IEM Season V - World Championship

IEM V - World Championship [edit]
League Information
Organizer:	ESL
Sponsor:	Intel
Game Version:	Wings of Liberty Patch 1.2.2
Server:	Europe
Event Type:	Offline
Location:	Germany
Prize pool:	$30,000
Start Date:	2011-03-01
End Date:	2011-03-05
Winners
AcE   Moon   Squirtle   mOOnGLaDe
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:	12
4    4    4

The Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) is ESL's flagship competition. Held at CeBIT 2011 in Hanover, Germany.

Prize Pool

$30,000 is spread among the players as seen below:

Place	Prize	ID	Team
1st	$13,000	AcE	StarTale
2nd	$6,500	Moon	WeMade FOX
3rd	$4,000	Squirtle	StarTale
4th	$2,500	mOOnGLaDe	FXOpen e-Sports

5th-6th	$800
5th-6th	$800	IdrA	Evil Geniuses
5th-6th	$800	MorroW	mousesports

7th-12th	$400
7th-12th	$400	Fenix	Fnatic
7th-12th	$400	qxc	ROOT Gaming
7th-12th	$400	SjoW	Team Dignitas
7th-12th	$400	Socke	Team ALTERNATE
7th-12th	$400	Tarson	Millenium
7th-12th	$400	White-Ra	Duckload

The tournament winner was also rewarded with a position in the GSL Code S up and down matches. This filled the position vacated by   IdrA after his decision to pull out of GSL March and return home to the USA.

Tournament System

As seen on the event page, the tournament structure is copied from the European Championship:

• Two Groups of Six (12 players)
• Top 3 in each group (6 players) qualifies for Playoffs. Winners are seeded into semifinals.
• Group A 2nd vs Group B 3rd and vice versa.
• Single-elimination Playoffs.

Participants

Player ID	Qualified through
MorroW	Winner, Global Challenge Cologne
Fenix	Winner, American Championships
qxc	2nd, American Championships
SjoW	Winner, European Championships
White-Ra	2nd, European Championships
Tarson	4th, European Championships
Socke	5th, European Championships**
mOOnGLaDe	Winner, Southeast Asian Championships
Squirtle	Asian Invite
AcE	Asian Invite
Moon	Asian Invite
IdrA ()*	Asian Invite

* IdrA got invited as an Asian invite when he still lived in Korea. His nationality is American.

** DeMusliM who placed third in the European Championship could not attend because of a broken arm. Socke replaced him as Europe's fourth representative.

Results

Group A 1.   AcE 5-0 10-0 2.   IdrA 4-1 8-4 3.   MorroW 2-3 6-7 4.   White-Ra 2-3 5-8 5.   Tarson 2-3 5-7 6.   qxc 0-5 2-10 Group A Matches MorroW 2 0 Tarson AcE 2 0 White-Ra qxc 0 2 IdrA AcE 2 0 IdrA qxc 0 2 Tarson MorroW 1 2 White-Ra IdrA 2 1 Tarson qxc 1 2 White-Ra AcE 2 0 MorroW IdrA 2 0 White-Ra qxc 1 2 MorroW AcE 2 0 Tarson White-Ra 1 2 Tarson MorroW 1 2 IdrA AcE 2 0 qxc

Group B 1.   Moon 5-0 10-2 2.   mOOnGLaDe 4-1 8-3 3.   Squirtle 2-3 5-6, 5-3 4.   SjoW 2-3 5-6, 3-4 5.   Socke 2-3 5-6, 3-4 6.   Fenix 0-5 0-10 Group B Matches Squirtle 1 2 Moon Socke 1 2  mOOnGLaDe SjoW 2 0 Fenix SjoW 2 0 Socke Fenix 0 2 Moon Squirtle 0 2 mOOnGLaDe Squirtle 2 0 Fenix SjoW 0 2 mOOnGLaDe Socke 0 2 Moon Squirtle 0 2 Socke Fenix 0 2 mOOnGLaDe SjoW 1 2 Moon SjoW 0 2 Squirtle Socke 2 0 Fenix mOOnGLaDe  0 2 Moon Tiebreakers Round 1 Squirtle 1 0 Socke Squirtle 0 1 SjoW SjoW 0 1 Socke Tiebreakers Round 2 Squirtle 0 1 Socke Socke 0 1 SjoW SjoW 0 1 Squirtle Tiebreakers Round 3 Squirtle 0 1 Socke Socke 0 1 SjoW SjoW 0 1 Squirtle Tiebreakers Round 4 Squirtle 1 0 Socke Squirtle 1 0 SjoW

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

  AcE

W

  BYE

0

  MorroW

1

  mOOnGLaDe

3

  IdrA

2

  Squirtle

3

  BYE

0

  Moon

W

Semifinals

  AcE

3

  mOOnGLaDe

0

  Squirtle

2

  Moon

3

Finals

  AcE

3

  Moon

2

3rd Place Match

  mOOnGLaDe

2

  Squirtle

3

Racial distribution

	Protoss	Terran	Zerg	Random
Group Stage (Ro12)	4 4 4
Round of 6	2 4
Semi Final	2 2
Final	1 1
Winner	1

VODs

• VoD Archive at tv.esl.eu - VoDs for this event are filed under IEM World Championship.

See also

• Major Tournaments

External links

• ESL and Intel's Extreme Masters Homepage
• IEM V - World Championships Event page
• Official Group Stage Results
• Official Playoffs Results