IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Cologne

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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
Organizer:
ESL
Server:
Europe
Type:
Offline
Location:
Germany Cologne
Format:
1v1, Group play
Single-elimination Playoffs
Prize pool:
$21,000
Start Date:
2011-08-17
End Date:
2011-08-21
Liquipedia Tier:
Premier
Winners
South Korea  PuMa
South Korea  MC
Poland  MaNa
Germany  Socke
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:
16
6
6
4
Maps
Chronology

Overview[edit]

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[edit]

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

Location[edit]

  • Cologne, Germany
  • Koelnmesse

Prize pool[edit]

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

Players[edit]

Protoss Protoss (6) Terran Terran (6) Zerg Zerg (4)
Sweden SaSe Ukraine Kas Poland Nerchio
Germany Socke Poland DieStar Australia mOOnGLaDe
Poland MaNa South Korea SeleCT France Stephano
Canada HuK Serbia Beastyqt Chile KiLLeR
South Korea Killer Poland Tarson
South Korea MC South Korea PuMa

Schedule[edit]

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[edit]

Qualifiers[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A
August 17, 2011
1. South Korea  MC 3-0 6-1
2. Ukraine  Kas 2-1 4-3
3. Serbia  Beastyqt 1-2 3-4
4. Chile  KiLLeR 0-3 1-6
Group B
August 17, 2011
1. Germany  Socke 2-1 5-3
2. South Korea  SeleCT 2-1 5-3
3. South Korea  Killer 2-1 5-4
4. Poland  DieStar 0-3 1-6
Group C
August 18, 2011
1. Poland  Nerchio 3-0 6-0
2. Australia  mOOnGLaDe 2-1 4-3
3. Poland  Tarson 1-2 2-4
4. Canada  HuK 0-3 1-6
Group D
August 18, 2011
1. Poland  MaNa 3-0 6-1
2. South Korea  PuMa 2-1 4-3
3. France  Stephano 1-2 4-4
4. Sweden  SaSe 0-3 0-6

Playoffs[edit]

Quarterfinals
 South Korea MC
3
MC 
 SeleCT
August 19th 2011
 South Korea SeleCT
0
 Poland MaNa
3
MaNa 
 mOOnGLaDe
August 19th 2011
 Australia mOOnGLaDe
1
 Germany Socke
3
Socke 
 Kas
August 19th 2011
 Ukraine Kas
1
 Poland Nerchio
0
Nerchio 
 PuMa
August 19th 2011
 South Korea PuMa
3
Semifinals
 South Korea MC
3
MC 
 MaNa
August 20th 2011
 Poland MaNa
0
 Germany Socke
0
Socke 
 PuMa
August 20th 2011
 South Korea PuMa
3
Finals
 South Korea MC
0
MC 
 PuMa
August 21st 2011
 South Korea PuMa
3
3rd Place Match
 Poland MaNa
3
MaNa 
 Socke
August 21st 2011
 Germany Socke
2

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Streams[edit]

Replays[edit]

VODs[edit]

Additional Coverage[edit]

Racial distribution[edit]

  Protoss TerranZergRandom
Group Stage
664
Quarter Finals
332
Semi Finals
31
Final Match
11
Winner
1

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ IdrA not coming to Cologne
  2. ↑ American invitees explained
  3. ↑ MaNa to replace LoveCD at IEM Cologne
  4. ↑ MarineKing gets replaced by MC
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