IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Cologne

The sixth season of the Intel Extreme Masters, the global league of the video game champions, will take off with its first Global Challenge at gamescom 2011 in Cologne (August 17–21). The event will host the world's best gamers fighting for a share of 53,000 US Dollar and a slot in the World Championship competition, the grand finale of each season of the league.

[e][h]IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Cologne

League Information

Series:

Intel Extreme Masters

Organizer:

ESL

Game version:

Wings of Liberty
Patch 1.3.6

Server:

Europe

Type:

Offline

Location:

 Cologne

Format:

1v1, Group play
Single-elimination Playoffs

Prize pool:

$21,000 USD

Start Date:

2011-08-17

End Date:

2011-08-21

Liquipedia tier:

Premier

Player breakdown

Number of players:

16

6

6

4

Maps

Dual Sight • Metalopolis • Shakuras Plateau • Shattered Temple • Tal'Darim Altar LE • Terminus SE • Xel'Naga Caverns

Chronology

 World Championship

Global Challenge Guangzhou 

Overview

The IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Cologne is a StarCraft II tournament which takes place in Cologne, Germany from August 17 to 21 at gamescom 2011. The tournament is the first event in the 6th season of the ESL's Intel Extreme Masters series. 16 qualified players will compete in a $21,000 tournament and for the chance to earn an invite to the Season VI World Championship.

Format

• Group Stage - Round Robin Bo3
  • Top 2 qualify to Playoffs
• Playoffs - Single-elimination Bo5
• Finalists qualify to Season VI World Championship

Location

• Cologne, Germany

• Koelnmesse

Prize pool

Offering $21,000 spread among all players as follows:

Players

Protoss (6)	Terran (6)	Zerg (4)
SaSe	Kas	Nerchio
Socke	DieStar	mOOnGLaDe
MaNa	SeleCT	Stephano
HuK	Beastyqt	KiLLeR
Killer	Tarson
MC	PuMa

Schedule

• Detailed schedule

Wednesday	09:00 - 20:00 CET	Groups A & B
Thursday	10:00 - 20:00 CET	Groups C & D
Friday	10:00 - 20:00 CET	Quarter Finals
Saturday	11:00 - 20:00 CET	Semi Finals
Sunday	14:40 - 18:00 CET	Finals

Results

Qualifiers

7 European players via Qualifiers
Qualifier #1 (2 players qualify)
Top 8
This is a legacy bracket! Please use the new bracket instead. Quarter-Finals Quarter-Finals Q.-Finals QF Semi-Finals Semi-Finals S.-Finals SF 2 Qualified Players Tarson 2 Brat_OK 0 Bly 1 DieStar 2 Tarson 0 DieStar 2 White-Ra 1 RINE 2 Bischu 0 Kas 2 RINE 1 Kas 2 DieStar Kas
Qualifier #2 (2 players qualify)
Top 8
This is a legacy bracket! Please use the new bracket instead. Quarter-Finals Quarter-Finals Q.-Finals QF Semi-Finals Semi-Finals S.-Finals SF 2 Qualified Players Tarson 2 Satiini 1 SaSe 2 GoOdy 1 Tarson 1 SaSe 2 NightEnD 2 ho8ot 0 Nerchio 2 SjoW 0 NightEnD 0 Nerchio 2 SaSe Nerchio
Qualifier #3 (3 players qualify)
Top 8
This is a legacy bracket! Please use the new bracket instead. Quarter-Finals Quarter-Finals Q.-Finals QF Semi-Finals Semi-Finals S.-Finals SF 3 Qualified Players Tarson 2 biGs 0 Happy 1 Beastyqt 2 Tarson 1 Beastyqt 2 SjoW 1 Stephano 2 Forte 2 White-Ra 0 Stephano 2 Forte 0 Beastyqt Stephano Third Place Match Third Place Match 3rd Place Match 3rd P. Match 3rd P. Tarson 2 Forte 0

2 American players via Qualifiers
American Qualifiers Final From Qualifier #1   TT1   Drewbie   Attero   KawaiiRice From Qualifier #2   NamhciR   Agh   SonKiE   Axslav From Qualifier #3   Legosu   StrifeCro   Everize   dde Invites   IdrA   SeleCT   KiLLeR   Fenix Qualified Players for Global Challenge Cologne   SeleCT   IdrA* *   IdrA was not able to participate and was replaced by   KiLLeR.

