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IEM Season XI - World Championship

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[e][h]IEM Season XI - World Championship

League Information

Series:

Organizer:

Electronic Sports League

Sponsor(s):

Intel
HyperX
Gfuel
Kinguin

Game version:

Legacy of the Void
Patch 3.10.1

Server:

Europe

Type:

Offline

Location:

Katowice

Venue:

Format:

1v1
Round-Robin Group stages
Single-elimination bracket

Prize pool:

$250,000 USD

Start Date:

2017-02-27

End Date:

2017-03-05

Liquipedia Tier:

Links

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

76

23

20

33

Maps

Abyssal Reef • Bel'Shir Vestige • Cactus Valley • Honorgrounds • Newkirk Precinct TE • Paladino Terminal • Proxima Station

Chronology

IEM Season XII - Shanghai

IEM Season XI - World Championship is the third and final StarCraft II event of IEM Season XI, as well as the first global event of WCS 2017, organized by ESL and held at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland.

Format[edit]

Server Qualifiers[edit]

4 qualifiers:
- One on the European Server
- One on the American Server
- Two on the Korean Server
All qualifiers are open to all participants, with no region restrictions.
Top 3 advance to main tournament group stage.

Round of 64[edit]

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[edit]

Group Stage:
- Four groups of six players played out in round robin format.
- All matches best of 3.
- 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]:
  - 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 best of 5.
- Grand Finals is played in best of 7.

Casters, Hosts and Observers[edit]

English Broadcast
Remote Broadcast
Show All

Hosts:
- Kaelaris (James Carrol)
- Smix (Sue Min Lee)
- Uber (Mitch Leslie)

Observers:
- FunKa (Alexandre Verrier)
- MapuTV (Kevin Kremser)

Commentators:
- Artosis (Dan Stemkoski)
- Maynarde (Leigh Mandalov)
- PiG (Jared Krensel)
- RotterdaM (Kevin van der Kooi)
- Tasteless (Nicolas Plott)
- ToD (Yoan Merlo)

French Commentator:
- TBA

Other Language Commentators:
- CranK (Choi Jae-won)
- Dysix (Juan Cortés Jimenez)
- NarutO (Silvano Bovo)
- Zedd (Michał Bogacz)

Prize Pool[edit]

The winner is awarded a WCS Global Finals seed. 250,000 USD and 16,500 WCS Points are spread among the players as seen below:

Base prize money
Place	Prize
1st	$100,000
2nd	$45,000
3 - 4th	$17,500
5 - 8th	$7,000
9 - 12th	$3,000
13 - 24th	$1,000
25 - 44th	$600

Group Stage winnings
Player	Victories	Winnings
aLive	5	$500
ByuN	4	$400
GuMiho	4	$400
Serral	4	$400
Dark	4	$400

Group Stage winnings
Player	Victories	Winnings
Ryung	3	$300
Solar	3	$300
Stats	3	$300
TY	3	$300
Zest	3	$300
Nerchio	3	$300
INnoVation	3	$300
uThermal	3	$300
HeRoMaRinE	2	$200
herO	2	$200
jjakji	2	$200
Patience	2	$200
PiLiPiLi	2	$200
ShoWTimE	1	$100
Snute	1	$100
Harstem	1	$100
Neeb	1	$100
TRUE	1	$100
MaNa	0	$0

In addition to the base prize money, players will also receive 100 USD for each Bo3 win in the Group Stage.

Participants[edit]

Seeded into Group Stage from Server Qualifiers (12)
Protoss (9)	Terran (9)	Zerg (6)
herO	aLive	Dark
Neeb	ByuN	Serral
ShoWTimE	INnoVation	Solar
Zest	TY	TRUE
From Round of 64 (12)
Harstem	GuMiho	Nerchio
MaNa	HeRoMaRinE	Snute
Patience	jjakji
PiLiPiLi	Ryung
Stats	uThermal

Results[edit]

Round of 64[edit]

Main article: IEM Season XI - World Championship: Round of 64

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A

1.

1–0

2–0

+2

1.

1–0

2–0

+2

3.

1–0

2–1

+1

4.

0–1

1–2

-1

5.

0–1

0–2

-2

5.

