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IEM Season IX - Taipei
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IEM Season IX - Taipei
League Information
Series:
Organizer(s):
Sponsor(s):
Game Version:
Server:
Taiwan
Type:
Offline
Location:
TaipeiFormat:
Group stage
Single-elimination bracket
Single-elimination bracket
Prize Pool:
$25,000 USD
Start Date:
2015-01-28
End Date:
2015-02-01
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:
28
10
4
14Maps
Chronology
Tournament Information[edit]
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:
| Place | $USD | WCS Points | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 1st | $10,000 | 750 |  Life |  StarTale |
 2nd | $4,000 | 500 | Maru |  Jin Air Green Wings |
 3rd-4th | $2,000 | 375 | PartinG |  yoe Flash Wolves |
| Soulkey |  TCM-Gaming | |||
| 5th-8th | $1,000 | 250 | Classic |  SK Telecom T1 |
| HyuN |  Team ROCCAT | |||
| herO |  CJ Entus | |||
| Rain |  mYinsanity | |||
| 9th-12th | $400 | 125 | Polt |  CM Storm |
 Harstem |  Fnatic | |||
| San | yoe Flash Wolves | |||
| Hydra |  ROOT Gaming | |||
| 13th-16th | $350 | 125 | Sen |  Hong Kong Attitude |
| Check |  Wayi Spider | |||
| ForGG |  Millenium | |||
| TRUE |  Dead Pixels |
Participants[edit]
| Stage 1 players (16) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Protoss (4)
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Terran (1)
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Zerg (11)
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| Dual tournament #1 (8) | ||
 HerO
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jjakji
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 Impact
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| Has
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Sacsri
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| Leenock
| ||
| TRUE
| ||
| Soulkey
| ||
| Dual tournament #2 (8) | ||
| Patience
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HyuN
| |
| Daisy
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Check
| |
| Revival
| ||
 DongRaeGu
| ||
| Ian
| ||
 Snute
| ||
| Stage 2 players (16) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Protoss (6)
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Terran (3)
|
Zerg (7)
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| From Dual tournaments (4) | ||
| TRUE
| ||
| HyuN
| ||
| Soulkey
| ||
| Check
| ||
| Wildcards (4) | ||
| herO
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Life
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| PartinG
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| Rain
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| Through qualifiers (8) | ||
| San
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Polt
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Hydra
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| Classic1
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INnoVation |
Sen
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| Harstem2
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Maru
|
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| ForGG
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  Kas |
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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
[edit]
Quarterfinals
jjakji2
Impact1
Semifinals
jjakji0
Leenock2
Winners' Finals
Losers' Round 1
Losers' Round 2
jjakji1
Soulkey2
Losers' Round 3
Losers' Finals
Qualified
TRUEQ
SoulkeyQ
[edit]
Quarterfinals
Revival2
DongRaeGu1
Patience1
Ian2
Semifinals
Winners' Finals
Losers' Round 1
Losers' Round 2
Losers' Round 3
Check2
Daisy0
Losers' Finals
Qualified
HyuNQ
CheckQ
Stage 2[edit]
[edit]
| Group A Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sen | 0 | 2 | HyuN |
| Polt | 1 | 2 | herO |
| HyuN | 0 | 2 | herO |
| Sen | 0 | 2 | Polt |
| HyuN | 2 | 0 | Polt |
[edit]
     Group B
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 29, 2015 - 13:50 TST | ||||||
| 1. | Rain
|
2-0 | 4-2 | |||
| 2. | Classic
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2-1 | 5-2 | |||
| 3. | Harstem
|
1-2 | 3-4 | |||
| 4. | Check
|
0-2 | 0-4 | |||
| Group B Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Classic | 2 | 0 | Check |
| Harstem | 1 | 2 | Rain |
| Classic | 1 | 2 | Rain |
| Check | 0 | 2 | Harstem |
| Classic | 2 | 0 | Harstem |
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| Group C
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 30, 2015 - 11:00 TST | ||||||
| 1. | Life
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2-0 | 4-0 | |||
| 2. | Soulkey
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2-1 | 4-2 | |||
| 3. | San
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1-2 | 2-4 | |||
| 4. | ForGG
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0-2 | 0-4 | |||
| Group C Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| San | 0 | 2 | Soulkey |
| ForGG | 0 | 2 | Life |
| Soulkey | 0 | 2 | Life |
| San | 2 | 0 | ForGG |
| Soulkey | 2 | 0 | San |
Stage 3[edit]
Quarterfinals (Bo5)
PartinG3
PartinG
ClassicJanuary 31, 2015 - 11:15 TST
Classic0
HyuN1
HyuN
Life Life3
herO1
herO
Maru Maru3
Soulkey3
Soulkey
Rain Rain2
Semifinals (Bo5)
PartinG1
PartinG
LifeFebruary 1, 2015 - 11:15 TST
Life3
Maru3
Maru
Soulkey Soulkey1
Finals (Bo7)
Life4
Life
MaruFebruary 1, 2015 - 15:00 TST
Maru3
Racial Distribution[edit]
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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 | 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]
Replays[edit]
External Links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ @IEM (January 21, 2015). "Harstem replaces Kas for IEM Taipei". Twitter.com. Retrieved January 21, 2015.