IEM Season VI - World Championship

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Intel Extreme Masters - World Championship

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League Information

Organizer:

ESL

Game Version:

Wings of Liberty Patch 1.4.3

Server:

Europe

Event Type:

Offline

Location:

Germany

Prize pool:

$83,000

Start Date:

2012-03-06

End Date:

2012-03-10

Links:

Website

Winners

MC

PuMa
MMA	Feast

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

24

11

6

7

Maps

ESL Antiga Shipyard • ESL Cloud Kingdom • ESL Shakuras Plateau • ESL Daybreak • ESL Tal'Darim Altar • ESL Entombed Valley • GSL Metropolis

IEM Season VI - World Championship in Hanover will be the sixth event of the global league of the Intel Extreme Masters. Teams of Counter-Strike and League of Legends as well as StarCraft II players will clash in Hanover, Germany, in March 2012, for a total prize money of $283,000.

[edit] Overview

The IEM Season VI - World Championship is a StarCraft II tournament which takes place in Hanover, Germany in March. The tournament is the sixth event in the 6th season of the ESL's Intel Extreme Masters series. Initially the 16 best players from the previous events were supposed to compete in a $83,000 tournament. However, with the announcement of HomeStory Cup IV as further qualifier for the final instalment of the season, the number of participants was increased from 16 to 24.^[1] Main casters for this event are RotterdaM, MrBitter, Apollo and Kaelaris. For Kaelaris it is his first appearance on the main stream of a major event. Some guest commentary and analysis was provided by Grubby, DIMAGA, MaNa, DarKFoRcE and IdrA.^[2]^[3]

[edit] Format

Four groups of six players - Round Robin Bo3
Second and third place advances to the Round of 16
First of each group gets a bye in the Round of 16

[edit] Prize pool

Offering $83,000 spread among all players as follows:

Place	Prize	ID	Team
1st	$35,000	MC	SK Gaming
2nd	$15,000	PuMa	Evil Geniuses
3rd	$9,000	MMA	SlayerS
4th	$4,200	Feast	Millenium

5th-8th	$2,000
5th-8th	$2,000	JYP	Evil Geniuses
5th-8th	$2,000	viOLet	Team Empire
5th-8th	$2,000	Zenio	Team Liquid
5th-8th	$2,000	Killer	compLexity Gaming

9th-12th	$1,000
9th-12th	$1,000	HasuObs	mousesports
9th-12th	$1,000	DarKFoRcE	Team ALTERNATE
9th-12th	$1,000	elfi	Team Acer
9th-12th	$1,000	SuperNova	eSahara.oGs

13th-16th	$700
13th-16th	$700	SeleCT	Team Dignitas
13th-16th	$700	ReaL	Type Gaming
13th-16th	$700	Nerchio	Team Acer
13th-16th	$700	Socke	Team ALTERNATE

17th-20th	$650
17th-20th	$650	DIMAGA	mTw
17th-20th	$650	Kas	Team Empire
17th-20th	$650	White-Ra	Tt eSports
17th-20th	$650	KiLLeR	Team Dignitas

21st-24th	$600
21st-24th	$600	MaNa	mousesports
21st-24th	$600	IdrA	Evil Geniuses
21st-24th	$600	Grubby	Team Grubby
21st-24th	$600	Strelok	FXOpen e-Sports

[edit] Participants

Protoss (11)	Terran (6)	Zerg (7)
MC	MMA	viOLet
JYP	PuMa	Zenio
ReaL	SuperNova	DIMAGA
elfi	SeleCT	Nerchio
MaNa	Kas	IdrA
Feast	Strelok	KiLLeR
Socke		DarKFoRcE
HasuObs
Killer
White-Ra
Grubby

