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
Location:
HanoverPrize Pool:
$30,000 USD
Start Date:
2011-03-01
End Date:
2011-03-05
Liquipedia Tier:
Participants
Number of Players:
12
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4Chronology
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:
1st
2nd 
3rd 
4th
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 |
 MorroW
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Winner, Global Challenge Cologne |
 Fenix
|
Winner, American Championships |
| qxc
|
2nd, American Championships |
| SjoW
|
Winner, European Championships |
 White-Ra
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2nd, European Championships |
 Tarson
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4th, European Championships |
| Socke
|
5th, European Championships** |
| mOOnGLaDe
|
Winner, Southeast Asian Championships |
| Squirtle
|
Asian Invite |
| AcE
|
Asian Invite |
| Moon
|
Asian Invite |
| IdrA ()*
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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]Group A Matches
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0
2
0
0
2
2
0
0
2
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
0
2
0
1
2
2
0
1
2
1
2
2
0
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
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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
