IEM Season IX - Shenzhen
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IEM Season IX - Shenzhen
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor(s):
Game Version:
Server:
China
Type:
Offline
Location:
ShenzhenFormat:
Group stage
Single-elimination bracket
Single-elimination bracket
Prize Pool:
$25,000 USD
Start Date:
2014-07-16
End Date:
2014-07-20
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
26
11
5
10Maps
Chronology
IEM Season IX - Shenzhen is the first event of IEM Season IX, organized by ESL. It is casted by Apollo, mOOnGLaDe and qxc with Lilsusie as host and interviewer. They were joined by Kaelaris and ReDeYe for the playoffs. Game observing is done by FunKa.
Format[edit]
Qualifier[edit]
There are 8 spots for players from all over the world divided to regions as follows[1]:
- 2 spots in the European and African Qualifier
- 2 spots in the American Qualifier
- 3 spots in the Asian Qualifiers
- 1 spot in the Chinese 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 and 4 invites based on overall tournament results.
- 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
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.[2]
Participants[edit]
Stage 1 players[edit]
Protoss (6) Terran (1) Zerg (7)Dual tournament #1 (6)
Dual tournament #2 (8)
Stage 2 players[edit]
Protoss (6) Terran (5) Zerg (5)From Dual tournaments (4)
Wildcards (4)
Through qualifiers (8)
1 
1 
1 1 1 Polt could not go due to his passport expiring and was replaced by Illusion. MaSa could not go due to family reasons and was replaced by puCK. viOLet & HuK were asked before puCK but they both declined.[3]
Results[edit]
Stage 1[edit]
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Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
UB Quarterfinals
UBQF
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
UB Semifinals
UBSF
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
UB Final
UBF
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
W
L
W
L
July 16, 2014 - 09:00 CST
Phoenix was not here.
W
L
W
L
July 16, 2014 - 09:00 CST
Neige was not here.
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 1
LB Round 1
LBR1
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
LB Quarterfinals
LBQF
Lower Bracket Semifinal
Lower Bracket Semifinal
LB Semifinal
LBSF
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
LB Final
LBF
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
W
L
W
L
July 16, 2014 - 10:00 CST
Neige was not here.
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
UB Quarterfinals
UBQF
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
UB Semifinals
UBSF
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
UB Final
UBF
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 1
LB Round 1
LBR1
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
LB Quarterfinals
LBQF
Lower Bracket Semifinal
Lower Bracket Semifinal
LB Semifinal
LBSF
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
LB Final
LBF
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
Stage 2[edit]
[edit]
[edit]
  Group B
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| July 17, 2014 - 13:30 CST | ||||||
| 1. | INnoVation
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2-0 | 4-1 | |||
| 2. | Snute
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2-1 | 5-4 | |||
| 3. | TRUE
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1-2 | 3-5 | |||
| 4. | Stork
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0-2 | 2-4 | |||
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Stage 3[edit]
Quarterfinals (Bo5)
Semifinals (Bo5)
Finals (Bo7)
4
3
4
3
July 20, 2014 - 12:00 CST
San playing in front of the crowd
Racial Distribution[edit]
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| Quarterfinals |
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| Semifinals |
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| Finals |
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| Champion |
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View Games[edit]
VODs[edit]
- Spoiler-Free Official YouTube VODs @ SC2Casts
Replays[edit]
- Replays packs for Open bracket, Ro16 and playoffs
- Replays with tournament statistics and charts on sc2geeks.com
External Links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ IEM (May 22, 2014). "StarCraft II Qualifiers for Shenzhen". Intelextrememasters.com. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
- ↑ "2014 WCS Player Handbook". Blizzard. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ puCK replaces MaSa, Illusion replaces Polt