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San Jose
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]
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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]
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
- Dual Tournament #1
- Dual Tournament #2
- Show All
Stage 2[edit]
Group A[edit]
Group A
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December 4, 2014 - 12:00 PST
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1.
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Rain
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2-0 |
4-1
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2.
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Snute
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2-1 |
4-3
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3.
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TRUE
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1-2 |
3-4
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4.
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HuK
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0-2 |
1-4
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Group A Matches |
December 4, 2014 - 12:00 PST |
Rain  | 2 | 0 | HuK |
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TRUE  | 2 | 0 | Snute |
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December 6, 2014 - 11:00 PST |
HuK  | 1 | 2 | Snute |
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December 6, 2014 - 12:00 PST |
Rain  | 2 | 1 | TRUE |
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Snute  | 2 | 0 | TRUE |
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Group B[edit]
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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Group C[edit]
Group C
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December 4, 2014 - 15:30 PST
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1.
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GuMiho
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2-0 |
4-1
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2.
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ForGG
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2-1 |
5-2
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3.
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Symbol
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1-2 |
2-5
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4.
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HyuN
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0-2 |
1-4
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Group C Matches |
December 4, 2014 - 15:30 PST |
ForGG  | 1 | 2 | Symbol |
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GuMiho  | 2 | 1 | HyuN |
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December 6, 2014 - 13:30 PST |
ForGG  | 2 | 0 | HyuN |
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December 6, 2014 - 18:15 PST |
Symbol  | 0 | 2 | GuMiho |
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ForGG  | 2 | 0 | Symbol |
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Group D[edit]
Group D
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December 4, 2014 - 17:30 PST
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herO
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2-0 |
4-0
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2.
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Bomber
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2-1 |
4-3
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3.
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Super
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1-2 |
3-4
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4.
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qxc
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0-2 |
0-4
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Group D Matches |
December 4, 2014 - 17:30 PST |
herO  | 2 | 0 | Super |
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qxc  | 0 | 2 | Bomber |
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December 6, 2014 - 14:15 PST |
Super  | 2 | 0 | qxc |
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December 6, 2014 - 20:15 PST |
herO  | 2 | 0 | Bomber |
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Super  | 1 | 2 | Bomber |
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Stage 3[edit]
Racial Distribution[edit]
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Protoss |
Terran | Zerg |
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Group Stage |
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Quarterfinals |
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Semifinals |
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Finals |
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Champion |
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Map Statistics[edit]
View Games[edit]
Streams[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.