IEM Season IX - Toronto

[e][h]IEM Season IX - Toronto

League Information

Series:

IEM

Organizer:

Electronic Sports League

Sponsor(s):

Intel
BenQ
Kingston HyperX
GIGABYTE

Game version:

Heart of the Swarm

Server:

North America

Type:

Offline

Location:

Toronto

Format:

Group stage
Single-elimination bracket

Prize pool:

$25,000 USD

Start Date:

2014-08-28

End Date:

2014-08-31

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Links

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

28

11

7

10

Maps

Catallena LE • Deadwing LE • Foxtrot Labs LE • King Sejong Station LE • Merry Go Round LE • Nimbus LE • Overgrowth LE

Chronology

Shenzhen

San Jose

IEM Season IX - Toronto is the second event of IEM Season IX, organized by ESL and held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre during FAN EXPO Canada. It marks the first IEM event in Canada in five years. It is casted by Apollo, Kaelaris, Nathanias, ToD and qxc. Game observing is done by inFeZa, and the two hosts are ReDeYe and Jarret Cale with Mal as translator.

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.
3 spots in the American Qualifier.
1 spot in the Canadian Qualifiers.
2 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:

Flash moments after winning the final

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 (16)
Protoss (7)	Terran (2)	Zerg (7)
Dual tournament #1 (8)
Bones	Bunny	hendralisk
HuK		Jaedong
Oz		Kane
		Leenock
Dual tournament #2 (8)
puCK	~~Maru~~²	Revival
~~Believe~~³	Chaos³	~~Sasquatch~~²
desRow		Snute
StarDust		Life²
herO²
Stage 2 players (16)
Protoss (4)	Terran (6)	Zerg (6)
From Dual tournaments (4)
	Bunny	Life
		Leenock
		Snute
Wildcards (4)
sOs	TaeJa	HyuN
MC
Through qualifiers (8)
First	MaSa	Scarlett
Zest	YoDa	viOLet¹
	~~MajOr~~¹
	Polt
	Flash

Champion Flash, ESL-admin messioso and runner-up Zest during map vetos before the final

¹MajOr cannot attend due to visa issues, he is replaced by viOLet.^[3]
²Sasquatch and Maru cancelled their attendance and are replaced by Life and herO.^[4]
³Believe is replaced by Chaos.

Results[edit]

Stage 1[edit]

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

Stage 2[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
August 29, 2014 - 10:00 EDT
1.	TaeJa	2-0	4-1
2.	Zest	2-1	5-3
3.	Bunny	1-2	2-4
4.	Polt	0-2	1-4

Group A Matches

August 29, 2014 - 10:00 EDT

August 29, 2014 - 10:45 EDT

August 29, 2014 - 12:00 EDT

August 29, 2014 - 12:30 EDT

August 30, 2014 - 10:00 EDT

Group B[edit]

Group B
August 29, 2014 - 12:50 EDT
1.	YoDa	2-0	4-2
2.	viOLet	2-1	5-4
3.	Leenock	1-2	4-5
4.	HyuN	0-2	2-4

Group B Matches

August 29, 2014 - 12:50 EDT

August 29, 2014 - 13:50 EDT

August 30, 2014 - 11:00 EDT

Group C[edit]

Group C
August 29, 2014 - 15:10 EDT
1.	Snute	2-0	4-0
2.	First	2-1	4-2
3.	sOs	1-2	2-4
4.	MaSa	0-2	0-4

Group C Matches

August 29, 2014 - 15:10 EDT

August 29, 2014 - 16:20 EDT

August 29, 2014 - 17:00 EDT

August 30, 2014 - 12:00 EDT

Group D[edit]

Group D
August 29, 2014 - 16:30 EDT
1.	Life	2-0	4-1
2.	Flash	2-1	5-2
3.	MC	1-2	2-5
4.	Scarlett	0-2	1-4

Group D Matches

August 29, 2014 - 16:30 EDT

August 29, 2014 - 17:20 EDT

August 29, 2014 - 18:30 EDT

August 30, 2014 - 13:00 EDT

Stage 3[edit]

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

Semifinals (Bo5)

Finals (Bo7)

Shot of the crowd during the quarterfinal match between Snute and Flash

Racial Distribution[edit]

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Group Stage

4	6	6

Quarterfinals

2	3	3

Semifinals

1	2	1

Finals

1	1

Champion

1

Map Statistics[edit]

		vs.				vs.				vs.				Mirrors
Map	#	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%
Catallena	11	1	1	0	100.0%	3	0	3	0.0%	2	0	2	0.0%	1	1	3
Deadwing	9	1	0	1	0.0%	3	2	1	66.7%	2	1	1	50.0%	-	1	2
Foxtrot Labs	11	5	4	1	80.0%	2	2	0	100.0%	3	1	2	33.3%	-	-	1
Merry Go Round	22	4	0	4	0.0%	5	3	2	60.0%	8	4	4	50.0%	-	2	3
Nimbus	16	5	3	2	60.0%	3	2	1	66.7%	4	2	2	50.0%	1	1	2
Overgrowth	33	1	0	1	0.0%	14	11	3	78.6%	6	3	3	50.0%	4	2	6
The King Sejong Station	33	6	6	0	100.0%	11	7	4	63.6%	5	5	0	100.0%	4	1	6
Total Sum (Σ)	135	23	14	9	60.9%	41	27	14	65.9%	30	16	14	53.3%	10	8	23

View Games[edit]

VODs[edit]

Replays[edit]

External Links[edit]

References[edit]

↑ IEM (July 1, 2014). "StarCraft II Qualifiers for Canada". Intelextrememasters.com. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
↑ "2014 WCS Player Handbook". Blizzard. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
↑ @IEM (August 11, 2014). "viOLet replaces MajOr". Twitter.com. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
↑ IEM (August 25, 2014). "CJ.herO and Life join IEM Toronto Open Bracket". Intelextrememasters.com. Retrieved August 25, 2014.

[1] IEM (July 1, 2014). "StarCraft II Qualifiers for Canada". Intelextrememasters.com. Retrieved July 1, 2014.

[2] "2014 WCS Player Handbook". Blizzard. Retrieved 2014-01-31.

[3] @IEM (August 11, 2014). "viOLet replaces MajOr". Twitter.com. Retrieved August 11, 2014.

[4] IEM (August 25, 2014). "CJ.herO and Life join IEM Toronto Open Bracket". Intelextrememasters.com. Retrieved August 25, 2014.

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