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Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII - Sydney
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Intel Extreme Masters XIII - Sydney
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Game:
Type:
Offline
Location:
Sydney Venue:
Teams:
16
Prize Pool:
$250,000 USD
Start Date:
2018-05-01
End Date:
2018-05-06
Liquipedia Tier:
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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]
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 3rd place teams advance to the Quarterfinals as the Low Seeds
- Two double-elimination format (GSL) Groups
- 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 |
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 1st
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$100,000 |  FaZe Clan
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 2nd
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$42,000 |  Astralis
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 3rd-4th
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$20,000 |  TYLOO
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 mousesports
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| 5th-6th | $10,000 |  Fnatic
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 Renegades
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| 7th-8th | $6,000 |  Cloud9
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 G2 Esports
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| 9th-12th | $5,000 |  ORDER
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 Grayhound Gaming
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 NRG Esports
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 MVP PK
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| 13th-16th | $4,000 |  Legacy Esports
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 SK Gaming
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 B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape
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 Chiefs Esports Club
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Participants[edit]
- 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]
Round 1
Upper Bracket Round 2
FaZe Clan
1
Renegades
2
Upper Bracket Round 3
Proceed to Playoffs
TYLOO
Renegades
Lower Bracket Round 1
ORDER
2
Legacy Esports
0
Lower Bracket Round 2
Cloud9
2
ORDER
1
Lower Bracket Round 3
FaZe Clan
Group B[edit]
Round 1
Upper Bracket Round 2
mousesports
0
Astralis
2
Upper Bracket Round 3
Proceed to Playoffs
Astralis
Fnatic
Lower Bracket Round 1
BOOT-dream[S]cape
0
NRG Esports
2
Lower Bracket Round 2
G2 Esports
2
NRG Esports
1
Lower Bracket Round 3
mousesports
Playoffs[edit]
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
The Caches Showmatch[edit]
Participants[edit]
Results[edit]
Team Australia  AU | 16 | 15 |  Team England England |
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Prize Pool[edit]
| Place | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| W | - | Team Australia
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| L | Bed of Cream | Team England
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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]
ESL
ESL Turkey- ESL Brazil
ESL France- ESL France 2
ESL Spain
99damage
RuHub
ESL Thailand
500Anhem
ESL Supremeleague
Znipe
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 Luis "MIRAA" Mira of HLTV.org
- 2018-05-10 | IEM Sydney: the EVPs by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
Interviews[edit]
- 2018-04-30 | Immi: "There are big things to come from this team; 'online' comments do not affect us" by Luis "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
- 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]
Galleries[edit]
- 2018-05-01 | IEM Sydney 2018 - Day 1 by HLTV.org
- 2018-05-02 | IEM Sydney 2018 - Day 2 by HLTV.org
- 2018-05-03 | IEM Sydney 2018 - Day 3 by HLTV.org
- 2018-05-04 | IEM Sydney 2018 - Day 4 by HLTV.org
- 2018-05-05 | IEM Sydney 2018 - Day 5 by HLTV.org
- 2018-05-06 | IEM Sydney 2018 - Day 6 by HLTV.org
- 2018-05-10 | IEM Sydney 2018 by Esports Kingdom
Highlights[edit]
- 2018-05-06 | BnTeT vs. Renegades by Rama "djuhana" Djuhana of HLTV.org
- 2018-05-14 | GuardiaN - MVP of IEM Sydney 2018 by Filip "filq" Szatkowski of HLTV.org
VODs[edit]
2018-04-30 | Team Expectations going into IEM Sydney 2018 by ESL- 2018-05-02 | How well do CSGO pros know Aussie slang? by ESL
- 2018-05-02 | Flusha & Golden Imitating CS:GO Weapon Sounds by ESL
- 2018-05-03 | Question Time with Karrigan & Guardian from FaZe Clan by ESL
- 2018-05-04 | 10 Words 2 Minutes with RUSH & Tarik from Cloud9 by ESL
- 2018-05-04 | Aussie Food Taste Testing with Tarik & RUSH from Cloud9 by ESL
- 2018-05-05 | 10 Words 2 Minute with Dupreeh & Glaive from Astralis by ESL
- 2018-05-05 | CS:GO Pros Imitating Weapon Sounds! by ESL
- 2018-05-05 | Stewie & Fer Try the Weet-Bix Challenge by ESL
- 2018-05-05 | Aussie Food Taste Testing with Flusha & Golden from Fnatic by ESL
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.
- ↑ 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.