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IEM Season VIII - World Championship
Tournament Information
OrganizerESL
Sponsor(s)BenQ
HyperX
Intel
Twitch
Raidcall
FormatGroups + Playoffs
Location & Dates
Region
INT
International
Event TypeOffline
Country
Poland
AddressSpodek
Aleja Wojciecha Korfantego 35
Katowice, Poland
Start Date2014-03-14
End Date2014-03-16
Broadcast
ScheduleSpoiler-Free Schedule
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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:

LocalEuro
PlacePrizePrize (%)Team
1$60,000€42,60040%KT Rolster Bullets
2$30,000€21,30020%Fnatic
3-4$14,000€9,9409.33%Cloud9
Gambit Gaming
5-6$8,500€6,0355.67%Invictus Gaming
Taipei Assassins
7-8$7,500€5,3255%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

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IEM Shanghai Winner


 caomei


 Ruo


 sukiM


 Wx


 Conan
IEM Cologne Winner


 Darien


 Diamondez


 Alex Ich


 Genja


 EDWARD
IEM Singapore Winner


 PDD


 illuSioN


 Zz1tai


 Kid


 Kitties
IEM Sao Paulo Winner


 kev1n


 Araneae


 Kerp


 Creaton


 Jree
South East Asia


 Achie


 DinTer


 Morning


 bebe


 Jay
North America


 Balls


 Meteos


 Hai


 Sneaky


 LemonNation
South Korea


 Leopard


 inSec


 Ryu


 Score


 Mafa

Results

Group A

Round 1
CN
iG
1
EU
FNC
0
KR
KT.B
1
EU
MIL
0
Losers' Bracket
EU
FNC
1
EU
MIL
0
Round 2
CN
iG
0
KR
KT.B
1
CN
iG
0
EU
FNC
1

Group B

Round 1
EU
GMB
0
LMS
TPA
1
NA
C9
1
CN
WE
0
Losers' Bracket
EU
GMB
1
CN
WE
0
Round 2
LMS
TPA
0
NA
C9
1
LMS
TPA
0
EU
GMB
1

Playoffs

Semifinals
NA
C9
1
EU
FNC
2
KR
KT.B
2
EU
GMB
0
Finals
EU
FNC
0
KR
KT.B
3
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Match Schedule

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Results|Schedule
CD|You|PST|CET|KST
Patch: 4.3
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Group A
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
iG10FNC
2014,3,14,14,15
KT.B10MIL
Sat 2014-03-15
2014,3,14,15,15
iG01KT.B
2014,3,14,16,30
FNC10MIL
Sat 2014-03-15
Sat 2014-03-15
2014,3,15,11,00
iG01FNC
Patch: 4.3
[showhide]
Group B
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
GMB01TPA
2014,3,14,18,45
C910WE
2014,3,14,19,45
TPA01C9
Sat 2014-03-15
Sat 2014-03-15
2014,3,15,12,30
GMB10WE
2014,3,15,13,30
TPA01GMB
Patch: 4.3
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Semifinals
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
C912FNC
2014,3,15,18,00
KT.B20GMB
Patch: 4.3
[showhide]
Finals
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
FNC03KT.B

VODs & Match Links

Streams

Regional Distribution

Teams

CN
China
EU
Europe
KR
Korea
NA
North America
SEA
SEA
Qualified
23111
Semifinals
211
Finals
11
Winner
1

Players


Armenia

China

Finland

Germany

France

Poland

Russia

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

Taiwan

United States
Qualified
1101221452255
Semifinals
11245115
Finals
12511
Winner
5

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