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[e][h]IEM Season IX - World Championship
League Information
Organizer:
ESL
Server:
Europe
Type:
Offline
Location:
Poland Katowice
Format:
Single-elimination bracket
Prize pool:
$117,707 USD
Start Date:
2015-03-12
End Date:
2015-03-15
Liquipedia Tier:
Premier
Links
Winners
Korea (South)  Zest
Korea (South)  Trap
Korea (South)  Bbyong
Korea (South)  Dark
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:
16
5
7
4
Maps
Chronology

IEM Season IX - World Championship is the final event of the Intel Extreme Masters Season 9. It takes place in the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland.

Tournament Information[edit]

Format[edit]

Invites[edit]

Eight spots are reserved for the winners and runners-up of the four events of the Intel Extreme Masters Season 9:[1]

Qualifiers[edit]

The eight remaining places are decided with 3 qualifiers each played on a different server. Each qualifier is played in a single-elimination format and the number of qualifying spots is as follow:[1]

Asia & Europe get a bonus slot for being the world champion and home region respectively.

Main Tournament[edit]

  • Single-elimination bracket of 16 players.
  • Matches are best of 5.
  • Grand Finals is played in best of 7.

Casters[edit]

  • English Commentator:
    • TBD
  • French Commentator:
    • TBD
  • Other Language Commentators:

Prize Pool[edit]

Champion Zest with his trophy

$117,707 and 7,000 WCS Points[1] are awarded 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. IEM Shenzhen, IEM Toronto, IEM San Jose and IEM Taipei do NOT count as qualifiers[2]

Participants[edit]

Protoss Protoss (5) Terran Terran (7) Zerg Zerg (4)
IEM Season IX - Shenzhen (2)
Korea (South) TaeJa
Korea (South) Solar
IEM Season IX - Toronto (2)
Korea (South) Zest
Korea (South) Flash
IEM Season IX - San Jose (2)
Korea (South) herO
Korea (South) Rain
IEM Season IX - Taipei (2)
Korea (South) Maru
Korea (South) Life
Through online qualifiers (8)
Korea (South) Trap
Korea (South) Bbyong
Korea (South) Dark
Korea (South) Patience
Korea (South) INnoVation
Korea (South) Hydra
Korea (South) FanTaSy
Korea (South) Cure

Results[edit]

The stage during the finals between Trap and Zest
Round of 16 (Bo5)
 South Korea herO
3
herO 
 Cure
March 13, 2015 - 16:10 CET
preview lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3 Watch Game 4
 South Korea Cure
1
 South Korea Bbyong
3
Bbyong 
 Solar
March 13, 2015 - 14:30 CET
preview lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3 Watch Game 4
 South Korea Solar
1
 South Korea Zest
3
Zest 
 Hydra
March 12, 2015 - 16:10 CET
preview lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3 Watch Game 4 Watch Game 5
 South Korea Hydra
2
 South Korea INnoVation
3
INnoVation 
 Life
March 12, 2015 - 18:10 CET
preview lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3 Watch Game 4 Watch Game 5
 South Korea Life
2
 South Korea Flash
2
Flash 
 Trap
March 13, 2015 - 17:40 CET
preview lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3 Watch Game 4 Watch Game 5
 South Korea Trap
3
 South Korea FanTaSy
3
FanTaSy 
 Rain
March 12, 2015 - 13:00 CET
preview lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3
 South Korea Rain
0
 South Korea Maru
3
Maru 
 Patience
March 13, 2015 - 13:15 CET
preview lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3
 South Korea Patience
0
 South Korea Dark
3
Dark 
 TaeJa
March 12, 2015 - 14:15 CET
preview lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3 Watch Game 4
 South Korea TaeJa
1
Quarterfinals (Bo5)
 South Korea herO
1
herO 
 Bbyong
March 14, 2015 - 16:55 CET
preview lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3 Watch Game 4
 South Korea Bbyong
3
 South Korea Zest
3
Zest 
 INnoVation
March 14, 2015 - 18:15 CET
preview lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3 Watch Game 4 Watch Game 5
 South Korea INnoVation
2
 South Korea Trap
3
Trap 
 FanTaSy
March 14, 2015 - 13:15 CET
preview lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3 Watch Game 4 Watch Game 5
 South Korea FanTaSy
2
 South Korea Maru
0
Maru 
 Dark
March 14, 2015 - 15:20 CET
preview lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3
 South Korea Dark
3
Semifinals (Bo5)
 South Korea Bbyong
1
Bbyong 
 Zest
March 14, 2015 - 21:55 CET
preview lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3 Watch Game 4
 South Korea Zest
3
 South Korea Trap
3
Trap 
 Dark
March 14, 2015 - 19:55 CET
preview lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3 Watch Game 4
 South Korea Dark
1
Finals (Bo7)
 South Korea Zest
4
Zest 
 Trap
March 15, 2015 - 17:30 CET
preview lrthread Watch Game 1 Watch Game 2 Watch Game 3 Watch Game 4 Watch Game 5
 South Korea Trap
1

Distribution[edit]

  Protoss TerranZergRandom
Round of 16
574
Quarterfinals
341
Semifinals
211
Finals
2
Champion
1

Map Statistics[edit]

Terran vs. ZergZerg vs. ProtossProtoss vs. TerranMirrors
Map#ΣTerranZergTerran%ΣZergProtossZerg%ΣProtossTerranProtoss%TerranZergProtoss
Catallena1332166.7%21150.0%73442.9%--1
Deadwing942250.0%110100.0%32166.7%--1
Expedition Lost61010.0%1010.0%32166.7%--1
Inferno Pools521150.0%----32166.7%---
Overgrowth1221150.0%21150.0%73442.9%--1
Secret Spring4----1010.0%31233.3%---
Vaani Research Station1441325.0%2020.0%73442.9%--1
Total Sum (Σ)63167943.8%93633.3%33161748.5%--5

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Streams[edit]

VODs[edit]

Replays[edit]

External Links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sven V. (February 11th, 2015). "Open qualifier signups for Intel Extreme Master Katowice are here!". Eslgaming.com. Retrieved February 11th, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2015 WCS Player Handbook". Blizzard. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
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