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Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII - Chicago

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[e][h]Intel Extreme Masters XIII - Chicago
League Information
Organizer:
Type:
Offline
Location:
United States Chicago
Prize Pool:
$250,000 USD
Start Date:
2018-11-06
End Date:
2018-11-11
Teams:
16
Liquipedia Tier:
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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[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Primary Broadcast[edit]
  • Stage Host:
    • United Kingdom OJ Borg (Oliver James Borg D'Anastasi)
  • Desk Host:
  • Analysts:
  • Interviewer:
  • Observers:
    • United States prius (David Kuntz)
    • United States encg (Efren Chuong)
Secondary Broadcast[edit]

Format[edit]

  • 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" [1]
      • Click here for more details on the seeding
    • 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: November 9th - 11th, 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]

BIG [2]
1Germany gob b
2Germany tabseN
3Germany nex
4Germany tiziaN
5United Kingdom smooya
CGermany LEGIJA
Fnatic [3]
Notes
1Sweden KRIMZ
2Sweden JW
3Sweden Xizt
4Sweden twist
5Sweden Brollan
CSweden Jumpy
1 September 21st - Fnatic bench Sweden flusha. [4]
2 October 2nd - Fnatic sign Sweden twist to replace Sweden draken. [5]
3 October 17th - Sweden Brollan joins Fnatic. [6]
MIBR [2]
1Brazil FalleN
2Brazil fer
3Brazil coldzera
4United States Stewie2K
5United States tarik
CSerbia YNk
mousesports [2]
Notes
1Netherlands chrisJ
2Czechia oskar
3Estonia ropz
4Finland suNny
5Slovakia STYKO
CUkraine lmbt
1 October 15th - Slovakia STYKO returns to the active lineup of mousesports, replacing Poland Snax who is benched. [7]
NRG Esports [2]
Notes
 
 
 
 
 
CUnited States ImAPet
1United States FugLy
2Canada daps
3United States Brehze
4Bulgaria CeRq
5United States nahtE
1 November 6th - NRG Esports' coach United States ImAPet will miss the rest of IEM Chicago due to family issues. [9]
Renegades [2]
Notes
1Australia AZR
2Australia jks
3Norway jkaem
4Australia liazz
5New Zealand Gratisfaction
CAustralia GoMeZ
1 September 24th - United States Ryu steps down from Renegades. [10]
2 September 27th - United States Nifty leaves Renegades to join Team Envy. [11]
3 September 29th - Renegades part ways with Australia USTILO. [12]
4 September 30th - Renegades sign Australia liazz and New Zealand Gratisfaction. [13]
5 October 8th - Serbia kassad returns to Renegades as coach. [14]
6 November 4th - Renegades' coach Serbia kassad will miss IEM Chicago due to visa issues. [15]
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. [16]
1 September 27th - North sign Denmark cadiaN from Rogue to replace Denmark MSL. Denmark gade is recalled from his loan to OpTic Gaming back to North to replace Denmark niko. [17]
1 October 23rd - Canada FNS replaces United States -Ace. [18]

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
AstralisAstralisAstralis
16
MVP PKMVP PKMVP.PK
8
November 6, 2018 - 12:00 CT
168
8
87
1
NorthNorthNorth
16
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
10
November 6, 2018 - 12:00 CT
167
9
108
2
AstralisAstralisAstralis
2
NorthNorthNorth
0
November 6, 2018 - 17:25 CT
1613
3
52
3
1611
5
44
0
MIBRMIBRMIBR
16
RenegadesRenegadesRNG
12
November 6, 2018 - 13:20 CT
165
11
1210
2
Team LDLCTeam LDLCLDLC
14
FaZe ClanFaZe ClanFaZe
16
November 6, 2018 - 13:15 CT
144
10
1611
5
MIBRMIBRMIBR
1
FaZe ClanFaZe ClanFaZe
2
November 6, 2018 - 19:25 CT
145
9
1610
6
1610
6
145
9
1110
1
165
11
AstralisAstralisAstralis
0
FaZe ClanFaZe ClanFaZe
2
November 8, 2018 - 14:30 CT
74
3
1611
5
1570
80
1983
71
FaZe ClanFaZe ClanFaZe
AstralisAstralisAstralis
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 PKMVP.PK
1
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
2
November 6, 2018 - 17:00 CT
166
10
119
2
96
3
169
7
83
5
1612
4
MIBRMIBRMIBR
1
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
2
November 7, 2018 - 15:35 CT
167
9
108
2
18410
1120
221123
411
118
3
167
9
RenegadesRenegadesRNG
1
Team LDLCTeam LDLCLDLC
2
November 6, 2018 - 20:20 CT
1613
3
122
10
148
6
167
9
22
0
1613
3
NorthNorthNorth
1
Team LDLCTeam LDLCLDLC
2
November 7, 2018 - 18:30 CT
1611
5
84
4
104
6
1611
5
104
6
1611
5
NRG EsportsNRG EsportsNRG
1
Team LDLCTeam LDLCLDLC
2
November 8, 2018 - 14:15 CT
1981
73
1772
80
119
2
166
10
87
1
168
8
Team LDLCTeam LDLCLDLC

