IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Cologne

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The sixth season of the Intel Extreme Masters, the global league of the video game champions, will take off with its first Global Challenge at gamescom 2011 in Cologne (August 17 - 21). The event will host the world's best gamers fighting for a share of 53,000 US Dollar and a slot in the World Championship competition, the grand finale of each season of the league.

Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge: Cologne

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League Information

Organizer:

ESL

Game Version:

Wings of Liberty Patch 1.3.6

Server:

Europe

Event Type:

Offline

Location:

Germany

Format:

1v1, Group play
Single-elimination Playoffs

Prize pool:

$21,000

Start Date:

2011-08-17

End Date:

2011-08-21

Winners

PuMa

MC
MaNa	Socke

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

16

6

4

Maps

Dual Sight • Metalopolis • Shakuras Plateau • Shattered Temple • Tal'Darim Altar LE • Terminus SE • Xel'Naga Caverns

[edit] Overview

The IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Cologne is a StarCraft II tournament which takes place in Cologne, Germany from August 17th to 21st at gamescom 2011. The tournament is the first event in the 6th season of the ESL's Intel Extreme Masters series. 16 qualified players will compete in a $21,000 tournament and for the chance to earn an invite to the Season VI World Championship.

[edit] Format

Group Stage - Round Robin Bo3
- Top 2 qualify to Playoffs
Playoffs - Single-elimination Bo5
Finalists qualify to Season VI World Championship

[edit] Prize pool

Offering $21,000 spread among all players as follows:

Place	Prize	ID	Team
1st	$6,500	PuMa	Evil Geniuses
2nd	$3,300	MC	oGs.SK
3rd	$1,750	MaNa	mousesports
4th	$1,250	Socke	Team ALTERNATE
5-8th	$800	Kas - Nerchio - SeleCT - mOOnGLaDe
9-12th	$650	Beastyqt - Killer - Tarson - Stephano
13-16th	$600	KiLLeR - DieStar - HuK - SaSe

[edit] Players

Protoss (6)	Terran (6)	Zerg (4)
SaSe	Kas	Nerchio
Socke	DieStar	mOOnGLaDe
MaNa	SeleCT	Stephano
HuK	Beastyqt	KiLLeR
Killer	Tarson
MC	PuMa

[edit] Schedule

Detailed schedule

Wednesday	09:00 - 20:00 CET	Groups A & B
Thursday	10:00 - 20:00 CET	Groups C & D
Friday	10:00 - 20:00 CET	Quarter Finals
Saturday	11:00 - 20:00 CET	Semi Finals
Sunday	14:40 - 18:00 CET	Finals

[edit] Results

[edit] Qualifiers

7 European players via Qualifiers
Qualifier #1 (2 players qualify)
Top 8
Quarterfinals Tarson 2 Brat_OK 0 Bly 1 DieStar 2 White-Ra 1 RINE 2 Bischu 0 Kas 2 Semifinals Tarson 0 DieStar 2 RINE 1 Kas 2 2 Qualified Players DieStar - Kas -
Qualifier #2 (2 players qualify)
Top 8
Quarterfinals Tarson 2 Satiini 1 SaSe 2 GoOdy 1 NightEnD 2 ho8ot 0 Nerchio 2 SjoW 0 Semifinals Tarson 1 SaSe 2 NightEnD 0 Nerchio 2 2 Qualified Players SaSe - Nerchio -
Qualifier #3 (3 players qualify)
Top 8
Quarterfinals Tarson 2 biGs 0 Happy 1 Beastyqt 2 SjoW 1 Stephano 2 Forte 2 White-Ra 0 Semifinals Tarson 1 Beastyqt 2 Stephano 2 Forte 0 3 Qualified Players Beastyqt - Stephano - 3rd Place Match Tarson 2 Forte 0

2 American players via Qualifiers

From Qualifier #1
American Qualifiers Final
TT1	Drewbie	Attero	KawaiiRice
From Qualifier #2
NamhciR	Agh	SonKiE	Axslav
From Qualifier #3
Legosu	StrifeCro	Everize	dde
Invites
IdrA	SeleCT	KiLLeR	Fenix
Qualified Players for Global Challenge Cologne
SeleCT		~~IdrA~~*

* IdrA was not able to participate^[1] and was replaced by KiLLeR.^[2]

1 Chinese player via Qualifier
Qualifier (1 player qualify)
Top 8
Quarterfinals Jim 0 XiaoKai 0 YHY 0 LoveTT 0 Infi 0 Comm 0 Way 0 WP 0 Semifinals TBD 0 TBD 0 TBD 0 TBD 0 Finals TBD 0 TBD 0
Jim qualified, but could not go to IEM Cologne because he was too young (15 at the time). He was replaced by LoveCD.
LoveCD was replaced by MaNa as he could not make it to Cologne and no other of the possible Chinese players were able to make the travel to Germany either.^[3]

1 SEA player via Qualifiers

Qualified Players
SEA Qualifiers Final
Qualifier #1		Qualifier #2
mOOnGLaDe	MaFia	RedArchon	Shuffle
Qualifier #3		Qualifier #4
Bosser	Ninja	deth	iaguz
Qualified for Global Challenge Cologne
mOOnGLaDe