Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII - Chicago

• Overview
• European Qualifier
• North American Qualifier
• Asian Qualifier
• South American Qualifier

[e][h]Intel Extreme Masters XIII - Chicago

League Information

Series:

IEM
Intel Grand Slam

Organizer:

ESL

Sponsor(s):

Intel
AT&T
HyperX
Acer Predator
paysafecard
Betway
NEEDforSEAT
H4X^GG

Game:

Global Offensive

Type:

Offline

Location:

 Chicago

Venue:

Wintrust Arena

Prize Pool:

$250,000 USD

Start Date:

2018-11-06

End Date:

2018-11-11

Teams:

16

Liquipedia Tier:

S-Tier

Links

Maps

Cache • Dust II • Inferno • Mirage • Nuke • Overpass • Train

Intel Extreme Masters XIII - Chicago is the final tournament of Season XIII before the World Championship in Katowice. The tournament marks the start of IEM's new flagship North American events in Chicago as well as featuring the usual $250,000 USD prize pool, 16 teams, and being part of the Intel Grand Slam.

About

Broadcast Talent

Primary Broadcast

• Stage Host:
  •  OJ Borg (Oliver James Borg D'Anastasi)

• Desk Host:
  •  Machine (Alex Richardson)

• Analysts:
  •  SPUNJ (Chad Burchill)
  •  Pimp (Jacob Winneche)
  •  lurppis (Tomi Kovanen)

• Commentators:
  •  HenryG (Henry Greer)
  •  Sadokist (Matthew Trivett)
  •  Anders (Anders Blume)
  •  moses (Jason O'Toole)

• Interviewer:
  •  stunna (Tres Saranthus)

• Observers:
  •  prius (David Kuntz)
  •  encg (Efren Chuong)

Secondary Broadcast

• Commentators:
  •  Jacky (Jacky Powers)
  •  Esio (Benjamin Doughty)
  •  Tombizz (Tom Bissmire)
  •  James Banks (James Banks)

• Observer:
  •  UnknownFME (Bastian Faber)

Format

• Group Stage: November 6th - 8th, 2018
  • Two double-elimination format groups
    • Each group has eight teams
    • The group stage is seeded using a new "Player-Selected Seeding"
    • Click here for more details on the seeding

• All attending teams subjectively rank all the other teams
• The total scores are summed up for each team
• 2 ratings from each team furthest away from average are removed
• The final rankings are formed
• Click here to show the rankings

1. Astralis
2. Natus Vincere
3. Team Liquid
4. FaZe Clan
5. MIBR
6. mousesports
7. BIG
8. NRG Esports
9. North
10. Fnatic
11. AVANGAR
12. Renegades
13. Team LDLC
14. Luminosity Gaming
15. eUnited
16. MVP PK

• 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 3^rd place teams advance to the Quarterfinals as the Low Seeds

• Playoffs: November 9th - 11th, 2018
  • Single-elimination bracket
  • The Quarterfinals and Semifinals are Bo3
  • The Grand Final is Bo5

Prize Pool

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

Place

$ USD

Participant

 1st

$100,000

Astralis

 2nd

$42,000

Team Liquid

 3rd-4th

$20,000

Fnatic

FaZe Clan

 5th-6th

$10,000

Team LDLC

mousesports

place 7 to 16 

place 7 to 16 

 7th-8th

$6,000

NRG Esports

Luminosity Gaming

 9th-12th

$5,000

MIBR

North

BIG

eUnited

 13th-16th

$4,000

MVP PK

Renegades

Natus Vincere

AVANGAR

Participants

Astralis 

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

Invited

BIG 

1	gob b
2	tabseN
3	nex
4	tiziaN
5	smooya
C	LEGIJA

Invited

FaZe Clan 

1	rain
2	karrigan
3	NiKo
4	GuardiaN
5	olofmeister
C	RobbaN

Invited

Fnatic 

Notes

1	KRIMZ
2	JW
3	Xizt
4	twist
5	Brollan
C	Jumpy

Invited

¹ September 21st - Fnatic bench  flusha.

