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IEM Season V - Global Challenge Cologne

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[e][h]IEM Season V - Global Challenge Cologne
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Server:
Europe
Type:
Offline
Location:
Germany Cologne
Prize Pool:
$15,000 USD
Start Date:
2010-08-18
End Date:
2010-08-22
Liquipedia Tier:
Participants
Number of Players:
16
Protoss 4
Terran 8
Zerg 4
Maps
Chronology

In the first of the Intel Extreme Masters events to feature StarCraft II, 16 of the best players met in Cologne, Germany for the first major live event in StarCraft II's history. The Global Challenge event invited players from all around the world to participate in front of a large crowd at Gamescom Cologne, all casted by Day[9] and Apollo. The event was very popular with the venue completely packed for the grand final between MorroW and IdrA, which MorroW won 3-1. DIMAGA placed third over Tarson, also with a 3-1 score.

Format[edit]

Six of the players, DIMAGA, SarenS, LucifroN, NaNiwa, ClouD, and Tarson qualified for the event by placing in the top three in Go4SC2 Cups #24 and #25. The remaining 10 players were invited by ESL to fly out to Cologne to take part in the $15,000 prize pool. The players were arranged into four groups which were played round robin style, with each match being best of 3. The top two from each group were then arranged into a 8 man single-elimination bracket with every round being a Best of 5 series.

Prize pool[edit]

Offering $15,000 spread among all players as follows:

Players[edit]

Protoss (4) Terran (8) Zerg (4)
Canada HuK France SarenS Ukraine DIMAGA
Sweden NaNiwa Spain LucifroN United States IdrA
Ukraine White-Ra Italy ClouD United States Artosis
Germany HasuObs United Kingdom DeMusliM Sweden MaDFroG
Ukraine Strelok
Poland Tarson
Sweden MorroW
Germany TLO

Brat_OK[edit]

Brat_OK was originally invited to the event, but due to troubles with obtaining a German visa, he could no longer attend.[1][2] MorroW replaced him[3].

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

A[edit]

Group A
August 18, 2010
1. Germany Terran TLO 3-0 6-0
2. Sweden Zerg MaDFroG 2-1 4-3
3. Ukraine Protoss White-Ra 1-2 2-4
4. Italy Terran ClouD 0-3 1-6
Matches
ItalyTerranClouD
0
2
GermanyTerranTLO
UkraineProtossWhite-Ra
0
2
SwedenZergMaDFroG
ItalyTerranClouD
1
2
SwedenZergMaDFroG
UkraineProtossWhite-Ra
0
2
GermanyTerranTLO
SwedenZergMaDFroG
0
2
GermanyTerranTLO
UkraineProtossWhite-Ra
2
0
ItalyTerranClouD

B[edit]

Group B
August 18, 2010
1. Poland Terran Tarson* 2-1 5-2
2. Sweden Terran MorroW* 2-1 4-2
3. United States Zerg Artosis* 1-2 2-5
4. Canada Protoss HuK* 1-2 3-5
Matches
SwedenTerranMorroW
2
0
CanadaProtossHuK
PolandTerranTarson
2
0
United StatesZergArtosis
SwedenTerranMorroW
2
0
United StatesZergArtosis
PolandTerranTarson
1
2
CanadaProtossHuK
United StatesZergArtosis
2
1
CanadaProtossHuK
PolandTerranTarson
2
0
SwedenTerranMorroW

C[edit]

Group C
August 19, 2010
1. Ukraine Zerg DIMAGA* 2-1 4-4
2. France Terran SarenS* 2-1 5-3
3. Spain Terran LucifroN* 1-2 3-4
4. Germany Protoss HasuObs* 1-2 3-4
Matches
UkraineZergDIMAGA
2
1
SpainTerranLucifroN
GermanyProtossHasuObs
1
2
FranceTerranSarenS
SpainTerranLucifroN
2
0
GermanyProtossHasuObs
FranceTerranSarenS
1
2
UkraineZergDIMAGA
SpainTerranLucifroN
0
2
FranceTerranSarenS
GermanyProtossHasuObs
2
0
UkraineZergDIMAGA

D[edit]