1 Chinese player via Qualifier
Qualifier (1 player qualify)
Top 8
This is a legacy bracket! Please use the new bracket instead. Quarter-Finals Quarter-Finals Q.-Finals QF Semi-Finals Semi-Finals S.-Finals SF Final Final F Jim 0 XiaoKai 0 YHY 0 LoveTT 0 TBD TBD Infi 0 Comm 0 Way 0 WP 0 TBD TBD TBD TBD
Jim qualified, but could not go to IEM Cologne because he was too young (15 at the time). He was replaced by   LoveCD.
LoveCD was replaced by   MaNa as he could not make it to Cologne and no other of the possible Chinese players were able to make the travel to Germany either.

1 SEA player via Qualifiers
SEA Qualifiers Final Qualified Players Qualifier #1 Qualifier #2   mOOnGLaDe   MaFia   RedArchon   Shuffle Qualifier #3 Qualifier #4   Bosser   Ninja   deth   iaguz Qualified for Global Challenge Cologne   mOOnGLaDe

4 Korean Invites
Invited Players   HuK   Killer   MarineKing*   PuMa Replacements   MC *   MarineKing was not able to travel to Germany.

National Champion of Host Nation
Socke

Group Stage

Group A
August 17, 2011
1.	MC			3-0	6-1
2.	Kas			2-1	4-3
3.	Beastyqt			1-2	3-4
4.	KiLLeR			0-3	1-6

Matches
Kas	2	1	Beastyqt
Shakuras Plateau   Tal'Darim Altar   Metalopolis
KiLLeR	1	2	MC
Tal'Darim Altar   Metalopolis   Shattered Temple
Kas	0	2	MC
Metalopolis   Tal'Darim Altar
KiLLeR	0	2	Beastyqt
Metalopolis   Shattered Temple
Kas	2	0	KiLLeR
Shakuras Plateau   TBA
Beastyqt	0	2	MC
Xel'Naga Caverns   Dual Sight

Group B
August 17, 2011
1.	Socke			2-1	5-3
2.	SeleCT			2-1	5-3
3.	Killer			2-1	5-4
4.	DieStar			0-3	1-6

Matches
Killer	1	2	SeleCT
Tal'Darim Altar   Metalopolis   Terminus
DieStar	0	2	Socke
Shakuras Plateau   Terminus
Socke	0	2	Killer
Shakuras Plateau   Terminus
DieStar	0	2	SeleCT
Tal'Darim Altar   Shattered Temple
Killer	2	1	DieStar
Xel'Naga Caverns   Shakuras Plateau   Tal'Darim Altar
SeleCT	1	2	Socke
Tal'Darim Altar   Shakuras Plateau   Shattered Temple

Group C
August 18, 2011
1.	Nerchio			3-0	6-0
2.	mOOnGLaDe			2-1	4-3
3.	Tarson			1-2	2-4
4.	HuK			0-3	1-6

Matches
Tarson	0	2	Nerchio
Shattered Temple   Tal'Darim Altar
mOOnGLaDe	2	1	HuK
Tal'Darim Altar   Terminus   Shattered Temple
Tarson	2	0	HuK
Shakuras Plateau   Shattered Temple
Nerchio	2	0	mOOnGLaDe
Metalopolis   Shattered Temple
mOOnGLaDe	2	0	Tarson
Shattered Temple   Terminus
Nerchio	2	0	HuK
Metalopolis   Shakuras Plateau

Group D
August 18, 2011
1.	MaNa			3-0	6-1
2.	PuMa			2-1	4-3
3.	Stephano			1-2	4-4
4.	SaSe			0-3	0-6

Matches
Stephano	1	2	MaNa
Metalopolis   Terminus   Shakuras Plateau
SaSe	0	2	PuMa
Shakuras Plateau   Dual Sight
PuMa	2	1	Stephano
Shattered Temple   Terminus   Shakuras Plateau
SaSe	0	2	MaNa
Dual Sight   Metalopolis
PuMa	0	2	MaNa
Terminus   Tal'Darim Altar
Stephano	2	0	SaSe
Metalopolis   Shakuras Plateau

Playoffs

This is a legacy bracket! Please use the new bracket instead.

