Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII - Sydney

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

League Information

Series:

IEM

Intel Grand Slam

Organizer:

ESL

Sponsor:

Intel
HyperX
Vodafone
Acer Predator
paysafecard
NEEDforSEAT

Game:

Global Offensive

Type:

Offline

Location:

Sydney

Venue:

Qudos Bank Arena

Teams:

16

Prize Pool:

$250,000 USD

Start Date:

2018-05-01

End Date:

2018-05-06

Liquipedia Tier:

S-Tier

Links

Maps

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

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:
- OJ Borg (Oliver James Borg D'Anastasi)

Desk Host:
- Machine (Alex Richardson)

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

Commentators:
- HenryG (Henry Greer)
- JustHarry (Harry Russell)
- moses (Jason O'Toole)
- Pansy (Lauren Scott)
- Elfishguy (Jordan Mays)
- Brainstorm (Tim Dunne)
- KaRath (Kevin Zhu)
- Pili (Mitch Pilipowski)

Side Reporter:
- stunna (Tres Saranthus)

Observers:
- Prius (David Kuntz)
- sapphiRe (Heather Garozzo)
- MC (Michael Campagna)

Format[edit]

Group Stage: May 1st - 3rd, 2018
- Two double-elimination format (GSL) Groups
  - Each group will have 8 teams
  - The group stage will be seeded based on the ESL CS:GO World Rankings
- 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: 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:

Place	$ USD	Team
1st	$100,000	FaZe Clan
2nd	$42,000	Astralis
3rd-4th	$20,000	TYLOO
3rd-4th	$20,000	mousesports
5th-6th	$10,000	Fnatic
5th-6th	$10,000	Renegades
7th-8th	$6,000	Cloud9
7th-8th	$6,000	G2 Esports
9th-12th	$5,000	ORDER
		Grayhound Gaming
		NRG Esports
		MVP PK
13th-16th	$4,000	Legacy Esports
		SK Gaming
		B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape
		Chiefs Esports Club

Participants[edit]

Cloud9^{2, 3, 5} ^[1]

1	Skadoodle
2	autimatic
3	RUSH
4	tarik
5	FNS
C	Danan

Invited

FaZe Clan⁴ ^[2]

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

Invited

Fnatic ^[3]

1	KRIMZ
2	JW
3	flusha
4	Golden
5	Lekr0
C	Jumpy

Invited

mousesports ^[4]

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

Invited

Renegades ^[5]

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

Invited

SK Gaming^{1, 3} ^[6]

1	FalleN
2	fer
3	coldzera
4	boltz
5	Stewie2K
C	dead

Invited

Astralis

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

European Qualifier #1

G2 Esports⁶ ^[7]

1	bodyy
2	NBK-
3	kennyS
4	apEX
5	mixwell
C	NiaK

European Qualifier #3-4

NRG Esports

1	FugLy
2	daps
3	Brehze
4	CeRq
5	nahtE
C	Immi

North American Qualifier

MVP PK

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

Asian Qualifier #1

TYLOO

1	Mo
2	DD
3	somebody
4	BnTeT
5	xccurate
C	CruSad3

Asian Qualifier #2

B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape

1	ImpressioN
2	splashske
3	benkai
4	Tommy
5	w1nt3r
C	alecks

Asian Qualifier #3

Grayhound Gaming

1	Gratisfaction
2	erkaSt
3	dexter
4	DickStacy
5	malta

Oceanic Qualifier #1

Chiefs eSports Club

1	tucks
2	Texta
3	sterling
4	flickz
5	ap0c
C	MAGIKKK

Oceanic Qualifier #2

ORDER

1	liazz
2	emagine
3	Hatz
4	sico
5	aliStair

Oceanic Qualifier #3

Legacy Esports^{6, 7} ^[7]

1	BL1TZ
2	stat
3	LONS
4	soju_j
5	Lacore

Oceanic Qualifier #4

¹ March 22nd -

TACO steps down from SK Gaming. ^[8]

² March 30th -

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 -

Stewie2K leaves Cloud9 and joins SK Gaming.^[11]

⁴ April 1st - FaZe Clan announce that

olofmeister will be a taking a break for personal reasons and that

Xizt will join in his place. ^[12]

⁵ April 2nd - Cloud9 sign

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 -

yellow is unable to participate due to work commitments, he is replaced by

Lacore. ^[14]

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Opening Round

FaZe Clan

16

ORDER

4

Legacy Esports

9

Renegades

16

Cloud9

16

Grayhound

6

TYLOO

19

SK Gaming

16

Upper Bracket Round 2

FaZe Clan

1

Renegades

2

Cloud9

0

TYLOO

2

Upper Bracket Round 3

Renegades

0

TYLOO

2

Proceed to Playoffs

TYLOO

Renegades

Lower Bracket Round 1

ORDER

2

Legacy Esports

0

Grayhound

2

SK Gaming

1

Lower Bracket Round 2

Cloud9

2

ORDER

1

FaZe Clan

2

Grayhound

1

Lower Bracket Round 3

Cloud9

0

FaZe Clan

2

FaZe Clan

Group B[edit]

