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The Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) are a series of international eSports tournaments held in countries around the world. These Electronic Sports League (ESL) sanctioned events, sponsored by Intel, include events in Starcraft II, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Quake Live, League of Legends and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft.[1] The body that owns the league is Turtle Entertainment. The League has existed for ten seasons as of 2016. The season ten tournament finals took place in Katowice, Poland.[2] Previous events have been held in Chengdu, Dubai, Hanover, and Los Angeles, among other cities.[3]
Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2013
Contents
1 History
2 IEM seasons
2.1 Season I
2.2 Season II
2.3 Season III
2.4 Season IV
2.5 Season V
2.6 Season VI
2.7 Season VII
2.8 Season VIII
2.9 Season IX
2.10 Season X
2.11 Season XI
2.12 Season XII
3 Format
4 Organisation
5 Gallery
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
History[edit]
The Intel Extreme Masters are a product of the ESL. In 2006, when the Intel sponsored European tournament saw room for expansion outside of Europe, especially in North American markets, Intel provided funds for a worldwide tournament, billing it as the Intel Extreme Masters.[4] In 2007, when established, the IEM established a format of many smaller qualifying events, leading up to a large final event that is held at CeBIT. All of the Grand Finals have been held at CeBIT. Starting in 2008, the Tournament was billed as being worldwide, boasting participants from Europe, North America, and Asia.[4] Although Counterstrike 1.6 was the only game offered in the first season, the variety of games has increased greatly, to the four that were offered during Season 5. World of Warcraft was offered during Season 4, but was dropped for Season 5. The Season 5 Finals will be held at CeBIT and will included a US$130,000 prize pool.[5]
Games offered in Intel Extreme Masters: Counter-Strike (Seasons 1–6), Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos and Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne (Seasons 1–2, 3: Asian Championship Finals — CS1.6 and Asian Championship Finals — WoW, 4: Global Challenge Chengdu, 5: Global Challenge Shanghai), World of Warcraft (Seasons 2: Global Challenge Dreamhack, 3–4), Quake Live (Seasons 4–5), StarCraft II (Seasons 5–6), League of Legends (LoL) (Seasons 5: World Championship (LoL Invitational), 6)
IEM seasons[edit]
 | This list (which may have dates, numbers, etc.) may be better in a sortable table format. (November 2015) |
Season I[edit]
(Finals: 15–18 March 2007 at CeBIT 2007)
- Counter-Strike: Poland's Team Pentagram
- Warcraft III: France's Yoan "ToD" Merlo
Season II[edit]
(Finals: 6–9 March 2008 at CeBIT 2008)
- Global Challenge Los Angeles:
- Counter-Strike: Sweden's FnaticRC
- Warcraft III: Korea's June "Lyn" Park
- Counter-Strike: Sweden's FnaticRC
- World Championship:
- Counter-Strike: Germany's Mousesports
- Warcraft III: Korea's June "Lyn" Park
- Counter-Strike: Germany's Mousesports
Fan Expo at Intel Extreme Masters Toronto 2014
Season III[edit]
(World Championship(Finals): 3–8 March 2009 at CeBIT 2009)
- Global Challenge Games Convention:
- World of Warcraft: Germany's Nihilum Plasma
- Global Challenge Los Angeles:
- Counter-Strike: Sweden's SK Gaming
- World of Warcraft: Spain's x6tence
- Counter-Strike: Sweden's SK Gaming
- Global Challenge Montreal:[6]
- Counter-Strike: Sweden's Fnatic
- World of Warcraft: the UK's SK Gaming
- Counter-Strike: Sweden's Fnatic
- Global Challenge Dubai:
- Counter-Strike:Germany's Mousesports
- Counter-Strike:Germany's Mousesports
- Asian Championshiphttp: — WoW:[7]
- Counter-Strike: Korea's e-STRO
- World of Warcraft: Korea's H O N
- WarCraft III: the Netherlands's Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen
- European Championship:
- Counter-Strike: Denmark's mTw
- World of Warcraft: Bulgaria's iNNERFiRE
- American Championship:
- Counter-Strike: Brazil's Made in Brazil
- World of Warcraft: the United States's Trade Chat
- Asian Championship: CS1.6:[8]
- Counter-Strike: China's wNv Teamwork
- WarCraft III: China's Li "Sky" Xiaofeng
- Counter-Strike: China's wNv Teamwork
- World Championship:
- Counter-Strike: Sweden's fnatic
- World of Warcraft: Korea's H O N
- Counter-Strike: Sweden's fnatic
Season IV[edit]
(World Championship(Finals): 2–6 March 2010 at CeBIT 2010)
- Global Challenge Gamescom:[9][not in citation given]
- Counter-Strike: Germany's Mousesports
