Intel Extreme Masters Season XII - Sydney

• Overview
• China Qualifier
• Oceania Qualifier

About

Broadcast talent

• Hosts:
  •  OJ Borg (Oliver James Borg D'Anastasi)
  •  Uber (Mitch Leslie)

• Reporter:
  •  Miles Ross 

• Analysts:
  •  YNk (Janko Paunović)
  •  SPUNJ (Chad Burchill)
  •  SnypeR (Iain Turner)

• Commentators:
  •  HenryG (Henry Greer)
  •  Sadokist (Matthew Trivett)
  •  Pansy (Lauren Scott)
  •  moses (Jason O'Toole)

• Observers:
  •  MC (Michael Campagna)
  •  Fish (James Dolphin)

Format

Group Stage

8 Team Swiss System

8 teams - 5 rounds - Best-of-one matches Round 1: Pre-determined matches Round 2: Division into 2 groups Group 1: Round 1 Winners - 4 teams Group 2: Round 1 Losers - 4 teams Each team faces a team from the same group they have not played yet Round 3: Division into 3 groups Group 1: Teams with a 2-0 score - 2 teams Group 2: Teams with a 1-1 score - 4 teams Group 3: Teams with a 0-2 score - 2 teams Each team faces a team from the same group they have not played yet Winner of Group 1 is qualified for the playoffs (Cumulated score: 3-0) - 1 team Loser of Group 3 is eliminated (Cumulated score: 0-3) - 1 team Round 4 Group 1: Teams with a 2-1 score - 2 teams Group 2: Teams with a 1-2 score - 2 teams Group 3: Due to odd number of matchups (3), one team with a 2-1 record will play another with a 1-2 record Winner of Group 1 is qualified for the playoffs (Cumulated score: 3-1) - 1 team Loser of Group 2 is eliminated (Cumulated score: 1-3) - 1 team If loser of Group 3 is team with 1-2 score, they are eliminated Round 5 Group 1: Teams with a 2-2 score - 2 teams Second game will be played if required (i.e nobody is eliminated from Group 3)

Playoffs

• Single-elimination bracket
• Best-of-three semi-finals
• Best-of-five grand final

Prize Pool

$200,000 (USD) are spread among the teams as seen below:

Place	$ USD	Team
1st	$100,000	SK Gaming
2nd	$40,000	FaZe Clan
3rd-4th	$20,000	OpTic Gaming
		Astralis
5th	$7,500	Chiefs eSports Club
6th-7th	$4,750	North
		Renegades
8th	$3,000	ViCi Gaming

Participants

Astralis 

1	device
2	dupreeh
3	Xyp9x
4	Kjaerbye
5	gla1ve
C	zonic

Invited

FaZe Clan 

1	rain
2	allu
3	karrigan
4	kioShiMa
5	NiKo
C	RobbaN

Invited

North 

1	MSL
2	k0nfig
3	cajunb
4	Magisk
5	aizy
C	ruggah

Invited

OpTic Gaming 

1	NAF
2	RUSH
3	mixwell
4	tarik
5	hazed

Invited

Renegades 

1	AZR
2	jks
3	USTILO
4	Nifty
5	nexa
C	kassad

Invited

SK Gaming 

1	FalleN
2	fer
3	coldzera
4	TACO
5	felps

Invited

ViCi Gaming

1	advent
2	zhokiNg
3	aumaNg
4	JeXeN
5	Freeman

China Qualifier

Chiefs eSports Club

1	tucks
2	INS
3	Malta
4	aliStair
5	pecks
C	wLE

Oceania Qualifier

Results

Swiss Group

#	Team	Matches	Rounds	RD	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
1.	SK Gaming	3 - 0	48 - 32	+16	Cobblestone	Cobblestone	Inferno
2.	Astralis	3 - 1	60 - 31	+29	Inferno	Cobblestone	Inferno	Nuke
3.	FaZe Clan	3 - 1	58 - 42	+16	Mirage	Cobblestone	Cache	Train
4.	OpTic Gaming	3 - 2	77 - 62	+15	Inferno	Train	Train	Train	Train
5.	Chiefs eSports Club	2 - 3	50 - 66	-16	Inferno	Train	Train	Nuke	Train
6.	North	1 - 3	68 - 74	-6	Inferno	Cobblestone	Cache	Nuke
7.	Renegades	1 - 3	28 - 53	-25	Mirage	Train	Cobblestone	Nuke
8.	ViCi Gaming	0 - 3	19 - 48	-29	Cobblestone	Train	Cobblestone

Detailed Results

Round 1

Round 1 Matches
North	North OpTic May 3, 2017 - 13:00 AEST 25 10 2 2 1 5 1 1 3 2 1 1 5 23 0 2 2 10 Inferno ·  · 25	23	OpTic
SK	SK VG May 3, 2017 - 15:10 AEST 16 10 6 5 6 1 Cobblestone ·  · 16	6	VG
Astralis	Astralis Chiefs May 3, 2017 - 16:15 AEST 16 10 6 5 5 0 Inferno ·  · 16	5	Chiefs
FaZe	FaZe RNG May 3, 2017 - 17:15 AEST 16 12 4 3 4 1 Mirage ·  · 16	4	RNG

Round 2

Low

Round 2 Low Matches
VG	VG OpTic May 3, 2017 - 18:35 AEST 8 5 3 10 16 6 Train ·  · 8	16	OpTic
Chiefs	Chiefs RNG May 3, 2017 - 21:10 AEST 16 15 1 0 5 5 Train ·  · 16	5	RNG

