IEM Season VI - World Championship

League Information

Series:

IEM

Organizer:

ESL

Game Version:

Wings of Liberty
Patch 1.4.3

Server:

Europe

Type:

Offline

Location:

Hanover

Prize Pool:

$83,000 USD

Start Date:

2012-03-06

End Date:

2012-03-10

Liquipedia Tier:

S-Tier

Links

Participants

Number of Players:

24

11

6

7

Maps

ESL Antiga Shipyard • ESL Cloud Kingdom • ESL Shakuras Plateau • ESL Daybreak • ESL Tal'Darim Altar • ESL Entombed Valley • GSL Metropolis

Chronology

Global Challenge Sao Paulo

Cologne

IEM Season VI - World Championship in Hanover Messe will be the sixth event of the global league of the Intel Extreme Masters. Teams of Counter-Strike and League of Legends as well as StarCraft II players will clash in Hanover, Germany, in March 2012, for a total prize money of $283,000.

Overview[edit]

The IEM Season VI - World Championship is a StarCraft II tournament which takes place in Hanover, Germany in March. The tournament is the sixth event in the 6th season of the ESL's Intel Extreme Masters series. Initially the 16 best players from the previous events were supposed to compete in a $83,000 tournament. However, with the announcement of HomeStory Cup IV as further qualifier for the final instalment of the season, the number of participants was increased from 16 to 24.^[1] Main casters for this event are RotterdaM, MrBitter, Apollo and Kaelaris. For Kaelaris it is his first appearance on the main stream of a major event. Some guest commentary and analysis was provided by Grubby, DIMAGA, MaNa, DarKFoRcE and IdrA.^[2]^[3]

Format[edit]

Four groups of six players - Round Robin Bo3
Second and third place advances to the Round of 12
First of each group gets a bye in the Round of 8

Prize pool[edit]

Offering $83,000 spread among all players as follows:

Participants[edit]

Protoss (11)

Terran (6)

Zerg (7)

elfi

Kas

DarKFoRcE²

Feast

MMA

DIMAGA

Grubby⁴

PuMa

IdrA

HasuObs

SeleCT²

KiLLeR

JYP

Strelok

Nerchio

Killer¹

SuperNova

viOLet

MaNa

Zenio

MC

ReaL

Socke

White-Ra³

¹ Gatored was planned to participate but had to cancel, Killer replaced him.
² Four days before the start of the tournament Korean players DongRaeGu and FruitDealer had to cancel their participation and were replaced by DarKFoRcE and SeleCT.^[4]
³ Ret had to cancel due to sickness, White-Ra replaced him.^[5]
⁴ Sound could not attend due to travel costs, Grubby replaced him.^[6]^[7]

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
March 6, 2012
1.	MMA	5-0	10-0
2.	viOLet	3-2	7-5
3.	JYP	3-2	6-5
4.	Socke	3-2	6-6
5.	KiLLeR	1-4	3-9
6.	Strelok	0-5	3-10

Group A Matches

MMA

2

0

JYP

KiLLeR

0

2

viOLet

Strelok

1

2

Socke

KiLLeR

1

2

Socke

Strelok

0

2

JYP

MMA

2

0

viOLet

JYP

2

1

viOLet

MMA

2

0

Socke

Strelok

1

2

KiLLeR

Strelok

1

2

viOLet

JYP

0

2

Socke

MMA

2

0

KiLLeR

Socke

0

2

viOLet

Strelok

0

2

MMA

KiLLeR

0

2

JYP

Group B[edit]

Group B
March 6, 2012
1.	MC	3-2	8-4
2.	elfi	3-2	8-6
3.	HasuObs	3-2	6-5
4.	Nerchio	3-2	6-5
5.	White-Ra	2-3	5-7
6.	Grubby	1-4	3-9