Opening Round

mousesports

16

BOOT-dream[S]cape

6

NRG Esports

17

Astralis

19

G2 Esports

16

MVP PK

5

Chiefs ESC

3

Fnatic

16

Upper Bracket Round 2

mousesports

0

Astralis

2

G2 Esports

1

Fnatic

2

Upper Bracket Round 3

Astralis

2

Fnatic

0

Proceed to Playoffs

Astralis

Fnatic

Lower Bracket Round 1

BOOT-dream[S]cape

0

NRG Esports

2

MVP PK

2

Chiefs ESC

0

Lower Bracket Round 2

G2 Esports

2

NRG Esports

1

mousesports

2

MVP PK

0

Lower Bracket Round 3

G2 Esports

0

mousesports

2

mousesports

Playoffs[edit]

Quarterfinals

Fnatic

0

FaZe Clan

2

Renegades

1

mousesports

2

Semifinals

TYLOO

1

FaZe Clan

2

Astralis

2

mousesports

1

Grand Final

FaZe Clan

3

Astralis

0

The Caches Showmatch[edit]

Participants[edit]

Team Australia ^[15]

1	SPUNJ
2	Havoc
3	topguN
4	AZR
5	jks
C	GoMeZ

Team England

1	HenryG
2	YNk
3	moses
4	Stewie2K
5	nahtE

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Commentators:
- stunna (Tres Saranthus)
- Machine (Alex Richardson)

Format[edit]

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

Results[edit]

Team Australia

AU

16

15

Team England

England

Prize Pool[edit]

Place		Team
W	-	Team Australia
L	Bed of Cream	Team England

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]

2018-04-29 | IEM Sydney viewer's guide by Bünyamin "BenjaCS" Bektaş of HLTV.org
2018-04-30 | Four key storylines of IEM Sydney by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org

Conclusions[edit]

2018-05-06 | GuardiaN claims IEM Sydney MVP award by Luís "MIRAA" Mira of HLTV.org
2018-05-10 | IEM Sydney: the EVPs by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org

Interviews[edit]

HLTV.org[edit]

2018-04-30 | Immi: "There are big things to come from this team; 'online' comments do not affect us" by Luís "MIRAA" Mira of HLTV.org
2018-05-01 | BnTeT: "I'm the IGL now, I want [xccurate] to focus on his AWP" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
2018-05-01 | NiKo: "I think we will show our real face with Xizt at this event" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
2018-05-01 | Xyp9x: "I expect [NRG] to go quite far in this tournament" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
2018-05-01 | jks: "The fact that we succeeded this time is honestly a dream come true" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
2018-05-01 | Dickstacy about beating SK: "It's crazy, it's unbelievable, they are legends of the game" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
2018-05-02 | CeRq: "I think that the two first tournaments I'll just take as experience" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
2018-05-02 | tarik: "Still trying to transition FNS into the roster; these situations are bound to come up" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
2018-05-03 | Xizt: "I would like to be an in-game leader, once I find my new home" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
2018-05-03 | STYKO: "We were all losing confidence after a bunch of online defeats" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
2018-05-04 | xccurate: "Maybe for now, I'll be a more of a support AWPer" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
2018-05-04 | FNS: "We just weren't as prepared as we thought we were" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
2018-05-04 | coldzera: "We are going to change the IGL; I'll take the role" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
2018-05-05 | flusha: "We just can't play default rounds" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
2018-05-05 | mixwell: "Feels like you are in a war you should never be a part of" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org
2018-05-06 | GuardiaN: "Astralis made a lot of mistakes on Overpass, pushing and dying unnecessarily" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org

Esports Kingdom[edit]

2018-05-11 | FaZe karrigan: "We are a very good team no matter who we put in as the fifth player" by Grady Hooker of Esports Kingdom
2018-05-12 | TyLoo BnTeT: "Our communication is not 100%, maybe 90%" by Grady Hooker of Esports Kingdom
2018-05-17 | mousesports ropz: "Online matches take up a lot of time [...] less time for practice" by Grady Hooker of Esports Kingdom
2018-05-18 | Grayhound Gratisfaction: "Now we know we can compete with the worlds best" by Grady Hooker of Esports Kingdom
2018-05-19 | ORDER aliStair: "Australia is not a joke, we can compete with everybody" by Grady Hooker of Esports Kingdom
2018-05-19 | Fnatic Lekr0: "We dont help each other ingame if we play a bad game before" by Grady Hooker of Esports Kingdom
2018-05-20 | Chiefs sterling: "It sucks that we wont be able to play in Valve majors" by Grady Hooker of Esports Kingdom
2018-05-20 | Astralis Magisk: "Our map pool is probably the best in the world right now" by Grady Hooker of Esports Kingdom
2018-05-21 | MVP XigN: "I realized that strategy and tactics were not everything" by Grady Hooker of Esports Kingdom
2018-05-21 | SK boltz: "I know I am not playing the best I can" by Grady Hooker of Esports Kingdom
2018-05-21 | Legacy LONS: "I think [Grayhound] are better than Renegades to be honest" by Grady Hooker of Esports Kingdom