² October 2nd - Fnatic sign  twist to replace  draken.

³ October 17th -  Brollan joins Fnatic.

Team Liquid 

1	nitr0
2	EliGE
3	Twistzz
4	NAF
5	TACO
C	zews

Invited

MIBR 

1	FalleN
2	fer
3	coldzera
4	Stewie2K
5	tarik
C	YNk

Invited

mousesports 

Notes

1	chrisJ
2	oskar
3	ropz
4	suNny
5	STYKO
C	lmbt

Invited

¹ October 15th -  STYKO returns to the active lineup of mousesports, replacing  Snax who is benched.

Natus Vincere 

1	Edward
2	flamie
3	s1mple
4	Zeus
5	electronic
C	kane

Invited

NRG Esports 

Notes

C	ImAPet

1	FugLy
2	daps
3	Brehze
4	CeRq
5	nahtE

Invited

¹ November 6th - NRG Esports' coach  ImAPet will miss the rest of IEM Chicago due to family issues.

Renegades 

Notes

1	AZR
2	jks
3	jkaem
4	liazz
5	Gratisfaction
C	GoMeZ

Invited

¹ September 24th -  Ryu steps down from Renegades.

² September 27th -  Nifty leaves Renegades to join Team Envy.

³ September 29th - Renegades part ways with  USTILO.

⁴ September 30th - Renegades sign  liazz and  Gratisfaction.

⁵ October 8th -  kassad returns to Renegades as coach.

⁶ November 4th - Renegades' coach  kassad will miss IEM Chicago due to visa issues.

Team LDLC

Notes

1	to1nou
2	ALEX
3	logaN
4	AmaNEk
5	devoduvek
C	Ozstrik3r

GG.BET Shuffle

¹ August 14th - Due to an internal error, ESL announce that the North American Qualifier will only have 1 slot to the tournament, with the last slot qualification process to be announced at a later date.

AVANGAR

1	buster
2	KrizzeN
3	qikert
4	Jame
5	fitch
C	dastan

European Qualifier

North

Notes

1	aizy
2	valde
3	Kjaerbye
4	cadiaN
5	gade
C	ave

European Qualifier

¹ September 27th - North sign  cadiaN from Rogue to replace  MSL.  gade is recalled from his loan to OpTic Gaming back to North to replace  niko.

eUnited

Notes

1	moose
2	dazzLe
3	Relyks
4	dapr
5	FNS
C	osorandom

North American Qualifier

¹ October 23rd -  FNS replaces  -Ace.

MVP PK

1	solo
2	glow
3	zeff
4	XigN
5	xeta
C	termi

Asian Qualifier

Luminosity Gaming

1	yeL
2	NEKIZ
3	steel
4	HEN1
5	LUCAS1
C	zakk

South American Qualifier

Results

Group Stage

Group A

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

AstralisAstralis

16

MVP PKMVP.PK

8

November 6, 2018 - 12:00 CT

Astralis

16:8(Bo1)

MVP.PK

16	8
	8

Nuke

8	7
	1

··

NorthNorth

16

NRG EsportsNRG

10

November 6, 2018 - 12:00 CT

North

16:10(Bo1)

NRG

16	7
	9

Cache

10	8
	2

··

AstralisAstralis

2

NorthNorth

0

November 6, 2018 - 17:25 CT

Astralis

2:0(Bo3)

North

16	13
	3

Inferno

5	2
	3

16	11
	5

Nuke

4	4
	0

Mirage

··

MIBRMIBR

16

RenegadesRNG

12

November 6, 2018 - 13:20 CT

MIBR

16:12(Bo1)

RNG

16	5
	11

Inferno

12	10
	2

··

Team LDLCLDLC

14

FaZe ClanFaZe

16

November 6, 2018 - 13:15 CT

LDLC

14:16(Bo1)