0–1

0–2

-2

1.

2–0

4–0

+4

2.

▲3

1–1

2–2

0

3.

▼2

1–1

2–2

0

4.

▲1

1–1

2–3

-1

4.

▼1

1–1

2–3

-1

6.

▼2

0–2

2–4

-2

1.

2–1

5–2

+3

2.

2–1

4–2

+2

3.

2–1

4–2

+2

4.

2–1

4–4

0

5.

▼1

1–2

2–5

-3

6.

0–3

2–6

-4

1.

3–1

7–2

+5

2.

3–1

6–3

+3

3.

▲1

3–1

6–5

+1

4.

▼1

2–2

4–4

0

5.

1–3

3–7

-4

6.

0–4

3–8

-5

1.

▲1

4–1

8–3

+5

2.

▼1

3–2

8–4

+4

3.

3–2

6–7

-1

4.

2–3

5–6

-1

5.

2–3

5–8

-3

6.

1–4

5–9

-4

Group A Matches

March 2, 2017 - 12:00 CET

March 2, 2017 - 13:00 CET

March 2, 2017 - 13:45 CET

March 2, 2017 - 14:40 CET

March 2, 2017 - 16:00 CET

Group B[edit]

Group B

1.

1–0

2–1

+1

1.

1–0

2–1

+1

1.

1–0

2–1

+1

4.

TY

0–1

1–2

-1

4.

0–1

1–2

-1

4.

0–1

1–2

-1

1.

2–0

4–1

+3

1.

2–0

4–1

+3

3.

TY

▲1

1–1

3–3

0

4.

▼3

1–1

2–3

-1

5.

▼1

0–2

2–4

-2

6.

▼2

0–2

1–4

-3

1.

3–0

6–1

+5

2.

▼1

3–0

6–2

+4

3.

TY

2–1

5–4

+1

4.

1–2

2–5

-3

5.

0–3

3–6

-3

6.

0–3

2–6

-4

1.

4–0

8–1

+7

2.

3–1

6–4

+2

3.

TY

2–2

5–6

-1

4.

▲1

1–3

5–7

-2

4.

▲2

1–3

4–6

-2

6.

▼2

1–3

3–7

-4

1.

5–0

10–2

+8

2.

3–2

7–6

+1

3.

TY

3–2

7–6

+1

4.

2–3

7–8

-1

5.

▼1

1–4

5–8

-3

6.

1–4

3–9

-6

Group B Matches

March 2, 2017 - 16:45 CET

March 2, 2017 - 18:00 CET

March 2, 2017 - 18:30 CET

March 2, 2017 - 19:45 CET

March 2, 2017 - 20:45 CET

Group C[edit]

Group C

1.

1–0

2–1

+1

1.

1–0

2–1

+1

1.

1–0

2–1

+1

4.

0–1

1–2

-1

4.

0–1

1–2

-1

4.

0–1

1–2

-1

1.

2–0

4–1

+3

2.

▲2

1–1

3–2

+1

2.

▲2

1–1

3–2

+1

4.

▼3

1–1

2–3

-1

4.

▼3

1–1

2–3

-1

6.

▼2

0–2

1–4

-3

1.

2–1

5–3

+2

2.

2–1

5–3

+2

3.

▲1

2–1

4–4

0

4.

▼2

1–2

4–4

0

5.

▲1

1–2

3–5

-2

6.

▼2

1–2

3–5

-2

1.

▲2

3–1

6–4

+2

2.

▲3

2–2

5–5

0

3.

▼2

2–2

5–5

0

4.

▲2

2–2

5–5

0

5.

▼3

2–2

5–5

0

6.

▼2

1–3

4–6

-2

1.

4–1

8–4

+4

2.

▲1

3–2

7–5

+2

3.

▲2

3–2

7–6

+1

4.

▼2

2–3

6–7

-1

5.

▼1

2–3

5–7

-2

6.

1–4

4–8

-4

Group C Matches

March 3, 2017 - 12:00 CET

March 3, 2017 - 13:40 CET

March 3, 2017 - 14:30 CET

March 3, 2017 - 16:00 CET

March 3, 2017 - 17:10 CET

Group D[edit]

Group D

1.

1–0

2–0

+2

1.

