Intel Extreme Masters Season XV - World Championship
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Intel Extreme Masters XV - World Championship
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Game:
Type:
Online
Location:
EuropePrize Pool:
$1,000,000 USD
Start Date:
2021-02-16
End Date:
2021-02-28
Teams:
24
Liquipedia Tier:
Pro Tour Tier:
Masters Champ.Links
Maps
About[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
Primary Broadcast[edit]
- Desk Host:
stunna (Tres Saranthus)
- Commentators:
Machine (Alex Richardson)
SPUNJ (Chad Burchill)- JustHarry (Harry Russell)
- Hugo Byron (Hugo Byron)
- Interviewer:
- Frankie (Frankie Ward)
- Observers:
- Rushly (Alexander Rush)
- MC (Michael Campagna)
UnknownFME (Bastian Faber)- Jak3y (Jake Elton)
Secondary Broadcast[edit]
- Commentators:
- DarfMike (Mike Winnick)
Dean (Dean Brown)- Dweg (Joshua Nathan)
- TheEternalJay (Jamie Martin)
- Observer:
- ItsRandall (Ryan Randall)
Format[edit]
- Play-In: February 16th - 17th, 2021
- Double-Elimination bracket
- Opening matches are Bo1
- All following matches are Bo3
- The top eight teams advance to the Group Stage
- Double-Elimination bracket
- Group Stage: February 18th - 21st, 2021
- Two double-elimination format groups
- Each group has eight teams
- Seeded using EPT Rankings & ESL World Rankings
- All 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 groups
- Playoffs: February 26th - 28th, 2021
- Single-Elimination bracket
- The Quarterfinals & Semifinals are Bo3
- The Grand Final is Bo5
Prize Pool[edit]
$1,000,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:
1st
2nd
3rd-4th
| Circuit Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place |  Pro Tour
|
 BLAST Premier
| |
| 1st | 1800 pts | 3200 pts | |
| 2nd | 1400 pts | 1600 pts | |
| 3rd - 4th | 1100 pts | 1000 pts | |
| 5th - 6th | 825 pts | 400 pts | |
| 7th - 8th | 575 pts | 200 pts | |
| 9th - 12th | 325 pts | - | |
| 13th - 16th | 125 pts | - | |
| 17th - 20th | 60 pts | - | |
| 21st - 24th | - | - | |
Participants[edit]
Directly Qualified Teams[edit]
- 1 December 7th - G2 Esports bench
JACKZ. [3]
- 1 January 8th - FURIA Esports bench
HEN1. [8] - 2 January 13th - FURIA Esports acquire Junior from Triumph. [9]
- 3 January 14th - FURIA Esports promote honda from FURIA Academy. [10]
Play-In Teams[edit]
- 1 January 22nd - TYLOO withdraw due to travel restrictions. They are replaced by Ninjas in Pyjamas. [13]
- 2 February 2nd - Ninjas in Pyjamas bench
twist. [14]
- 1 December 22nd - Team Liquid bench
Twistzz by mutual agreement. [15] - 2 January 9th - Team Liquid acquire FalleN from MIBR. [16]
- 1 January 22nd - ex-Chaos Esports Club decline their invite and are therefore replaced by Team oNe eSports. [13]
- 1 January 23rd - mousesports bench
chrisJ as they acquire acoR from MAD Lions. [21] - 2 February 10th - mousesports acquire dexter from Renegades. [18]
- 3 February 15th - mousesports terminate karrigan's contract by mutual agreement and he leaves the team. [22]
- 1 January 21st - Team Spirit place
iDISBALANCE on the transfer list and acquire degster and Patsi on loan from ESPADA. [28]
- 1 February 2nd - Movistar Riders sign smooya. [29]
- 1 January 22nd - Illuminar Gaming are unable to field a lineup in time, and are therefore replaced by Wisła Kraków. [13]
- 2 February 6th - Wisła Kraków sign
Goofy. [30]
| Former Participants |
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Results[edit]
Play-In[edit]
Upper Bracket Round 1
Upper Bracket Round 1
UB Round 1
UBR1
Upper Bracket Round 2
Upper Bracket Round 2
UB Round 2
UBR2
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 1
LB Round 1
LBR1
Lower Bracket Round 2
Lower Bracket Round 2
LB Round 2
LBR2
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
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
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
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
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
Playoffs[edit]
Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Quarters
QF
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
Additional Content[edit]
Streams[edit]
Previews[edit]
- 2021-02-16 | Five key storylines of IEM Katowice Play-In by Professeur of HLTV
Conclusions[edit]
- 2021-02-24 | IEM Katowice: Biggest talking points so far by Professeur of HLTV
- 2021-02-28 | sh1ro named IEM Katowice 2021 MVP by LucasAM of HLTV
Interviews[edit]
- 2021-02-15 | Spirit coach Certus: "degster is a great asset, but he can play much better than he's playing now. We will work on that" by Professeur of HLTV
- 2021-02-16 | dexter: "I chose mousesports because of the opportunity to grow without pressure" by Professeur of HLTV
Highlights[edit]
2021-02-18 | b0RUP vs. BIG by MAKKU of HLTV- 2021-02-22 | degster vs. Astralis by MAKKU of HLTV
- 2021-02-24 | sh1ro - 12 1vX wins at IEM Katowice 2021 group stage by MAKKU of HLTV
- 2021-02-28 | nafany vs. Virtus.pro by MAKKU of HLTV
- 2021-03-07 | sh1ro - HLTV MVP of IEM Katowice 2021 by FILQ of HLTV
References[edit]
- ↑ Team Vitality (2021-02-09). "Official statement from our CS:GO coach @XTQZZZ.".