FaZe

14	4
	10

Mirage

16	11
	5

··

MIBRMIBR

1

FaZe ClanFaZe

2

November 6, 2018 - 19:25 CT

MIBR

1:2(Bo3)

FaZe

14	5
	9

Cache

16	10
	6

16	10
	6

Mirage

14	5
	9

11	10
	1

Train

16	5
	11

··

AstralisAstralis

0

FaZe ClanFaZe

2

November 8, 2018 - 14:30 CT

Astralis

0:2(Bo3)

FaZe

7	4
	3

Mirage

16	11
	5

15	7	0
	8	0

Inferno

19	8	3
	7	1

Dust II

··

FaZe ClanFaZe

AstralisAstralis

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

MVP PKMVP.PK

1

NRG EsportsNRG

2

November 6, 2018 - 17:00 CT

MVP.PK

1:2(Bo3)

NRG

16	6
	10

Dust II

11	9
	2

9	6
	3

Train

16	9
	7

8	3
	5

Inferno

16	12
	4

··

MIBRMIBR

1

NRG EsportsNRG

2

November 7, 2018 - 15:35 CT

MIBR

1:2(Bo3)

NRG

16	7
	9

Inferno

10	8
	2

18	4	1	0
	11	2	0

Cache

22	11	2	3
	4	1	1

11	8
	3

Train

16	7
	9

··

RenegadesRNG

1

Team LDLCLDLC

2

November 6, 2018 - 20:20 CT

RNG

1:2(Bo3)

LDLC

16	13
	3

Overpass

12	2
	10

14	8
	6

Cache

16	7
	9

2	2
	0

Mirage

16	13
	3

··

NorthNorth

1

Team LDLCLDLC

2

November 7, 2018 - 18:30 CT

North

1:2(Bo3)

LDLC

16	11
	5

Dust II

8	4
	4

10	4
	6

Nuke

16	11
	5

10	4
	6

Mirage

16	11
	5

··

NRG EsportsNRG

1

Team LDLCLDLC

2

November 8, 2018 - 14:15 CT

NRG

1:2(Bo3)

LDLC

19	8	1
	7	3

Nuke

17	7	2
	8	0

11	9
	2

Overpass

16	6
	10

8	7
	1

Train

16	8
	8

··

Team LDLCLDLC

Group B

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

Natus VincereNa`Vi

6

eUnitedeU

16

November 6, 2018 - 14:30 CT

Na`Vi

6:16(Bo1)

eU

6	3
	3

Mirage

16	12
	4

··

FnaticFnatic

16

BIGBIG

9

November 6, 2018 - 14:45 CT

Fnatic

16:9(Bo1)

BIG

16	11
	5

Cache

9	4
	5

··

eUnitedeU

0

FnaticFnatic

2

November 7, 2018 - 15:35 CT

eU

0:2(Bo3)

Fnatic

13	8
	5

Overpass

16	7
	9

11	4
	7

Inferno

16	11
	5

Mirage

··

mousesportsmouz

16

AVANGARAVNGR

5

November 6, 2018 - 16:00 CT

mouz

16:5(Bo1)

AVNGR

16	11
	5

Train

5	4
	1

··

LuminosityLG

11

Team LiquidLiquid

16

November 6, 2018 - 15:45 CT

LG

11:16(Bo1)

Liquid

11	4
	7

Cache

16	11
	5

··

mousesportsmouz

1

Team LiquidLiquid

2

November 7, 2018 - 17:35 CT

mouz

1:2(Bo3)

Liquid

16	12
	4

Mirage

11	3
	8

9	3
	6

Inferno

16	12
	4

10	9
	1

Nuke

16	6
	10

··

FnaticFnatic

2

Team LiquidLiquid

1

November 8, 2018 - 17:15 CT

Fnatic

2:1(Bo3)

