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IEM Katowice 2020
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IEM Katowice 2020
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Game Version:
Server:
Europe
Type:
Offline
Venue:
Format:
1v1
Round-Robin Group Stage
Single-elimination bracket
Round-Robin Group Stage
Single-elimination bracket
Prize Pool:
$400,000 USD
Start Date:
2020-02-24
End Date:
2020-03-01
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
76
34
20
22
Maps
Chronology
Format[edit]
Qualifiers[edit]
- 4 Server Qualifiers allow 11 players to qualify to the main events Group Stage.
- 3 slots for the European server qualifier.
- 3 slots for the American server qualifier.
- 5 slots for the Korean server qualifiers (3 + 2).
- Each Server Qualifier consists of an Open Qualifier and a Final Qualifier.
- Open Qualifier
- These qualifiers are open to all participants, with no region restrictions.
- Single-elimination Bo3 until Round of 16.
- Deciding matches Bo5.
- Top 8 Advance to the Final Qualifier.
- Final Qualifier
- 8 players from the Open Qualifier and 8 seeded players.
- Double-elimination Bo3.
- Deciding matches Bo5.
- 3 Players qualify to the main events Group Stage. (Via the second Korean server qualifier only 2 Players.)
- Open Qualifier
Round of 76[edit]
- Held offline at the ESL Arena.
- 64 players divided into 4 double-elimination brackets.
- Top 3 players from each bracket advance to main tournament group stage.
Round of 24[edit]
- Group Stage:
- Four groups of six players played out in round robin format.
- All matches are Bo3.
- First place in each group advances directly to the Quarterfinals.
- Second and third place in each group advance to the Round of 12.
- Ties are broken in the following order:
- Overall map difference
- Overall number of map wins
- Match wins amassed between the tied participants ('Mini-League')
- Map difference between the tied participants ('Mini-League')
- Number of map wins between the tied participants ('Mini-League')
- Tie breaker matches
- Coin toss
- Bracket:
- Single-elimination bracket of twelve players.
- Round of 12, Quarterfinals, and Semifinals are played in Bo5.
- Grand Finals is played in Bo7.
Map Pool[edit]
Talents[edit]
Prize Pool[edit]
The base prize pool is $250,000 USD.
In addition, it has been increased by a further $150,000 USD from ESL Pro Tour Prize Money boost, totaling $400,000 USD in 2020.[3]
The winner is awarded a Global Finals seed.
$400,000 USD and 9,000 EPT Points are spread among the players as seen below:
Base prize money | ||
---|---|---|
Place | Prize | |
1st | $150,000 | |
2nd | $65,000 | |
3 - 4th | $25,000 | |
5 - 8th | $10,000 | |
9 - 12th | $5,000 | |
13 - 16th | $3,000 | |
17 - 20th | $2,500 | |
21 - 24th | $2,000 | |
25 - 28th | $1,550 | |
29 - 36th | $1,250 | |
37 - 44th | $900 | |
45 - 60th | $600 | |
61 - 76th | $0 |
Group Stage winnings | ||
---|---|---|
Player | Victories | Winnings |
Dark | 4 | $800 |
Dear | 4 | $800 |
Maru | 4 | $800 |
Rogue | 4 | $800 |
Serral | 4 | $800 |
Zest | 4 | $800 |
Hurricane | 3 | $600 |
INnoVation | 3 | $600 |
ShoWTimE | 3 | $600 |
Solar | 3 | $600 |
sOs | 3 | $600 |
Stats | 3 | $600 |
TY | 3 | $600 |
Cure | 2 | $400 |
Elazer | 2 | $400 |
PartinG | 2 | $400 |
Reynor | 2 | $400 |
SpeCial | 2 | $400 |
Trap | 2 | $400 |
Armani | 1 | $200 |
Patience | 1 | $200 |
soO | 1 | $200 |
Has | 0 | $0 |
Lambo | 0 | $0 |
- In addition to the base prize money, players also receive $200 USD for each Bo3 win in the Group Stage.