Group D
August 19, 2010
1. United States Zerg IdrA 3-0 6-2
2. United Kingdom Terran DeMusliM 1-2 4-4
3. Sweden Protoss NaNiwa 1-2 3-4
4. Ukraine Terran Strelok 1-2 2-5
Matches
United KingdomTerranDeMusliM
1
2
United StatesZergIdrA
UkraineTerranStrelok
0
2
SwedenProtossNaNiwa
United StatesZergIdrA
2
0
UkraineTerranStrelok
SwedenProtossNaNiwa
0
2
United KingdomTerranDeMusliM
United StatesZergIdrA
2
1
SwedenProtossNaNiwa
United KingdomTerranDeMusliM
1
2
UkraineTerranStrelok

*Players with an equal amount of match wins were ranked according to their head-to-head results.

Group Summary[edit]

Group A[edit]

The main surprise of group 1 was how convincingly TLO cruised through his group. With a great series against White-Ra displaying incredible decision making as well as great Banshee micro, the German player didn't drop a single map with dominating victories in every game. MaDFroG showed great play and surprised many by defeating White-Ra 2-0 and 2-1ing ClouD.

  • Terran TLO advances 3-0 with a 6-0 game record.
  • Zerg MaDFroG advances 2-1 with a 4-3 game record.

Group B[edit]

The Polish player Tarson demolished MorroW in a 2-0 series with a strong win on Steppes in the first series followed by an aggressive opening on Metalopolis taking out MorroW's 1 Rax Expand. An elated Tarson thanked Gretorp for victory but the replacement MorroW still went through in second after defeating HuK and Artosis 2-0 earlier. HuK showed nerves in his games against MorroW on the main stage and made many rash decisions after a double expand and Artosis couldn't overcome his Terran opponents and was set to go out before his final match.

  • Terran Tarson advances 2-1 with a 5-2 game record.
  • Terran MorroW advances 2-1 with a 4-2 game record.

Group C[edit]

Group 3 was heavily contested with qualifications coming down to the last game. DIMAGA had to defeat SarenS and hope HasuObs didn't beat Lucifron. DIMAGA started his tournament shakey after losing his series to HasuObs, but he toned down his all-in and aggressive openings and played a standard game against the Terrans with great results, swarming his opponents with Banelings, Infestors, Ultras and Zerglings in true Zerg style. The two former Warcraft III players showed great micro, but slower macro, which was a clear weakness notable in their games which lead to SarenS and DIMAGA qualifying. Due to the head-to-head record, DIMAGA advanced as the first seed and SarenS as the 2nd, despite SarenS having a better map record.

  • Zerg DIMAGA advances 2-1 with a 4-4 game record.
  • Terran SarenS advances 2-1 with a 5-3 game record.

Group D[edit]

Group 4 was another close group, coming down to the last game. DeMusliM had to either win his last game, or take one map and hope that Strelok lost 0-2 to NaNi. The very same happened. IdrA took his group 3-0 dropping one set each to NaNi and DeMusliM while showing very impressive Zerg play with great macro, transitions and incredibly impressive micro. DeMusliM went through second.

  • Zerg IdrA advances 3-0 with a 6-2 game record.
  • Terran DeMusliM advances 1-2 with a 4-4 game record.

Playoffs[edit]

Racial distribution[edit]

ProtossTerranZerg
Group Stage
484
Quarterfinals
53
Semifinals
22
Final Match
11
Winner
1

Map Statistics[edit]

Terran vs. ZergZerg vs. ProtossProtoss vs. TerranMirrors
Map#ΣTerranZergTerran%ΣZergProtossZerg%ΣProtossTerranProtoss%ProtossTerranZerg
Blistering Sands873442.9%---------1-
Delta Quadrant442250.0%-----------
Desert Oasis1110100.0%-----------
Kulas Ravine1-------------1-
Metalopolis763350.0%---------1-
Steppes of War653260.0%---------1-
Xel'Naga Caverns875271.4%---------1-
Total Sum (Σ)3530171356.7%---------5-

Replays[edit]

VODs[edit]

Interviews[edit]

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

IEM Homepage

References[edit]