IEM Season VIII - Shanghai

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[e][h]IEM Season VIII - Shanghai
League Information
Series:
Server:
China
Type:
Offline
Location:
China Shanghai
Format:
1v1
Group stages
Single elimination bracket
Prize Pool:
$25,000 USD
Start Date:
2013-07-25
End Date:
2013-07-28
Liquipedia Tier:
Participants
Number of Players:
28
Protoss 11
Terran 10
Zerg 7
Maps
Chronology


IEM Season VIII - Shanghai is the first event of IEM Season VIII, organized by ESL. It will be a Tier 1 event, giving WCS points for 2013 WCS Global Finals.

Format[edit]

Qualifier[edit]

There are 8 spots for players from all over the world divided to regions as follows:

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 3,600 WCS Points are spread among the players as seen below:

Participants[edit]

Stage 1 players[edit]

Protoss Protoss (7)
Terran Terran (6)
Zerg Zerg (3)
Dual tournament #1 (8)
South KoreaMC 
SK GamingSK Gaming
ChinaXY 
Invictus GamingInvictus Gaming
ChinaTop 
Zenith of OriginZenith of Origin
Dual tournament #2 (8)

Stage 2 players[edit]

Protoss Protoss (7)
Terran Terran (4)
Zerg Zerg (5)
From Dual tournaments (4)
South KoreaMC 
SK GamingSK Gaming
South KoreaOz 
Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses
From WCS rankings (4)
Through qualifiers (8)

1 HyuN replaces INnoVation, who is unable to attend due to 2012–2013 Proleague Finals.

Results[edit]

Stage 1[edit]

Dual Tournament #1[edit]

Dual Tournament #2[edit]

Stage 2[edit]

Group A[edit]

preview lrthread Group A
July 26, 2013 - 03:00 CEST
1. South Korea Zerg DongRaeGu 2-0 4-2
2. South Korea Zerg Revival 2-1 5-3
3. Russia Protoss TitaN 1-2 3-4
4. South Korea Protoss MyuNgSiK 0-2 1-4

Group B[edit]

preview lrthread Group B
July 26, 2013 - 06:00 CEST
1. South Korea Terran aLive 2-0 4-1
2. South Korea Protoss Oz 2-1 5-3
3. China Protoss MacSed 1-2 2-4
4. Russia Zerg sLivko 0-2 1-4

Group C[edit]

preview lrthread Group C
July 26, 2013 - 08:00 CEST
1. South Korea Protoss HerO 2-0 4-1
2. South Korea Protoss MC 2-1 4-4
3. South Korea Zerg Jaedong 1-2 4-4
4. United States Terran qxc 0-2 1-4

Group D[edit]

preview lrthread Group D
July 27, 2013 - 03:00 CEST
1. South Korea Terran Polt 2-0 4-1
2. South Korea Zerg HyuN 2-1 5-3
3. South Korea Protoss Daisy 1-2 3-4
4. Australia Terran iaguz 0-2 0-4

Stage 3[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Racial Distribution[edit]

ProtossTerranZerg
Group Stage
745
Quarterfinals
323
Semifinals
31
Finals
11
Champion
1

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