IEM Season IX - San Jose
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IEM Season IX - San Jose
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Game Version:
Server:
North America
Type:
Offline
Location:
San Jose Prize pool:
$25,000
Start Date:
2014-12-03
End Date:
2014-12-07
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Winners
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:
25
9
7
9Maps
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:
- 2 spots in the European and African Qualifier
- 3 spots in the American Qualifier
- 1 spot in the US Qualifier
- 2 spots in the Asia Final Qualifier
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]
Prize Pool[edit]
$25,000 and 4,000 WCS Points are spread among the players as seen below:
| Place | $USD | WCS Points | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 1st | $10,000 | 750 |  herO |  CJ Entus |
 2nd | $4,000 | 500 | Rain |  mYinsanity |
 3rd-4th | $2,000 | 375 | Jaedong |  Evil Geniuses |
| Bomber |  Red Bull | |||
| 5th-8th | $1,000 | 250 |  Snute |  Team Liquid |
| GuMiho |  Invasion eSport | |||
| ForGG |  Millenium | |||
| Revival |  CM Storm | |||
| 9th-12th | $400 | 125 | TRUE |  Dead Pixels |
| Polt | CM Storm | |||
| Symbol |  Jin Air Green Wings | |||
| Super | Invasion eSport | |||
| 13th-16th | $350 | 125* |  HuK | Evil Geniuses |
| First |  TCM-Gaming | |||
| HyuN |  Team ROCCAT | |||
| qxc |  compLexity Gaming |
* 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)
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Terran (3)
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Zerg (6)
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| Dual tournament #1 (7) | ||
 Caliber
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GuMiho
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 viOLet |
| Super
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 intense4
|
hendralisk |
 puCK
|
Hydra | |
| HuK
|
  Zanster3
| |
| Dual tournament #2 (8) | ||
  Harstem
|
TOP
|
Suppy |
 Seed2
|
Phog
| |
 CatZ
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| Revival
| ||
| Symbol
| ||
| TRUE
| ||
| Stage 2 players (16) | ||
| Protoss (5)
|
Terran (5)
|
Zerg (6)
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| From Dual tournaments (6) | ||
| Super
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GuMiho
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Revival
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| HuK
|
TRUE
| |
| Symbol
| ||
| Wildcards Players (4) | ||
| Bomber[5]
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Snute[6]
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| Jaedong[7]
| ||
| HyuN[8]
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| Through qualifiers (6) | ||
| Rain
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ForGG
|
 VortiX |
| herO
|
Polt
|
 Scarlett |
| First1
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 MajOr |
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| qxc
|
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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]
Click [show] on the right to view the Open Brackets
[edit]
Quarterfinals
intense2
Caliber1
Zanster0
Super2
puCKW
BYE
-
Semifinals
Winners' Finals
Losers' Round 1
HuKW
BYE
-
Losers' Round 2
Losers' Round 3
Losers' Finals
SuperQ
HuKQ
Qualified
GuMihoQ
[edit]
Quarterfinals
Symbol1
Harstem2
Phog1
Revival2
Semifinals
Winners' Finals
TRUE2
Revival1
Losers' Round 1
Losers' Round 2
Losers' Round 3
Symbol2
Harstem0
Losers' Finals
RevivalQ
SymbolQ
Qualified
TRUEQ
Stage 2[edit]
[edit]
 Group A
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 4, 2014 - 12:00 PST | ||||||
| 1. | Rain
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2-0 | 4-1 | |||
| 2. | Snute
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2-1 | 4-3 | |||
| 3. | TRUE
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1-2 | 3-4 | |||
| 4. | HuK
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0-2 | 1-4 | |||
| Group A Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| December 4, 2014 - 12:00 PST | |||
| Rain | 2 | 0 | HuK |
  | |||
| TRUE | 2 | 0 | Snute |
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| December 6, 2014 - 11:00 PST | |||
| HuK | 1 | 2 | Snute |
 | |||
| December 6, 2014 - 12:00 PST | |||
| Rain | 2 | 1 | TRUE |
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| Snute | 2 | 0 | TRUE |
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[edit]
| Group B
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 4, 2014 - 13:30 PST | ||||||
| 1. | Revival
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2-0 | 4-2 | |||
| 2. | Jaedong
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2-1 | 4-3 | |||
| 3. | Polt
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1-2 | 3-4 | |||
| 4. | First
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0-2 | 2-4 | |||
| Group B Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| December 4, 2014 - 13:30 PST | |||
| First | 1 | 2 | Revival |
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| Polt | 2 | 0 | Jaedong |
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| December 6, 2014 - 12:15 PST | |||
