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IEM Season V - World Championship
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IEM Season V - World Championship
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor(s):
Intel
Game version:
Server:
Europe
Type:
Offline
Prize pool:
$30,000 USD
Start Date:
2011-03-01
End Date:
2011-03-05
Liquipedia Tier:
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:
12



Chronology
The Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) is ESL's flagship competition. Held at CeBIT 2011 in Hanover, Germany.
Prize Pool[edit]
$30,000 is spread among the players as seen below:
The tournament winner was also rewarded with a position in the GSL Code S up and down matches. This filled the position vacated by
IdrA after his decision to pull out of GSL March and return home to the USA.
Tournament System[edit]
As seen on the event page[1], the tournament structure is copied from the European Championship:
- Two Groups of Six (12 players)
- Top 3 in each group (6 players) qualifies for Playoffs. Winners are seeded into semifinals.
- Group A 2nd vs Group B 3rd and vice versa.
- Single-elimination Playoffs.
Participants[edit]
Player ID | Qualified through |
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Winner, Global Challenge Cologne |
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Winner, American Championships |
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2nd, American Championships |
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Winner, European Championships |
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2nd, European Championships |
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4th, European Championships |
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5th, European Championships** |
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Winner, Southeast Asian Championships |
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Asian Invite |
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Asian Invite |
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Asian Invite |
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Asian Invite |
* IdrA got invited as an Asian invite when he still lived in Korea. His nationality is American.
** DeMusliM who placed third in the European Championship could not attend because of a broken arm. Socke replaced him as Europe's fourth representative.[2]
Results[edit]
Playoffs[edit]
Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Quarters
QF
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF

1

3

3

0

2

3

3

2

3

2
Third Place Match
Third Place Match
3rd Place
3rd

2

3
Racial distribution[edit]
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Group Stage (Ro12) |
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Round of 6 |
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Semi Final |
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Final |
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Winner |
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VODs[edit]
- VoD Archive at tv.esl.eu - VoDs for this event are filed under IEM World Championship.
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- ESL and Intel's Extreme Masters Homepage
- IEM V - World Championships Event page
- Official Group Stage Results
- Official Playoffs Results