IEM Season IX - Taipei

[e][h]IEM Season IX - Taipei

League Information

Series:

IEM

Organizer:

Electronic Sports League

Sponsor(s):

Intel
BenQ
Kingston HyperX
GIGABYTE
ROCCAT

Game version:

Heart of the Swarm

Server:

Taiwan

Type:

Offline

Location:

Taipei

Format:

Group stage
Single-elimination bracket

Prize pool:

$25,000 USD

Start Date:

2015-01-28

End Date:

2015-02-01

Liquipedia tier:

Premier

Links

Player breakdown

Number of players:

28

10

4

14

Maps

Catallena LE • Deadwing LE • Expedition Lost • Overgrowth LE • Inferno Pools • Secret Spring • Vaani Research Station

Chronology

San Jose

World Championship

IEM Season IX - Taipei is the fourth event of IEM Season IX, organized by ESL and held at the Taipei World Trade Center during Taipei Game Show.

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.
2 spots in the American Qualifier.
1 spot in the Taiwan Qualifier.
3 spots in the Asian 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 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:

Participants[edit]

Stage 1 players (16)
Protoss (4)	Terran (1)	Zerg (11)
Dual tournament #1 (8)
HerO	jjakji	Impact
Has		Sacsri
		Leenock
		TRUE
		Soulkey
Dual tournament #2 (8)
Patience		HyuN
Daisy		Check
		Revival
		DongRaeGu
		Ian
		Snute

Stage 2 players (16)
Protoss (6)	Terran (3)	Zerg (7)
From Dual tournaments (4)
		TRUE
		HyuN
		Soulkey
		Check
Wildcards (4)
herO		Life
PartinG
Rain
Through qualifiers (8)
San	Polt	Hydra
Classic¹	~~INnoVation~~¹	Sen
Harstem²	Maru
	ForGG
	~~Kas~~²

¹ INnoVation was replaced by Classic who finished 4th in the Asian Final Qualifier.
² Kas cancelled his participation due to visa issues. He was replaced by Harstem who finished 3rd in the European Qualifier.^[1]

Results[edit]

Stage 1[edit]

Click [show] on the right to view the Open Brackets

Dual Tournament #1
Dual Tournament #2
Show All

Bracket 1[edit]

Upper Bracket Quarterfinals

UB Quarterfinals

UBQF

Upper Bracket Semifinals

UB Semifinals

UBSF

Upper Bracket Final

UB Final

UBF

Qualified

Lower Bracket Round 1

LB Round 1

LBR1

Lower Bracket Quarterfinals

LB Quarterfinals

LBQF

Lower Bracket Semifinal

LB Semifinal

LBSF

Lower Bracket Final

LB Final

LBF

Bracket 2[edit]

Upper Bracket Quarterfinals

UB Quarterfinals

UBQF

Upper Bracket Semifinals

UB Semifinals

UBSF

Upper Bracket Final

UB Final

UBF

Qualified

Lower Bracket Round 1

LB Round 1

LBR1

Lower Bracket Quarterfinals

LB Quarterfinals

LBQF

Lower Bracket Semifinal

LB Semifinal

LBSF

Lower Bracket Final

LB Final

LBF

Stage 2[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
January 29, 2015 - 11:00 TST
1.	herO	2-0	4-1
2.	HyuN	2-1	4-2
3.	Polt	1-2	3-4
4.	Sen	0-2	0-4

Group A Matches

Group B[edit]

Group B
January 29, 2015 - 13:50 TST
1.	Rain	2-0	4-2
2.	Classic	2-1	5-2
3.	Harstem	1-2	3-4
4.	Check	0-2	0-4

Group B Matches

Group C[edit]

Group C
January 30, 2015 - 11:00 TST
1.	Life	2-0	4-0
2.	Soulkey	2-1	4-2
3.	San	1-2	2-4
4.	ForGG	0-2	0-4

Group C Matches

Group D[edit]

Group D
January 30, 2015 - 13:30 TST
1.	PartinG	2-0	4-0
2.	Maru	2-1	4-2
3.	Hydra	1-2	2-4
4.	TRUE	0-2	0-4

Group D Matches

Stage 3[edit]

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

Semifinals (Bo5)

Finals (Bo7)

Racial Distribution[edit]

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Group Stage

6	3	7

Quarterfinals

4	1	3

Semifinals

1	1	2

Finals

1	1

Champion

1

Map Statistics[edit]

		vs.				vs.				vs.				Mirrors
Map	#	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%
Catallena	27	4	4	0	100.0%	6	4	2	66.7%	1	0	1	0.0%	-	12	4
Deadwing	25	8	4	4	50.0%	6	6	0	100.0%	2	2	0	100.0%	-	5	4
Expedition Lost	18	2	0	2	0.0%	8	6	2	75.0%	1	1	0	100.0%	-	7	-
Inferno Pools	5	2	0	2	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%	1	1	0	100.0%	-	-	-
Overgrowth	41	6	3	3	50.0%	10	2	8	20.0%	3	2	1	66.7%	-	17	5
Secret Spring	7	1	1	0	100.0%	2	0	2	0.0%	2	1	1	50.0%	-	1	1
Vaani Research Station	17	6	3	3	50.0%	7	5	2	71.4%	1	0	1	0.0%	-	1	2
Total Sum (Σ)	140	29	15	14	51.7%	41	23	18	56.1%	11	7	4	63.6%	-	43	16

View Games[edit]

VODs[edit]

Spoiler-free VODs on SC2Links.com
Spoiler-free Official YouTube VODs @ SC2Casts

Replays[edit]

Replay pack

External Links[edit]

Official Website

References[edit]

↑ @IEM (January 21, 2015). "Harstem replaces Kas for IEM Taipei". Twitter.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.

[1] @IEM (January 21, 2015). "Harstem replaces Kas for IEM Taipei". Twitter.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.

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