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Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII - Sydney

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[e][h]Intel Extreme Masters XIII - Sydney
League Information
Organizer:
Type:
Offline
Location:
Australia Sydney
Prize Pool:
$250,000 USD
Start Date:
2018-05-01
End Date:
2018-05-06
Teams:
16
Liquipedia Tier:
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Maps
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Intel Extreme Masters XIII - Sydney is the inaugural tournament of Season XIII, returning once again to the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney but this time with 16 teams and an increased prize pool of $250,000 USD as well as being part of Season 1 of the Intel Grand Slam.

About[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

  • Stage Host:
    • United Kingdom OJ Borg (Oliver James Borg D'Anastasi)
  • Desk Host:
  • Analysts:
    • Serbia YNk (Janko Paunović)
    • Australia SPUNJ (Chad Burchill)
    • Australia SnypeR (Iain Turner)
  • Side Reporter:
  • Observers:
    • United States Prius (David Kuntz)
    • United States sapphiRe (Heather Garozzo)
    • Australia MC (Michael Campagna)

Format[edit]

  • Group Stage: May 1st - 3rd, 2018
    • Two double-elimination format groups
    • The initial matches are Bo1
    • All following matches are Bo3
    • The top three teams from each group advance to the playoffs:
      • Group stage winners advance to the Semifinals
      • Group stage runners-up advance to the Quarterfinals as the High Seeds
      • Group stage 3rd place teams advance to the Quarterfinals as the Low Seeds
  • Playoffs: May 4th - 6th, 2018
    • Single-Elimination bracket
    • The Quarterfinals and Semifinals are Bo3
    • The Grand Final is Bo5

Prize Pool[edit]

$250,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:

Participants[edit]

Cloud92, 3, 5 [1]
1United States Skadoodle
2United States autimatic
3United States RUSH
4United States tarik
5Canada FNS
CUnited States Danan
Fnatic [3]
1Sweden KRIMZ
2Sweden JW
3Sweden flusha
4Sweden Golden
5Sweden Lekr0
CSweden Jumpy
Renegades [5]
1Australia AZR
2Australia jks
3Australia USTILO
4United States Nifty
5Norway jkaem
CSerbia kassad
SK Gaming1, 3 [6]
1Brazil FalleN
2Brazil fer
3Brazil coldzera
4Brazil boltz
5United States Stewie2K
CBrazil dead
1 March 22nd - Brazil TACO steps down from SK Gaming. [8]
2 March 30th - United States Skadoodle announced his inactivity and stepped down from Cloud9. [9] He later announced on April 11th that he was returning to the active roster. [10]
3 March 30th - United States Stewie2K leaves Cloud9 and joins SK Gaming. [11]
4 April 1st - FaZe Clan announce that Sweden olofmeister will be a taking a break for personal reasons and that Sweden Xizt will join in his place. [12]
5 April 2nd - Cloud9 sign Canada FNS. [13]
6 April 28th - Natus Vincere and Space Soldiers are unable to participate due to visa issues, G2 Esports and Legacy Esports replace them respectively. [7]
7 April 30th - Australia yellow is unable to participate due to work commitments, he is replaced by Serbia Lacore. [14]

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
UB Quarterfinals
UBQF
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
UB Semifinals
UBSF
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
UB Final
UBF
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
FaZe ClanFaZe ClanFaZe
16
ORDERORDERORDER
4
May 1, 2018 - 12:00 AEST
1612
4
43
1
Legacy EsportsLegacy EsportsLegacy
9
RenegadesRenegadesRNG
16
May 1, 2018 - 12:00 AEST
97
2
168
8
FaZe ClanFaZe ClanFaZe
1
RenegadesRenegadesRNG
2
May 1, 2018 - 17:35 AEST
1210
2
165
11
166
10
139
4
226121
9210
259212
6122
Cloud9Cloud9C9
16
Grayhound GamingGrayhound GamingGhG
6
May 1, 2018 - 13:10 AEST
1610
6
65
1
TYLOOTYLOOTYLOO
19
SK GamingSK GamingSK
16
May 1, 2018 - 13:10 AEST
1952
102
16101
50
Cloud9Cloud9C9
0
TYLOOTYLOOTYLOO
2
May 1, 2018 - 22:10 AEST
104
6
1611
5
148
6
167
9
RenegadesRenegadesRNG
0
TYLOOTYLOOTYLOO
2
May 3, 2018 - 14:45 AEST
129
3
166
10
86
2
169
7
TYLOOTYLOOTYLOO
RenegadesRenegadesRNG
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
LB Quarterfinals
LBQF
Lower Bracket Semifinal
Lower Bracket Semifinal
LB Semifinal
LBSF
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
LB Final
LBF
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
ORDERORDERORDER
2
Legacy EsportsLegacy EsportsLegacy
0
May 1, 2018 - 16:55 AEST
168
8
97
2
168
8
117
4
Cloud9Cloud9C9
2
ORDERORDERORDER
1
May 2, 2018 - 15:00 AEST
76
1
169
7
1612
4
43
1
22722
812
19811
720
Grayhound GamingGrayhound GamingGhG
2
SK GamingSK GamingSK
1
May 1, 2018 - 19:15 AEST
166
10
139
4
115
6
1610
6
167
9
118
3
FaZe ClanFaZe ClanFaZe
2
Grayhound GamingGrayhound GamingGhG
1
May 2, 2018 - 18:15 AEST
147
7
168
8
168
8
107
3
168
8
107
3
Cloud9Cloud9C9
0
FaZe ClanFaZe ClanFaZe
2
May 3, 2018 - 15:30 AEST
97
2
168
8
64
2
1611
5
FaZe ClanFaZe ClanFaZe

