IEM Season XIII - Katowice

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• Server Qualifiers

[e][h]IEM Season XIII - Katowice

League Information

Series:

Intel Extreme Masters

Organizer:

Electronic Sports League

Sponsor:

Intel
HyperX

Game Version:

Legacy of the Void

Server:

Europe

Type:

Offline

Location:

 Katowice

Format:

1v1
Round-Robin Group Stage
Single-elimination bracket

Prize pool:

$400,000

Start Date:

2019-02-25

End Date:

2019-03-03

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Links

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

76

28

21

27

Maps

Automaton • Cyber Forest • Kairos Junction • King's Cove • New Repugnancy • Port Aleksander • Year Zero

Chronology

  IEM WC XII

Format

Qualifiers

• 4 Server Qualifiers allow 11 players to qualify to the main events Group Stage.
  • 3 slots for the European server qualifier.
  • 3 slots for the American server qualifier.
  • 5 slots for the Korean server qualifiers (3 + 2).
• Each Server Qualifier consists of a Open Qualifier and a Final Qualifier.
  • Open Qualifier
    • These qualifiers are open to all participants, with no region restrictions.
    • Single-elimination Bo3 until Round of 16.
    • Deciding matches Bo5.
    • Top 8 Advance to the Final Qualifier.
  • Final Qualifier
    • 8 players from the Open Qualifier and 8 seeded players.
    • Double-elimination Bo3.
    • Deciding matches Bo3.
    • 3 Players qualify to the main events Group Stage. (Via the second korean server qualifier only 2 Players.)

Round of 76

• Held offline at the ESL Arena.
• 64 players divided into 4 double-elimination brackets.
• Top 3 players from each bracket advance to main tournament group stage.

Round of 24

• Group Stage:
  • Four groups of six players played out in round robin format.
  • All matches are Bo3.
  • First place in each group advances directly to the Quarterfinals.
  • Second and third place in each group advance to the Round of 12.
  • Ties broken in the following order :
    1. Overall matches won
    2. Overall map score difference
    3. Matches won among tied players
    4. Map score difference among tied players
    5. Tie-breaker match
    6. Coin toss
• Bracket:
  • Single-elimination bracket of twelve players.
  • Round of 12, Quarterfinals, and Semifinals are played in Bo5.
  • Grand Finals is played in Bo7.

Map Pool

Automaton LE	Cyber Forest LE	Kairos Junction LE	King's Cove LE	New Repugnancy LE	Port Aleksander LE	Year Zero LE

Casters, Hosts and Observers

• Hosts:
  •  Smix (Sue Min Lee)
  •  Kaelaris (James Carrol)

• Commentators:
  •  DeMusliM (Benjamin James Baker)
  •  iNcontroL (Geoffrey John Vincent Robinson)
  •  Maynarde (Leigh Mandalov)
  •  PiG (Jared Krensel)
  •  RotterdaM (Kevin van der Kooi)
  •  ToD (Yoan Merlo)

• Observer:
  • TBD

Prize Pool

The base prize pool is $250,000 USD. In addition, it has been increased by a further $150,000 USD from War Chest purchases, totaling $400,000 USD in 2019.
The winner is awarded a WCS Global Finals seed.

Place	$USD	Seed	WCS Global Pts	Player	Team
1st	$150,000	WCS Global Finals	3000	TBD
2nd	$65,000	-	2100	TBD
3rd-4th	$25,000	-	1350	TBD
				TBD
5th-8th	$10,000	-	900	TBD
				TBD
				TBD
				TBD
9th-12th	$5,000	-	450	TBD
				TBD
				TBD
				TBD
13th-16th	$3,000	-	150	TBD
				TBD
				TBD
				TBD
17th-20th	$2,500	-	150	TBD
				TBD
				TBD
				TBD
21st-24th	$2,000	-	150	TBD
				TBD
				TBD
				TBD
25th-28th	$1,550	-	75	TBD
				TBD
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29th-36th	$1,250	-	75	TBD
				TBD
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37th-44th	$900	-	75	TBD
				TBD
				TBD
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				TBD
45th-60th	$600	-	-	TBD
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Base prize money
Place	Prize
1st	$150,000
2nd	$65,000
3 - 4th	$25,000
5 - 8th	$10,000
9 - 12th	$5,000
13 - 16th	$3,000
17 - 20th	$2,500
21 - 24th	$2,000
25 - 28th	$1550
29 - 36th	$1250
37 - 44th	$900
45 - 60th	$600
61 - 76th	$0

Group Stage winnings
Player	Victories	Winnings
TBD	-	$

• In addition to the base prize money, players also receive $200 USD for each Bo3 win in the Group Stage.

