IEM Season V - Global Challenge Cologne

[e][h]IEM Season V - Global Challenge Cologne

League Information

Series:

IEM

Organizer:

ESL

Game Version:

Wings of Liberty
Patch 1.0.3

Server:

Europe

Type:

Offline

Location:

 Cologne

Prize Pool:

$15,000 USD

Start Date:

2010-08-18

End Date:

2010-08-22

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Participants

Number of Players:

16

4

8

4

Maps

Blistering Sands • Delta Quadrant • Desert Oasis • Xel'Naga Caverns • Lost Temple • Metalopolis • Steppes of War • Scrap Station • Kulas Ravine

Chronology

American Championships

In the first of the Intel Extreme Masters events to feature StarCraft II, 16 of the best players met in Cologne, Germany for the first major live event in StarCraft II's history. The Global Challenge event invited players from all around the world to participate in front of a large crowd at Gamescom Cologne, all casted by Day[9] and Apollo. The event was very popular with the venue completely packed for the grand final between MorroW and IdrA, which MorroW won 3-1. DIMAGA placed third over Tarson, also with a 3-1 score.

Format

Six of the players, DIMAGA, SarenS, LucifroN, NaNiwa, ClouD, and Tarson qualified for the event by placing in the top three in Go4SC2 Cups #24 and #25. The remaining 10 players were invited by ESL to fly out to Cologne to take part in the $15,000 prize pool. The players were arranged into four groups which were played round robin style, with each match being best of 3. The top two from each group were then arranged into a 8 man single-elimination bracket with every round being a Best of 5 series.

Prize pool

Offering $15,000 spread among all players as follows:

Place

$ USD

Participant

 1st

$5,000

MorroW 

 2nd

$2,500

IdrA 

 3rd

$1,400

DIMAGA 

 4th

$900

Tarson 

place 5 to 16 

place 5 to 16 

 5th-8th

$600

TLO 

DeMusliM 

SarenS 

MaDFroG 

 9th-12th

$400

White-Ra 

Artosis 

LucifroN 

NaNiwa 

 13th-16th

$300

ClouD 

HuK 

HasuObs 

Strelok 

Players

Protoss (4)

Terran (8)

Zerg (4)

HasuObs 

ClouD 

Artosis 

HuK 

DeMusliM 

DIMAGA 

NaNiwa 

LucifroN 

IdrA 

White-Ra 

MorroW 

MaDFroG 

SarenS 

Strelok 

Tarson 

TLO 

Brat_OK

Brat_OK was originally invited to the event, but due to troubles with obtaining a German visa, he could no longer attend. MorroW replaced him.

Results

Group Stage

A

Group A
August 18, 2010
1.	TLO			3-0	6-0
2.	MaDFroG			2-1	4-3
3.	White-Ra			1-2	2-4
4.	ClouD			0-3	1-6

Matches

ClouD

0

2

TLO

White-Ra

0

2

MaDFroG

ClouD

1

2

MaDFroG

White-Ra

0

2

TLO

MaDFroG

0

2

TLO

White-Ra

2

0

ClouD

B

Group B
August 18, 2010
1.	Tarson*			2-1	5-2
2.	MorroW*			2-1	4-2
3.	Artosis*			1-2	2-5
4.	HuK*			1-2	3-5

Matches

MorroW

2

0

HuK

Tarson

2

0

Artosis

MorroW

2

0

Artosis

Tarson

1

2

HuK

Artosis

2

1

HuK

Tarson

2

0

MorroW

C

Group C
August 19, 2010
1.	DIMAGA*			2-1	4-4
2.	SarenS*			2-1	5-3
3.	LucifroN*			1-2	3-4
4.	HasuObs*			1-2	3-4

Matches

DIMAGA

2

1

LucifroN

HasuObs

1

2

SarenS

LucifroN

2

0

HasuObs

SarenS

1

2

DIMAGA

LucifroN

0

2

SarenS

HasuObs

2

0

DIMAGA

D

Group D
August 19, 2010
1.	IdrA			3-0	6-2
2.	DeMusliM			1-2	4-4
3.	NaNiwa			1-2	3-4
4.	Strelok			1-2	2-5

Matches

DeMusliM

1

2

IdrA

Strelok

0

2

NaNiwa

IdrA

2

0

Strelok

NaNiwa

0

2

DeMusliM

IdrA

2

1

NaNiwa

DeMusliM

1

2

Strelok

*Players with an equal amount of match wins were ranked according to their head-to-head results.

Group Summary

Group A

The main surprise of group 1 was how convincingly TLO cruised through his group. With a great series against White-Ra displaying incredible decision making as well as great Banshee micro, the German player didn't drop a single map with dominating victories in every game. MaDFroG showed great play and surprised many by defeating White-Ra 2-0 and 2-1ing ClouD.

