IEM Season VIII - Shanghai

[e][h]IEM Season VIII - Shanghai

League Information

Series:

Intel Extreme Masters

Organizer:

Electronic Sports League

Sponsor(s):

Intel
BenQ
Kingston HyperX

Game version:

Heart of the Swarm
Patch 2.0.9

Server:

China

Type:

Offline

Location:

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:

Premier

Player breakdown

Number of players:

28

11

10

7

Maps

Bel'Shir Vestige • Derelict Watcher • Neo Planet S • Newkirk Precinct TE • Red City • Star Station • Whirlwind

Chronology

World Championship

New York

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:

2 spots in the European and African Qualifier
2 spots in the American Qualifier
2 spots in the Korea/Taiwan Qualifier
1 spot in the Southeast Asia Qualifier
1 spot in the Chinese Qualfier

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:

Place	$ USD	WCS Points	Player	Team
1st	$10,000	750	Revival	Evil Geniuses
2nd	$4,000	450	Oz	Evil Geniuses
3rd-4th	$2,000	300	HerO	Team Liquid
3rd-4th	$2,000	300	MC	SK Gaming
5th-8th	$1,000	225	Polt	CM Storm
			aLive	Evil Geniuses
			HyuN	Quantic Gaming
			DongRaeGu	MVP
9th-12th	$400	150	Daisy	Western Wolves
			Jaedong	Evil Geniuses
			MacSed	Invictus Gaming
			TitaN	RoX
13th-16th	$350	75	iaguz	Frenetic Array
			qxc	compLexity Gaming
			sLivko	Virtus.pro
			MyuNgSiK	KT Rolster

Participants[edit]

Stage 1 players (16)
Protoss (7)	Terran (6)	Zerg (3)
Dual tournament #1 (8)
MC	ByuN	XiGua
Top	XY
Daisy	Shuttle
Jim
Dual tournament #2 (8)
Grubby	Loner	Courage
Ash	Sting	DongRaeGu
Oz	Infi
Stage 2 players (16)
Protoss (7)	Terran (4)	Zerg (5)
From Dual tournaments (4)
Daisy		DongRaeGu
MC
Oz
From WCS rankings (4)
HerO	aLive	Revival
		Jaedong
Through qualifiers (8)
TitaN	Polt	sLivko
MyuNgSiK	qxc	HyuN *
MacSed	iaguz

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

Results[edit]

Stage 1[edit]

Dual Tournament #1[edit]

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Upper Bracket Quarter-Finals

Upper Quarter-Finals

UB Quarter-Finals

UB QF

Upper Bracket Semi-Finals

Upper Semi-Finals

UB Semi-Finals

UB SF

Upper Bracket Final

Upper Final

UB Final

Qualified

Lower Round 1

LB Round 1

LB R1

Lower Bracket Quarter-Finals

Lower Quarter-Finals

LB Quarter-Finals

LB QF

Lower Bracket Semi-Finals

Lower Semi-Finals

LB Semi-Finals

LB SF

Lower Bracket Final

Lower Final

LB Final

Jim went to the US Consulate-General before his matches against Daisy to deal with his visa application for attending WCS AM RO16. He was disqualified after not returning in time.^[1]

Dual Tournament #2[edit]

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Upper Bracket Quarter-Finals

Upper Quarter-Finals

UB Quarter-Finals

UB QF

Upper Bracket Semi-Finals

Upper Semi-Finals

UB Semi-Finals

UB SF

Upper Bracket Final

Upper Final

UB Final

Qualified

Lower Round 1

LB Round 1

LB R1

Lower Bracket Quarter-Finals

Lower Quarter-Finals

LB Quarter-Finals

LB QF

Lower Bracket Semi-Finals

Lower Semi-Finals

LB Semi-Finals

LB SF

Lower Bracket Final

Lower Final

LB Final

The Loser's Final was played the next day due to the venue closing for the night.

Stage 2[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
July 26, 2013 - 03:00 CEST
1.	DongRaeGu	2-0	4-2
2.	Revival	2-1	5-3
3.	TitaN	1-2	3-4
4.	MyuNgSiK	0-2	1-4

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Group A Matches

Group B[edit]

Group B
July 26, 2013 - 06:00 CEST
1.	aLive	2-0	4-1
2.	Oz	2-1	5-3
3.	MacSed	1-2	2-4
4.	sLivko	0-2	1-4

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Group B Matches

Group C[edit]

Group C
July 26, 2013 - 08:00 CEST
1.	HerO	2-0	4-1
2.	MC	2-1	4-4
3.	Jaedong	1-2	4-4
4.	qxc	0-2	1-4

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Group C Matches

Group D[edit]

Group D
July 27, 2013 - 03:00 CEST
1.	Polt	2-0	4-1
2.	HyuN	2-1	5-3
3.	Daisy	1-2	3-4
4.	iaguz	0-2	0-4

Lua error: bad argument #2 to 'formatDate' (not a valid timestamp).

Group D Matches

Stage 3[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

Semifinals (Bo5)

Finals (Bo7)

Racial Distribution[edit]

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Group Stage

7	4	5

Quarterfinals

3	2	3

Semifinals

3	1

Finals

1	1

Champion

1

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

VODs[edit]

External Links[edit]

References[edit]

↑ TL.net

[1] TL.net

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