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
Natus VincereNatus VincereNa`Vi
6
eUnitedeUnitedeU
16
November 6, 2018 - 14:30 CT
63
3
1612
4
FnaticFnaticFnatic
16
BIGBIGBIG
9
November 6, 2018 - 14:45 CT
1611
5
94
5
eUnitedeUnitedeU
0
FnaticFnaticFnatic
2
November 7, 2018 - 15:35 CT
138
5
167
9
114
7
1611
5
mousesportsmousesportsmouz
16
AVANGARAVANGARAVNGR
5
November 6, 2018 - 16:00 CT
1611
5
54
1
Luminosity GamingLuminosity GamingLG
11
Team LiquidTeam LiquidLiquid
16
November 6, 2018 - 15:45 CT
114
7
1611
5
mousesportsmousesportsmouz
1
Team LiquidTeam LiquidLiquid
2
November 7, 2018 - 17:35 CT
1612
4
113
8
93
6
1612
4
109
1
166
10
FnaticFnaticFnatic
2
Team LiquidTeam LiquidLiquid
1
November 8, 2018 - 17:15 CT
167
9
128
4
123
9
1612
4
1611
5
74
3
FnaticFnaticFnatic
Team LiquidTeam 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 VincereNatus VincereNa`Vi
0
BIGBIGBIG
2
November 7, 2018 - 12:00 CT
1410
4
165
11
139
4
166
10
mousesportsmousesportsmouz
2
BIGBIGBIG
0
November 8, 2018 - 12:00 CT
167
9
108
2
168
8
107
3
AVANGARAVANGARAVNGR
0
Luminosity GamingLuminosity GamingLG
2
November 7, 2018 - 12:00 CT
1410
4
165
11
105
5
1610
6
eUnitedeUnitedeU
0
Luminosity GamingLuminosity GamingLG
2
November 8, 2018 - 12:00 CT
107
3
168
8
95
4
1610
6
mousesportsmousesportsmouz
2
Luminosity GamingLuminosity GamingLG
0
November 8, 2018 - 18:00 CT
1610
6
135
8
1612
4
53
2
mousesportsmousesportsmouz

Playoffs[edit]

Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Quarters
QF
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
Team LiquidTeam LiquidLiquid
2
Team LDLCTeam LDLCLDLC
1
November 9, 2018 - 13:00 CT
117
4
168
8
164
12
1411
3
1612
4
43
1
FaZe ClanFaZe ClanFaZe
1
Team LiquidTeam LiquidLiquid
2
November 10, 2018 - 18:30 CT
169
7
76
1
11
0
1614
2
43
1
1612
4
AstralisAstralisAstralis
2
mousesportsmousesportsmouz
0
November 9, 2018 - 16:35 CT
1610
6
55
0
168
8
137
6
FnaticFnaticFnatic
1
AstralisAstralisAstralis
2
November 10, 2018 - 13:00 CT
143
11
1612
4
168
8
127
5
17111
41
1942
112
Team LiquidTeam LiquidLiquid
0
AstralisAstralisAstralis
3
November 11, 2018 - 14:00 CT
149
5
166
10
76
1
169
7
44
0
1611
5

Collegiate Invitational[edit]

Participants[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Format[edit]

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

Results[edit]

November 11, 2018 - 12:00 CT
53
2
1612
4

Prize Pool[edit]

Additional Content[edit]

Streams[edit]

Primary
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Streams













Secondary
LanguageEnglish SpeakingRussiaFranceVietnamHungary
Streams


Previews[edit]

Conclusions[edit]

Interviews[edit]

Videos and Photos[edit]

VODs[edit]

Galleries[edit]

Highlights[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Hans Oelschlägel (2018-11-02). "Intel® Extreme Masters Chicago 2018 group stage brackets announced". ESL.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Hans Oelschlägel (2018-08-09). "Intel Extreme Masters selects Chicago as its new home for 2018, 2019 & 2020". IEM.
  3. "They tasted IEM glory in Katowice and now they're coming for the Windy City!". IEM. 2018-08-17.
  4. "Post-FACEIT Major Roster Update". Fnatic. 2018-09-21.
  5. "twist Returns". Fnatic. 2018-10-02.
  6. Fnatic (2018-10-17). "Brollan becomes our fifth".
  7. "STYKO returns to starting lineup". mousesports. 2018-10-15.
  8. "They took the title in Cologne, now they're hungry for another win towards the Intel Grand Slam!". IEM. 2018-08-18.
  9. Chet "ImAPet" Singh (2018-11-06). "Quick announcement, not going to be attending the rest of @IEM Chicago due to personal family issues.".
  10. Steve "Ryu" Rattacasa (2018-09-24). "As of today, I am no longer the coach of the Renegades CS:GO team.".
  11. Nicholas "Taffy" Taifalos (2018-09-27). "Once a Renegade, always a Renegade". Renegades.
  12. "THANK YOU KARLO". Renegades. 2018-09-29.
  13. Nicholas "Taffy" Taifalos (2018-09-30). "Newest Pair from Down Under". Renegades.
  14. LucasAM (2018-10-08). "AZR: "Bringing kassad back is a permanent thing"". HLTV.
  15. Joe "tolkienfanatic" Cardali (2018-11-04). "kassad to miss IEM Chicago". Dust2.us.
  16. Hans Oelschlägel (2018-08-14). "Intel® Extreme Masters: Chicago 2018 - NA Qualifier Distribution Modified". ESL.
  17. "North welcomes cadiaN - gade returns from loan". North. 2018-09-27.
  18. eUnited (2018-10-23). "Welcome to eUnited, FNS".