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Intel Extreme Masters Season XVI - Winter
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Intel Extreme Masters XVI - Winter
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Game:
Type:
Offline
Location:
Stockholm Venue:
Teams:
16
Prize Pool:
$250,000 USD
Start Date:
2021-12-02
End Date:
2021-12-12
Liquipedia Tier:
Pro Tour Tier:
MastersAbout[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
Primary Broadcast[edit]
- Desk Host:
stunna (Tres Saranthus)
- Observers:
Rushly (Alexander Rush)- Jak3y (Jake Elton)
UnknownFME (Bastian Faber)
- Commentators:
- Machine (Alex Richardson)
SPUNJ (Chad Burchill)- JustHarry (Harry Russell)
- Hugo Byron (Hugo Byron)
- Sideline Reporter:
- Pala (Pala Gilroy Sen)
Format[edit]
- Group Stage:
- Two double-elimination format groups
- Each group has eight teams
- Opening 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 groups
- Playoffs:
- Single-Elimination bracket
- The Quarterfinals & Semifinals are Bo3
- The Grand Final is Bo5
Prize Pool[edit]
$250,000 USD are spread among the teams as seen below:
| Place | $ USD | Pro Tour
|
Team |
|---|---|---|---|
 1st | $100,000 | 1000 pts |  Team Vitality |
 2nd | $42,000 | 750 pts |   Ninjas in Pyjamas |
 3rd-4th | $20,000 | 525 pts |   G2 Esports |
 Virtus.pro | |||
| 5th-6th | $10,000 | 350 pts |   GODSENT |
 Gambit Esports | |||
| 7th-8th | $6,000 | 200 pts |   Team Liquid |
 Fnatic | |||
| 9th-12th | $5,000 | 100 pts |  OG |
 Astralis | |||
  BIG | |||
  FaZe Clan | |||
| 13th-16th | $4,000 | - |  TYLOO |
 MOUZ | |||
 ENCE | |||
  Heroic |
Participants[edit]
- 1 November 17th - Ninjas in Pyjamas acquire es3tag from Complexity Gaming while LNZ returns to Young Ninjas. [6]
- 2 December 10th - phzy replaces dev1ce from the semifinal onwards due to the latter having health issues. [7][8]
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
Group A[edit]
Upper Bracket Round 1
Upper Bracket Round 2
G2 Esports
2
Team Liquid
0
Upper Bracket Round 3
Proceed to Playoffs
G2 Esports
Team Vitality
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 2
Ninjas in Pyjamas
2
OG
1
Lower Bracket Round 3
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Group B[edit]
Upper Bracket Round 1
Upper Bracket Round 2
Gambit Esports
0
Virtus.pro
2
Upper Bracket Round 3
Proceed to Playoffs
Virtus.pro
GODSENT
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 2
BIG
1
Fnatic
2
Lower Bracket Round 3
Gambit Esports
Playoffs[edit]
Quarterfinals
GODSENT1
Ninjas in Pyjamas2
Semifinals
G2 Esports1
Ninjas in Pyjamas2
Additional Content[edit]
Streams[edit]
Previews[edit]
- 2021-12-01 | IEM Winter viewer's guide by King Dempz of HLTV
- 2021-12-10 | The walking dead vs the newly minted - IEM Winter semi-finals preview by King Dempz of HLTV
Conclusions[edit]
- 2021-12-12 | ZywOo claims his first MVP of the year at IEM Winter by Rizzolini of HLTV
Interviews[edit]
HLTV[edit]
- 2021-12-09 | YEKINDAR: "We do feel like favorites, but we can't forget that all the teams here are strong" by Professeur and Heccu of HLTV
- 2021-12-09 | kennyS: "Getting back to competitive CS is definitely my focus now" by Professeur of HLTV
- 2021-12-09 | misutaaa: "I am a pillar in the team, but I want to be even more" by Rizzolini of HLTV
- 2021-12-10 | es3tag: "I'm starting to get to that age where I just want to build a legacy" by LucasAM of HLTV
Esports Kingdom[edit]
- 2021-12-10 | NiP: "I'm kind of happy that I haven't been doing completely shit" by Grady Hooker and Josh Treadway of Esports Kingdom
- 2021-12-10 | Vitality: "Of course s1mple is better than me this year" by Grady Hooker and Josh Treadway of Esports Kingdom
- 2021-12-10 | G2: "Of course I still have it, otherwise I would not be here talking to you" by Grady Hooker and Josh Treadway of Esports Kingdom
- 2021-12-10 | Virtus.Pro: "Right now we're playing at maybe 70 or 65% of our capabilities" by Grady Hooker and Josh Treadway of Esports Kingdom
Highlights[edit]
- 2021-12-17 | ZywOo - HLTV MVP by Bitskins of IEM Winter 2021 by MAKKU of HLTV
References[edit]
- ↑ "Astralis signs “k0nfig”, “blameF” and adds “ave” as new Head Coach". Astralis. 2021-11-04.
- ↑ "CS:GO Update – Welcome Niclas “enkay J” Krumhorn". BIG. 2021-11-10.
- ↑ G2 Esports (2021-11-16). "Today, we part ways with @G2maLeK_".
- ↑ Swani (2021-11-16). "I will be taking over the coaching role for the meantime".
- ↑ G2 Esports (2021-11-23). "CS:GO Roster Update".
- ↑ "Welcome es3tag". Ninjas in Pyjamas. 2021-11-17.
- ↑ Ninjas in Pyjamas (2021-12-10). "Last minute roster update: @dev1ce has been feeling unwell for the past day and has been advised by the doctor to rest and recover".
- ↑ Ninjas in Pyjamas (2021-12-10). "Stepping in will be Young Ninjas’ sniper Love "@phzycs" Smidebrant, who will be making his debut on the big stage after some very strong performances on the youth roster".
- ↑ ENCE (2021-11-30). "Unfortunately, @SnappiCSGO has tested COVID-19 positive and won't be able to join the rest of the team at IEM Winter".
- ↑ ENCE (2021-12-03). "Marco is back baby".