Group B Matches

MC

2

0

Grubby

HasuObs

2

0

Nerchio

elfi

2

0

White-Ra

elfi

1

2

Nerchio

MC

1

2

White-Ra

HasuObs

2

0

Grubby

MC

2

0

HasuObs

White-Ra

0

2

Nerchio

elfi

2

1

Grubby

MC

2

0

Nerchio

elfi

1

2

HasuObs

White-Ra

1

2

Grubby

MC

1

2

elfi

Grubby

0

2

Nerchio

HasuObs

0

2

White-Ra

Group C[edit]

Group C
March 7, 2012
1.	PuMa	5-0	10-2
2.	Killer	4-1	9-5
3.	Zenio	3-2	7-5
4.	SeleCT	1-4	5-9
5.	DIMAGA	1-4	4-9
6.	MaNa	1-4	4-9

Group C Matches

Killer

2

1

Zenio

MaNa

2

1

SeleCT

DIMAGA

1

2

PuMa

MaNa

0

2

Zenio

DIMAGA

1

2

SeleCT

Killer

1

2

PuMa

MaNa

1

2

DIMAGA

Zenio

0

2

PuMa

MaNa

0

2

PuMa

Killer

2

1

SeleCT

Zenio

2

1

SeleCT

Killer

2

0

DIMAGA

0

2

Zenio

MaNa

1

2

Killer

SeleCT

0

2

PuMa

Group D[edit]

Group D
March 7, 2012
1.	Feast	4-1	9-3
2.	SuperNova	3-2	7-6
3.	DarKFoRcE	3-2	7-6
4.	ReaL	2-3	5-6
5.	Kas	2-3	5-7
6.	IdrA	1-4	4-9

Group D Matches

DarKFoRcE

0

2

SuperNova

IdrA

0

2

ReaL

Kas

0

2

Feast

DarKFoRcE

2

0

ReaL

IdrA

1

2

Feast

DarKFoRcE

2

1

Feast

Kas

2

0

IdrA

Kas

0

2

ReaL

SuperNova

2

1

ReaL

DarKFoRcE

2

1

IdrA

SuperNova

0

2

Feast

Kas

1

2

SuperNova

IdrA

2

1

SuperNova

Feast

2

0

ReaL

Kas

2

1

DarKFoRcE

Playoffs[edit]

Round of 12 (Bo5)

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

Semifinals (Bo5)

Finals (Bo5)

Third Place Match

3rd Place

3rd

Racial distribution[edit]

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Group Stage

11	6	7

Round of 12

6	3	3

Quarter Finals

4	2	2

Semi Finals

2	2

Final Match

1	1

Winner

1

Map Statistics (playoffs only)[edit]

		vs.				vs.				vs.				Mirrors
Map	#	Σ			%	Σ			%	Σ			%
Antiga Shipyard	10	2	2	0	100.0%	-	-	-	-	2	2	0	100.0%	4	1	1
Cloud Kingdom	11	2	1	1	50.0%	1	0	1	0.0%	3	0	3	0.0%	4	-	1
Daybreak	8	-	-	-	-	1	0	1	0.0%	2	1	1	50.0%	3	1	1
Entombed Valley	8	2	1	1	50.0%	-	-	-	-	3	2	1	66.7%	2	1	-
Metropolis	4	-	-	-	-	1	0	1	0.0%	-	-	-	-	2	1	-
Shakuras Plateau	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	0	2	0.0%	1	-	-
Tal'Darim Altar	3	1	0	1	0.0%	-	-	-	-	1	0	1	0.0%	-	-	1
Total Sum (Σ)	47	7	4	3	57.1%	3	0	3	0.0%	13	5	8	38.5%	16	4	4

View Games[edit]

Replays & VODs[edit]

Additional Coverage[edit]

Trivia[edit]

After the All-Star FFA gained a lot of popularity at the Global Challenge Sao Paulo, it was brought back in Hanover. MMA, MC, Kas, RotterdaM, Apollo, DIMAGA, Strelok and PuMa played in the first one.^[8] Strelok managed to come out victorious beating RotterdaM in the final battle with a Thortex (aka Thor Toilet).
Feast won the poll as SICK NERD BALLER of the tournament.

Qualifying Leaderboard[edit]

Players in Green are highest ranked in their region (qualified).

