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Overview
| IEM Season IX - Cologne | ||
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| Tournament Information | ||
| Organizer | ESL | |
| Location & Dates | ||
| Region | International | |
| Event Type | Offline | |
| Country | Germany | |
| Start Date | 2014-12-19 | |
| End Date | 2014-12-21 | |
| Broadcast | ||
| Schedule | Spoiler-Free Schedule Export to Google Calendar | |
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IEM Season IX - Cologne is the fourth event of IEM Season IX (third with LoL involved), organized by ESL. It took place in Cologne, Germany.
Overview[]
The event will be cast by Brandon "Saintvicious" DiMarco, Leigh "Deman" Smith, Joe Miller, Martin "Deficio" Lynge, Mitch "Krepo" Voorspoels, and Marcel "Dexter" Feldkamp. Eefje "sjokz" Deporteere will be the host.[1]
Format[]
- Six teams:
- 2 EU LCS Teams (1 fanvote & 1 invited)
- 2 NA LCS Teams (2 fanvote)
- Teams competing at IEM San Jose are excluded from participating
- 1 CIS team from qualifier
- 1 Turkish team from qualifier
Prize Pool[]
$ 30,000 US Dollars are spread among the teams as seen below:
| Place | Prize | Prize (%) | Team |
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 1 | $12,500€10,125 | 41.67% |  Gambit Gaming |
 2 | $6,500€5,265 | 21.67% |  CLG |
 3-4 | $3,500€2,835 | 11.67% |  Team ROCCAT |
 Dignitas | |||
| 5-6 | $2,000€1,620 | 6.67% |  Dolphins of Wall Street |
 Aces High Esports Club |
Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on December 21, 2014, as follows:
- $ 1 US Dollar = € 0.81 Euros
Participants[]
Participants annotations:
- Team Curse who were the #1 NA fanvote had to decline due to visa issues and the departure of Voyboy.[2] Team Dignitas took their place.[3]
- Fnatic who were the first invited team had to decline the invite.[4] Team ROCCAT took their place.[5]
- Xmithie was unable to attend due to visa issues, and so Thinkcard took his place for Counter Logic Gaming.[6]
- Moscow Five won't be able to attend due to visa issues.[7] They are replaced by Dolphins of Wall Street.[8]
Results[]
Match Schedule[]
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| Fri 19 DecFri 19 DecSat 20 Dec2014,12,19,17,00 - 2014,12,19,20,00 | |||||
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ROC | 2 | 0 | 2014,12,19,17,0009:0018:0002:00 |  DWS | |
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AH | 1 | 2 | 2014,12,19,20,0012:0021:0005:00 |  DIG | |
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| Sat 20 DecSat 20 DecSun 21 Dec2014,12,20,17,00 - 2014,12,20,20,00 | |||||
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CLG | 2 | 1 | 2014,12,20,17,0009:0018:0002:00 | ROC | |
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GMB | 2 | 0 | 2014,12,20,20,0012:0021:0005:00 | DIG | |
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| Sun 21 DecSun 21 DecMon 22 Dec2014,12,21,17,00 - 2014,12,21,17,00 | |||||
| Sun 2014-12-21 | |||||
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| Mon 2014-12-22 | |||||
| 2014,12,21,17,00 | |||||
| CLG | 1 | 3 | 2014,12,21,17,0009:0018:0002:00 | GMB | |
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| GMB | DIG | 2 - 0 | Link | Vod |
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Streams[]
Regional Distribution[]
Teams[]
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Players[]
- Nationality
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Additional Content[]
Articles[]
- December 4 - Team Roccat to attend IEM Cologne from Azubu
- December 17 - IEM Cologne 2014: League of Legends Preview from Esports Heaven
- December 18 - Thorin's Threads - 8 story-lines for IEM IX Cologne from GoldPer10
- December 22 - Gambit Gaming take Down CLG to Win IEM Cologne 2014! from News of Legends
- December 22 - Gambit Gaming vinner IEM Cologne from Fragbite (Swedish)
- December 23 - IEM Cologne 2014: League of Legends Recap from Esports Heaven
- December 23 - What we learned from IEM Cologne from TheDailyDot
Interviews[]
- December 8 - "Prove to the world that EU > NA": an interview with ROCCATs Marcin "Jankos" Jankowski with ESL
- December 9 - "We are still one of the strongest teams in Europe": an interview with Konstantin "groove" Pikiner of Gambit Gaming with ESL
- December 10 - "This will easily be the best iteration of our LoL team yet": an interview with Marek "MepH" Walkowiak of Dignitas with ESL
- December 11 - "We are far from afraid": an interview with Onur "Lethilion" Aksu of Aces High with ESL
- December 18 - Scarra at IEM Cologne: "I want my results to speak more than my words" (video) with Fragbite
- December 19 - Gambit niQ: "I would rather play against like top team from each region" (video) with Gambit Gaming
- December 19 - ROCCAT flyy: "I pretty much work from when I wake up until I go to sleep" with Esports Heaven
- December 19 - Vander interviewed at IEM Cologne: "Ryu is a top 3 mid in europe" (video) with Fragbite
- December 19 - KiWiKiD talks before IEM Cologne: "People criticized me within reason" (video) with Fragbite
- December 20 - Gambit Edward: "The most team I'm kind of scared to play is Roccat" (video) with Gambit Gaming
- December 20 - Crumbzz: "The five us are more dedicated now than the previous line-up was" (video) with Fragbite
- December 20 - Carmac talks ESL in 2014: "I think 2014 will be seen as one of the break-out years for esports" (video) with Fragbite
- December 20 - Brokenshard: "I will look in to the possibility of owning my own team next year" (video) with Fragbite
- December 20 - Dexter talks about his future at IEM Cologne: "I need to prove to people that CLG was not the end" (video) with Fragbite
- December 20 - EDWARD FROM GAMBIT GAMING TALKS IEM, TEAM FUTURE with LolEsports
- December 21 - Gambit Cabochard: "I expected to do better actually in the laning phase in the second game" (video) with Gambit Gaming
- December 21 - P1noy talks about the current Gambit roster: "Diamond really wants to win again" (video) with Fragbite
- December 21 - Kev1n at IEM Cologne "I will do everything to be in the LCS again" (video) with Fragbite
- December 21 - Hjärnan talar om att kvala in till LCS: ”Jag tror vi kan komma topp fem i ligan” (Swedish video) with Fragbite
- December 22 - Doublelift: "You think you're better than me? No you're not." with ESL
- December 23 - Team ROCCAT insights from IEM Cologne with ROCCAT
Other Coverage[]
- December 15 - Everything you need to know about IEM Cologne with LoL Esports
References[]
- ↑ Talent lineup for Intel Extreme Masters Cologne revealed! intelextrememasters.com
- ↑ We Respectfully Decline... teamcurse.net
- ↑ Team Dignitas on their way to Cologne to prove their mettle this December intelextrememasters.com
- ↑ Fnatic's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ ROCCAT to replace Fnatic at Intel Extreme Masters Cologne intelextrememasters.com
- ↑ A Completed Roster and IEM Cologne clgaming.net
- ↑ Moscow Five's VK Post (Russian) vk.com
- ↑ Everything you need to know about IEM Cologne euw.lolesports.com
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