Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII - Sydney
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Intel Extreme Masters XIII - Sydney
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Game:
Type:
Offline
Venue:
Teams:
16
Prize Pool:
$250,000 USD
Start Date:
2018-05-01
End Date:
2018-05-06
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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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$100,000 | ![]() |
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$42,000 | ![]() |
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$20,000 | ![]() |
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5th-6th | $10,000 | ![]() |
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7th-8th | $6,000 | ![]() |
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9th-12th | $5,000 | ![]() |
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13th-16th | $4,000 | ![]() |
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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

1

2
Upper Bracket Round 3
Proceed to Playoffs


Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 2
Lower Bracket Round 3

Group B[edit]
Round 1
Upper Bracket Round 2
Upper Bracket Round 3
Proceed to Playoffs


Lower Bracket Round 1

0

2
Lower Bracket Round 2

2

1
Lower Bracket Round 3

Playoffs[edit]
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
The Caches Showmatch[edit]
Participants[edit]
Results[edit]
Team Australia ![]() ![]() | 16 | 15 | ![]() ![]() |
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Prize Pool[edit]
Place | Team | |
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W | - | ![]() |
L | Bed of Cream | ![]() |
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]
- 2018-05-10 | IEM Sydney: the EVPs by Milan "Striker" Švejda of HLTV.org
Interviews[edit]
- Immi: "There are big things to come from this team; 'online' comments do not affect us" by Luis "MIRAA" Mira of HLTV.org 2018-04-30 |
- 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 2018-05-01 |
- 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 2018-05-02 |
- 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 2018-05-03 |
- 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 2018-05-04 |
- 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 2018-05-05 |
- GuardiaN: "Astralis made a lot of mistakes on Overpass, pushing and dying unnecessarily" by Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin of HLTV.org 2018-05-06 |
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
Highlights[edit]
- BnTeT vs. Renegades by Rama "djuhana" Djuhana of HLTV.org 2018-05-06 |
- GuardiaN - MVP of IEM Sydney 2018 by Filip "filq" Szatkowski of HLTV.org 2018-05-14 |
VODs[edit]
- Team Expectations going into IEM Sydney 2018 by ESL 2018-04-30 |
- How well do CSGO pros know Aussie slang? by ESL 2018-05-02 |
- Flusha & Golden Imitating CS:GO Weapon Sounds by ESL 2018-05-02 |
- Question Time with Karrigan & Guardian from FaZe Clan by ESL 2018-05-03 |
- 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 2018-05-04 |
- 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 2018-05-05 |
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.