberg	10 - 18	-8	57.0	0.74
Jacob 'pyth' Mourujärvipyth	7 - 21	-14	40.5	0.45

After winning their first one against Ninjas in Pyjamas, MOUZ played against The MongolZ on de_dust2. Starting on the CT-side, NiKo & co. played a really agressive brand of CS against the Mongolians and finished the half in front with a 10-5 score. They only gave away two more rounds and NiKo's +21 plus/minus and 31-10 K-D performance was enough to get his team their second win with a 16-7 score.

IEM Katowice 2016Best of 1 MOUZMatchpage 16 7 2nd March 2016 The MongolZ 16Dust2 7

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	31 - 10	+21	133.5	2.09
Chris 'chrisJ' de JongchrisJ	16 - 9	+7	92.1	1.48
Denis 'denis' Howelldenis	19 - 14	+5	92.1	1.42
Timo 'Spiidi' RichterSpiidi	18 - 6	+12	60.2	1.26
Johannes 'nex' Magetnex	16 - 13	+3	72.3	1.17

The MongolZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Temuulen 'Zilkenberg' BattulgaZilkenberg	12 - 19	-7	69.0	0.75
Enkhtaivan 'Machinegun' LkhagvaMachinegun	10 - 22	-12	57.3	0.64
Tsog 'Tsogoo' MashbatTsogoo	9 - 20	-11	62.7	0.53
Bold 'ncl' Batsuhncl	10 - 19	-9	35.5	0.53
Otgonjargal 'Menace' GanzorigMenace	11 - 20	-9	60.5	0.52

Next up, fnatic goes up against Luminosity as Ninjas in Pyjamas takes on The MongolZ in Katowice. You can check the standings here.