Intel Extreme Masters Season XIV - Chicago

• Overview
• North American Qualifier
• European Qualifier

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

League Information

Series:

IEM
Intel Grand Slam

Organizer:

ESL

Sponsor:

Intel
AT&T
Acer Predator
GAME FUEL
paysafecard
Betway
Chipotle Mexican Grill
NEEDforSEAT

Game:

Global Offensive

Type:

Offline

Location:

 Chicago

Venue:

United Center

Teams:

8

Prize Pool:

$250,000 USD

Start Date:

2019-07-18

End Date:

2019-07-21

Liquipedia Tier:

S-Tier

Links

Maps

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

About

Broadcast Talent

Primary Broadcast

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

• Desk Host:
  •  stunna (Tres Saranthus)

• Analysts:
  •  SPUNJ (Chad Burchill)
  •  Pimp (Jacob Winneche)
  •  n0thing (Jordan Gilbert)

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

• Interviewer:
  •  Frankie (Frankie Ward)

• Observers:
  •  sapphiRe (Heather Garozzo)
  •  Rushly (Alexander Rush)

Secondary Broadcast

• Commentators:
  •  Jacky (Jack Peters)
  •  Snodz (Alex Byfield)
  •  Tombizz (Tom Bissmire)

• Observer:
  •  zarx (Jake Karakouzian)

Format

• Group Stage: July 18th - 19th, 2019
  • Two double-elimination format (GSL) Groups
    • Each group has 4 teams
    • Seeded using the ESL CS:GO World Rankings
  • All matches are Bo3
  • The top two teams from each group advance to the Playoffs
    
    
• Playoffs: July 20th - 21st, 2019
  • Single-Elimination bracket
  • The Semifinals are Bo3
  • The Grand Final is Bo5

Prize Pool

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

Place	$ USD	Team
1st	$125,000	Team Liquid
2nd	$50,000	ENCE
3rd-4th	$25,000	Team Vitality
		MIBR
5th-6th	$8,500	G2 Esports
		Heroic
7th-8th	$4,000	Team Envy
		Renegades

Participants

Team Liquid 

1	nitr0
2	EliGE
3	Twistzz
4	NAF
5	Stewie2K
C	adreN

North American Invite

MIBR^{1, 3} 

1	FalleN
2	fer
3	TACO
4	LUCAS1
5	zews
C	dead

North American Invite

Renegades 

1	AZR
2	jks
3	jkaem
4	Liazz
5	Gratisfaction
C	kassad

North American Invite

Team Envy

1	Nifty
2	s0m
3	ANDROID
4	FugLy
5	Sonic
C	Eley

North American Qualifier

ENCE 

1	allu
2	Aleksib
3	sergej
4	Aerial
5	xseveN
C	Twista

European Invite

G2 Esports 

1	shox
2	kennyS
3	Lucky
4	JaCkz
5	AmaNEk
C	maLeK

European Invite

Team Vitality 

1	NBK-
2	apEX
3	RpK
4	ZywOo
5	ALEX
C	XTQZZZ

European Invite

Heroic²

1	es3tag
2	friberg
3	blameF
4	stavn
5	NaToSaphiX
C	ToniGalic

GG.Bet Invitational

¹ June 25th - MIBR loans  felps to Luminosity Gaming in exchange for  LUCAS1.

² July 10th - forZe withdraw from the tournament due to visa issues, Heroic qualify in their place.

³ July 12th - MIBR bench  coldzera,  zews will stand-in.

Results

Group Stage

Group A

Group A Week 1 Week 1
1.	Team Liquid	2-0	77-45	+32
2.	MIBR	2-1	105-105	0
3.	G2 Esports	1-2	103-104	-1
4.	Team Envy	0-2	47-78	-31

Group A Matches
Opening Matches
Liquid	Liquid Envy July 18, 2019 - 11:00 CDT 16 15 1 0 1 1 Vertigo 16 13 3 2 6 4 Mirage Inferno ·  · 2	0	Envy
G2	G2 MIBR July 18, 2019 - 11:00 CDT 16 12 4 3 6 3 Overpass 16 8 8 7 9 2 Dust II Inferno ·  · 2	0	MIBR
Winners' Match
Liquid	Liquid G2 July 18, 2019 - 16:35 CDT 13 9 4 6 16 10 Dust II 16 9 7 6 13 7 Overpass 16 13 3 2 9 7 Inferno ·  · 2	1	G2
Elimination Match
Envy	Envy MIBR July 18, 2019 - 16:20 CDT 16 11 5 4 11 7 Inferno 9 6 3 9 16 7 Mirage 15 10 0 5 0 3 5 19 1 10 Train  Eley standing-in for  Nifty on Team Envy due to illness ·  · 1	2	MIBR
Decider Match
G2	G2 MIBR July 19, 2019 - 13:50 CDT 11 6 5 9 16 7 Inferno 16 8 8 7 12 5 Dust II 6 5 1 10 16 6 Train ·  · 1	2	MIBR