* Gatored was planned to participate but had to cancel, Killer will be his replacement. Four days before the start of the tournament Korean players DongRaeGu and FruitDealer had to cancel their participation and will be replaced by DarKFoRcE and SeleCT.^[4] Ret had to cancel due to sickness, White-Ra will replace him.^[5] Sound could not attend due to travel costs, Grubby will replace him.^[6]^[7]

[edit] Results

[edit] Group Stage

[edit] Group A

Group A
1.	MMA	5-0	10-0
2.	viOLet	3-2	7-5
3.	JYP	3-2	6-5
4.	Socke	3-2	6-6
5.	KiLLeR	1-4	3-9
6.	Strelok	0-5	3-10

Group A Matches
MMA	2	0	JYP
KiLLeR	0	2	viOLet
Strelok	1	2	Socke
KiLLeR	1	2	Socke
Strelok	0	2	JYP
MMA	2	0	viOLet
JYP	2	1	viOLet
MMA	2	0	Socke
Strelok	1	2	KiLLeR
Strelok	1	2	viOLet
JYP	0	2	Socke
MMA	2	0	KiLLeR
Socke	0	2	viOLet
Strelok	0	2	MMA
KiLLeR	0	2	JYP

[edit] Group B

Group B
1.	MC	3-2	8-4
2.	elfi	3-2	8-6
3.	HasuObs	3-2	6-5
4.	Nerchio	3-2	6-5
5.	White-Ra	2-3	5-7
6.	Grubby	1-4	3-9

Group B Matches
MC	2	0	Grubby
HasuObs	2	0	Nerchio
elfi	2	0	White-Ra
elfi	1	2	Nerchio
MC	1	2	White-Ra
HasuObs	2	0	Grubby
MC	2	0	HasuObs
White-Ra	0	2	Nerchio
elfi	2	1	Grubby
MC	2	0	Nerchio
elfi	1	2	HasuObs
White-Ra	1	2	Grubby
MC	1	2	elfi
Grubby	0	2	Nerchio
HasuObs	0	2	White-Ra

[edit] Group C

Group C
1.	PuMa	5-0	10-2
2.	Killer	4-1	9-5
3.	Zenio	3-2	7-5
4.	SeleCT	1-4	5-9
5.	DIMAGA	1-4	4-9
6.	MaNa	1-4	4-9

Group C Matches
Killer	2	1	Zenio
MaNa	2	1	SeleCT
DIMAGA	1	2	PuMa
MaNa	0	2	Zenio
DIMAGA	1	2	SeleCT
Killer	1	2	PuMa
MaNa	1	2	DIMAGA
Zenio	0	2	PuMa
MaNa	0	2	PuMa
Killer	2	1	SeleCT
Zenio	2	1	SeleCT
Killer	2	0	DIMAGA
DIMAGA	0	2	Zenio
MaNa	1	2	Killer
SeleCT	0	2	PuMa

[edit] Group D

Group D
1.	Feast	4-1	9-3
2.	SuperNova	3-2	7-6
3.	DarKFoRcE	3-2	7-6
4.	ReaL	2-3	5-6
5.	Kas	2-3	5-7
6.	IdrA	1-4	4-9

Group D Matches
DarKFoRcE	0	2	SuperNova
IdrA	0	2	ReaL
Kas	0	2	Feast
DarKFoRcE	2	0	ReaL
IdrA	1	2	Feast
DarKFoRcE	2	1	Feast
Kas	2	0	IdrA
Kas	0	2	ReaL
SuperNova	2	1	ReaL
DarKFoRcE	2	1	IdrA
SuperNova	0	2	Feast
Kas	1	2	SuperNova
IdrA	2	1	SuperNova
Feast	2	0	ReaL
Kas	2	1	DarKFoRcE

[edit] Playoffs

1st place finishers from each group get a bye in Ro16, thus getting seeded directly into Ro8.