• TLO advances 3-0 with a 6-0 game record.
• MaDFroG advances 2-1 with a 4-3 game record.

Group B

The Polish player Tarson demolished MorroW in a 2-0 series with a strong win on Steppes in the first series followed by an aggressive opening on Metalopolis taking out MorroW's 1 Rax Expand. An elated Tarson thanked Gretorp for victory but the replacement MorroW still went through in second after defeating HuK and Artosis 2-0 earlier. HuK showed nerves in his games against MorroW on the main stage and made many rash decisions after a double expand and Artosis couldn't overcome his Terran opponents and was set to go out before his final match.

• Tarson advances 2-1 with a 5-2 game record.
• MorroW advances 2-1 with a 4-2 game record.

Group C

Group 3 was heavily contested with qualifications coming down to the last game. DIMAGA had to defeat SarenS and hope HasuObs didn't beat Lucifron. DIMAGA started his tournament shakey after losing his series to HasuObs, but he toned down his all-in and aggressive openings and played a standard game against the Terrans with great results, swarming his opponents with Banelings, Infestors, Ultras and Zerglings in true Zerg style. The two former Warcraft III players showed great micro, but slower macro, which was a clear weakness notable in their games which lead to SarenS and DIMAGA qualifying. Due to the head-to-head record, DIMAGA advanced as the first seed and SarenS as the 2nd, despite SarenS having a better map record.

• DIMAGA advances 2-1 with a 4-4 game record.
• SarenS advances 2-1 with a 5-3 game record.

Group D

Group 4 was another close group, coming down to the last game. DeMusliM had to either win his last game, or take one map and hope that Strelok lost 0-2 to NaNi. The very same happened. IdrA took his group 3-0 dropping one set each to NaNi and DeMusliM while showing very impressive Zerg play with great macro, transitions and incredibly impressive micro. DeMusliM went through second.

• IdrA advances 3-0 with a 6-2 game record.
• DeMusliM advances 1-2 with a 4-4 game record.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals

Quarters

QF

Semifinals

Semifinals

Semis

SF

Grand Final

Grand Final

Final

GF

TLO

2

MorroW

3

TLO

2

3

MorroW

Blistering Sands

Metalopolis

Xel'Naga Caverns

Steppes of War

Kulas Ravine

DIMAGA

3

DeMusliM

2

DIMAGA

3

2

DeMusliM

Blistering Sands

Steppes of War

Xel'Naga Caverns

Delta Quadrant

Metalopolis

MorroW

3

DIMAGA

2

MorroW

3

2

DIMAGA

Steppes of War

Blistering Sands

Delta Quadrant

Xel'Naga Caverns

Metalopolis

Tarson

3

MaDFroG

0

Tarson

3

0

MaDFroG

Desert Oasis

Xel'Naga Caverns

Blistering Sands

Lost Temple

Delta Quadrant

IdrA

3

SarenS

2

IdrA

3

2

SarenS

Steppes of War

Metalopolis

Delta Quadrant

Blistering Sands

Xel'Naga Caverns

Tarson

1

IdrA

3

Tarson

1

3

IdrA

Blistering Sands

Metalopolis

Xel'Naga Caverns

Delta Quadrant

MorroW

3

IdrA

1

MorroW

3

1

IdrA

Xel'Naga Caverns

Metalopolis

Blistering Sands

Steppes of War

Third Place Match

Third Place Match

3rd Place

3rd

DIMAGA

3

Tarson

1

DIMAGA

3

1

Tarson

Steppes of War

Blistering Sands

Xel'Naga Caverns

Metalopolis

Racial distribution

	Protoss	Terran	Zerg
Group Stage	4 8 4
Quarterfinals	5 3
Semifinals	2 2
Final Match	1 1
Winner	1

Map Statistics

		vs.				vs.				vs.				Mirrors
Map	#	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%
Blistering Sands	8	7	3	4	42.9%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Delta Quadrant	4	4	2	2	50.0%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Desert Oasis	1	1	1	0	100.0%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kulas Ravine	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Metalopolis	7	6	3	3	50.0%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Steppes of War	6	5	3	2	60.0%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Xel'Naga Caverns	8	7	5	2	71.4%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Total Sum (Σ)	35	30	17	13	56.7%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-

Replays

• TL Thread with replay links for every game

VODs

• VoD Archive at tv.esl.eu - VoDs for this event are filed under GamesCom 2010.

Interviews

• Day 1: Sean 'Day(9)' Plott arrived at gamescom
• Day 1: IdrA about Intel Extreme Masters GC Cologne
• Day 1: ClouD interview about IEM and EPS Germany
• Day 1: MorroW joins Carmac to talk about IEM
• Interview with MorroW soon after his win

See also

• Leagues Portal
• Premier Tournaments

External links

IEM Homepage