Liquid

16	7
	9

Mirage

12	8
	4

12	3
	9

Inferno

16	12
	4

16	11
	5

Overpass

7	4
	3

··

FnaticFnatic

Team LiquidLiquid

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

Natus VincereNa`Vi

0

BIGBIG

2

November 7, 2018 - 12:00 CT

Na`Vi

0:2(Bo3)

BIG

14	10
	4

Dust II

16	5
	11

13	9
	4

Inferno

16	6
	10

Overpass

··

mousesportsmouz

2

BIGBIG

0

November 8, 2018 - 12:00 CT

mouz

2:0(Bo3)

BIG

16	7
	9

Dust II

10	8
	2

16	8
	8

Train

10	7
	3

Cache

··

AVANGARAVNGR

0

LuminosityLG

2

November 7, 2018 - 12:00 CT

AVNGR

0:2(Bo3)

LG

14	10
	4

Inferno

16	5
	11

10	5
	5

Train

16	10
	6

Cache

··

eUnitedeU

0

LuminosityLG

2

November 8, 2018 - 12:00 CT

eU

0:2(Bo3)

LG

10	7
	3

Mirage

16	8
	8

9	5
	4

Train

16	10
	6

Inferno

··

mousesportsmouz

2

LuminosityLG

0

November 8, 2018 - 18:00 CT

mouz

2:0(Bo3)

LG

16	10
	6

Cache

13	5
	8

16	12
	4

Mirage

5	3
	2

Train

··

mousesportsmouz

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals

Quarters

QF

Semifinals

Semifinals

Semis

SF

Grand Final

Grand Final

Final

GF

Team LiquidLiquid

2

Team LDLCLDLC

1

November 9, 2018 - 13:00 CT

Liquid

2:1(Bo3)

LDLC

11	7
	4

Overpass

16	8
	8

16	4
	12

Cache

14	11
	3

16	12
	4

Mirage

4	3
	1

··

FaZe ClanFaZe

1

Team LiquidLiquid

2

November 10, 2018 - 18:30 CT

FaZe

1:2(Bo3)

Liquid

16	9
	7

Inferno

7	6
	1

1	1
	0

Mirage

16	14
	2

4	3
	1

Cache

16	12
	4

··

AstralisAstralis

2

mousesportsmouz

0

November 9, 2018 - 16:35 CT

Astralis

2:0(Bo3)

mouz

16	10
	6

Train

5	5
	0

16	8
	8

Nuke

13	7
	6

Dust II

··

FnaticFnatic

1

AstralisAstralis

2

November 10, 2018 - 13:00 CT

Fnatic

1:2(Bo3)

Astralis

14	3
	11

Dust II

16	12
	4

16	8
	8

Mirage

12	7
	5

17	11	1
	4	1

Inferno

19	4	2
	11	2

··

Team LiquidLiquid

0

AstralisAstralis

3

November 11, 2018 - 14:00 CT

Liquid

0:3(Bo5)

Astralis

14	9
	5

Mirage

16	6
	10

7	6
	1

Nuke

16	9
	7

4	4
	0

Inferno

16	11
	5

Dust II

Overpass

··

Collegiate Invitational

Participants

Illini Esports

1	bokumbop
2	pie-
3	Occam
4	YoungJefe
5	Freinzy
C	n0thing  Laterz

Online Stage

RMU Eagles

1	Welshy
2	koga
3	SPERMY
4	LenNox
5	Reality
C	draggio

Online Stage

Broadcast Talent

• Commentators:
  •  HenryG (Henry Greer)
  •  Sadokist (Matthew Trivett)

Format

• Grand Final:
• Single-Elimination
• Match is Bo1

Results

November 11, 2018 - 12:00 CT

Illini

5:16(Bo1)

