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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.
IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Cologne
League Information
Series:
Organizer(s):
Game Version:
Server:
Europe
Type:
Offline
Location:
CologneFormat:
1v1, Group play
Single-elimination Playoffs
Single-elimination Playoffs
Prize pool:
$21,000 USD
Start Date:
2011-08-17
End Date:
2011-08-21
Liquipedia Tier:
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:
16
6
6
4Maps
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:
| Place | $USD | Player | Team |
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 1st | $6,500 |  PuMa |  Evil Geniuses |
 2nd | $3,300 | MC |  oGs.SK |
 3rd | $1,750 |  MaNa |  mousesports |
 4th | $1,250 | Socke |  Team ALTERNATE |
| 5th-8th | $800 |  Kas |  Team Empire |
| Nerchio |  Team Acer | ||
| SeleCT |  Team Dignitas | ||
 mOOnGLaDe |  | ||
| 9th-12th | $650 |  Beastyqt | Team Empire |
| Killer |  Team SCV Life | ||
| Tarson |  Millenium | ||
 Stephano | Millenium | ||
| 13th-16th | $600 |  KiLLeR | Team Dignitas |
| DieStar | Millenium | ||
 HuK | Evil Geniuses | ||
 SaSe | |
Players[edit]
| Protoss (6)
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Terran (6)
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Zerg (4)
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| SaSe
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Kas
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Nerchio
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| Socke
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DieStar
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mOOnGLaDe
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| MaNa
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SeleCT
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Stephano
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| HuK
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Beastyqt
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KiLLeR
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| Killer
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Tarson
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| MC
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PuMa
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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]
| 7 European players via Qualifiers |
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| Qualifier #1 (2 players qualify) |
| Top 8 |
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Quarterfinals Tarson2  Brat_OK0 Bly1 DieStar2 White-Ra1 RINE2 Bischu0 Kas2 Semifinals Tarson0 DieStar2 RINE1 Kas2 2 Qualified Players DieStarQ KasQ |
| Qualifier #2 (2 players qualify) |
| Top 8 |
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Quarterfinals Tarson2  Satiini1 SaSe2 GoOdy1  NightEnD2 ho8ot0 Nerchio2 SjoW0 Semifinals Tarson1 SaSe2 NightEnD0 Nerchio2 2 Qualified Players SaSeQ NerchioQ |
| Qualifier #3 (3 players qualify) |
| Top 8 |
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Quarterfinals Tarson2  biGs0 Happy1 Beastyqt2 SjoW1 Stephano2 Forte2 White-Ra0 Semifinals Tarson1 Beastyqt2 Stephano2 Forte0 3 Qualified Players BeastyqtQ StephanoQ 3rd Place Match
Tarson2 Forte0 |
| 2 American players via Qualifiers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 Chinese player via Qualifier |
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| Qualifier (1 player qualify) |
| Top 8 |
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Quarterfinals  Jim0 XiaoKai0 YHY0 LoveTT0 Infi0 Comm0 Way0 WP0 Semifinals TBD0 TBD0 TBD0 TBD0 Finals TBD0 TBD0 |
| Jim qualified, but could not go to IEM Cologne because he was too young (15 at the time). He was replaced by LoveCD.
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| 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.[3]
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| 1 SEA player via Qualifiers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 4 Korean Invites | ||||||||||||
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| National Champion of Host Nation |
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| Socke
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Group Stage[edit]
| Matches | |||
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| Kas | 2 | 1 | Beastyqt |
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| KiLLeR | 1 | 2 | MC |
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| Kas | 0 | 2 | MC |
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| KiLLeR | 0 | 2 | Beastyqt |
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| Kas | 2 | 0 | KiLLeR |
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| Beastyqt | 0 | 2 | MC |
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| Matches | |||
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| Killer | 1 | 2 | SeleCT |
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| DieStar | 0 | 2 | Socke |
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| Socke | 0 | 2 | Killer |
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| DieStar | 0 | 2 | SeleCT |
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| Killer | 2 | 1 | DieStar |
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| SeleCT | 1 | 2 | Socke |
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| Matches | |||
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| Tarson | 0 | 2 | Nerchio |
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| mOOnGLaDe | 2 | 1 | HuK |
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| Tarson | 2 | 0 | HuK |
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| Nerchio | 2 | 0 | mOOnGLaDe |
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| mOOnGLaDe | 2 | 0 | Tarson |
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| Nerchio | 2 | 0 | HuK |
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| Matches | |||
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| Stephano | 1 | 2 | MaNa |
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| SaSe | 0 | 2 | PuMa |
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| PuMa | 2 | 1 | Stephano |
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| SaSe | 0 | 2 | MaNa |
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| PuMa | 0 | 2 | MaNa |
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| Stephano | 2 | 0 | SaSe |
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Playoffs[edit]
Quarterfinals
MC3
SeleCT0
MaNa3
mOOnGLaDe1
Socke3
Socke
Kas
Kas1
Nerchio0
PuMa3
Semifinals
MC3
MaNa0
Socke0
Socke
PuMa PuMa3
Finals
MC0
PuMa3
3rd Place Match
MaNa3
MaNa
Socke 
Socke2
View Games[edit]
Streams[edit]
- English: Main Stage - Side Stage
- German - Russian - French - Czech - Polish - Spanish - Brazilian Portuguese
Replays[edit]
VODs[edit]
Additional Coverage[edit]
| Video Highlights | |
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| 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[edit]
| Protoss | Terran | Zerg | Random | ||||
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Map Statistics[edit]
| vs. | vs. | vs. | Mirrors | |||||||||||||
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| Map | # | Σ | | | % | Σ | | | % | Σ | | | % | | | |
| Dual Sight | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | - | - | 1 |
| Metalopolis | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80.0% | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75.0% | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Shakuras Plateau | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50.0% | 1 | - | 3 |
| Tal'Darim Altar | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71.4% | 2 | - | 1 |
| Terminus | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57.1% | - | - | 2 |
| The Shattered Temple | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40.0% | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Xel'Naga Caverns | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25.0% | - | - | - |
| Unknown | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total Sum (Σ) | 84 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 64.3% | 17 | 9 | 8 | 52.9% | 34 | 19 | 15 | 55.9% | 5 | 2 | 12 |
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- IEM homepage
- IEM VI - Cologne homepage
- Live Report threads: Day 1 -- Day 2 -- Day 3 -- Day 4 -- Day 5
- Teamliquid summary
References[edit]
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