Round of 16 (Bo5)

MMA

W

BYE

-

Zenio

3

Zenio

SuperNova

March 8th 2012

SuperNova

1

elfi

1

elfi

JYP

March 8th 2012

JYP

3

BYE

-

PuMa

W

MC

W

BYE

-

DarKFoRcE

1

DarKFoRcE

viOLet

March 8th 2012

viOLet

3

Killer

3

Killer

HasuObs

March 8th 2012

ESL Antiga Shipyard

ESL Entombed Valley

ESL Cloud Kingdom

HasuObs

0

BYE

-

Feast

W

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

MMA

3

MMA

Zenio

March 9th 2012

ESL Antiga Shipyard

ESL Cloud Kingdom

ESL Entombed Valley

Zenio

0

JYP

2

JYP

PuMa

March 9th 2012

PuMa

3

MC

3

MC

viOLet

March 9th 2012

GSL Metropolis

ESL Cloud Kingdom

ESL Daybreak

viOLet

0

Killer

2

Killer

Feast

March 9th 2012

Feast

3

Semifinals (Bo5)

MMA

1

MMA

PuMa

March 9th 2012

PuMa

3

MC

3

MC

Feast

March 9th 2012

Feast

1

Finals (Bo5)

PuMa

2

PuMa

MC

March 10th 2012

MC

3

3rd Place Match

MMA

3

MMA

Feast

March 10th 2012

ESL Shakuras Plateau

ESL Cloud Kingdom

ESL Entombed Valley

Feast

0

[edit] Racial distribution

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Random

Group Stage

11

6

7

Round of 12

6

3

Quarter Finals

4

2

Semi Finals

2

Final Match

1

Winner

1

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[edit] Trivia

After the All-Star FFA gained a lot of popularity at the Global Challenge Sao Paulo, it was brought back in Hanover. MMA, MC, Kas, RotterdaM, Apollo, DIMAGA, Strelok and PuMa played in the first one.^[8] Strelok managed to come out victorious beating RotterdaM in the final battle with a Thortex (aka Thor Toilet).
Feast won the poll as SICK NERD BALLER of the tournament.

[edit] Qualifying Leaderboard

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

Players in Blue have finished top 2 in an IEM (qualified).

Players in Brown are qualified based on points.

Click [show] on the right to view the rankings

Rank	ID	Points
#1	MC	190
#2	PuMa	165
#3	viOLet	145
#4	DIMAGA	120
#5	IdrA	110
-	DongRaeGu	110
-	MMA	110
#8	elfi	100
#9	FruitDealer	80
-	Sound	80
-	SuperNova	80
#12	JYP	75
-	Kas	75
#14	KiLLeR	70
#15	MaNa	65
#16	Ret	55
-	ReaL	55
#18	Socke	40
-	Nerchio	40
-	Strelok	40
-	HasuObs	40
-	Feast	40
#23	Zenio	35
-	Gatored	35
#25	Killer	30
#26	DarKFoRcE	25
#27	SeleCT	20
-	mOOnGLaDe	20
-	Revival	20
-	TOP	20
-	TT1	20
-	MarineKing	20
-	Stephano	20
-	White-Ra	20
-	NaNiwa	20
-	HerO	20
-	Pomi	20
-	DeMusliM	20
-	sLivko	20
#40	Grubby	15
#41	Beastyqt	10
-	Tarson	10
-	YHY	10
-	Rain	10
-	Jim	10
-	Way	10
-	SjoW	10
-	Axslav	10
-	GoOdy	10
-	NightEnD	10
-	TargA	10
-	XlorD	10
-	Snute	10
-	BiGs	10
#55	DieStar	5
-	HuK	5
-	SaSe	5
-	PiG	5
-	XiGua	5
-	Jinro	5
-	iaguz	5
-	Attero	5
-	StrifeCro	5
-	Pokebunny	5
-	Edge	5
-	Naama	5
-	ClouD	5
-	TitaN	5
-	qxc	5
-	Illusion	5
-	Tunico	5
-	DakkoN	5
-	Potiguar	5