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Overview
| IEM Season IX - San Jose | ||
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| Tournament Information | ||
| Organizer | ESL Intel | |
| Sponsor(s) | HyperX GIGABYTE BenQ ROCCAT | |
| Location & Dates | ||
| Region | International | |
| Event Type | Offline | |
| Country | United States | |
| Start Date | 2014-12-06 | |
| End Date | 2014-12-07 | |
| Broadcast | ||
| Schedule | Spoiler-Free Schedule Export to Google Calendar | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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IEM Season IX - San Jose is the third event of IEM Season IX (second with LoL involved), organized by ESL. It took place at the SAP Center, San Jose.
Overview[]
The was cast by Brandon "Saintvicious" DiMarco, Leigh "Deman" Smith, Joe Miller, Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles, Sam "Kobe" Hartman-Kenzler, Joshua "Jatt" Leesman, and Stephen "Snoopeh" Ellis. Eefje "sjokz" Deporteere was the stage host and Rivington "Rivington" Bruce Bisland III was the desk host.[1]
Format[]
- Six teams:
- 2 EU Teams (1 invited + 1 fanvote)
- 2 NA Teams (1 invited + 1 fanvote)
- 1 Brazilian team from qualifier
- Riot Latin America Cup 2014 - Grand Final Winner
- Single Elimination
- Quarterfinals and Semifinals are Best-of-three
- Finals are Best-of-five
- Matches are Played on Patch 4.20[2] with
Kalista disabled and 
Azir enabled[3]
Prize Pool[]
$ 50,000 US Dollars are spread among the teams as seen below:
| Place | Prize | Prize (%) | Team |
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 1 | $25,000€20,250 | 50% |  Cloud9 |
 2 | $11,000€8,910 | 22% |  Unicorns of Love |
 3-4 | $5,000€4,050 | 10% |  TSM |
 Alliance | |||
| 5-6 | $2,000€1,620 | 4% |  Lyon Gaming |
 paiN Gaming |
Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on December 7, 2014, as follows:
- $ 1 US Dollar = € 0.81 Euros
Participants[]
Showmatch[]
Format[]
- Single match Celebrity ARAM
- Either team drawing
Soraka or 
Sona will result in a re-game - When players are dead, they are allowed to walk to the desks of the enemy team and "mess with them"
- Winning team gets $10,000
Rosters[]
| Rosters | ||||
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| Old But Good | ||||
HotshotGG |
bigfatlp |
Chaox |
Snoopeh |
TheOddOne |
| Chicks Dig Elo | ||||
Saintvicious |
Benny |
Chauster |
Reginald |
LiQuiD112 |
Results[]
Pro Tournament[]
Showmatch[]
Celebrity ARAM
Old But Good
0
Chicks Dig Elo
1
Match Schedule[]
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| Sat 6 DecSat 6 Dec - Sun 7 DecSun 7 Dec2014,12,06,20,00 - 2014,12,06,23,00 | |||||
| Sat 2014-12-06 | |||||
| Sat 2014-12-06 | |||||
| Sun 2014-12-07 | |||||
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UOL | 2 | 0 | 2014,12,06,20,0012:0021:0005:00 |  LYN | |
| Sun 2014-12-07 | |||||
| 2014,12,06,23,00 | |||||
C9 | 2 | 0 | 2014,12,06,23,0015:0000:0008:00 |  PNG | |
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| Sat 6 Dec - Sun 7 DecSun 7 DecSun 7 Dec - Mon 8 Dec2014,12,07,02,00 - 2014,12,07,20,00 | |||||
| Sat 2014-12-06 | |||||
| Sun 2014-12-07 | |||||
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| 2014,12,07,02,00 | |||||
TSM | 0 | 2 | 2014,12,07,02,0018:0003:0011:00 | UOL | |
| Sun 2014-12-07 | |||||
| Mon 2014-12-08 | |||||
| 2014,12,07,20,00 | |||||
ALL | 1 | 2 | 2014,12,07,20,0012:0021:0005:00 | C9 | |
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| Sun 7 DecMon 8 DecMon 8 Dec2014,12,07,23,00 - 2014,12,07,23,00 | |||||
| Sun 2014-12-07 | |||||
| Mon 2014-12-08 | |||||
| Mon 2014-12-08 | |||||
| 2014,12,07,23,00 | |||||
HSGG | 0 | 1 | 2014,12,07,23,0015:0000:0008:00 | SV | |
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| Sun 7 DecMon 8 DecMon 8 Dec2014,12,08,00,00 - 2014,12,08,00,00 | |||||
| Sun 2014-12-07 | |||||
| Mon 2014-12-08 | |||||
| Mon 2014-12-08 | |||||
| 2014,12,08,00,00 | |||||
| UOL | 0 | 3 | 2014,12,08,00,0016:0001:0009:00 | C9 | |
VODs & Match Links[]
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | VODs | |
| UOL | LYN | 2 - 0 | Link | Vod |
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| C9 | PNG | 2 - 0 | Link | Vod |
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | VODs | |
| TSM | UOL | 0 - 2 | Link | Vod |
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| ALL | C9 | 1 - 2 | Link | Vod |
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | VODs | |
| HSGG | SV | 0 - 1 | Link | Vod |
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | VODs | |
| UOL | C9 | 0 - 3 | Link | Vod |
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Streams[]
Regional Distribution[]
Teams[]
| Brazil | Europe | Latin America | North America | |||||
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| Finals |