Quarter-Finals

Quarter-Finals

Q.-Finals

QF

Semi-Finals

Semi-Finals

S.-Finals

SF

Final

Final

F

MC

3

SeleCT

0

MC

SeleCT

Metalopolis

Tal'Darim Altar

Terminus

Shakuras Plateau

Dual Sight

MaNa

3

mOOnGLaDe

1

MaNa

mOOnGLaDe

Metalopolis

Dual Sight

Xel'Naga Caverns

Tal'Darim Altar

Terminus

MC

3

MaNa

0

MC

MaNa

Metalopolis

The Shattered Temple

Shakuras Plateau

Terminus

Dual Sight

Socke

3

Kas

1

Socke

Kas

Tal'Darim Altar

Shakuras Plateau

Terminus

The Shattered Temple

Dual Sight

Nerchio

0

PuMa

3

Nerchio

PuMa

Metalopolis

The Shattered Temple

Tal'Darim Altar

Terminus

Dual Sight

Socke

0

PuMa

3

Socke

PuMa

Xel'Naga Caverns

Terminus

The Shattered Temple

Shakuras Plateau

Dual Sight

MC

0

PuMa

3

MC

PuMa

Xel'Naga Caverns

Terminus

Metalopolis

Dual Sight

Tal'Darim Altar

Third Place Match

Third Place Match

3rd Place Match

3rd P. Match

3rd P.

MaNa

3

Socke

2

MaNa

Socke

Shakuras Plateau

Tal'Darim Altar

Metalopolis

Terminus

The Shattered Temple

View Games

Streams

• English: Main Stage - Side Stage
• German - Russian - French - Czech - Polish - Spanish - Brazilian Portuguese

Replays

• All games, spoiler free.

Additional Coverage

Video Highlights
Day 1	Day 2
Day 3

• Interviews by mki
• First day impressions by Special Endrey
• Pictures and interviews from SK Gaming
• Coverage by fragster
• Interviews by TaKe
• TL IEM Cologne Interviews & Photos

Racial distribution

• Race
• Region
• Show All

	Protoss	Terran	Zerg	Random
Group Stage	6 6 4
Quarter Finals	3 3 2
Semi Finals	3 1
Final Match	1 1
Winner	1

	Americas	Europe	Korea	Other
Group Stage	1 9 4 2
Quarter Finals	4 3 1
Semi Finals	2 2
Final Match	2
Winner	1

Map Statistics

		vs.				vs.				vs.				Mirrors
Map	#	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%
Dual Sight	1	-	-	-	-	1	0	1	0.0%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Metalopolis	6	1	1	0	100.0%	1	0	1	0.0%	2	1	1	50.0%	-	-	2
Shakuras Plateau	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	0	100.0%	-	-	2
Tal'Darim Altar	5	1	1	0	100.0%	1	0	1	0.0%	2	1	1	50.0%	-	-	1
Terminus	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	2	50.0%	-	-	1
The Shattered Temple	5	1	1	0	100.0%	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	50.0%	-	-	2
Xel'Naga Caverns	3	-	-	-	-	1	1	0	100.0%	2	0	2	0.0%	-	-	-
Total Sum (Σ)	28	3	3	0	100.0%	4	1	3	25.0%	13	6	7	46.2%	-	-	8

See also

• Leagues Portal

External links

• IEM homepage
• IEM VI - Cologne homepage
• Live Report threads: Day 1 -- Day 2 -- Day 3 -- Day 4 -- Day 5
• Teamliquid summary