Participants

Protoss (3)	Terran (6)	Zerg (3)
Seeded into Group Stage from 2018 WCS Global Finals (1)
		Serral
Seeded into Group Stage from Server Qualifiers (11)
Neeb	Bunny	Dark
Patience	INnoVation	Rogue
Zest	Maru
	SpeCial
	TY
	uThermal
Seeded into Group Stage from Offline Qualifier (12)
TBD	TBD	TBD

Results

See here for the Offline Qualifier results.

Group Stage

Group A
February 28, 2019 - 13:20 CET
.	Patience		0-0	0-0	+0
.	SpeCial		0-0	0-0	+0
.	Zest		0-0	0-0	+0
.	TBD		0-0	0-0	+0
.	TBD		0-0	0-0	+0
.	TBD		0-0	0-0	+0

Group A Matches
February 28, 2019
	0	0
	0	0
	0	0
February 28, 2019
	0	0
	0	0
	0	0
February 28, 2019
	0	0
	0	0
	0	0
February 28, 2019
	0	0
	0	0
	0	0
February 28, 2019
	0	0
	0	0
	0	0

Group B
February 28, 2019 - 13:20 CET
.	Neeb		0-0	0-0	+0
.	Dark		0-0	0-0	+0
.	Maru		0-0	0-0	+0
.	TBD		0-0	0-0	+0
.	TBD		0-0	0-0	+0
.	TBD		0-0	0-0	+0

Group B Matches
February 28, 2019
	0	0
	0	0
	0	0
February 28, 2019
	0	0
	0	0
	0	0
February 28, 2019
	0	0
	0	0
	0	0
February 28, 2019
	0	0
	0	0
	0	0
February 28, 2019
	0	0
	0	0
	0	0

Group C
March 1, 2019 - 13:20 CET
.	Serral		0-0	0-0	+0
.	INnoVation		0-0	0-0	+0
.	Rogue		0-0	0-0	+0
.	TBD		0-0	0-0	+0
.	TBD		0-0	0-0	+0
.	TBD		0-0	0-0	+0

Group C Matches
March 1, 2019
	0	0
	0	0
	0	0
March 1, 2019
	0	0
	0	0
	0	0
March 1, 2019
	0	0
	0	0
	0	0
March 1, 2019
	0	0
	0	0
	0	0
March 1, 2019
	0	0
	0	0
	0	0

Group D
March 1, 2019 - 13:20 CET
.	Bunny		0-0	0-0	+0
.	TY		0-0	0-0	+0
.	uThermal		0-0	0-0	+0
.	TBD		0-0	0-0	+0
.	TBD		0-0	0-0	+0
.	TBD		0-0	0-0	+0

Group D Matches
March 1, 2019
	0	0
	0	0
	0	0
March 1, 2019
	0	0
	0	0
	0	0
March 1, 2019
	0	0
	0	0
	0	0
March 1, 2019
	0	0
	0	0
	0	0
March 1, 2019
	0	0
	0	0
	0	0

Playoffs

Round of 12 (Bo5)

  

TBD 

 TBD

March 2, 2019 - 13:20 CET

  

  

TBD 

 TBD

March 2, 2019 - 15:00 CET

  

  

TBD 

 TBD

March 2, 2019 - 16:15 CET

  

  

TBD 

 TBD

March 2, 2019 - 17:30 CET

  

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

  

TBD 

 TBD

March 2, 2019 - 18:45 CET

  

  

TBD 

 TBD

March 2, 2019 - 20:00 CET

  

  

TBD 

 TBD

March 2, 2019 - 21:15 CET

  

  

TBD 

 TBD

March 2, 2019 - 22:30 CET

  

Semifinals (Bo5)

  

TBD 

 TBD

March 3, 2019 - 11:00 CET

  

  

TBD 

 TBD

March 3, 2019 - 12:30 CET

  

Finals (Bo7)

  

TBD 

 TBD

March 3, 2019 - 14:15 CET

  

Distribution

• Race
• WCS Region
• Country
• Show All

	Protoss	Terran	Zerg	Random
Group Stage	3 6 3 NYD
Round of 12	NYD
Quarterfinals	NYD
Semifinals	NYD
Finals	NYD
Champion	NYD

	Americas	Europe	Korea	Other
Group Stage	2 2 8 NYD
Round of 12	NYD
Quarterfinals	NYD
Semifinals	NYD
Finals	NYD
Champion	NYD

	Western Europe	Eastern Europe	North America	Latin America	Asia	Oceania
Round of 24	1 1 1 1 8 NYD
Round of 12	NYD
Quarterfinals	NYD
Semifinals	NYD
Finals	NYD
Champion	NYD

Maps Statistics

		vs.				vs.				vs.				Mirrors
Map	#	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%
Total Sum (Σ)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

View Games

Streams

• Main Stream
• Stream B
• Stream C

VODs

• Spoiler-free VODs at tychus.tv
• Spoiler-free VODs on SC2Links.com

Replays

External Links

• Official Website
• Official Announcement
• Ro76 Brackets Announcement
• Talent Announcement
• 2019 WCS Rule

References