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| Winner |
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Players[]
- Nationality
- Country of Birth
Brazil | Bulgaria | Canada | Denmark | Germany | Hungary | Mexico | Netherlands | Poland | South Korea | Sweden | United States | |||||||||||||
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Brazil | Bulgaria | Canada | Denmark | Germany | Hungary | Mexico | Netherlands | Poland | South Korea | Sweden | United States | |||||||||||||
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Additional Content[]
Articles[]
- November 21, Everything you need to know about IEM San Jose from LoL Esports
- December 3, Riot unlocks Azir for IEM San Jose—only 4 days before games begin from DailyDot
- December 4, Patch 4.20 – IEM San Jose Pick Predictions from Azubu
- December 5, IEM San Jose Team Profile: paiN Gaming from Paravine
- December 6, 9 story-lines for IEM IX San Jose from Gold per 10
- December 9, Five Big Questions From IEM San Jose from LoL Esports
- December 9, Power of Love: How UoL Gamed Champion Select from Tinhk Piece
- December 9, Analysing Picks and Bans of Game 2 in Cloud 9 vs. Unicorns of Love from Gold per 10
- December 9, How Team SoloMid lost in Picks and Bans against Unicorns of Love from Gold per 10
- December 11, IEM San Jose: Retrospective from Azubu
- December 12, Infographic Recap - IEM San Jose from Azubu
- December 12, Wildcard: Unicorns Of Love's Twisted Fate Jungle from LoL Esports
- December 12, Fun Facts from IEM San Jose from Gold per 10
Interviews[]
- November 18, "I think we can take back first place": an interview with William "Meteos" Hartman with ESL
- November 20, "I was a way different, less happy person 18 months ago": an interview with Soren "Bjergsen" Bjerg with ESL
- November 24, "Rekkles was the perfect piece to finish our puzzle": Mike "Wickd" Petersen talks San Jose with ESL
- November 25, "We really want to bring the people a good show": an interview with Unicorns of Love with ESL
- November 28, "I know that Brazil will be rooting for us": an interview with paiN Gaming with ESL
- December 6, Alliance's Nyph Interview - "Feels good to have Rekkles back" with ESL
- December 6, Alliance's Rekkles Interview - Competing in his first tournament with ESL
- December 6, Hai Interview - "Can't go into it being intimidated" with ESL
- December 6, PowerOfEvil Interview - "The support from the fans is insane" with ESL
- December 6, Travis catches up with Chauster and Benny as they get ready to ARAM at IEM San Jose with onGamers
- December 7, PowerOfEvil on playing against meta at IEM San Jose with OnGamers
- December 7, Meteos on patch 4.20 jungling and competing at IEM San Jose with OnGamers
- December 7, Saintvicious Interview - "How do you practice for an ARAM?!" with ESL
- December 7, Shook on Rekkles, the new patch, and why dragon is now critical with TheDailyDot
- December 7, Kikis hopes Unicorns of Love will be a top 3 team by the end of 2015 with TheDailyDot
- December 7, Vizicsacsi from Unicorns of Love with SK Gaming
- December 7, Chaox "I'm making my comeback to the competitive scene" with SK Gaming
- December 7, League of Legends - Cloud9 in the Finals with ESL
- December 7, Meteos Interview - "Thanks to the fans this event!" with ESL
- December 8, Travis and Sneaky on IEM San Jose, Corki OP, and Sneaky's "big play" with OnGamers
- December 8, Travis and Wickd on Rekkles and Krepo at IEM San Jose with OnGamers
- December 8, Cloud9 still the team to beat in the West with IEM San Jose win with TheDailyDot
- December 8, IEM San Jose: Maplestreet "NA greatest region of all" with SK Gaming
- December 9, Bigfatjiji on playing on the stage again and a cat update with OnGamers
- December 9, IEM San Jose: TheOddOne "one ARAM, $10.000 USD, what can I lose?" with SK Gaming
- December 9, IEM San Jose: Dodo8 "Reddit helped a lot" [to keep CaliforniaTrlolz] with SK Gaming
- December 9, IEM San Jose: Locodoco "PowerOfEvil played exceptionally well" with SK Gaming
- December 10, IEM San Jose: Hai on Cloud9’s Secret to Success with SK Gaming
- December 10, IEM San Jose: Balls and LemonNation after C9 victory with SK Gaming
- December 11, IEM San Jose: Chauster "trying to transition back to school" with SK Gaming
- December 11, IEM San Jose: bigfatlp on ARAM, 4.20 and Future Plans with SK Gaming
- December 11, MonteCristo: by the time Worlds rolls around, Korea will still be the strongest region with SK Gaming
Other Coverage[]
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ Check out the League of Legends talent lineup for Intel Extreme Masters San Jose! en.intelextrememasters.com
- ↑ IEM San Jose first major competition on new League of Legends 4.20 patch eslgaming.com
- ↑ LoL Esports' Twitter post twitter.com
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