1–0

2–0

+2

3.

1–0

2–1

+1

4.

0–1

1–2

-1

5.

0–1

0–2

-2

5.

0–1

0–2

-2

1.

2–0

4–0

+4

2.

▲2

1–1

3–2

+1

3.

▼2

1–1

2–2

0

3.

▲2

1–1

2–2

0

5.

▼2

1–1

2–3

-1

6.

▼1

0–2

0–4

-4

1.

3–0

6–0

+6

2.

2–1

5–3

+2

3.

▲2

2–1

4–3

+1

4.

▼1

1–2

3–4

-1

5.

▼2

1–2

2–4

-2

6.

0–3

0–6

-6

1.

3–1

7–2

+5

2.

▲1

3–1

6–3

+3

3.

▼1

3–1

7–4

+3

4.

▲1

2–2

4–5

-1

5.

▼1

1–3

4–6

-2

6.

0–4

0–8

-8

1.

▲1

4–1

8–4

+4

2.

▲1

4–1

9–5

+4

3.

▼2

3–2

8–4

+4

4.

3–2

6–6

0

5.

1–4

5–8

-3

6.

0–5

1–10

-9

Group D Matches

March 3, 2017 - 18:10 CET

March 3, 2017 - 19:10 CET

March 3, 2017 - 19:55 CET

March 3, 2017 - 21:00 CET

March 3, 2017 - 21:45 CET

Playoffs[edit]

Round of 12 (Bo5)

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

Semifinals (Bo5)

Finals (Bo7)

Distribution[edit]

Race
WCS Region
Country
Show All

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Group Stage

9	9	6

Round of 12

2	6	4

Quarterfinals

1	5	2

Semifinals

1	2	1

Finals

1	1

Champion

1

Americas

Europe

Korea

Other

Group Stage

1	8	14	1

Round of 12

2	10

Quarterfinals

1	7

Semifinals

4

Finals

2

Champion

1

Western Europe

Eastern Europe

North America

Latin America

Asia

Oceania

Round of 24

1	2		2		2		1	1	1	14

Round of 12

1	1	10

Quarterfinals

1	7

Semifinals

4

Finals

2

Champion

1

Map Statistics[edit]

		vs.				vs.				vs.				Mirrors
Map	#	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%
Abyssal Reef LE	39	5	3	2	60.0%	9	6	3	66.7%	11	5	6	45.5%	6	4	4
Bel'Shir Vestige	29	1	0	1	0.0%	7	4	3	57.1%	11	3	8	27.3%	4	3	3
Cactus Valley	33	2	1	1	50.0%	7	3	4	42.9%	9	2	7	22.2%	12	3	-
Honorgrounds LE	14	3	2	1	66.7%	1	1	0	100.0%	6	2	4	33.3%	3	-	1
Newkirk Precinct	41	5	4	1	80.0%	10	3	7	30.0%	12	2	10	16.7%	6	4	4
Paladino Terminal LE	8	1	0	1	0.0%	3	0	3	0.0%	3	3	0	100.0%	1	-	-
Proxima Station LE	31	5	3	2	60.0%	4	3	1	75.0%	8	3	5	37.5%	8	2	4
Unknown	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0	1	0.0%	-	-	-
Total Sum (Σ)	195	22	13	9	59.1%	41	20	21	48.8%	60	20	40	33.3%	40	16	16

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

VODs[edit]

Spoiler-free VODs on SC2Links.com
Spoiler-free Official YouTube VODs @ SC2Casts

Replays[edit]

Replay pack^[2](47.5mb)

Viewers Stats[edit]

Data about number of viewers^[3]:

The tournament's Overall peak was 212 238 viewers
The tournament's peak Without Chinese viewers was 71 218 viewers
English streams peak was 54 950 viewers
Russian streams peak was 5 782 viewers
Chinese streams peak was 186 571 viewers
Twitch.tv peak was 69 710 viewers

External Links[edit]

References[edit]

↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/5nrsq7/iem_announces_76player_tournament_with_250000/dcf29ll/
↑ IEM Katowice 2017 - replays
↑ Esports Charts (2017-27-07). "IEM Katowice 2017 detailed stats". esc.watch.

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