Videos and Photos[edit]

References[edit]

↑ "The Major champions are coming down under - welcome, Cloud9, to IEM Sydney". IEM. 2018-03-22.
↑ Alex "flam3z" Deng (2018-02-27). "FaZe invited to IEM Sydney". HLTV.org.
↑ "Reigning IEM World Champions, head to Australia do claim Sydney!". IEM. 2018-03-24.
↑ "Welcome, mousesports, to IEM Sydney 2018". IEM. 2018-03-20.
↑ Milan "Striker" Švejda (2018-03-12). "Renegades confirmed at IEM Sydney". HLTV.org.
↑ Luis "MIRAA" Mira (2018-02-26). "SK invited to IEM Sydney". HLTV.org.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 "G2 Esports and Legacy Esports to replace Natus Vincere and Space Soldiers at IEM Sydney due to VISA issues". IEM. 2018-04-28.
↑ Luis "MIRAA" Mira (2018-03-22). "TACO confirms SK exit". HLTV.org.
↑ Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham (2018-03-30). "Currently inactive with csgo, the future is uncertain and that is all guys thank you".
↑ Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham (2018-04-11). "Oh btw skadaddy is BACK BABY".
↑ Luis "MIRAA" Mira (2018-03-30). "Stewie2K links up with SK squad". HLTV.org.
↑ "An announcement from FaZe CS:GO: #FaZeUp". FaZe Clan. 2018-04-01.
↑ "We would like to welcome our newest #C9CSGO memeber, @FNS !". Cloud9. 2018-04-02.
↑ Lui "MIRAA" Mira (2018-04-30). "yellow to miss IEM Sydney". HLTV.org.
↑ Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill (2018-04-29). "HenryG has gone too far this time".
↑ "The Caches Showmatch Awards Ceremony". ESL. 2018-05-06.

[Cloud9_invited-1] "The Major champions are coming down under - welcome, Cloud9, to IEM Sydney". IEM. 2018-03-22.

[FaZe_invited-2] Alex "flam3z" Deng (2018-02-27). "FaZe invited to IEM Sydney". HLTV.org.

[Fnatic_invited-3] "Reigning IEM World Champions, head to Australia do claim Sydney!". IEM. 2018-03-24.

[mousesports_invited-4] "Welcome, mousesports, to IEM Sydney 2018". IEM. 2018-03-20.

[Renegades_invited-5] Milan "Striker" Švejda (2018-03-12). "Renegades confirmed at IEM Sydney". HLTV.org.

[SK_invited-6] Luis "MIRAA" Mira (2018-02-26). "SK invited to IEM Sydney". HLTV.org.

[navi_ss_replaced-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 "G2 Esports and Legacy Esports to replace Natus Vincere and Space Soldiers at IEM Sydney due to VISA issues". IEM. 2018-04-28.

[TACO_steps_down_from_SK-8] Luis "MIRAA" Mira (2018-03-22). "TACO confirms SK exit". HLTV.org.

[Skadoodle_inactive-9] Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham (2018-03-30). "Currently inactive with csgo, the future is uncertain and that is all guys thank you".

[Skadoodle_active-10] Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham (2018-04-11). "Oh btw skadaddy is BACK BABY".

[Stewie2k_joins-11] Luis "MIRAA" Mira (2018-03-30). "Stewie2K links up with SK squad". HLTV.org.

[Xizt_joins_as_sub-12] "An announcement from FaZe CS:GO: #FaZeUp". FaZe Clan. 2018-04-01.

[FNS_joins_C9-13] "We would like to welcome our newest #C9CSGO memeber, @FNS !". Cloud9. 2018-04-02.

[14] Lui "MIRAA" Mira (2018-04-30). "yellow to miss IEM Sydney". HLTV.org.

[15] Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill (2018-04-29). "HenryG has gone too far this time".

[16] "The Caches Showmatch Awards Ceremony". ESL. 2018-05-06.

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Contents

Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII - Sydney

Contents

About[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Format[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

Participants[edit]

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group B[edit]

Playoffs[edit]

The Caches Showmatch[edit]

Participants[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Format[edit]

Results[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

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]

References[edit]

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