Eagles

5	3
	2

Inferno

16	12
	4

··

Prize Pool

Place

Participant

 W

RMU Eagles

 L

Illini Esports

Additional Content

Streams

Primary
Language
Streams

Secondary
Language
Streams

Previews

• 2018-11-05 | IEM Chicago 2018 viewer's guide by Yossarian of HLTV
• 2018-11-05 | Five key storylines of IEM Chicago by LucasAM of HLTV

Conclusions

• 2018-11-12 | device scoops IEM Chicago MVP award by MIRA of HLTV
• 2018-11-16 | IEM Chicago: the EVPs by Striker of HLTV

Interviews

• 2018-11-06 | cadiaN: "You could clearly see NRG were caught off-guard" by LucasAM of HLTV
• 2018-11-06 | moose: "Everyone is putting in 110% because nobody wants to get cut" by LucasAM of HLTV
• 2018-11-06 | daps: "I don't believe in carrying momentum from a win into another LAN" by LucasAM of HLTV
• 2018-11-07 | ALEX: "(AmaNEk and devoduvek) are bringing a lot of firepower, which we lacked before" by LucasAM of HLTV
• 2018-11-07 | steel: "When I was leading, yeL and NEKIZ weren't playing at their best, so we decided to change" by LucasAM of HLTV
• 2018-11-07 | tabseN: "We really wanted revenge (against Na`Vi) for both Cologne and the Major" by LucasAM of HLTV
• 2018-11-07 | JW: "When we lost flusha it was like a completely new start" by LucasAM of HLTV
• 2018-11-08 | NAF: "I'm excited to play against brollan I'm happy fnatic gave him a shot" by LucasAM of HLTV
• 2018-11-08 | chrisJ: "The match against luminosity is going to be a more momentum-based game than usual" by LucasAM of HLTV
• 2018-11-09 | Xyp9x: "We're not at our best level, but we can get there by the end of the tournament" by LucasAM of HLTV
• 2018-11-10 | rain: "We're finally getting our confidence back after a rough start to the season" by LucasAM of HLTV
• 2018-10-11 | jks: "We need playtime and official matches to see where we're at" by LucasAM of HLTV
• 2018-11-11 | device: "There have been a lot of great teams, we're just grateful to be considered one of them" by LucasAM of HLTV
• 2018-11-12 | devoduvek: "We have the potential to go on and do great things" by LucasAM of HLTV

Videos and Photos

VODs

• 2018-11-07 | Quickfire with Astralis - dev1ce & Magisk by ESL
• 2018-11-07 | Quickfire with MIBR - tarik & FalleN by ESL
• 2018-11-08 | 20 Questions with BIG - smooya's Doom Hammer by ESL
• 2018-11-09 | Your Favourite Playoff Opponent by ESL
• 2018-11-10 | Getting to Know Fnatic: KRIMZ & JW by ESL
• 2018-11-10 | GuardiaN analyses: GuardiaN 1v5 vs Fnatic by ESL
• 2018-11-11 | What the Pros Think: The CS:GO Economy Changes by ESL
• 2018-11-12 | karrigan analyses: karrigan 1v4 vs SK Gaming by ESL
• 2018-11-12 | The Pros Plays: Counter-Strike Taboo by ESL

Galleries

• 2018-11-07 | IEM Chicago 2018 - Day 1 by HLTV
• 2018-11-07 | IEM Chicago 2018 - Day 2 by HLTV
• 2018-11-08 | IEM Chicago 2018 - Day 3 by HLTV
• 2018-11-09 | IEM Chicago 2018 - Day 4 by HLTV
• 2018-11-10 | IEM Chicago 2018 - Day 5 by HLTV
• 2018-11-11 | IEM Chicago 2018 - Day 6 by HLTV

Highlights

• 2018-11-07 | Xyp9x - 1V5 NINJA DEFUSE by ESL
• / 2018-11-08 | CeRq and xeta by filq of HLTV
• 2018-11-10 | Twistzz vs. fnatic by djuhana of HLTV
• 2018-11-16 | device - HLTV MVP by betway of IEM Chicago 2018 by MAKKU of HLTV