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IEM Season 6 Kiev
Tournament Information
OrganizerESL
Location & Dates
Region
INT
International
Event TypeOffline
Country
Ukraine
Start Date2012-01-19
End Date2012-01-22
Broadcast
ScheduleSpoiler-Free Schedule
Export to Google Calendar
Social Media & Links
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The Global Challenge at CyberSport Arena in Kiev, Ukraine, is the fourth event in Season VI of the Intel Extreme Masters series and the first one in 2012. As with the Global Challenge New York it's the second time in a row for Kiev to host an Intel Extreme Masters event. This time not only Europe's best gamers will meet, but also America and Asia will send their best gamers to compete for $93,000 and World Championship slots in for StarCraft 2, League of Legends and Counter-Strike from January 19 to 22nd.

Overview

The IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Kiev is a League of Legends tournament which takes place in Kiev, Ukraine on January 19 to 22nd. The tournament is the fourth event in the 6th season of ESL's Intel Extreme Masters series. 8 teams will complete in a $32,000 tournament and for the chance to earn an invite to the Season VI World Championship.

Qualifiers

Format

  • Group Stage - Round Robin Bo1
    • Top 2 qualify to Playoffs
  • Playoffs - Single Elimination Bo3

Prize Pool

$ 32,000 US Dollars are spread among the teams as seen below:

LocalEuro
PlacePrizePrize (%)Riot CircuitQualificationTeam
PlacementIcon1 1$12,000€9,24037.5%+400 (+90)IEM Season 6 KievMoscow Fivelogo stdMoscow Five
PlacementIcon2 2$6,000€4,62018.75%+200 (+65)IEM Season 6 KievTSMlogo stdTSM
PlacementIcon3 3$3,400€2,61810.63%+125 (+45)Dignitaslogo stdDignitas
4$2,400€1,8487.5%+75 (+25)SK Gaminglogo stdSK Gaming
5-6$2,100€1,6176.56%+50 (+15)Team Curselogo stdTeam Curse
Aaalogo stdagainst All authority
7-8$2,000€1,5406.25%+50 (+10)Logo stdWhite Lotus
Team Sypherlogo stdTeam Sypher

Converted prizes calculated with values provided by http://www.xe.com on January 22, 2012, as follows:

  • $ 1 US Dollar = € 0.77 Euros

Participants

Show RostersHide Rosters
1 Moscow Fivelogo stdMoscow Five acquires Team Empirelogo stdTeam Empire's roster between the qualifiers and the event.
2 Mtwallogo stdmTw - aL becomes CLGlogo2 stdCLG Europe between the qualifiers and the event.
3 SK Gaminglogo stdSK Gaming replaces CLGlogo2 stdCLG Europe as CLG EU was not able to participate because of the split between mTw and Absolute Legends[1]
4 Team Sypherlogo stdTeam Sypher replaces Invictus Gaminglogo stdInvictus Gaming as Invictus Gaming was not able to participate.[2]
5 Team Curselogo stdTeam Curse replaces APictureOfAGooselogo stdAPictureOfAGoose as APictureOfAGoose was not able to participate.[3]

Group Stage

Group A
TeamGamesStr
1
NA
TSMlogo stdTSM
3 - 0100%3W
2
EU
SK Gaminglogo stdSK Gaming
2 - 167%1W
3
NA
Team Curselogo stdTeam Curse
1 - 233%1L
Group B
TeamGamesStr
1
EU
Moscow Fivelogo stdMoscow Five
3 - 0100%3W
2
NA
Dignitaslogo stdDignitas
2 - 167%2W
3
EU
Aaalogo stdagainst All authority
1 - 233%2L
4
EU
Team Sypherlogo stdTeam Sypher
0 - 30%3L

Playoffs

Semifinals
EU
Moscow Fivelogo stdM5
2
EU
SK Gaminglogo stdSK
0
NA
TSMlogo stdTSM
2
NA
Dignitaslogo stdDIG
0
Finals
EU
Moscow Fivelogo stdM5
2
NA
TSMlogo stdTSM
1
3rd place match
NA
Dignitaslogo stdDIG
2
EU
SK Gaminglogo stdSK
1