| First | 1 | 2 | Jaedong |
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| December 6, 2014 - 15:00 PST | |||
| Revival | 2 | 1 | Polt |
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| Jaedong | 2 | 0 | Polt |
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[edit]
| Group C
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 4, 2014 - 15:30 PST | ||||||
| 1. | GuMiho
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2-0 | 4-1 | |||
| 2. | ForGG
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2-1 | 5-2 | |||
| 3. | Symbol
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1-2 | 2-5 | |||
| 4. | HyuN
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0-2 | 1-4 | |||
| Group C Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| December 4, 2014 - 15:30 PST | |||
| ForGG | 1 | 2 | Symbol |
| | |||
| GuMiho | 2 | 1 | HyuN |
| | |||
| December 6, 2014 - 13:30 PST | |||
| ForGG | 2 | 0 | HyuN |
| | |||
| December 6, 2014 - 18:15 PST | |||
| Symbol | 0 | 2 | GuMiho |
| | |||
| ForGG | 2 | 0 | Symbol |
| | |||
Stage 3[edit]
Quarterfinals (Bo5)
herO3
herO
Snute 
Snute2
Jaedong3
Jaedong
GuMiho GuMiho2
Rain3
ForGG2
Bomber3
Bomber
Revival Revival0
Semifinals (Bo5)
herO3
herO
Jaedong Jaedong1
Rain3
Rain
Bomber Bomber1
Finals (Bo7)
herO4
herO
RainDecember 7, 2014 - 20:30 PST
Rain3
Racial Distribution[edit]
| Protoss | Terran | Zerg | Random | ||||
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| Group Stage |
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| Semifinals |
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| Finals |
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| Champion |
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Map Statistics[edit]
| vs. | vs. | vs. | Mirrors | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Map | # | Σ | | | % | Σ | | | % | Σ | | | % | | | |
| Catallena | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60.0% | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25.0% | - | 1 | 2 |
| Deadwing | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33.3% | 1 | - | 1 | 0.0% | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40.0% | - | - | 2 |
| Foxtrot Labs | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | 1 | 1 | - | 100.0% | 2 | 2 | - | 100.0% | - | - | 1 |
| Merry Go Round | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71.4% | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75.0% | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Nimbus | 10 | 1 | - | 1 | 0.0% | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71.4% | 1 | 1 | - | 100.0% | - | - | 1 |
| Overgrowth | 28 | 4 | 4 | - | 100.0% | 12 | 4 | 8 | 33.3% | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40.0% | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| The King Sejong Station | 38 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50.0% | 13 | 6 | 7 | 46.2% | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60.0% | - | 5 | 2 |
| Total Sum (Σ) | 138 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 56.2% | 47 | 23 | 24 | 48.9% | 31 | 17 | 14 | 54.8% | 2 | 12 | 14 |
View Games[edit]
Streams[edit]
VODs[edit]
Replays[edit]
See Also[edit]
External Links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Ella M. (September 15, 2014). "Intel Extreme Masters adds stadium stop at San Jose SAP Center". Eslgaming.com. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
- ↑ IEM (November 26, 2014). "Intel Extreme Masters San Jose officially a WCS Global Event". Intelextrememasters.com. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
- ↑ @mbCARMAC (October 22, 2014). "Open bracket to be played in ESL studios". Twitter.com. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
- ↑ IEM (October 24, 2014). "Sign up for the open bracket of San Jose now!". Intelextrememasters.com. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
- ↑ @IEM (November 17, 2014). "Last & final wildcard player of IEM San Jose". Twitter.com. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
- ↑ @IEM (November 14, 2014). "Snute is the first wildcard player of IEM San Jose". Twitter.com. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
- ↑ @IEM (November 15, 2014). "Jaedong is the second wildcard player of IEM San Jose". Twitter.com. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
- ↑ @IEM (November 16, 2014). "HyuN is the third wildcard player of IEM San Jose". Twitter.com. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
- ↑ @IEM (November 25, 2014). "Seed replaces Suppy who has dropped out". Twitter.com. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
- ↑ @IEM (November 30, 2014). "Zanster replaces hendralisk". Twitter.com. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
- ↑ @ESLSC2 (December 3, 2014). "viOLet, Hydra and MajOr can't attend IEM San Jose". Twitter.com. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
- ↑ @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.
- ↑ @IEM (December 3, 2014). "The players that dropped out will be replaced by those from the Open Bracket". Twitter.com. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
