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IEM Season IX - World Championship
IEM 9 Katowice
Tournament Information
OrganizerESL
Sponsor(s)BenQ
HyperX
Intel
GIGABYTE
ROCCAT
Location & Dates
Region
INT
International
Event TypeOffline
Country
Poland
AddressSpodek
Aleja Wojciecha Korfantego 35
Katowice, Poland
Start Date2015-03-13
End Date2015-03-15
Broadcast
ScheduleSpoiler-Free Schedule
Export to Google Calendar
Social Media & Links
Infobox Homepagelogo std

The IEM Season IX World Championship was the final event of Intel Extreme Masters Season IX. It took place at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland alongside Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Hearthstone: Heroes of WarCraft, and StarCraft II events.

Overview[]

The Intel Extreme Masters World Championship is one of the few international tournaments alongside Worlds and All-Star. The ninth edition included this casting lineup:

  • Will "Chobra" Cho, host/translator
  • Eefje "sjokz" Depoortere, analysis host
  • Joe Miller, caster/analyst
  • Erik "DoA" Lonnquist, caster/analyst
  • Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles, caster/analyst
  • Trevor "Quickshot" Henry, caster/analyst
  • Martin "Deficio" Lynge, caster/analyst
  • Alberto "Crumbzz" Rengifo, caster/analyst

By winning the event, Team SoloMid became the first North American team to win an international event with Korean teams present since Chicks Dig ELO (which had included Reginald and Dyrus) at the 2011 World Cyber Games and the first Western team to do so since Gambit Gaming in Katowice two years earlier.

Format[]

  • 8 teams
    • 4 winners from each of the IEM Season IX tournaments.
    • 4 invited teams from LCS EU, LCS NA and LCK.
      • 1st place EU and NA LCS teams after Week 5
      • 1st and 2nd place LCK teams after Week 6
  • Group Stage, 2 groups of 4
    • Double Elimination
    • Each match is Best of One.
    • Top 2 teams from each group advance to the Playoff bracket.
  • Playoff bracket
    • Single Elimination
    • Semifinals are Best of Three.
    • Grand Final is Best of Five.
  • All matches are played on patch V5.4

Prize Pool[]

$ 183,414 US Dollars are spread among the teams as seen below:

LocalEuro
PlacePrizePrize (%)Team
PlacementIcon1 1$108,414€102,993.3059.11%TSMlogo stdTSM
PlacementIcon2 2$30,000€28,50016.36%Team WElogo stdTeam WE
PlacementIcon3 3-4$15,000€14,2508.18%Yoe Flash Wolveslogo stdyoe Flash Wolves
GE Tigerslogo stdGE Tigers
5-6$5,000€4,7502.73%SK Gaminglogo stdSK Gaming
CJ Entuslogo stdCJ Entus
7-8$2,500€2,3751.36%Cloud9logo stdCloud9
Gambit Gaminglogo stdGambit Gaming

Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on March 15, 2015, as follows:

  • $ 1 US Dollar = € 0.95 Euros

Participants[]

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Results[]

Group A[]

Round 1
NA
Cloud9logo stdC9
0
KR
GE Tigerslogo stdGET
1
EU
SK Gaminglogo stdSK
1
LMS
Yoe Flash Wolveslogo stdyoe.FW
0
Losers' Bracket
NA
Cloud9logo stdC9
0
LMS
Yoe Flash Wolveslogo stdyoe.FW
1
Round 2
KR
GE Tigerslogo stdGET
1
EU
SK Gaminglogo stdSK
0
EU
SK Gaminglogo stdSK
0
LMS
Yoe Flash Wolveslogo stdyoe.FW
1

Group B[]

Round 1
EU
Gambit Gaminglogo stdGMB
0
KR
CJ Entuslogo stdCJ
1
NA
TSMlogo stdTSM
1
CN
Team WElogo stdWE
0
Losers' Bracket
CN
Team WElogo stdWE
1
EU
Gambit Gaminglogo stdGMB
0
Round 2
KR
CJ Entuslogo stdCJ
0
NA
TSMlogo stdTSM
1
KR
CJ Entuslogo stdCJ
0
CN
Team WElogo stdWE
1