High

Round 2 High Matches
SK	SK North May 3, 2017 - 19:40 AEST 16 6 10 9 14 5 Cobblestone ·  · 16	14	North
FaZe	FaZe Astralis May 3, 2017 - 22:20 AEST 7 6 1 9 16 7 Cobblestone ·  · 7	16	Astralis

Round 3

Low

Round 3 Low Match
VG	VG RNG May 4, 2017 - 13:00 AEST 5 4 1 11 16 5 Cobblestone ·  · 5	16	RNG

Mid

Round 3 Mid Matches
OpTic	OpTic Chiefs May 4, 2017 - 14:10 AEST 16 11 5 4 4 0 Train ·  · 16	4	Chiefs
North	North FaZe May 4, 2017 - 15:20 AEST 16 4 1 11 0 2 11 19 2 4 Cache ·  · 16	19	FaZe

High

Round 3 High Match
SK	SK Astralis May 4, 2017 - 17:00 AEST 16 6 10 9 12 3 Inferno ·  · 16	12	Astralis

Round 4

Low

Round 4 Low Match
North	North Chiefs May 4, 2017 - 18:20 AEST 13 10 3 5 16 11 Nuke ·  · 13	16	Chiefs

Mid

Round 4 Mid Match
RNG	RNG Astralis May 4, 2017 - 20:45 AEST 3 3 0 12 16 4 Nuke ·  · 3	16	Astralis

High

Round 4 High Match
FaZe	FaZe OpTic May 4, 2017 - 19:50 AEST 16 10 6 5 6 1 Train ·  · 16	6	OpTic

Round 5

Round 5 Matches
OpTic	OpTic Chiefs May 4, 2017 - 21:35 AEST 16 9 7 6 10 4 Train ·  · 16	10	Chiefs

Playoffs

Semifinals (Bo3)

SK Gaming

2

SK

OpTic

May 6, 2017 - 15:00 AEST

16	14
	2

1	1
0

Train

16	11
	5

4	7
3

Overpass

Cobblestone

·  ·

OpTic Gaming

0

FaZe Clan

2

FaZe

Astralis

May 6, 2017 - 17:35 AEST

16	12
	4

3	13
10

Cobblestone

11	7
	4

8	16
8

Nuke

16	9
	7

6	9
3

Train

·  ·

Astralis

1

Finals (Bo5)

SK Gaming

3

SK

FaZe

May 7, 2017 - 15:00 AEST

16	4
	12

9	12
3

Train

16	11
	5

4	7
3

Cache

13	5
	8

10	16
6

Inferno

16	6
	10

9	11
2

Overpass

Mirage

·  ·

FaZe Clan

1

Showmatch - The Caches

Team Australia

1	SPUNJ
2	SnypeR
3	AZR
4	jks
5	USTILO

Team UK

1	HenryG
2	YNk
3	moses
4	k0nfig
5	dupreeh

Broadcast Talent

• Commentators:
  •  Pansy (Lauren Scott)
  •  Uber (Mitch Leslie)

Results

Team Australia	16	6	Team UK
May 7, 2017 - 13:20 AEST 16 12 4 3 6 3 Cache ·  ·

Prize Pool

Place	Team
W	Team Australia
L	Team UK

Additional Content

Streams

• ESL
• ESL Brazil
• ESL Spain
• 99damage
• RuHub
• RushStudios
• 500Anhem
• Znipe

Previews

• 2017-05-02 | IEM Sydney viewer's guide by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2017-05-02 | IEM Sydney preview by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org

Interviews

• 2017-05-03 | IEM Sydney Groups Approach; Janko "YNk" Pauvonic Gives His Thoughts by "Naithan "Inveigh" Briffa
• 2017-05-03 | MSL: Struggled being the favorites by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2017-05-03 | RUSH: Nothing is set in stone by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2017-05-03 | tucks: Knew we could crush RNG by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2017-05-03 | gla1ve: Happy to play Cobblestone by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2017-05-04 | USTILO: Mentality our biggest issue by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2017-05-04 | karrigan: (Cobble) gamble paid off by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2017-05-04 | TACO: I'm free to buy the AWP by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2017-05-06 | advent: aumaN style similar to Stewie by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2017-05-06 | cajunb: Have to get back on the horse by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2017-05-06 | gla1ve: "Karrigan is definitely lying" on hidden tactics by Max Melit of Dot Esports
• 2017-05-06 | kioshima: "If we win this one, I can say we are the top team" by Max Melit of Dot Esports
• 2017-05-06 | MSL: "We are going to be the best team in the world I think" by Max Melit of Dot Esports
• 2017-05-07 | FalleN: "Every tournament is an oppurtunity to improve" by Max Melit of Dot Esports
• 2017-05-07 | coldzera: I don't have a limit by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2017-05-08 | nexa: A really big and hard step by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
• 2017-05-09 | Chiefs' Josh "INS" Potter Talks Through IEM Sydney by Joab Gilroy of Redbull eSports

Highlights

• 2017-05-07 | coldzera vs. FaZe by Radoslaw "MAKKU" Makuch of HLTV.org

Photos

• 2017-05-04 | Best photos from IEM Sydney groups by João "ERROR" Ferreira of HLTV.org
• 2017-05-08 | Best photos from IEM Sydney playoffs by João "ERROR" Ferreira of HLTV.org

References