Intel Extreme Masters Season VII

The Intel Extreme Masters is ESL's flagship competition sponsored by Intel. IEM is a huge tournament spanning many months and individual competitions culminating in the Global Championships. While each year the games played changes, for Season VII, Starcraft 2 will be played alongside League of Legends. Tournaments involved in the IEM range from small online qualifiers with $100 prizes to huge live events giving away upwards of 5 figure cash prizes to the winners of major events.

Events

Season VII features a number of Global Challenges and a World Championship.

Season VII:

• Global Challenge Cologne (2012-08-15 – 2012-08-19)
• Global Challenge Guangzhou (2012-09-30 – 2012-10-04) *
• Global Challenge Singapore (2012-11-22 – 2012-11-25)
• Global Challenge Katowice (2013-01-18 – 2013-01-20)

IEM Global Challenge Guangzhou was cancelled due to a flareup in tensions between China and Japan because of a territorial dispute.

Finals / World Championship:

• World Championship (2013-03-05 – 2013-03-09)

Qualifying Leaderboard for World Championship

Players in Green are highest ranked in their region (qualified).

Players in Blue have finished top 2 in an IEM or top 1 in a HSC (qualified).

Players in Brown are qualified based on points.

  Click [show] on the right to view the rankings

Rank	ID	HSC V	Cologne	China	Singapore	HSC VI	Katowice	Points
1	Nerchio	140	105	-	-	-	30	275
2	MC	85	50	5	50	15	-	205
3	Grubby	-	10	-	105	50	30	195
4	Snute	30	-	5	-	140	10	185
5	sLivko	50	50	5	75	-	-	180
6	VortiX	-	75	-	75	-	15	165
7	Mvp	15	140	-	-	-	-	155
8	Sting	-	-	-	140	-	-	140
8	First	-	-	-	-	-	140	140
10	Kas	-	30	-	-	30	50	110
11	YongHwa	105	-	-	-	-	-	105
11	Symbol	-	-	-	-	105	-	105
11	Dream	-	-	-	-	-	105	105
14	Socke	-	-	-	-	30	75	105
15	TLO	-	-	-	-	50	50	100
16	HasuObs	50	10	-	30	7,5	-	97,5
17	XlorD	-	-	-	-	85	-	85
18	viOLet	-	75	5	-	-	-	80
19	Golden	65	-	-	-	-	10	75
20	PartinG	-	-	-	-	-	75	75
21	MaNa	7,5	-	-	-	30	30	67,5
22	Stephano	-	-	-	-	65	-	65
23	Ret	50	-	-	-	15	-	65
24	LucifroN	-	-	-	30	-	30	60
25	YoDa	-	-	5	-	-	50	55
26	Sleep	50	-	-	-	-	-	50
26	Bomber	-	50	-	-	-	-	50
26	SuperNova	-	50	-	-	-	-	50
26	Revival	-	-	-	50	-	-	50
26	YugiOh	-	-	-	50	-	-	50
26	Zenio	-	-	-	50	-	-	50
26	Brat_OK	-	-	-	-	50	-	50
26	MarineKing	-	-	-	-	50	-	50
35	Naama	30	-	-	-	7,5	-	37,5
36	ForGG	-	30	5	-	-	-	35
37	mOOnGLaDe	-	15	5	-	-	15	35
38	Happy	30	-	-	-	-	-	30
38	SaSe	30	-	-	-	-	-	30
38	elfi	-	30	-	-	-	-	30
38	SortOf	-	30	-	-	-	-	30
38	Ninja	-	-	-	30	-	-	30
38	StarDust	-	-	-	30	-	-	30
38	MMA	-	-	-	-	30	-	30
45	DIMAGA	15	-	-	-	15	-	30
46	Bly	7,5	-	-	-	7,5	15	30
47	Tefel	-	-	-	15	-	10	25
48	BlinG	15	-	-	-	7,5	-	22,5
49	KiLLeR	-	15	5	-	-	-	20
49	PiG	-	5	-	15	-	-	20
51	Feast	-	10	-	-	7,5	-	17,5
52	IdrA	15	-	-	-	-	-	15
52	inori	-	15	-	-	-	-	15
52	NesTea	-	15	-	-	-	-	15
52	Tarrantius	-	-	-	15	-	-	15
52	Oz	-	-	-	15	-	-	15
52	BabyKnight	-	-	-	-	15	-	15
52	VERDI	-	-	-	-	-	15	15
59	Mafia	-	-	5	10	-	-	15
60	monchi	7,5	-	-	-	7,5	-	15
61	ReaL	7,5	5	-	-	-	-	12,5
61	Tarson	7,5	-	-	-	-	5	12,5
63	PuMa	-	10	-	-	-	-	10
63	KingKong	-	-	-	10	-	-	10
63	White-Ra	-	-	-	10	-	-	10
63	Blysk	-	-	-	10	-	-	10
63	jookTo	-	-	-	-	-	10	10
68	DeMusliM	-	5	5	-	-	-	10
69	DarKFoRcE	7,5	-	-	-	-	-	7,5
69	Sheth	7,5	-	-	-	-	-	7,5
69	ToD	7,5	-	-	-	-	-	7,5
69	ClouD	-	-	-	-	7,5	-	7,5
69	NightEnD	-	-	-	-	7,5	-	7,5
74	Minigun	-	5	-	-	-	-	5
74	sYz	-	-	5	-	-	-	5
74	KeeN	-	-	5	-	-	-	5
74	HyuN	-	-	5	-	-	-	5
74	JaBiTo	-	-	-	5	-	-	5
74	ProAnnn	-	-	-	5	-	-	5
74	Stellar	-	-	-	5	-	-	5
74	Yekke	-	-	-	5	-	-	5
74	ParanOid	-	-	-	-	-	5	5
74	Siphonn	-	-	-	-	-	5	5
74	DieStar	-	-	-	-	-	5	5

Tournament Info

Rules

The ESL has not yet released any updated rules for IEM season 7, though the Season 6 rulebook is still available. Newer editions will likely be made accessible here.

External Links

• IEM Homepage