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IEM Season IX - San Jose

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[e][h]IEM Season IX - San Jose
League Information
Game Version:
Heart of the Swarm
Server:
North America
Type:
Offline
Location:
United States San Jose
Prize Pool:
$25,000 USD
Start Date:
2014-12-03
End Date:
2014-12-07
Liquipedia Tier:
Premier
Links
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:
25
9
7
9
Maps
Chronology


Tournament Information[edit]

IEM Season IX - San Jose is the third event of IEM Season IX, organized by ESL and held at SAP Center. It marks the seventh IEM event in the United States of America since 2006. It is also the first IEM standalone event in North America.[1]

With the changes made by Blizzard to the 2015 StarCraft II World Championship Series, ESL announced on November 26 that IEM San Jose would be a Tier 2 WCS Event and offer 4,000 WCS points for the 2015 season, even though it was not originally planned.[2]

Location[edit]

  • San Jose, California
  • Sap Center

Format[edit]

Qualifier[edit]

There are 8 spots for players from all over the world divided to regions as follows:

Main Tournament[edit]

Three Stages:

  • Stage 1:
    • Two double-elimination brackets of eight players each.
    • Top 2 of each bracket advance to Stage 2.
  • Stage 2:
    • Four groups of four players played out in dual tournament format, consisting of the 4 Stage 1 winners, 8 qualifiers and 4 invites..
    • Top 2 of each group advance to Stage 3.
  • Stage 3:
    • Single-elimination bracket of eight players.
    • Quarterfinals and Semifinals are played in best of 5
    • Grand Finals is played in best of 7

Contrary to other IEM events, the open brackets and the first two matches of each group are played on December 3 and 4 at ESL's studios in Burbank, California.[3][4]


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Prize Pool[edit]

$25,000 and 4,000 WCS Points are spread among the players as seen below:

* Players must advance one round in order to claim WCS points for that placement. Being seeded through qualifiers counts as advancing one round.

Participants[edit]

Stage 1 players (15)
Protoss (6) Terran (3) Zerg (6)
Dual tournament #1 (7)
ROOT GamingROOT Gaming
United States Caliber
Invasion eSportInvasion eSport
South Korea GuMiho
South Korea viOLet4
Invasion eSportInvasion eSport
South Korea Super
PSISTORM GamingPSISTORM Gaming
United States intense4
compLexity GamingcompLexity Gaming
Canada hendralisk3
IvDgamingIvDgaming
United States puCK
ROOT GamingROOT Gaming
South Korea Hydra4
Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses
Canada HuK
Team PropertyTeam Property
Sweden Zanster3
Dual tournament #2 (8)
FnaticFnatic
Netherlands Harstem
Invasion eSportInvasion eSport
South Korea TOP
Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses
United States Suppy2
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
South Korea Seed2
PSISTORM GamingPSISTORM Gaming
United States Phog
ROOT GamingROOT Gaming
Peru CatZ
CM StormCM Storm
South Korea Revival
Jin Air Green WingsJin Air Green Wings
South Korea Symbol
Dead PixelsDead Pixels
South Korea TRUE
Stage 2 players (16)
Protoss (5) Terran (5) Zerg (6)
From Dual tournaments (6)
Invasion eSportInvasion eSport
South Korea Super
Invasion eSportInvasion eSport
South Korea GuMiho
CM StormCM Storm
South Korea Revival
Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses
Canada HuK
Dead PixelsDead Pixels
South Korea TRUE
Jin Air Green WingsJin Air Green Wings
South Korea Symbol
Wildcards Players (4)
Red BullRed Bull
South Korea Bomber[5]
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
Norway Snute[6]
Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses
South Korea Jaedong[7]
Team ROCCATTeam ROCCAT
South Korea HyuN[8]
Through qualifiers (6)
mYinsanitymYinsanity
South Korea Rain
MilleniumMillenium
South Korea ForGG
MilleniumMillenium
Spain VortiX1
CJ EntusCJ Entus
South Korea herO
CM StormCM Storm
South Korea Polt
Team AcerTeam Acer
Canada Scarlett4
TCM-GamingTCM-Gaming
South Korea First1
ROOT GamingROOT Gaming
Mexico MajOr4
compLexity GamingcompLexity Gaming
United States qxc

1 VortiX could not attend and was replaced by First who finished third in the European qualifier.
2 Suppy cancelled his participation and was replaced by Seed.[9]
3 hendralisk cancelled his participation and was replaced by Zanster.[10]
4 MajOr and Scarlett cancelled their participation due to health-related issues. viOLet and Hydra also cancelled. intense is the only replacement.[11][12] With 2 less players in the group stage, 6 players will qualify from the open brackets.[13]

Results[edit]

Stage 1[edit]

Stage 2[edit]

Group A[edit]

lrthread Group A
December 4, 2014 - 12:00 PST
1. South Korea  Rain 2-0 4-1
2. Norway  Snute 2-1 4-3
3. South Korea  TRUE 1-2 3-4
4. Canada  HuK 0-2 1-4
This is a legacy matchlist! Please use the new matchlist instead.

Group B[edit]

lrthread Group B
December 4, 2014 - 13:30 PST
1. South Korea  Revival 2-0 4-2
2. South Korea  Jaedong 2-1 4-3
3. South Korea  Polt 1-2 3-4
4. South Korea  First 0-2 2-4
This is a legacy matchlist! Please use the new matchlist instead.