Players in Blue have finished top 2 in an IEM (qualified).

Players in Yellow are qualified based on points.

Click [show] on the right to view the rankings

Rank	ID	Points
#1	MC	190
#2	PuMa	165
#3	viOLet	145
#4	DIMAGA	120
#5	IdrA	110
-	DongRaeGu	110
-	MMA	110
#8	elfi	100
#9	FruitDealer	80
-	Sound	80
-	SuperNova	80
#12	JYP	75
-	Kas	75
#14	KiLLeR	70
#15	MaNa	65
#16	Ret	55
-	ReaL	55
#18	Socke	40
-	Nerchio	40
-	Strelok	40
-	HasuObs	40
-	Feast	40
#23	Zenio	35
-	Gatored	35
#25	Killer	30
#26	DarKFoRcE	25
#27	SeleCT	20
-	mOOnGLaDe	20
-	Revival	20
-	TOP	20
-	TT1	20
-	MarineKing	20
-	Stephano	20
-	White-Ra	20
-	NaNiwa	20
-	HerO	20
-	Pomi	20
-	DeMusliM	20
-	sLivko	20
#40	Grubby	15
#41	Beastyqt	10
-	Tarson	10
-	YHY	10
-	Rain	10
-	Jim	10
-	Way	10
-	SjoW	10
-	Axslav	10
-	GoOdy	10
-	NightEnD	10
-	TargA	10
-	XlorD	10
-	Snute	10
-	BiGs	10
#55	DieStar	5
-	HuK	5
-	SaSe	5
-	PiG	5
-	XiGua	5
-	Jinro	5
-	iaguz	5
-	Attero	5
-	StrifeCro	5
-	Pokebunny	5
-	Edge	5
-	Naama	5
-	ClouD	5
-	TitaN	5
-	qxc	5
-	Illusion	5
-	Tunico	5
-	DakkoN	5
-	Potiguar	5

External links[edit]

References[edit]

↑ "HSC IV Finalists go to the World Championship" ESL-World.net, 21 December 2011.
↑ MrBitter's Twitter Twitter.com, 8 March 2012.
↑ IdrA's Twitter Twitter.com, 9 March 2012.
↑ "Two player changes in StarCraft II" ESL-World.net, 2 March 2012.
↑ Intel Extrem Master's Twitter Twitter.com, 4 March 2012.
↑ James Banks' Twitter Twitter.com, 5 March 2012. Thread on TL.net
↑ Rotterdam's Twitter Twitter.com, 5 March 20112.
↑ Carmac's Twitter Twitter.com, 8 March 2012.

[1] "HSC IV Finalists go to the World Championship" ESL-World.net, 21 December 2011.

[2] MrBitter's Twitter Twitter.com, 8 March 2012.

[3] IdrA's Twitter Twitter.com, 9 March 2012.

[4] "Two player changes in StarCraft II" ESL-World.net, 2 March 2012.

[5] Intel Extrem Master's Twitter Twitter.com, 4 March 2012.

[6] James Banks' Twitter Twitter.com, 5 March 2012. Thread on TL.net

[7] Rotterdam's Twitter Twitter.com, 5 March 20112.

[8] Carmac's Twitter Twitter.com, 8 March 2012.

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IEM Season VI - World Championship

Contents

Overview[edit]

Format[edit]

Prize pool[edit]

Participants[edit]

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group B[edit]

Group C[edit]

Group D[edit]

Playoffs[edit]

Racial distribution[edit]

Map Statistics (playoffs only)[edit]

View Games[edit]

Replays & VODs[edit]

Additional Coverage[edit]

Trivia[edit]

Qualifying Leaderboard[edit]

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

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IEM Season VI - World Championship

Overview[edit]

Format[edit]

Prize pool[edit]

Participants[edit]

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group B[edit]

Group C[edit]

Group D[edit]

Playoffs[edit]

Racial distribution[edit]

Map Statistics (playoffs only)[edit]

View Games[edit]

Replays & VODs[edit]

Additional Coverage[edit]

Trivia[edit]

Qualifying Leaderboard[edit]

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]