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IEF 2010

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[e][h]IEF 2010
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
International e-Sports Festival
Type:
Offline
Location:
China Wuhan
Format:
1v1
Prize Pool:
$16,000 USD
Start Date:
2010-10-29
End Date:
2010-10-30
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
9
Protoss 5
Terran 1
Zerg 3
Maps
Chronology

Overview[edit]

The 2010 IEF, or International e-Sports Festival was held from October 29-30, 2010 in Wuhan, China.[1][2] It was composed of nine players, featuring four participants from China and five from South Korea.[3][4]

Alongside the StarCraft competition, tournaments for Warcraft III and Counter-Strike were also held.[5][6]

The 2010 IEF was the sixth in a series of collaborative tournaments between the two nations, beginning from the 2005 CKCG, before being renamed to the IEF for the subsequent years.

Tournament Information[edit]

The matches were played with a best of three format in the Elimination Stage. An initial playoff game was played to select eight quarterfinalists before bracket play began.[7][8]


Prize Pool[edit]

$16,000 was awarded among the top placing players according to the following distribution:[9]

Along with Warcraft III and Counter-Strike, the total prize pool for the four games was $58,000.


Participants[edit]

Protoss Protoss (4)
Terran Terran (1)
Zerg Zerg (3)
  • 1 Player was absent and did not participate.

Maps[edit]

Results[edit]

Preliminary Playoff[edit]

With nine players attempting to qualify for the eight person single elimination bracket, a preliminary playoff was held between South Korea  Stork and China  LeiLei




Elimination Bracket[edit]

With the eight participants determined, an elimination bracket was played:

Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Quarters
QF
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
South KoreaProtossBisu
2
South KoreaZergTerror
0
South KoreaZergMyDream
2
South KoreaProtossajuk12
0
ChinaProtossLeiChe
2
ChinaProtossLx
0
Third Place Match
Third Place Match
3rd Place
3rd

The Finals[edit]

South Korea Protoss Bisu defeated South Korea Protoss Stork to win the tournament in three games in the finals for his third crown, following victories at the 2007 IEF and 2008 IEF.


Racial Distribution[edit]

ProtossTerranZerg
Preliminary
513
Quarterfinals
53
Semifinals
31
Finals
2
Winner
1

Gallery[edit]

References[edit]