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(s):

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

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[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
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	ZZZZZ
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	ZZZZZ

Players[edit]

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

Schedule[edit]

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[edit]

Qualifiers[edit]

7 European players via Qualifiers
Qualifier #1 (2 players qualify)
Top 8
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
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
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

From Qualifier #1
American Qualifiers Final
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^[1] and was replaced by KiLLeR.^[2]

1 Chinese player via Qualifier
Qualifier (1 player qualify)
Top 8
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 0 TBD 0 Infi 0 Comm 0 Way 0 WP 0 TBD 0 TBD 0 TBD 0 TBD 0
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.^[3]

1 SEA player via Qualifiers

Qualified Players
SEA Qualifiers Final
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.^[4]

National Champion of Host Nation
Socke

Group Stage[edit]

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[edit]

Quarter-Finals

Q.-Finals

QF

Semi-Finals

S.-Finals

SF

Final

F

Third Place Match

3rd Place Match

3rd P. Match

3rd P.

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

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

Replays[edit]

All games, spoiler free.

VODs[edit]

Additional Coverage[edit]

Video Highlights
Day 1	Day 2

Day 3

Racial distribution[edit]

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[edit]

		vs.				vs.				vs.				Mirrors
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	2	2	2	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

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]

[IdrA-out-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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