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IPL Team Arena Challenge
League Information
Organizer(s):
Game Version:
Server:
North America
Location:
United StatesFormat:
All-Kill Format
Prize Pool:
$10,000 USD
Start Date:
2011-12-05
End Date:
2011-12-22
Liquipedia Tier:
Teams
Number of Teams
8
Maps
Chronology
The "IPL Team Arena Challenge" is a team tournament organized by IGN.
Contents
Format[edit]
- A best-of-nine All-Kill Format between two teams with five players on each side. After each game, the losing team picks the map and their next player.
- Tournament format is a true double-elimination tournament. Meaning that the winner of the Losers' Bracket must win two best-of-9 series against the winner of the Winners' Bracket grand final to win.
Casters[edit]
The IPL Team Arena Challenge will be cast by IGN's in-house casting team: HDstarcraft, CatsPajamas, PainUser and AskJoshy.
Prize Pool[edit]
A prize pool of $10,000 is spread amongst the teams as follows:
| Place | $USD | Team |
|---|---|---|
 1st | $6,000 |  Quantic Incredible Miracle |
 2nd | $3,000 |  mousesports |
 3rd | $1,000 |  coL.MVP |
Teams[edit]
The following teams were invited based on their performance in the IPL Team Arena.
* Fnatic and Evil Geniuses were invited to participate but Fnatic declined to join and there were scheduling issues with Evil Geniuses.
Results[edit]
Bracket[edit]
Quarterfinals
SlayerS
5*
December 5th 2011
Dignitas forfeited the last game to Slayers.
Team Dignitas
1
mousesports
5
Millenium
2
coL.MVP
5
Team ReIGN
3
QIM
5
Team Liquid
0
Semifinals
SlayerS
4
mousesports
5
Winners' Finals
mousesports
2
QIM
5
Losers' Round 1
Team Dignitas
5
Millenium
0
Team ReIGN
5
Team Liquid
1
Losers' Round 2
coL.MVP
5
Team Dignitas
3
SlayerS
5
Team ReIGN
2
Losers' Round 3
coL.MVP
5
SlayerS
2
Losers' Finals
mousesports
5
coL.MVP
3
Grand Finals
QIM
0
5
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December 22nd 2011
2nd Series
mousesports
5
3
* Team Dignitas forfeited the last game against Slayers in Winners' Round 1.
- Due to Mousesports coming from the losers' bracket, they were required to win two best-of-nine series against QIM to win the tournament.