- ↑ Team Vitality (2021-02-18). "KING @Vitality_apEX is back and ready to play the #IEMKatowice!".
- ↑ "CS:GO Roster Update – December 2020". G2 Esports. 2020-12-07.
- ↑ FaZe Clan (2021-01-30). "Twistzz is here".
- ↑ FaZe Clan (2021-01-30). "Effective today, Kjaerbye has been benched from our starting CS:GO roster".
- ↑ FaZe Clan (2021-02-14). "A legend to the game of Counter Strike and a legend in the story of FaZe Clan".
- ↑ FaZe Clan (2021-02-15). "He's back".
- ↑ FURIA Esports (2021-01-08). "Following a request made by HEN1, the player will now be free to seek for new options alongside his brother and will remain on the bench while this process lasts".
- ↑ FURIA Esports (2021-01-13). "O junin ta on! BEM-VINDO À FURIA, @1juniorcs!" [Junior is on! Welcome to FURIA, @1juniorcs!] (in Portuguese).
- ↑ FURIA Esports (2021-01-14). "BEM-VINDO, @h0ndaog!" [WELCOME, @h0ndaog!] (in Portuguese).
- ↑ Fnatic (2021-01-08). "Robin "@flusha" Rönnquist has been transferred to the inactive roster of our CS:GO team".
- ↑ Fnatic (2021-01-12). "@Jackinhocs joins Fnatic CS:GO.".
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 "Update to IEM Katowice Play-In teams". IEM. 2021-01-22.
- ↑ "CS:GO Roster Update". Ninjas in Pyjamas. 2021-02-02.
- ↑ Team Liquid (2020-12-22). "From a starry-eyed kid to a Grand Slam Title, @Twistzz has had quite the run and we're excited to see what he does next".
- ↑ Team Liquid (2021-01-09). "A man who needs no intro. Welcome to Liquid, @FalleNCS!".
- ↑ MIBR (2021-01-15). "2021. Contra todos." [2021. Against the world.] (in Portuguese).
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 mousesports (2021-02-10). "Welcome @dextersjourney".
- ↑ Renegades (2021-02-13). "The "BEST" kept secret in Esports history.... WELCOME @aliStair_CS!".
- ↑ "CS:GO Update – Tobias “tow b” Herberhold steps down". BIG. 2021-01-09.
- ↑ mousesports (2021-01-23). "Please welcome @acoRCS to mouz CS:GO".
- ↑ mousesports (2021-02-15). "Time to say goodbye".
- ↑ Cloud9 (2020-12-28). "Today we're sad to announce that #C9CSGO is parting ways with our Head Coach @kassad".
- ↑ Cloud9 (2021-01-18). "Today we announce that we have mutually parted ways with @w0xic.".
- ↑ HenryG (2021-01-18). "Statement regarding Cloud9 CS:GO & Woxic.".
- ↑ Cloud9 (2021-01-22). "It's time to stir up some Chaos... Please join us in welcoming @Xeppaaa to the #C9CSGO Colossus!".
- ↑ Cloud9 (2021-01-24). "A familiar face rejoins the Colossus as we welcome @Elmapuddy back to #C9CSGO as our new Head Coach...".
- ↑ Team Spirit (2021-01-21). "We start this year with CS:GO roster changes".
- ↑ Movistar Riders (2021-02-02). "Welcome home @smooyacs!".
- ↑ Wisła Kraków (2021-02-06). "Poznajcie naszego piątego zawodnika! Dzisiaj szeregi naszej ekipy zasila @Goofiacz." [Meet our fifth player! Today the ranks of our team are joined by @Goofiacz.] (in Polish).
- ↑ Chaos Esports Club (2020-12-03). "Due to the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, our ability to support our rosters and incredible players behind them has reached its limit".
- ↑ vanity (2020-01-01). "This won’t come as a surprise, but I’ll be transitioning to VALORANT full time".
- ↑ leaf (2021-01-21). "Proud to announce my swap to VALORANT with Cloud9".
- ↑ Illuminar Gaming (2020-12-23). "Ogłoszenie odnośnie dywizji CS:GO!" [Announcement about the CS: GO division!] (in Polish).