Group B[edit]

Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
UB Quarterfinals
UBQF
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
UB Semifinals
UBSF
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
UB Final
UBF
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
mousesportsmousesportsmouz
16
B.O.O.T-dream[S]capeB.O.O.T-dream[S]capeBOOT.dS
6
May 1, 2018 - 14:55 AEST
169
7
66
0
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
17
AstralisAstralisAstralis
19
May 1, 2018 - 14:40 AEST
1762
90
1991
63
mousesportsmousesportsmouz
0
AstralisAstralisAstralis
2
May 2, 2018 - 14:10 AEST
98
1
167
9
53
2
1612
4
G2 EsportsG2 EsportsG2
16
MVP PKMVP PKMVP.PK
5
May 1, 2018 - 16:25 AEST
1610
6
55
0
Chiefs Esports ClubChiefs Esports ClubChiefs
3
FnaticFnaticFnatic
16
May 1, 2018 - 16:00 AEST
33
0
1612
4
G2 EsportsG2 EsportsG2
1
FnaticFnaticFnatic
2
May 2, 2018 - 16:25 AEST
168
8
127
5
76
1
169
7
146
8
169
7
AstralisAstralisAstralis
2
FnaticFnaticFnatic
0
May 3, 2018 - 17:10 AEST
169
7
96
3
1613
3
72
5
AstralisAstralisAstralis
FnaticFnaticFnatic
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
LB Quarterfinals
LBQF
Lower Bracket Semifinal
Lower Bracket Semifinal
LB Semifinal
LBSF
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
LB Final
LBF
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
B.O.O.T-dream[S]capeB.O.O.T-dream[S]capeBOOT.dS
0
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
2
May 2, 2018 - 12:00 AEST
52
3
1613
3
96
3
169
7
G2 EsportsG2 EsportsG2
2
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
1
May 3, 2018 - 12:00 AEST
1612
4
73
4
146
8
169
7
169
7
136
7
MVP PKMVP PKMVP.PK
2
Chiefs Esports ClubChiefs Esports ClubChiefs
0
May 2, 2018 - 12:00 AEST
1610
6
145
9
1612
4
83
5
mousesportsmousesportsmouz
2
MVP PKMVP PKMVP.PK
0
May 3, 2018 - 12:00 AEST
168
8
127
5
1614
2
41
3
G2 EsportsG2 EsportsG2
0
mousesportsmousesportsmouz
2
May 3, 2018 - 19:00 AEST
95
4
1610
6
94
5
1611
5
mousesportsmousesportsmouz

Playoffs[edit]

Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Quarters
QF
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
FnaticFnaticFnatic
0
FaZe ClanFaZe ClanFaZe
2
May 4, 2018 - 15:20 AEST
86
2
169
7
145
9
1610
6
TYLOOTYLOOTYLOO
1
FaZe ClanFaZe ClanFaZe
2
May 5, 2018 - 15:00 AEST
97
2
168
8
169
7
96
3
94
5
1611
5
RenegadesRenegadesRNG
1
mousesportsmousesportsmouz
2
May 4, 2018 - 18:20 AEST
75
2
1610
6
254223
11111
2311110
4222
1580
70
1973
81
AstralisAstralisAstralis
2
mousesportsmousesportsmouz
1
May 5, 2018 - 19:00 AEST
1612
4
33
0
1772
80
1981
73
1612
4
53
2
FaZe ClanFaZe ClanFaZe
3
AstralisAstralisAstralis
0
May 6, 2018 - 15:00 AEST
19102
52
1751
101
221023
511
20510
1022
164
12
1411
3

The Caches Showmatch[edit]

Participants[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

  • Commentators:

Format[edit]

  • Bo1 showmatch on Dust II
  • OT is played as a single Golden Round

Results[edit]

May 6, 2018 - 13:15 AEST
1661
90
1590
60
The match was decided in a Golden Round

Prize Pool[edit]

In a surprising turn of events Team Australia captain SPUNJ and ESL Pro Gaming VP CARMAC ended up receiving the cream. [16]

Additional Content[edit]

Streams[edit]

Previews[edit]

Conclusions[edit]

Interviews[edit]

HLTV.org[edit]

Esports Kingdom[edit]

Videos and Photos[edit]

Galleries[edit]

Highlights[edit]

VODs[edit]

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