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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
Pro Tournament
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
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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 | |||||
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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 |  PAIN | |
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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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TSM | 0 | 2 | 2014,12,07,02,0018:0003:0011:00 | UOL | |
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | PAIN | 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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Players
- Nationality
- Country of Birth
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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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