IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Sao Paulo

[e][h]IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Sao Paulo

League Information

Series:

Intel Extreme Masters

Organizer:

ESL

Game Version:

Wings of Liberty Patch 1.4.2

Server:

North America

Type:

Offline

Location:

 Sao Paulo

Prize pool:

$21,000

Start Date:

2012-02-08

End Date:

2012-02-11

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Winners

  viOLet

  SuperNova

  Ret

  ReaL

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

16

3

3

10

Maps

Antiga Shipyard • Shakuras Plateau • Dual Sight • Tal'Darim Altar • Metalopolis • Terminus SE • The Shattered Temple

Chronology

  Global Challenge Kiev

World Championship  

The Global Challenge at Campus Party in Sao Paulo was the fifth event of the global league of the Intel Extreme Masters. Sixteen StarCraft II players clashed in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from February 8 to 11, for a total prize money of $21,000.

Overview

The IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Sao Paulo was a StarCraft 2 tournament which took place in Sao Paulo, Brazil on February 6 to 12. The tournament was the sixth event in the 6th season of the ESL's Intel Extreme Masters series. 16 qualified players competed for $21,000 and the chance to earn an invite to the Season VI World Championship in Hanover. For the first time in its six years history Intel Extreme Masters moveed to South America. The Campus Party Brazil #5 was the host of the Global Challenge Sao Paulo. The English commentary was provided by MrBitter, RotterdaM, and Rob Simpson.

Format

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

Location

• Sao Paulo, Brazil

• Anhembi Convention Center

Prize pool

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

Players

Protoss (3)	Terran (3)	Zerg (10)
Potiguar	SuperNova	Tunico	viOLet
Feast	DeMusliM	KiLLeR	Ret
ReaL	Illusion	DarKFoRcE	sLivko
		XlorD	Snute
		biGs	DakkoN

Fenix qualified through the South American qualifier, but was reported to not be able to participate in the main tournament, only one day before it would start. Brazilian Zerg player DakkoN would be invited as a replacement, as he reached the quarter-final of said qualifier, and due to the fact that any non-Brazilian player would not be able to make it to Sao Paulo on such a short notice.

Results

Qualifiers

4 European players via Qualifiers   Feast   DarKFoRcE   biGs   XlorD 4 American players via Qualifiers   viOLet   DeMusliM   Illusion   Ret 3 Korean Players   SuperNova   sLivko   Snute 1 Asian player   ReaL 3 South American players   Fenix   KiLLeR   Potiguar   DakkoN National Champion of host nation   Tunico Group Stage Group A February 8, 2011 1.   SuperNova 3-0 6-1 2.   DarKFoRcE 2-1 4-4 3.   KiLLeR 1-2 4-5 4.   Illusion 0-3 2-6 Matches DarKFoRcE 2 1 Illusion KiLLeR 1 2 SuperNova DarKFoRcE 0 2 SuperNova Illusion 1 2 KiLLeR DarKFoRcE 2 1 KiLLeR Illusion 0 2 SuperNova Group B February 8, 2011 1.   Feast 3-0 6-0 2.   DeMusliM 2-1 4-2 3.   XlorD 1-2 2-4 4.   Tunico 0-3 0-6 Matches DeMusliM 2 0 Tunico Feast 2 0 XlorD DeMusliM 0 2 Feast Tunico 0 2 XlorD DeMusliM 2 0 XlorD Feast 2 0 Tunico Group C February 9, 2011 1.   viOLet 3-0 6-1 2.   ReaL 2-1 5-2 3.   biGs 1-2 2-5 4.   Potiguar 0-3 1-6 Matches viOLet 2 1 ReaL biGs 2 1 Potiguar biGs 0 2 ReaL Potiguar 0 2 viOLet Potiguar 0 2 ReaL biGs 0 2 viOLet Group D February 9, 2011 1.   Ret 3-0 6-1 2.   sLivko 2-1 5-4 3.   Snute 1-2 3-4 4.   DakkoN 0-3 1-6 Matches sLivko 2 1 Snute DakkoN 0 2 Ret DakkoN 0 2 Snute Ret 2 1 sLivko Ret 2 0 Snute DakkoN 1 2 sLivko Playoffs Quarterfinals   SuperNova 3 SuperNova   sLivko February 10th 2012   Metalopolis   Antiga Shipyard   Terminus SE   Shakuras Plateau   The Shattered Temple   sLivko 2   Feast 1 Feast   ReaL February 10th 2012   Antiga Shipyard   Dual Sight   The Shattered Temple   Shakuras Plateau   ReaL 3   Ret 3 Ret   DarKFoRcE February 10th 2012   Metalopolis   Antiga Shipyard   The Shattered Temple   Tal'Darim Altar   Shakuras Plateau   DarKFoRcE 2   viOLet 3 viOLet   DeMusliM February 10th 2012   Terminus SE   Dual Sight   Antiga Shipyard   The Shattered Temple   Tal'Darim Altar   DeMusliM 2 Semifinals   SuperNova 3 SuperNova   ReaL February 11th 2012   Antiga Shipyard   Tal'Darim Altar   The Shattered Temple   Shakuras Plateau   Dual Sight   ReaL 2   Ret 1 Ret   viOLet February 11th 2012   Metalopolis   Tal'Darim Altar   Antiga Shipyard   Dual Sight   viOLet 3 Finals   SuperNova 1 SuperNova   viOLet February 11th 2012   Tal'Darim Altar   Antiga Shipyard   Shakuras Plateau   Metalopolis   viOLet 3 3rd Place Match   ReaL 0 ReaL   Ret February 11th 2012   Antiga Shipyard   Terminus SE   The Shattered Temple   Ret 3 Racial distribution   Protoss Terran Zerg Random Group Stage 3 3 10 Quarter Finals 2 2 4 Semi Finals 1 1 2 Final Match 1 1 Winner 1 View Games Replays/VODs Group Stage Playoffs FFA Match 1 Additional Coverage Interviews by MrBitter Recap Video Trivia An 8-player FFA all-star match was played before the Quarterfinals. The line-up was: Rob Simpson, RotterdaM, Snute, XlorD, Illusion, DeMusliM, viOLet and ReaL with DeMusliM coming out on top. Another 8-player FFA was played before the Semifinals with TaKe, RotterdaM, Illusion, ReaL, Feast, viOLet, sLivko, and KiLLeR. Illusion won the second FFA. sLivko won the poll as SICK NERD BALLER of the tournament. See also Electronic Sports League Intel Extreme Masters Leagues Portal Premier Tournaments External links IEM Homepage IEM VI - Sao Paulo page on IEM site Day Three Live Report Thread Day Four Live Report Thread References