IEM Season VIII - Shanghai
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IEM Season VIII - Shanghai
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor(s):
Game Version:
Server:
China
Type:
Offline
Location:
ShanghaiFormat:
1v1
Group stages
Single elimination bracket
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
11
10
7Maps
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:
- 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:
Participants[edit]
Stage 1 players[edit]
Protoss (7) Terran (6) Zerg (3)Dual tournament #1 (8)
Dual tournament #2 (8)
Stage 2 players[edit]
Protoss (7) Terran (4) Zerg (5)From Dual tournaments (4)
From WCS rankings (4)
Through qualifiers (8)
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1 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 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
L
W
- 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 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
- The Loser's Final was played the next day due to the venue closing for the night.
Stage 2[edit]
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  Group B
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| July 26, 2013 - 06:00 CEST | ||||||
| 1. | aLive
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2-0 | 4-1 | |||
| 2. | Oz
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2-1 | 5-3 | |||
| 3. | MacSed
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1-2 | 2-4 | |||
| 4. | sLivko
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0-2 | 1-4 | |||
Group B Matches
2
1
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Stage 3[edit]
Bracket[edit]
Quarterfinals (Bo5)
Semifinals (Bo5)
Finals (Bo7)
Racial Distribution[edit]
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| Semifinals |
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| Finals |
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