- Quake Live: the United States's Shane "rapha" Hendrixson
- World of Warcraft: the United Arab Emirates's Ensidia
- Counter-Strike: Germany's Mousesports
- Global Challenge Chengdu:[10]
- Counter-Strike: Sweden's SK Gaming
- DotA: China's For The Dream (ex-LGD)
- Warcraft III: China's Lu "Fly100%" Weiliang
- Counter-Strike: Sweden's SK Gaming
- Global Challenge Dubai:
- Counter-Strike: Sweden's Fnatic
- Quake Live: the United States's Shane "rapha" Hendrixson
- Counter-Strike: Sweden's Fnatic
- European Championship:
- Counter-Strike: Germany's Mousesports
- Quake Live: Belarus's Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky
- World of Warcraft: Germany's SK Gaming Sansibar
- Counter-Strike: Germany's Mousesports
- American Championship:
- Counter Strike: the United States's compLexity
- Quake Live: the United States's Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty
- World of Warcraft: the United States's compLexity Black
- Counter Strike: the United States's compLexity
- Asian Championship:
- Counter Strike: Korea's WeMade FOX
- Quake Live: China's Fan "Jibo" Zhibo
- World of Warcraft: Korea's Button Bashers
- Counter Strike: Korea's WeMade FOX
- World Championship:
- Counter-Strike: Ukraine's Natus Vincere
- Quake Live: the United States's Shane "rapha" Hendrixson
- World of Warcraft: the United States's Evil Geniuses
- Counter-Strike: Ukraine's Natus Vincere
Season V[edit]
(World Championship(Finals): 1–5 March 2011 at CeBIT 2011)
- Global Challenge Shanghai:
- Counter-Strike: Sweden's fnatic
- Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne: Korea's June "Lyn" Park
- DotA: China's: EHOME
- Counter-Strike: Sweden's fnatic
- Global Challenge Cologne:
- StarCraft II: Sweden's Stefan "MorroW" Andersson — Mousesports
- Quake Live: Germany's k1llsen
- StarCraft II: Sweden's Stefan "MorroW" Andersson — Mousesports
- American Championship:
- Counter Strike: Brazil's compLexity
- Quake Live: the United States's Shane "rapha" Hendrixson
- StarCraft II: Peru's Jian "Fenix" Morayra Alejo — fnatic
- Counter Strike: Brazil's compLexity
- European Championship:
- Counter-Strike: Sweden's fnatic
- Quake Live: Russia's Anton "Cooller" Singov
- StarCraft II: Sweden's Jeffrey "SjoW" Brusi — Team Dignitas
- Counter-Strike: Sweden's fnatic
- World Championship:
- Counter-Strike: Ukraine's Natus Vincere
- Quake Live: the United States's Shane "rapha" Hendrixson
- StarCraft II: Korea's Jung "AcE" Woo-Seo — Team StarTale
- LoL Invitational: Germany's myRevenge
- Counter-Strike: Ukraine's Natus Vincere
Season VI[edit]
(World Championship(Finals): 6–10 March 2012 at CeBIT 2012)
- Global Challenge Cologne:
- LoL: the United States's Counter Logic Gaming
- StarCraft II: Korea's Lee "PuMa" Ho-Joon — Evil Geniuses
- LoL: the United States's Counter Logic Gaming
- Global Challenge Guangzhou:
- LoL: China's World Elite
- StarCraft II: the United States's Greg "IdrA" Fields — Evil Geniuses
- Counter-Strike: Sweden's fnatic
- LoL: China's World Elite
- Global Challenge New York City:
- LoL: the European Union's fnatic
- StarCraft II: Korea's Park "DongRaeGu" Soo-Ho — Complexity Gaming & Team MvP
- Counter-Strike: Sweden's SK Gaming
- Global Challenge Kiev:
- LoL: Russia's Moscow 5
- StarCraft II: Korea's Moon "MMA" Sung-Won — Team SlayerS
- Counter-Strike: Ukraine's Natus Vincere
- LoL: Russia's Moscow 5
- Global Challenge São Paulo:
- StarCraft II: Korea's Kim "viOLet" Dong-Hwan — Team Empire
- StarCraft II: Korea's Kim "viOLet" Dong-Hwan — Team Empire
- World Championship:
- LoL: Russia's Moscow 5
- StarCraft II: Korea's Jang "MC" Min-Chul— SK Gaming
- Counter-Strike: Poland's ESC Gaming
- LoL: Russia's Moscow 5
Season VII[edit]
- Global Challenge Gamescom:
- LoL: Russia's Moscow Five
- StarCraft II: Korea's Jung "Mvp" Jong-Hyun — Incredible Miracle
- LoL: Russia's Moscow Five
- Global Challenge Singapore:
- LoL: the European Union's MeetYourMakers
- StarCraft II: Korea's Ju "Sting" Hoon — Western Wolves
- LoL: the European Union's MeetYourMakers
- Global Challenge Cologne:
- LoL: Korea's SK Telecom T1
- LoL: Korea's SK Telecom T1
- Global Challenge Katowice:
- LoL: Russia's Gambit Gaming (ex-M5)
- StarCraft II: Korea's Kang "First" Hyun-Woo — Incredible Miracle
- Global Challenge Brazil:
- LoL: Korea's Incredible Miracle
- World Championship:[11]
- LoL: Korea's CJ Entus Blaze
- StarCraft II: Korea's Choi "YoDa" Byung-Hyun — Incredible Miracle
Season VIII[edit]
Intel Extreme Masters Season VIII
| Event | Dates | Game | Winner | Runner-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai | 25–28 July 2013 | League of Legends |  Team WE | Invictus Gaming | [12] |
