Intel Extreme Masters

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Intel Extreme Masters
IEM v2014.png
2014-Present Logo
Sport eSports
League of Legends
StarCraft II
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Founded 2007
Owner(s) Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Country Worldwide
Most recent champion(s) League of Legends: SK Telecom T1
StarCraft II: Choi "Polt" Seong Hun
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: Fnatic
Official website http://en.intelextrememasters.com/

The Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) are a series of international esports tournaments held in countries around the world. These Electronic Sports League (ESL) sanctioned events, sponsored by Intel, include events in Starcraft II, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Quake Live, League of Legends and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft.[1] The body that owns the league is Turtle Entertainment. The League has existed for ten seasons as of 2016. The season ten tournament finals took place in Katowice, Poland.[2] Previous events have been held in Chengdu, Dubai, Hanover, and Los Angeles, among other cities.[3]

A view of the crowd during Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2013
Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2013

History

The Intel Extreme Masters are a product of the ESL. In 2006, when the Intel sponsored European tournament saw room for expansion outside of Europe, especially in North American markets, Intel provided funds for a worldwide tournament, billing it as the Intel Extreme Masters.[4] In 2007, when established, the IEM established a format of many smaller qualifying events, leading up to a large final event that is held at CeBIT. All of the Grand Finals have been held at CeBIT. Starting in 2008, the Tournament was billed as being worldwide, boasting participants from Europe, North America, and Asia.[4] Although Counterstrike 1.6 was the only game offered in the first season, the variety of games has increased greatly, to the four that were offered during Season 5. World of Warcraft was offered during Season 4, but was dropped for Season 5. The Season 5 Finals will be held at CeBIT and will included a US$130,000 prize pool.[5]

Games offered in Intel Extreme Masters: Counter-Strike (Seasons 1–6), Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos and Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne (Seasons 1–2, 3: Asian Championship Finals — CS1.6 and Asian Championship Finals — WoW, 4: Global Challenge Chengdu, 5: Global Challenge Shanghai), World of Warcraft (Seasons 2: Global Challenge Dreamhack, 3–4), Quake Live (Seasons 4–5), StarCraft II (Seasons 5–6), League of Legends (LoL) (Seasons 5: World Championship (LoL Invitational), 6)

IEM seasons

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Season I

(Finals: 15–18 March 2007 at CeBIT 2007)

  • Counter-Strike: Poland's Team Pentagram
  • Warcraft III: France's Yoan "ToD" Merlo

Season II

(Finals: 6–9 March 2008 at CeBIT 2008)

A large crowd at the Fan Expo at Intel Extreme Masters Toronto 2014
Fan Expo at Intel Extreme Masters Toronto 2014

Season III

(World Championship(Finals): 3–8 March 2009 at CeBIT 2009)

  • Global Challenge Games Convention:
    • World of Warcraft: Germany's Nihilum Plasma
  • Global Challenge Los Angeles:
    • Counter-Strike: Sweden's SK Gaming
    • World of Warcraft: Spain's x6tence
  • Global Challenge Montreal:[6]
  • Global Challenge Dubai:
  • Asian Championshiphttp: — WoW:[7]
  • European Championship:
    • Counter-Strike: Denmark's mTw
    • World of Warcraft: Bulgaria's iNNERFiRE
  • American Championship:
    • Counter-Strike: Brazil's Made in Brazil
    • World of Warcraft: the United States's Trade Chat
  • Asian Championship: CS1.6:[8]
  • World Championship:
    • Counter-Strike: Sweden's fnatic
    • World of Warcraft: Korea's H O N

Season IV

(World Championship(Finals): 2–6 March 2010 at CeBIT 2010)

Season V

(World Championship(Finals): 1–5 March 2011 at CeBIT 2011)

Season VI

(World Championship(Finals): 6–10 March 2012 at CeBIT 2012)

Season VII

  • Global Challenge Gamescom:
    • LoL: Russia's Moscow Five
    • StarCraft II: Korea's Jung "Mvp" Jong-Hyun — Incredible Miracle
  • Global Challenge Singapore:
  • Global Challenge Cologne:
  • Global Challenge Katowice:
    • LoL: Russia's Gambit Gaming (ex-M5)
    • StarCraft II: Korea's Kang "First" Hyun-Woo — Incredible Miracle
  • Global Challenge Brazil:
    • LoL: Korea's Incredible Miracle
  • World Championship:[11]
    • LoL: Korea's CJ Entus Blaze
    • StarCraft II: Korea's Choi "YoDa" Byung-Hyun — Incredible Miracle

