IEM Season X - Shenzhen

League Information

Series:

IEM

Organizer:

Electronic Sports League

Sponsor(s):

Intel
BenQ
HyperX
GIGABYTE
G2A

Game Version:

Heart of the Swarm
Patch 2.1.11

Server:

China

Type:

Offline

Location:

Shenzhen

Format:

Group stages
Single elimination bracket

Prize Pool:

$25,000 USD

Start Date:

2015-07-16

End Date:

2015-07-19

Liquipedia Tier:

Premier

Links

Participants

Number of Players:

16

8

6

2

Maps

Bridgehead LE • Cactus Valley LE • Coda LE • Dash and Terminal LE • Iron Fortress LE • Moonlight Madness LE • Terraform LE

Chronology

World Championship

gamescom

Tournament Information[edit]

IEM Season X - Shenzhen is the first event of IEM Season X, organized by ESL and held at the Shenzhen Cartoon and Animation Festival.

Format[edit]

Qualifier[edit]

There are 8 spots for players from all over the world divided to regions as follows:^[1]

2 spots in the European and African Qualifier
2 spots in the American Qualifier
3 spots in the Asian Qualifiers
1 spot in the Chinese Qualifier

Main Tournament[edit]

Three Stages:

Stage 1:
- Two double-elimination brackets of eight players each.
  - Due to a lack of registered players, the format was changed to two brackets of four players each.^[2]
  - After Seed and Alicia cancelled their participation, the format was changed again to only one bracket of 6 players.
  - When Saber did not show up either, the Stage 1 was cancelled and all 5 players advanced to stage 2 and were randomly drawn into their groups.
- Top 2 of each bracket advance to Stage 2.
Stage 2:
- Four groups of four players played out in dual tournament format, consisting of the 4 Stage 1 winners, 8 qualifiers and 4 invites based on overall tournament results.
- Top 2 of each group advance to Stage 3.
Stage 3:
- Single-elimination bracket of eight players.
- Quarterfinals and Semifinals are played in best of 5.
- Grand Finals is played in best of 7.

Casters[edit]

Other Language Commentators:
- Eyescar (Eduardo Figueiredo Pedro)
- Sefirofe (Renan Luz Mesquita)

Prize Pool[edit]

$25,000 and 4,000 WCS Points are spread among the players as seen below:

* Players must advance one round in order to claim WCS points for that placement. Being seeded through qualifiers counts as advancing one round.^[3]

Participants[edit]

Stage 1 players (5)
Protoss (3)	Terran (1)	Zerg (1)
Open Bracket (5)
~~Seed~~⁽³⁾	SuperNova	Losira
~~Alicia~~⁽⁴⁾
~~Saber~~⁽³⁾
YongHwa
Bistork
Cyan

Stage 2 players (16)
Protoss (8)	Terran (6)	Zerg (2)
From Open Bracket (5)
YongHwa	SuperNova	Losira
Bistork
Cyan
Wildcards (4)
PartinG	Heart
Rain
Jim
Through qualifiers (7)
herO	uThermal	Snute
Classic	XY	~~Jaedong~~⁽²⁾
~~StarDust~~⁽¹⁾	TY
	Kelazhur⁽¹⁾

⁽¹⁾ Due to visa issues, StarDust was replaced by Kelazhur who took the third place in the American qualifier.^[4]
⁽²⁾ Due to visa issues, Jaedong had to cancel his participation and was not replaced. One additional spot was awarded to the Open Brackets.^[2]
⁽³⁾ Seed and Saber cancelled their participation for unknown reasons.
⁽⁴⁾ Alicia was unable to participate due to missing his flight.^[5]

Results[edit]

Stage 1[edit]

Click [show] on the right to view the Open Brackets

Due to Seed, Alicia and Saber cancelling their participation, no matches were played.

SuperNova, Losira, YongHwa, Cyan and Bistork were seeded into Stage 2.