Group C[edit]

lrthread Group C
December 4, 2014 - 15:30 PST
1. South Korea  GuMiho 2-0 4-1
2. South Korea  ForGG 2-1 5-2
3. South Korea  Symbol 1-2 2-5
4. South Korea  HyuN 0-2 1-4
This is a legacy matchlist! Please use the new matchlist instead.

Group D[edit]

lrthread Group D
December 4, 2014 - 17:30 PST
1. South Korea  herO 2-0 4-0
2. South Korea  Bomber 2-1 4-3
3. South Korea  Super 1-2 3-4
4. United States  qxc 0-2 0-4
This is a legacy matchlist! Please use the new matchlist instead.

Stage 3[edit]

This is a legacy bracket! Please use the new bracket instead.
Quarterfinals (Bo5)
Semifinals (Bo5)
Finals (Bo7)
South KoreaherO
3
NorwaySnute
2
herO
Snute
December 7, 2014 - 20:10UTC
The King Sejong Station
Overgrowth
Merry Go Round
Nimbus
Catallena
lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3 Watch Game 4 Watch Game 5 Head-to-head statistics
South KoreaJaedong
3
South KoreaGuMiho
2
Jaedong
GuMiho
December 7, 2014 - 22:40UTC
Nimbus
Merry Go Round
Deadwing
Overgrowth
The King Sejong Station
lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 4 Watch Game 5 Head-to-head statistics
South KoreaherO
3
South KoreaJaedong
1
herO
Jaedong
December 8, 2014 - 01:10UTC
The King Sejong Station
Merry Go Round
Nimbus
Catallena
Overgrowth
lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3 Watch Game 4 Head-to-head statistics
South KoreaRain
3
South KoreaForGG
2
Rain
ForGG
December 7, 2014 - 19:10UTC
Foxtrot Labs
Catallena
Overgrowth
Merry Go Round
Deadwing
lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3 Watch Game 4 Watch Game 5 Head-to-head statistics
South KoreaBomber
3
South KoreaRevival
0
Bomber
Revival
December 7, 2014 - 21:00UTC
Overgrowth
Catallena
The King Sejong Station
Merry Go Round
Foxtrot Labs
lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3 Head-to-head statistics
South KoreaRain
3
South KoreaBomber
1
Rain
Bomber
December 8, 2014 - 03:05UTC
Merry Go Round
The King Sejong Station
Overgrowth
Foxtrot Labs
Catallena
lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3 Watch Game 4 Head-to-head statistics
South KoreaherO
4
South KoreaRain
3
herO
Rain
December 8, 2014 - 04:30UTC
The King Sejong Station
Nimbus
Foxtrot Labs
Merry Go Round
Overgrowth
Deadwing
Catallena
lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3 Watch Game 4 Watch Game 5 Watch Game 6 Watch Game 7 Head-to-head statistics

Racial Distribution[edit]

  Protoss TerranZerg
Group Stage
556
Quarterfinals
233
Semifinals
211
Finals
2
Champion
1

Map Statistics[edit]

vs. vs. vs. Mirrors
Map#Σ%Σ%Σ%
Catallena2032166.7%106460.0%41325.0%-12
Deadwing1462433.3%1010.0%52340.0%--2
Foxtrot Labs731233.3%110100.0%220100.0%--1
Merry Go Round2175271.4%31233.3%43175.0%133
Nimbus101010.0%75271.4%110100.0%--1
Overgrowth28440100.0%124833.3%52340.0%133
The King Sejong Station3884450.0%136746.2%106460.0%-52
Total Sum (Σ)13832181456.2%47232448.9%31171454.8%21214

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

VODs[edit]

Replays[edit]

See Also[edit]

External Links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Ella M. (September 15, 2014). "Intel Extreme Masters adds stadium stop at San Jose SAP Center". Eslgaming.com. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
  2. ↑ IEM (November 26, 2014). "Intel Extreme Masters San Jose officially a WCS Global Event". Intelextrememasters.com. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  3. ↑ @mbCARMAC (October 22, 2014). "Open bracket to be played in ESL studios". Twitter.com. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  4. ↑ IEM (October 24, 2014). "Sign up for the open bracket of San Jose now!". Intelextrememasters.com. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
  5. ↑ @IEM (November 17, 2014). "Last & final wildcard player of IEM San Jose". Twitter.com. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  6. ↑ @IEM (November 14, 2014). "Snute is the first wildcard player of IEM San Jose". Twitter.com. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  7. ↑ @IEM (November 15, 2014). "Jaedong is the second wildcard player of IEM San Jose". Twitter.com. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  8. ↑ @IEM (November 16, 2014). "HyuN is the third wildcard player of IEM San Jose". Twitter.com. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  9. ↑ @IEM (November 25, 2014). "Seed replaces Suppy who has dropped out". Twitter.com. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  10. ↑ @IEM (November 30, 2014). "Zanster replaces hendralisk". Twitter.com. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  11. ↑ @ESLSC2 (December 3, 2014). "viOLet, Hydra and MajOr can't attend IEM San Jose". Twitter.com. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  12. ↑ @IEM (December 3, 2014). "Scarlett and Major have both withdrawn from IEM San Jose due to health-related issues". Twitter.com. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  13. ↑ @IEM (December 3, 2014). "The players that dropped out will be replaced by those from the Open Bracket". Twitter.com. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
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