Group B

Group B Week 1 Week 1
1.	ENCE	2-0	64-47	+17
2.	Team Vitality	2-1	99-83	+16
3.	Heroic	1-2	90-99	-9
4.	Renegades	0-2	40-64	-24

Group B Matches
Opening Matches
Vitality	Vitality Heroic July 18, 2019 - 13:40 CDT 14 10 4 5 16 11 Overpass 9 5 4 10 16 6 Nuke Dust II ·  · 0	2	Heroic
ENCE	ENCE RNG July 18, 2019 - 14:00 CDT 16 10 6 5 7 2 Inferno 16 6 10 9 14 5 Train Mirage ·  · 2	0	RNG
Winners' Match
Heroic	Heroic ENCE July 19, 2019 - 11:00 CDT 12 7 5 8 16 8 Overpass 14 6 8 9 16 7 Nuke Dust II ·  · 0	2	ENCE
Elimination Match
Vitality	Vitality RNG July 19, 2019 - 11:00 CDT 16 10 6 5 12 7 Mirage 16 11 5 4 7 3 Dust II Vertigo ·  · 2	0	RNG
Decider Match
Heroic	Heroic Vitality July 19, 2019 - 17:30 CDT 7 1 6 7 16 9 Mirage 16 8 8 7 12 5 Dust II 9 8 1 7 16 9 Overpass ·  · 1	2	Vitality

Playoffs

Semifinals

Team Liquid

2

Liquid

Vitality

July 20, 2019 - 18:10 CDT

16	12
	4

3	11
8

Dust II

16	9
	7

6	9
3

Overpass

Mirage

·  ·

Team Vitality

0

ENCE

2

ENCE

MIBR

July 20, 2019 - 14:30 CDT

9	5
	4

10	16
6

Mirage

16	11
	5

4	5
1

Train

16	11
	5

4	7
3

Dust II

·  ·

MIBR

1

Grand Final

Team Liquid

3

Liquid

ENCE

July 21, 2019 - 14:45 CDT

16	14
	2

1	2
1

Overpass

16	13
	3

2	3
1

Nuke

16	10
	6

5	14
9

Inferno

Dust II

Mirage

·  ·

ENCE

0

The Freedom Match

Participants

Team North America

1	moses
2	Hiko
3	n0thing
4	da_bears
5	nitr0

Team Europe

1	Anders
2	smooya
3	Pimp
4	dsn
5	friberg

Broadcast Talent

• Commentators:
  •  HenryG (Henry Greer)
  •  stunna (Tres Saranthus)

Format

• The Freedom Match:
  • Bo1 Showmatch on Stage
  • moses  vs  Anders
  • Each team features: Captain, CS:GO Pro, ex-CS:GO Pro, CS 1.6 Pro, Chicago Player

Results

North America Team NA	10	16	Europe Team EU
July 20, 2019 - 12:30 CDT 10 5 5 10 16 6 Dust II ·

Prize Pool

Place	Team
W	Europe
L	North America

Additional Content

Streams

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Secondary
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Previews

• 2019-07-17 | IEM Chicago viewer's guide by VoltiX of HLTV

Conclusions

• 2019-07-22 | EliGE wins IEM Chicago MVP award by MIRAA of HLTV
• 2019-08-01 | The EVPs of July's big events by HLTV

Interviews

• 2019-07-18 | blameF: "I think we're one of the teams that practice the most; every single day" by Striker of HLTV
• 2019-07-18 | fer: "We're going to play with zews [at the Major]" by Striker of HLTV
• 2019-07-19 | apEX: "I understand the people trash-talking us, I just hope they try to understand us because we didn't want to do anything bad" by Striker of HLTV
• 2019-07-21 | Aerial: "We don't know how to counter ZywOo; it was so relieving [to dodge Vitality]" by Striker of HLTV
• 2019-07-22 | EliGE: "After the break is done, I think it'll be more competitive" by Striker of HLTV
• 2019-07-22 | FalleN: "I don't think we will pick anyone from Furia; maybe if something changes on their part" by Striker of HLTV
• 2019-07-23 | Eley: "We feel like we could have gone to the playoffs if we were at full strength" by Striker of HLTV
• 2019-07-23 | jks: "The mood is not as bad as what I thought it would be, I think we're all still pretty positive" by Striker of HLTV
• 2019-07-23 | AmaNEk: "shox gives me the freedom to have a voice on both sides" by Striker of HLTV
• 2019-07-24 | ALEX: "The only thing that's going to stop Liquid is the player break, hope they drop off a bit because it's ridiculous" by Striker of HLTV

Videos and Photos

Galleries

• 2019-07-18 | IEM Chicago 2019 - Day 1 by HLTV
• 2019-07-19 | IEM Chicago 2019 - Day 2 by HLTV
• 2019-07-20 | IEM Chicago 2019 - Day 3 by HLTV
• 2019-07-21 | IEM Chicago 2019 - Day 4 by HLTV

Highlights

• 2019-08-02 | EliGE - HLTV MVP by betway of IEM Chicago 2019 by MAKKU of HLTV