Stage 2[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
July 17, 2015 - 9:30 CST
1.	Losira	2-0	4-1
2.	TY	2-1	4-2
3.	SuperNova	1-2	3-4
4.	Heart	0-2	0-4

Group A Matches

Group B[edit]

Group B
July 17, 2015 - 11:55 CST
1.	Snute	2-0	4-1
2.	Classic	2-1	5-3
3.	Rain	1-2	3-4
4.	YongHwa	0-2	0-4

Group B Matches

Group C[edit]

Group C
July 18, 2015 - 9:30 CST
1.	herO	2-0	4-0
2.	uThermal	2-1	5-3
3.	Jim	1-2	3-5
4.	Cyan	0-2	0-4

Group C Matches

Group D[edit]

Group D
July 18, 2015 - 11:00 CST
1.	PartinG	2-0	4-0
2.	XY	2-1	4-2
3.	Kelazhur	1-2	2-4
4.	Bistork	0-2	0-4

Group D Matches

Stage 3[edit]

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

Semifinals (Bo5)

Finals (Bo7)

View Games[edit]

VODs[edit]

Spoiler-Free Official YouTube VODs @ SC2Casts

Replays[edit]

Replay Pack

Racial Distribution[edit]

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Group Stage

8	6	2

Quarterfinals

3	3	2

Semifinals

3	1

Finals

2

Champion

1

Map Statistics[edit]

		vs.				vs.				vs.				Mirrors
Map	#	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%
Bridgehead	7	2	1	1	50.0%	-	-	-	-	3	3	0	100.0%	2	-	-
Cactus Valley	12	2	1	1	50.0%	1	1	0	100.0%	4	1	3	25.0%	2	3	-
Coda	21	1	1	0	100.0%	3	2	1	66.7%	7	4	3	57.1%	7	3	-
Dash and Terminal	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Iron Fortress	10	-	-	-	-	3	2	1	66.7%	4	3	1	75.0%	2	1	-
Moonlight Madness	3	1	1	0	100.0%	1	0	1	0.0%	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Terraform	17	2	0	2	0.0%	1	0	1	0.0%	7	5	2	71.4%	7	-	-
Total Sum (Σ)	71	8	4	4	50.0%	9	5	4	55.6%	25	16	9	64.0%	21	8	-

External Links[edit]

References[edit]

↑ Hans Oelschlägel (June 4, 2015). "Intel Extreme Masters Season 10 is bringing StarCraft II back to Shenzhen!". Eslgaming.com. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 IEM (July 15, 2015). "The open bracket for Intel Extreme Masters is set!". Intelextrememasters.com. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
↑ "2015 WCS Player Handbook". Blizzard. Retrieved 2015-02-09.
↑ Joanna Duda (July 12, 2015). "The Intel Extreme Masters Shenzhen brackets for StarCraft II are set!". Eslgaming.com. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
↑ @axiomesports (July 15, 2015). "(...) due to missed flight Alicia will not arrive at IEM Shenzen in time to compete in his open bracket group.". twitter.com. Retrieved July 19, 2015.

[1] Hans Oelschlägel (June 4, 2015). "Intel Extreme Masters Season 10 is bringing StarCraft II back to Shenzhen!". Eslgaming.com. Retrieved June 5, 2015.

[open_brackets_announced-2] 2.0 ^2.1 IEM (July 15, 2015). "The open bracket for Intel Extreme Masters is set!". Intelextrememasters.com. Retrieved July 15, 2015.

[3] "2015 WCS Player Handbook". Blizzard. Retrieved 2015-02-09.

[4] Joanna Duda (July 12, 2015). "The Intel Extreme Masters Shenzhen brackets for StarCraft II are set!". Eslgaming.com. Retrieved July 12, 2015.

[5] @axiomesports (July 15, 2015). "(...) due to missed flight Alicia will not arrive at IEM Shenzen in time to compete in his open bracket group.". twitter.com. Retrieved July 19, 2015.

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