- RagnaroK was awarded 2 Major Penalty Points and fined $250 USD for watching a stream for a few seconds[4] (without gaining an advantage) in the break of his match against uThermal. The $250 USD were spread among the other participants.
Participants[edit]
Protoss (10) | Terran (5) | Zerg (9) |
Seeded into Group Stage from 2019 WCS Global Finals (1) | ||
---|---|---|
Dark | ||
Seeded into Group Stage from Online Qualifiers (11) | ||
PartinG | Cure | Elazer |
Stats | Maru | Reynor |
Zest | TY | Rogue |
Serral | ||
Solar | ||
From Round of 76 (12) | ||
Dear | INnoVation | Armani |
Has | SpeCial | Lambo |
Hurricane | soO | |
Patience
|
||
ShoWTimE | ||
sOs | ||
Trap |
Results[edit]
Round of 76[edit]
- Main article: IEM Katowice 2020: Round of 76
Group Stage[edit]
[edit]
Group A Matches
February 27, 2020 - 12:00 CET
February 27, 2020 - 12:45 CET
February 27, 2020 - 13:45 CET
February 27, 2020 - 14:30 CET
February 27, 2020 - 15:20 CET
[edit]
Group B Matches
February 27, 2020 - 16:00 CET
February 27, 2020 - 17:45 CET
February 27, 2020 - 18:25 CET
February 27, 2020 - 19:25 CET
February 27, 2020 - 20:25 CET
[edit]
Group C Matches
February 28, 2020 - 11:45 CET
February 28, 2020 - 13:00 CET
February 28, 2020 - 13:25 CET
February 28, 2020 - 14:20 CET
February 28, 2020 - 16:00 CET
[edit]
Group D Matches
February 28, 2020 - 17:15 CET
February 28, 2020 - 17:30 CET
February 28, 2020 - 18:15 CET
February 28, 2020 - 19:30 CET
February 28, 2020 - 20:30 CET
Playoffs[edit]
Round of 12 (Bo5)
Quarterfinals (Bo5)
Semifinals (Bo5)
Finals (Bo7)
1
3
1
3
1
4
1
4
March 1, 2020 - 13:55 CET
Distribution[edit]
Maps Statistics[edit]
vs. | vs. | vs. | Mirrors | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Map | # | Σ | % | Σ | % | Σ | % | |||||||||
Ephemeron LE | 90 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 63.6% | 19 | 9 | 10 | 47.4% | 24 | 12 | 12 | 50.0% | 25 | 4 | 7 |
Eternal Empire LE | 69 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60.0% | 15 | 8 | 7 | 53.3% | 23 | 10 | 13 | 43.5% | 11 | 5 | 5 |
Nightshade LE | 79 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 75.0% | 22 | 13 | 9 | 59.1% | 17 | 11 | 6 | 64.7% | 21 | 4 | 7 |
Simulacrum LE | 45 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57.1% | 17 | 10 | 7 | 58.8% | 8 | 5 | 3 | 62.5% | 7 | 2 | 4 |
Triton LE | 93 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 40.0% | 26 | 12 | 14 | 46.2% | 21 | 11 | 10 | 52.4% | 20 | 1 | 10 |
World of Sleepers LE | 42 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | 13 | 8 | 5 | 61.5% | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60.0% | 14 | 2 | 5 |
Zen LE | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50.0% | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 3 |
Total Sum (Σ) | 436 | 57 | 32 | 25 | 56.1% | 118 | 63 | 55 | 53.4% | 98 | 52 | 46 | 53.1% | 103 | 19 | 41 |
View Games[edit]
English Broadcasts[edit]
ESL Streams
Community Streams (Round of 76 only)
Language Streams[edit]
VODs[edit]
- Spoiler-free VODs on SC2Links.com
- Spoiler-free Official YouTube VODs at SC2Casts.com
Replays[edit]
External Links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Wardi replaces MrBitter
- ↑ feardragon covering C-Stream
- ↑ "ESL Pro Tour Upcoming Events (icluding Prize Pool Boost announcement)". pro.eslgaming.com. January 7, 2020. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- ↑ Clip of RagnaroK watching stream
- ↑ IEM Katowice 2020 Replay pack