Playoffs[]

Semifinals
NA
TSMlogo stdTSM
2
LMS
Yoe Flash Wolveslogo stdyoe.FW
1
KR
GE Tigerslogo stdGET
1
CN
Team WElogo stdWE
2
Finals
NA
TSMlogo stdTSM
3
CN
Team WElogo stdWE
0

Match Schedule[]

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Results|Schedule
CD|You|PST|CET|KST
Patch: 5.4
[showhide]
Group A
Fri 13 Mar - Sat 14 MarFri 13 Mar - Sat 14 MarFri 13 Mar - Sat 14 Mar2015,3,13,12,00 - 2015,3,14,12,00
    
Fri 2015-03-13
Fri 2015-03-13
Fri 2015-03-13
2015,3,13,12,00
C9Cloud9logo std01GE Tigerslogo stdGET
2015,3,13,13,10
SKSK Gaminglogo std10Yoe Flash Wolveslogo stdyoe.FW
2015,3,13,14,20
GETGE Tigerslogo std10SK Gaminglogo stdSK
Sat 2015-03-14
2015,3,13,15,30
C9Cloud9logo std01Yoe Flash Wolveslogo stdyoe.FW
Sat 2015-03-14
Sat 2015-03-14
2015,3,14,12,00
SKSK Gaminglogo std01Yoe Flash Wolveslogo stdyoe.FW
Patch: 5.4
[showhide]
Group B
Fri 13 Mar - Sat 14 MarFri 13 Mar - Sat 14 MarSat 14 Mar2015,3,13,16,40 - 2015,3,14,13,10
    
Fri 2015-03-13
Fri 2015-03-13
Sat 2015-03-14
2015,3,13,16,40
GMBGambit Gaminglogo std01CJ Entuslogo stdCJ
2015,3,13,17,50
TSMTSMlogo std10Team WElogo stdWE
2015,3,13,19,00
CJCJ Entuslogo std01TSMlogo stdTSM
2015,3,13,20,10
WETeam WElogo std10Gambit Gaminglogo stdGMB
Sat 2015-03-14
Sat 2015-03-14
2015,3,14,13,10
CJCJ Entuslogo std01Team WElogo stdWE
Patch: 5.4
[showhide]
Semifinals
Sat 14 MarSat 14 MarSat 14 Mar - Sun 15 Mar2015,3,14,14,30 - 2015,3,14,17,45
    
Sat 2015-03-14
Sat 2015-03-14
Sat 2015-03-14
2015,3,14,14,30
TSMTSMlogo std21Yoe Flash Wolveslogo stdyoe.FW
Sun 2015-03-15
2015,3,14,17,45
GETGE Tigerslogo std12Team WElogo stdWE
Patch: 5.4
[showhide]
Finals
Sun 15 MarSun 15 MarMon 16 Mar2015,3,15,17,00 - 2015,3,15,17,00
    
Sun 2015-03-15
Sun 2015-03-15
Mon 2015-03-16
2015,3,15,17,00
TSMTSMlogo std30Team WElogo stdWE

VODs & Match Links[]

Streams[]

Regional Distribution[]

Teams[]

CN
China
EU
Europe
KR
Korea
NA
North America
LMS
LMS
Qualified
12221
Semifinals
1111
Finals
11
Winner
1

Players[]

  • Nationality
  • Country of Birth

Armenia

Canada

China

Denmark

France

Germany

Greece

Russia

South Korea

Sweden

Taiwan

United Kingdom

United States
Qualified
11341111132516
Semifinals
132851
Finals
13231
Winner
1211

Armenia

Canada

China

Denmark

France

Germany

Greece

Malaysia

Russia

South Korea

Sweden

Taiwan

United Kingdom

United States
Qualified
113411111131516
Semifinals
132851
Finals
13231
Winner
1211

Additional Content[]

Articles & Videos[]

  • February
  • March

External Links[]

References[]

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