IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Kiev

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Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge: Kiev

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League Information

Organizer:

ESL

Sponsor:

Intel
BenQ
Razer

Game Version:

Wings of Liberty Patch 1.4.2

Server:

Europe

Event Type:

Offline

Location:

Ukraine

Prize pool:

$21,000

Start Date:

2012-01-19

End Date:

2012-01-22

Winners

MMA

DIMAGA
Kas	Zenio

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

16

9

4

3

Maps

Tal'Darim Altar • ESL Metalopolis • Dual Sight • Shattered Temple • Terminus • Shakuras Plateau • Antiga Shipyard

The Global Challenge at CyberSport Arena in Kiev, Ukraine, is the fourth event in Season VI of the Intel Extreme Masters series and the first one in 2012. As with the Global Challenge New York it's the second time in a row for Kiev to host an Intel Extreme Masters event. This time not only Europe's best gamers will meet, but also America and Asia will send their best gamers to compete for $93,000 and World Championship slots in for StarCraft 2, League of Legends and Counter-Strike from January 19 to 22.

[edit] Overview

The IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Kiev is a StarCraft II tournament which takes place in Kiev, Ukraine on January 19 to 22. The tournament is the fifth 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. The tournament was casted by Ben "MrBitter" Nichol, Kevin "RotterdaM" van der Kooi, and Shaun "Apollo" Clark.^[1] Dario "TLO" Wünsch also made a casting appearance casting along side Apollo.

[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	MMA	SlayerS
2nd	$3,300	DIMAGA	mTw
3rd	$1,750	Kas	Team Empire
4th	$1,250	Zenio	Team Liquid

5th-8th	$800
5th-8th	$800	White-Ra	Tt eSports
5th-8th	$800	Pomi	RoX
5th-8th	$800	NaNiwa	Quantic Gaming
5th-8th	$800	Feast	Millenium

9th-12th	$650
9th-12th	$650	HerO	Team Liquid
9th-12th	$650	TargA	Team inFinity
9th-12th	$650	NightEnD	Fnatic
9th-12th	$650	Strelok	Imba.FXOpen

13th-16th	$600
13th-16th	$600	qxc	compLexity
13th-16th	$600	HasuObs	mousesports
13th-16th	$600	Grubby	Team Grubby
13th-16th	$600	TitaN	RoX

[edit] Players

Protoss (9)	Terran (4)	Zerg (3)
Grubby	Kas	DIMAGA
Feast	qxc	TargA
HasuObs	Strelok	Zenio
TitaN	MMA
Pomi
NightEnD
NaNiwa
HerO
White-Ra

qxc replaces dde, who had to cancel his particiaption. Due to different reasons, no Chinese player could participate, as a replacement DieStar was invited since he was next in line from the European qualifier.^[2] However, DieStar had to cancel, as did Beastyqt. They were replaced by NightEnD and Strelok.^[3] KiLLeR was unable to attend due to visa issues. He was replaced by White-Ra.^[4]

[edit] Results

[edit] Qualifiers

7 European players via Qualifiers
DIMAGA	Feast
Beastyqt	HasuObs
TitaN	Pomi
Grubby

2 American players via Qualifiers
qxc^[5]	KiLLeR

4 Korean Players
HerO	NaNiwa
MMA	Zenio

1 Chinese player
DieStar^[2]

1 SEA player

TargA^[6]

*Yang (1st), Iaguz (2nd), PiG (3rd), Enderr (4th), pokerface (5th), MaFia (6th), tgun (7th/8th) and mOOnGLaDe (7th/8th) have all declined the position due schedule conflicts or visa issues. The finals were a Double-elimination top 8 where people qualified through four separate qualifiers ^[7] The spot has now gone to TargA Although he is a Norwegian (and at the time of IEM Kiev living in Norway), he has a study VISA for Australia and thus can represent SEA.

National Champion of host nation
Kas

[edit] Group Stage

Group A
1.	NaNiwa	2-1	5-2
2.	White-Ra	2-1	4-3
3.	Strelok	2-1	4-3
4.	TitaN	0-3	1-6

Matches
Strelok	0	2	White-Ra
NaNiwa	2	0	TitaN
Strelok	2	1	NaNiwa
White-Ra	2	1	TitaN
Strelok	2	0	TitaN
NaNiwa	2	0	White-Ra

Group B
1.	Kas	3-0	6-1
2.	Zenio	2-1	5-4
3.	NightEnD	1-2	5-6
4.	Grubby	0-3	1-6

Matches
NightEnD	1	2	Kas
Grubby	0	2	Zenio
Kas	2	0	Zenio
NightEnD	2	1	Grubby
NightEnD	2	3	Zenio
Kas	2	0	Grubby

Group C
1.	MMA	3-0	6-2
2.	Pomi	2-1	4-3
3.	TargA	1-2	3-4
4.	HasuObs	0-3	2-6

Matches
HasuObs	1	2	MMA
Pomi	2	0	TargA
HasuObs	0	2	TargA
Pomi	0	2	MMA
HasuObs	1	2	Pomi
MMA	2	1	TargA

Group D
1.	DIMAGA	2-1	5-2
2.	Feast	2-1	4-3
3.	HerO	2-1	5-4
4.	qxc	0-3	1-6

Matches
DIMAGA	1	2	HerO
Feast	2	0	qxc
DIMAGA	2	0	qxc
HerO	1	2	Feast
DIMAGA	2	0	Feast
HerO	2	1	qxc

* NaNiwa was reported to have forfeited after his first game, due to technical issues,^[8] but was later announced to still being in the tournament.^[9]
* Due to heavy latency that may have cost NightEnD the third game in their series, there was a rematch between Zenio and NightEnD. Referees together with players decided that the series would be extended to bo5, starting with 2:1 score for Zenio.^[10]^[11]