Season VIII

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Intel Extreme Masters Season VIII
Event Dates Game Winner Runner-up Ref
Shanghai July 25–July 28, 2013 League of Legends China Team WE China Invictus Gaming [12]
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm South Korea Revival South Korea Oz
New York October 10–October 13, 2013 StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm South Korea Life Sweden NaNiwa [13]
Cologne November 23–November 24, 2013 League of Legends (Pro) Russia Gambit Gaming European Union Fnatic [14]
League of Legends (Amateur) Denmark Copenhagen Wolves Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas
Singapore November 28–December 1, 2013 League of Legends China Invictus Gaming South Korea CJ Entus Frost [15]
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm South Korea herO South Korea san
São Paulo January 28–February 1, 2014 League of Legends European Union Millenium Brazil paiN Gaming [16]
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm South Korea herO South Korea MC
Cologne February 13–February 16, 2014 StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm South Korea HerO South Korea Polt [17]
World Championship
Katowice		 March 13–March 16, 2014 Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Poland Gnimsh United States Artosis [18]
League of Legends South Korea KT Rolster Bullets European Union Fnatic
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm South Korea sOs South Korea herO

Season IX

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Intel Extreme Masters Season IX
Event Dates Game Winner Runner-up Ref
Shenzhen July 16–July 20, 2014 Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Hong Kong Amaz Taiwan Azeri [19]
League of Legends China Team WE China EDward Gaming
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm South Korea TaeJa South Korea Solar
Toronto August 28–August 31, 2014 StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm South Korea Flash South Korea Zest [20]
San Jose December 6–December 7, 2014 League of Legends United States Cloud9 European Union Unicorns of Love [21]
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm South Korea herO South Korea Rain
Cologne December 18–December 21, 2014 League of Legends European Union Gambit Gaming United States Counter Logic Gaming [22]
Taipei January 28–February 1, 2015 League of Legends Taiwan yoe Flash Wolves Taiwan Taipei Assassins [23]
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm South Korea Life South Korea Maru
World Championship
Katowice		 March 12–March 15, 2015 League of Legends United States Team SoloMid China Team WE [24]
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm South Korea Zest South Korea Trap

Season X

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Intel Extreme Masters Season X
Event Dates Game Winner Runner-up Ref
Shenzhen July 16–July 20, 2015 Heroes of the Storm South Korea MVP Black European Union Virtus.pro [25]
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm South Korea Classic South Korea PartinG
Gamescom August 5–August 9, 2015 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive France Team EnVyUs Denmark Team SoloMid [26]
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm South Korea INnoVation South Korea soO
San Jose November 21–November 22, 2015 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Ukraine Natus Vincere Denmark Team SoloMid [27]
League of Legends European Union Origen United States Counter Logic Gaming
Cologne December 18–December 20, 2015 League of Legends South Korea ESC Ever China Qiao Gu Reapers [28]
Taipei January 29–February 2, 2016 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Mongolia The MongolZ Australia Renegades [29]
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void South Korea sOs South Korea ByuN
World Championship
Katowice		 March 4–March 6, 2016 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Sweden Fnatic Brazil Luminosity Gaming [30]
League of Legends South Korea SK Telecom T1 European Union Fnatic
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void South Korea Polt Norway Snute

Season XI

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Intel Extreme Masters Season XI[31]
Event Dates Game Winner Runner-up Ref
Shanghai July 28–July 31, 2016 To be announced To be determined
Oakland November 19–November 20, 2016 To be announced To be determined
Goyang December 17–December 18, 2016 To be announced To be determined
World Championship
Katowice		 March, 2017 To be announced To be determined

Format

IEM utilizes a fair number of offline qualifiers. During Season 5, qualifiers were held for North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia regions.[32] Those who qualify for the finals are placed into two groups of six, of which the top two advance. The first place member of each group goes directly to the semifinals, and the second and third place members go into the quarterfinals.[33]

Organisation

The Intel Extreme Masters are run by the ESL which is owned by Turtle Entertainment GmbH. Turtle Entertainment is based in Cologne, Germany.

Gallery

  • Spectators at IEM 2013 Katowice

  • Crowd at IEM 2014 Toronto

  • Podczas Intel Extreme Masters (8465490574).jpg
  • Podczas zawodów IEM (8465456436).jpg
  • Goście Intel Extreme Masters (8465481816).jpg

See also

References

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External links

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