IEM Season VIII - Sao Paulo
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IEM Season VIII - Sao Paulo
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor(s):
Game Version:
Server:
North America
Type:
Offline
Location:
Sao PauloFormat:
Group stages
Single elimination bracket
Single elimination bracket
Prize Pool:
$25,000 USD
Start Date:
2014-01-29
End Date:
2014-02-01
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
28
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Chronology
Tournament Information[edit]
IEM Season VIII - Sao Paulo is the fourth event of IEM Season VIII, organized by ESL and held at Parque Anhembi during Campus Party Sao Paulo. It will be a Tier 2 event, giving 4000 WCS points for 2014 WCS Global Finals.[1] The event will be hosted by Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner and the commentary done by James "Kaelaris" Carrol, Shaun "Apollo" Clark, Yoan "ToD" Merlo and Kevin "RotterdaM" van der Kooi.[2]
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 Qualifier.
- 4 spots in the American Qualifier.
- 2 spots in the Asian Final Qualifiers.
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 the WCS Ranking.
- 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
Map Pool[edit]
Prize Pool[edit]
$25,000 and 4,000 WCS Points are spread among the players as seen below:
The champion herO with his trophy and cheque
* Players must advance one round in order to claim WCS points for that placement. Being seeded through qualifiers counts as advancing one round.[3]
Participants[edit]
Stage 1 players[edit]
Protoss (4) Terran (4) Zerg (6)Dual tournament #1 (8)
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1 
Dual tournament #2 (6)
2 
2 
1 Barba is replaced by trOt.[4]
2 Bush and MoSkA did not show.[5]
Stage 2 players[edit]
Protoss (5) Terran (7) Zerg (4)From Dual tournaments (4)
Invites (4)
Through qualifiers (8)
Results[edit]
Stage 1[edit]
Dual Tournament #1[edit]
Click [show] on the right to view
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
UB Quarterfinals
UBQF
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
UB Semifinals
UBSF
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
UB Final
UBF
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 1
LB Round 1
LBR1
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
LB Quarterfinals
LBQF
Lower Bracket Semifinal
Lower Bracket Semifinal
LB Semifinal
LBSF
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
LB Final
LBF
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
Dual Tournament #2[edit]
Click [show] on the right to view
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
Upper Bracket Quarterfinals
UB Quarterfinals
UBQF
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
UB Semifinals
UBSF
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
UB Final
UBF
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 1
LB Round 1
LBR1
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
LB Quarterfinals
LBQF
Lower Bracket Semifinal
Lower Bracket Semifinal
LB Semifinal
LBSF
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
LB Final
LBF
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
Stage 2[edit]
[edit]
  Group A
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| January 30, 2014 - 10:00 BRST | ||||||
| 1. | Bomber
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2-0 | 4-0 | |||
| 2. | jjakji
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2-1 | 4-2 | |||
| 3. | puCK
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1-2 | 2-4 | |||
| 4. | Erik
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0-2 | 0-4 | |||
Group A Matches
[edit]
| Group B
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 30, 2014 - 13:45 BRST | ||||||
| 1. | MC
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2-0 | 4-0 | |||
| 2. | TLO
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2-1 | 4-2 | |||
| 3. | Shakti
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1-2 | 2-5 | |||
| 4. | hellokitty
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0-2 | 1-4 | |||
Group B Matches
[edit]
| Group C
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 31, 2014 - 10:00 BRST | ||||||
| 1. | Polt
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2-0 | 4-1 | |||
| 2. | herO
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2-1 | 5-2 | |||
| 3. | Kelazhur
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1-2 | 2-4 | |||
| 4. | Tunico
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0-2 | 0-4 | |||
Group C Matches
Stage 3[edit]
Quarterfinals (Bo5)
Semifinals (Bo5)
Finals (Bo7)
1
4
1
4
February 1, 2014 - 16:00 BRST
Racial Distribution[edit]
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| Quarterfinals |
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| Semifinals |
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| Finals |
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| Champion |
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View Games[edit]
Streams[edit]
VODs[edit]
- /r/SpoilerFreeSC VOD Post
- Spoiler-free VODs on SC2Links.com
- Spoiler-free Official YouTube VODs at SC2Casts.com
See Also[edit]
External Links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Michal Blicharz (December 10, 2013). "IEM Sao Paulo will give WCS points". Twitter.com. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
- ↑ IEM (January 15, 2014). "StarCraft II action in Brazil presented to you by..". Intelextrememasters.com. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
- ↑ "2014 WCS Player Handbook". Blizzard. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ messioso (January 29, 2014). "trOt plays in Open Bracket as Barba didn't show up". TL.net. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ↑ messioso (January 29, 2014). "WM & elivolts get a default win as two players did not show up". TL.net. Retrieved January 29, 2014.