Match Schedule

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Results|Schedule
CD|You|PST|CET|KST
[showhide]
Group A
Thu 19 JanThu 19 JanThu 19 Jan - Fri 20 Jan2012,1,19,10,00 - 2012,1,19,16,00
    
Thu 2012-01-19
Thu 2012-01-19
Thu 2012-01-19
2012,1,19,10,00
WHITLogo std01SK Gaminglogo stdSK
2012,1,19,11,30
TSMTSMlogo std10Team Curselogo stdCRS
2012,1,19,13,00
CRSTeam Curselogo std10Logo stdWHIT
2012,1,19,14,30
TSMTSMlogo std10SK Gaminglogo stdSK
Fri 2012-01-20
2012,1,19,16,00
WHITLogo std01TSMlogo stdTSM
2012,1,19,16,00
SKSK Gaminglogo std10Team Curselogo stdCRS
[showhide]
Group B
Fri 20 JanFri 20 JanFri 20 Jan - Sat 21 Jan2012,1,20,10,00 - 2012,1,20,16,00
    
Fri 2012-01-20
Fri 2012-01-20
Fri 2012-01-20
2012,1,20,10,00
aAaAaalogo std10Team Sypherlogo stdSypher
2012,1,20,11,30
M5Moscow Fivelogo std10Dignitaslogo stdDIG
2012,1,20,13,00
M5Moscow Fivelogo std10Team Sypherlogo stdSypher
2012,1,20,14,30
aAaAaalogo std01Dignitaslogo stdDIG
Sat 2012-01-21
2012,1,20,16,00
aAaAaalogo std01Moscow Fivelogo stdM5
2012,1,20,16,00
DIGDignitaslogo std10Team Sypherlogo stdSypher
[showhide]
Semifinals
Sat 21 JanSat 21 JanSat 21 Jan - Sun 22 Jan2012,1,21,13,00 - 2012,1,21,16,00
    
Sat 2012-01-21
Sat 2012-01-21
Sat 2012-01-21
2012,1,21,13,00
M5Moscow Fivelogo std20SK Gaminglogo stdSK
Sun 2012-01-22
2012,1,21,16,00
TSMTSMlogo std20Dignitaslogo stdDIG
[showhide]
Third-Place Match
Sun 22 JanSun 22 JanSun 22 Jan2012,1,22,09,00 - 2012,1,22,09,00
    
Sun 2012-01-22
Sun 2012-01-22
Sun 2012-01-22
2012,1,22,09,00
DIGDignitaslogo std21SK Gaminglogo stdSK
[showhide]
Finals
Sun 22 JanSun 22 JanSun 22 Jan2012,1,22,12,15 - 2012,1,22,12,15
    
Sun 2012-01-22
Sun 2012-01-22
Sun 2012-01-22
2012,1,22,12,15
M5Moscow Fivelogo std21TSMlogo stdTSM

VODs

Group Stage
Group A
White Lotus v. SK Gaming Team SoloMid v. Curse Gaming White Lotus v. Curse Gaming
Team SoloMid v. SK Gaming SK Gaming v. Curse Gaming White Lotus vs. Team SoloMid
Group B
aAa v. Team Sypher Moscow Five v. Team Dignitas aAa v. Team Dignitas
Moscow Five v. Team Sypher aAa v. Moscow Five Team Sypher v. Team Dignitas
Playoffs
Semi-Finals
Moscow Five vs. SK Gaming Team SoloMid vs. Team Dignitas
Game 1 Game 1
Game 2 Game 2
3rd Place
SK Gaming vs. Team Dignitas
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Finals
Moscow Five vs. Team SoloMid
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3

Regional Distribution

Teams

CIS
CIS
EU
Europe
NA
North America
Groups
233
Semifinals
112
Finals
11
Winner
1

Players


Armenia

Belgium

Canada

China

France

Germany

Russia

Spain

Switzerland

Ukraine

United States
Groups
111184711312
Semifinals
1114418
Finals
11143
Winner
14
Players who played at least one game are listed here. Country of Birth is used.

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See Also

External links

References

  1. ↑ [LoL Three team changes for Kiev]
  2. ↑ [LoL Three team changes for Kiev]
  3. ↑ [LoL Three team changes for Kiev]

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