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IEM Season IX - World Championship
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IEM Season IX - World Championship
League Information
Series:
Organizer(s):
Sponsor(s):
Game Version:
Server:
Europe
Type:
Offline
Location:
KatowiceFormat:
Single-elimination bracket
Prize pool:
$117,707 USD
Start Date:
2015-03-12
End Date:
2015-03-15
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:
16
5
7
4Maps
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]
- 2 spots from IEM Shenzhen.
- 2 spots from IEM Toronto.
- 2 spots from IEM San Jose.
- 2 spots from IEM Taipei.
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]
- 3 spots from the Asian Qualifier (February 24th at 17:00 KST).
- 2 spots from the American Qualifier (February 23rd at 19:00 EST).
- 3 spots from the European Qualifier (February 24th at 17:00 CET).
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
Prize Pool[edit]
Champion Zest with his trophy
$117,707 and 7,000 WCS Points[1] are awarded as seen below:
| Place | $USD | WCS Points | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 1st | $68,707 | 1,500 |  Zest |  KT Rolster |
 2nd | $15,000 | 800 | Trap |  Jin Air Green Wings |
 3rd-4th | $7,000 | 550 | Bbyong |  CJ Entus |
| Dark |  SK Telecom T1 | |||
| 5th-8th | $3,000 | 400 | herO | CJ Entus |
| INnoVation | SK Telecom T1 | |||
| FanTaSy |  Dead Pixels | |||
| Maru | Jin Air Green Wings | |||
| 9th-16th | $1,000 | 250 | Cure | Jin Air Green Wings |
| Hydra |  ROOT Gaming | |||
| Patience | Dead Pixels | |||
| 9th-16th | $1,000 | - | Solar |  Samsung Galaxy |
| Life | KT Rolster | |||
| Flash | KT Rolster | |||
| Rain |  mYinsanity | |||
| TaeJa |  Team Liquid |
* 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 (5)
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Terran (7)
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Zerg (4)
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| IEM Season IX - Shenzhen (2) | ||
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| TaeJa
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Solar
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| IEM Season IX - Toronto (2) | ||
| Zest
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Flash
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| IEM Season IX - San Jose (2) | ||
| herO
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| Rain
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| IEM Season IX - Taipei (2) | ||
| Maru
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Life
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| Through online qualifiers (8) | ||
| Trap
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Bbyong
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Dark
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| Patience
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INnoVation
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Hydra
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| FanTaSy
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| Cure
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Results[edit]
Round of 16 (Bo5)
herO3
herO
Cure
Cure1
Bbyong3
Bbyong
Solar Solar1
Zest3
Zest
Hydra 
Hydra2
INnoVation3
INnoVation
Life Life2
Flash2
Flash
TrapMarch 13, 2015 - 17:40 CET
Trap3
FanTaSy3
FanTaSy
RainMarch 12, 2015 - 13:00 CET
Rain0
Maru3
Maru
Patience Patience0
Dark3
Dark
TaeJa TaeJa1
Quarterfinals (Bo5)
herO1
herO
Bbyong Bbyong3
Zest3
Zest
INnoVationMarch 14, 2015 - 18:15 CET
INnoVation2
Trap3
Trap
FanTaSyMarch 14, 2015 - 13:15 CET
FanTaSy2
Maru0
Maru
Dark Dark3
Semifinals (Bo5)
Bbyong1
Bbyong
Zest Zest3
Trap3
Trap
DarkMarch 14, 2015 - 19:55 CET
Dark1
Finals (Bo7)
Zest4
Zest
TrapMarch 15, 2015 - 17:30 CET
Trap1
Distribution[edit]
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| Round of 16 |
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| Quarterfinals |
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| Semifinals |
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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 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | 7 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% | - | - | 1 |
| Deadwing | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | - | - | 1 |
| Expedition Lost | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | - | - | 1 |
| Inferno Pools | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | - | - | - |
| Overgrowth | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | 7 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% | - | - | 1 |
| Secret Spring | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | - | - | - |
| Vaani Research Station | 14 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 7 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% | - | - | 1 |
| Total Sum (Σ) | 63 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 43.8% | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33.3% | 33 | 16 | 17 | 48.5% | - | - | 5 |
View Games[edit]
Streams[edit]
Official ESLTV Stream
O'GamingTV- ESL JudgeHype
ESL Stormstudio SC2 Ru
TaKeTV- ESL SC2 Pl
SCBoys on Twitch- SCBoys on DouyuTV
- ZERGTV on Twitch
VODs[edit]
Replays[edit]
External Links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "2015 WCS Player Handbook". Blizzard. Retrieved 2015-02-09.