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| IEM Season VIII - World Championship | ||
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| Tournament Information | ||
| Organizer | ESL | |
| Sponsor(s) | BenQ HyperX Intel Twitch Raidcall | |
| Format | Groups + Playoffs | |
| Location & Dates | ||
| Region | International | |
| Event Type | Offline | |
| Country | Poland | |
| Address | Spodek Aleja Wojciecha Korfantego 35 Katowice, Poland | |
| Start Date | 2014-03-14 | |
| End Date | 2014-03-16 | |
| Broadcast | ||
| Schedule | Spoiler-Free Schedule Export to Google Calendar | |
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Contents
The IEM Season VIII - World Championship is the final IEM event of their Season VIII and will take place at Spodek in Katowice, Poland.
Overview[]
The IEM Season VIII - World Championship will be cast by Leigh "Deman" Smith, Joe Miller, Trevor "Quickshot" Henry, Henrik "Froggen" Hansen, Mitch "Krepo" Voorspoels and Martin "Deficio" Lynge. Eefje "sjokz" Depoortere will be the host of the tournament.
Format[]
- 8 teams
- 4 winners from each of the IEM Season VIII tournaments.
- 4 invited team from Europe, North America, South East Asia and South Korea.
- 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.
Prize Pool[]
$ 150,000 US Dollars are spread among the teams as seen below:
| Place | Prize | Prize (%) | Team |
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 1 | $60,000€42,600 | 40% |  KT Rolster Bullets |
 2 | $30,000€21,300 | 20% |  Fnatic |
 3-4 | $14,000€9,940 | 9.33% |  Cloud9 |
 Gambit Gaming | |||
| 5-6 | $8,500€6,035 | 5.67% |  Invictus Gaming |
 Taipei Assassins | |||
| 7-8 | $7,500€5,325 | 5% |  Millenium |
 Team WE |
Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on March 16, 2014, as follows:
- $ 1 US Dollar = € 0.71 Euros
Participants[]
Results[]
Playoffs[]
- For detailed picks & bans, Click Here
Match Schedule[]
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| Fri 14 Mar - Sat 15 MarFri 14 Mar - Sat 15 MarFri 14 Mar - Sat 15 Mar2014,3,14,13,00 - 2014,3,15,11,00 | |||||
| Fri 2014-03-14 | |||||
| Fri 2014-03-14 | |||||
| Fri 2014-03-14 | |||||
| 2014,3,14,13,00 | |||||
iG | 1 | 0 | 2014,3,14,13,0006:0014:0022:00 |  FNC | |
| 2014,3,14,14,15 | |||||
KT.B | 1 | 0 | 2014,3,14,14,1507:1515:1523:15 |  MIL | |
| Sat 2014-03-15 | |||||
| 2014,3,14,15,15 | |||||
| iG | 0 | 1 | 2014,3,14,15,1508:1516:1500:15 | KT.B | |
| 2014,3,14,16,30 | |||||
| FNC | 1 | 0 | 2014,3,14,16,3009:3017:3001:30 | MIL | |
| Sat 2014-03-15 | |||||
| Sat 2014-03-15 | |||||
| 2014,3,15,11,00 | |||||
| iG | 0 | 1 | 2014,3,15,11,0004:0012:0020:00 | FNC | |
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| Fri 14 Mar - Sat 15 MarFri 14 Mar - Sat 15 MarSat 15 Mar2014,3,14,17,30 - 2014,3,15,13,30 | |||||
| Fri 2014-03-14 | |||||
| Fri 2014-03-14 | |||||
| Sat 2014-03-15 | |||||
| 2014,3,14,17,30 | |||||
GMB | 0 | 1 | 2014,3,14,17,3010:3018:3002:30 |  TPA | |
| 2014,3,14,18,45 | |||||
C9 | 1 | 0 | 2014,3,14,18,4511:4519:4503:45 |  WE | |
| 2014,3,14,19,45 | |||||
| TPA | 0 | 1 | 2014,3,14,19,4512:4520:4504:45 | C9 | |
| Sat 2014-03-15 | |||||
| Sat 2014-03-15 | |||||
| 2014,3,15,12,30 | |||||
| GMB | 1 | 0 | 2014,3,15,12,3005:3013:3021:30 | WE | |
| 2014,3,15,13,30 | |||||
| TPA | 0 | 1 | 2014,3,15,13,3006:3014:3022:30 | GMB | |
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| Sat 15 MarSat 15 MarSun 16 Mar2014,3,15,15,00 - 2014,3,15,18,00 | |||||
| Sat 2014-03-15 | |||||
| Sat 2014-03-15 | |||||
| Sun 2014-03-16 | |||||
| 2014,3,15,15,00 | |||||
| C9 | 1 | 2 | 2014,3,15,15,0008:0016:0000:00 | FNC | |
| 2014,3,15,18,00 | |||||
| KT.B | 2 | 0 | 2014,3,15,18,0011:0019:0003:00 | GMB | |
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| Sun 16 MarSun 16 MarMon 17 Mar2014,3,16,16,30 - 2014,3,16,16,30 | |||||
| Sun 2014-03-16 | |||||
| Sun 2014-03-16 | |||||
| Mon 2014-03-17 | |||||
| 2014,3,16,16,30 | |||||
| FNC | 0 | 3 | 2014,3,16,16,3009:3017:3001:30 | KT.B | |
VODs & Match Links[]
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | VODs |
| iG | FNC | 1 - 0 | Vod |
| KT.B | MIL | 1 - 0 | Vod |
| iG | KT.B | 0 - 1 | Vod |
| FNC | MIL | 1 - 0 | Vod |
| iG | FNC | 0 - 1 | Vod |
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | VODs |
| GMB | TPA | 0 - 1 | Vod |
| C9 | WE | 1 - 0 | Vod |
| TPA | C9 | 0 - 1 | Vod |
| GMB | WE | 1 - 0 | Vod |
| TPA | GMB | 0 - 1 | Vod |
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | VODs |
| C9 | FNC | 1 - 2 | Vod |
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| KT.B | GMB | 2 - 0 | Vod |
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| Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | VODs |
| FNC | KT.B | 0 - 3 | Vod |
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Streams[]
Regional Distribution[]
Teams[]
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| Semifinals |
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| Finals |
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| Winner |
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Players[]
Armenia | China | Finland | Germany | France | Poland | Russia | South Korea | Spain | Sweden | Taiwan | United States | |||||||||||||
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Additional Content[]
Articles[]
Interviews[]
Other Coverage[]
External Links[]
References[]
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