IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Guangzhou

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

League Information

Series:

Intel Extreme Masters

Organizer:

ESL

Game version:

Wings of Liberty
Patch 1.4.1

Server:

China

Type:

Offline

Location:

Guangzhou

Prize pool:

$21,000 USD

Start Date:

2011-10-01

End Date:

2011-10-04

Liquipedia tier:

Premier

Player breakdown

Number of players:

16

4

6

Chronology

Global Challenge Cologne

Global Challenge New York

The Global Challenge at Ani-Com & Games in Guangzhou was the second event of the global league of the video game champions. Teams of Counter-Strike and League of Legends as well as StarCraft II players played in Guangzhou, China, from October 1 to 5, for a total prize money of $93,000.

Overview[edit]

The IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Guangzhou is a StarCraft II tournament which took place in Guangzhou, China on October 1 to 4. The tournament is the second event in the 6th season of the ESL's Intel Extreme Masters series. 16 qualified players competed 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
Top 2 Finalists qualify to Season VI World Championship

Prize pool[edit]

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

Place	$ USD	Player	Team
1st	$6,500	IdrA	Evil Geniuses
2nd	$3,300	elfi	Team Acer
3rd	$1,750	PuMa	Evil Geniuses
4th	$1,250	HasuObs	mousesports
5th-8th	$800	DIMAGA	mTw
		Strelok	Guild of Imbalance
		JYP	Team SCV Life
		Revival	Team SCV Life
9th-12th	$650	YHY
		Rain	Fnatic
		Jim	TyLoo
		Way
13th-16th	$600	PiG
		XiGua	Invictus Gaming
		Jinro	Team Liquid
		iaguz	Xeria Gaming

Players[edit]

Protoss (4)	Terran (6)	Zerg (6)
elfi	Strelok	DIMAGA
HasuObs	Rain	IdrA
JYP	PuMa	PiG
Jim	Jinro	XiGua
	iaguz	Revival
	Way	YHY

Results[edit]

Qualifiers[edit]

4 European players via Qualifiers

Qualifier #1 (2 players qualify)

Top 8

Quarter-Finals

Q.-Finals

QF

Semi-Finals

S.-Finals

SF

Qualified Players

MaNa qualified, but preferred to play the Polish WCG qualifiers instead. In the deciding game between the two semifinalists in the first EU qualifier XlorD defeated HasuObs 2-1.
However due to illness XlorD couldn't participate, therefore HasuObs gets the spot.
Full bracket

Qualifier #2 (2 players qualify)

Top 8

Quarter-Finals

Q.-Finals

QF

Semi-Finals

S.-Finals

SF

Qualified Players

Full bracket

2 American players via Qualifiers

From Qualifier #1
American Qualifiers Final
DeMusliM	Opticalrh	Axslav	iNcontroL
From Qualifier #2
Rain^[1]	Vadar	Dhalism	Omfod
From Qualifier #3
Pride	Hnr	Zelniq	Xanhas
Invited Players^[2]
SeleCT	IdrA	TT1	Fenix
Qualified Players for Global Challenge Guangzhou
IdrA		~~DeMusliM~~

DeMusliM qualified, but had to cancel his participation because of visa issues. He was replaced by Rain.^[3]

4 Korean invited players
Revival	JYP
PuMa	Jinro ^[4]

4 Chinese players via Qualifiers
YHY	XiGua
Way	Jim
Infi, Loner and LoveCD all qualified but later forfeited their spots ^[4]

2 SEA players via Qualifiers

From Qualifier #1 (GO4SC2 Cup #29)
SEA Qualifiers ^[5]
TargA	RedArchon
From Qualifier #2
mOOnGLaDe	Filthy
From Qualifier #3
PiG	Azz
From Qualifier #4 (Go4SC2 Cup #31)
iaguz	tgun
Qualified Players for Global Challenge Guangzhou
iaguz	PiG

mOOnGLaDe qualified but forfeited his spot due to Blizzcon and WCG: Australia taking place in the same month, iaguz qualifies as he came 3rd in the Finals ^[4]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A
October 1, 2011
1.	PuMa	3-0	6-0
2.	HasuObs	2-1	4-2
3.	YHY	1-2	2-4
4.	PiG	0-3	0-6

Matches
HasuObs	2	0	YHY
PiG	0	2	PuMa
HasuObs	0	2	PuMa
PiG	0	2	YHY
HasuObs	2	0	PiG
YHY	0	2	PuMa

Group B
October 1, 2011
1.	DIMAGA	3-0	6-0
2.	JYP	2-1	4-2
3.	Rain	1-2	2-5
4.	XiGua	0-3	1-6

Matches
Rain	0	2	JYP
DIMAGA	2	0	XiGua
DIMAGA	2	0	JYP
Rain	2	1	XiGua
DIMAGA	2	0	Rain
XiGua	0	2	JYP

Group C
October 2, 2011
1.	elfi	3-0	6-0
2.	IdrA	1-2	3-4
3.	Jim	1-2	2-4
4.	Jinro	1-2	2-5

Matches
Jim	2	0	Jinro
elfi	2	0	IdrA
elfi	2	0	Jim
IdrA	1	2	Jinro
elfi	2	0	Jinro
IdrA	2	0	Jim

Group D
October 2, 2011
1.	Revival	3-0	6-1
2.	Strelok	2-1	5-2
3.	Way	1-2	2-4
4.	iaguz	0-3	0-6

Matches
Strelok	1	2	Revival
iaguz	0	2	Way
Strelok	2	0	Way
iaguz	0	2	Revival
Strelok	2	0	iaguz
Way	0	2	Revival

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]

Stream: IEM Main Stage
Replays: All StarCraft II replays - Spoiler free

Additional Coverage[edit]

Photo Galleries by pcgames.com.cn: #1 - #2
IEM Global Challenge Guangzhou - Preview by TL.net

Racial Distribution[edit]

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Random

Group Stage

4	6	6

Quarterfinals

3	2	3

Semifinals

2	1	1

Final Match

1	1

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	3	-	-	-	-	1	0	1	0.0%	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Shakuras Plateau	6	1	0	1	0.0%	2	1	1	50.0%	2	0	2	0.0%	-	-	1
Tal'Darim Altar	4	1	0	1	0.0%	2	2	0	100.0%	1	1	0	100.0%	-	-	-
Terminus	5	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	50.0%	2	1	1	50.0%	-	-	1
The Shattered Temple	6	1	0	1	0.0%	-	-	-	-	3	1	2	33.3%	-	1	1
Xel'Naga Caverns	4	-	-	-	-	1	1	0	100.0%	1	0	1	0.0%	-	1	1
Total Sum (Σ)	32	3	0	3	0.0%	9	5	4	55.6%	11	4	7	36.4%	-	4	5

External links[edit]

IEM Homepage
IEM VI - Guanzhou page on IEM site
Qualifier thread on Teamliquid forums
Live Report threads: Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4

References[edit]

[1] Guangzhou American Qualifier thread

[2] American Qualifier Information

[3] Rain replaces DeMusliM in Guangzhou

[Groups-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 IEM China final groups

[5] Guangzhou SEA Qualifiers

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