IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Guangzhou

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

League Information

Series:

Intel Extreme Masters

Organizer(s):

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	ZZZZZ
		Rain	Fnatic
		Jim	TyLoo
		Way	ZZZZZ
13th-16th	$600	PiG	ZZZZZ
		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
Quarterfinals MaNa 2 MorroW 0 HasuObs 2 Rmdx 0 Honor 0 XlorD 2 Dimaga 2 merz 0 Semifinals MaNa 2 HasuObs 0 XlorD 1 Dimaga 2 Qualified Players ~~MaNa~~* Q Dimaga Q 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
Quarterfinals Tarson 0 DarKFoRcE 2 Harstem 0 elfi 2 Diestar 2 ClouD 0 Insolence 0 Strelok 2 Semifinals DarKFoRcE 0 elfi 2 Diestar 0 Strelok 2 Qualified Players elfi Q Strelok Q 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]

Quarterfinals

HasuObs

3

DIMAGA

2

elfi

3

Strelok

1

PuMa

3

JYP

0

Revival

1

IdrA

3

Semifinals

HasuObs

2

elfi

3

PuMa

0

IdrA

3

Finals

elfi

1

IdrA

3

3rd Place Match

HasuObs

1

PuMa

3

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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