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm |  Revival | Oz | |||
| New York | 10–13 October 2013 | StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm | Life |  NaNiwa | [13] |
| Cologne | 23–24 November 2013 | League of Legends (Pro) |  Gambit Gaming |  Fnatic | [14] |
League of Legends (Amateur) |  Copenhagen Wolves | Ninjas in Pyjamas | |||
| Singapore | 28 November – 1 December 2013 | League of Legends | Invictus Gaming | CJ Entus Frost | [15] |
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm | herO | san | |||
| São Paulo | 28 January – 1 February 2014 | League of Legends | Millenium |  paiN Gaming | [16] |
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm | herO | MC | |||
| Cologne | 13–16 February 2014 | StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm | HerO | Polt | [17] |
| World Championship Katowice | 13–16 March 2014 | Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft |  Gnimsh |  Artosis | [18] |
League of Legends | KT Rolster Bullets | Fnatic | |||
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm | sOs | herO |
Season IX[edit]
Intel Extreme Masters Season IX
| Event | Dates | Game | Winner | Runner-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shenzhen | 16–20 July 2014 | Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft |  Amaz |  Azeri | [19] |
League of Legends | Team WE | EDward Gaming | |||
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm | TaeJa | Solar | |||
| Toronto | 28–31 August 2014 | StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm | Flash | Zest | [20] |
| San Jose | 6–7 December 2014 | League of Legends | Cloud9 | Unicorns of Love | [21] |
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm | herO | Rain | |||
| Cologne | 18–21 December 2014 | League of Legends | Gambit Gaming | Counter Logic Gaming | [22] |
| Taipei | 28 January – 1 February 2015 | League of Legends | yoe Flash Wolves | Taipei Assassins | [23] |
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm | Life | Maru | |||
World Championship Katowice | 12–15 March 2015 | League of Legends | Team SoloMid | Team WE | [24] |
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm | Zest | Trap |
Season X[edit]
Intel Extreme Masters Season X
| Event | Dates | Game | Winner | Runner-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shenzhen | 16–20 July 2015 | Heroes of the Storm | MVP Black | Virtus.pro | [25] |
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm | Classic | PartinG | |||
| Gamescom | 5–9 August 2015 | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |  Team EnVyUs | Team SoloMid | [26] |
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm | INnoVation | soO | |||
San Jose | 21–22 November 2015 | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |  Natus Vincere | Team SoloMid | [27] |
League of Legends | Origen | Counter Logic Gaming | |||
Cologne | 18–20 December 2015 | League of Legends | ESC Ever | Qiao Gu Reapers | [28] |
| Taipei | 29 January – 2 February 2016 | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |  The MongolZ |  Renegades | [29] |
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void | sOs | ByuN | |||
World Championship Katowice | 4–6 March 2016 | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | Fnatic | Luminosity Gaming | [30] |
League of Legends | SK Telecom T1 | Fnatic | |||
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void | Polt |  Snute |
Season XI[edit]
Intel Extreme Masters Season XI[31]
| Event | Dates | Game | Winner | Runner-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai | 28–31 July 2016 | StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void |  uThermal | Neeb | [32] |
| Oakland | 19–20 November 2016 | League of Legends | Unicorns Of Love | Flash Wolves | [33] |
Counter Strike: Global Offensive | Ninjas in Pyjamas | SK Gaming | |||
| Gyeonggi | 17–18 December 2016 | League of Legends | Samsung Galaxy | Kongdoo Monster | [34] |
Overwatch | Luxury Watch Red | Lunatic Hai | |||
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void | INnoVation | Stats | |||
| World Championship Katowice | 25–26 February & 3–5 March 2017 | League of Legends | Flash Wolves | G2 Esports | [35] |
Counter Strike: Global Offensive | Astralis | FaZe Clan | |||
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void | TY | Stats |
Season XII[edit]
Intel Extreme Masters Season XII[36]
| Venue | Dates | Game | Champions | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Qudos Bank Arena — Sydney, Australia[37] | May 6–7, 2017 | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | SK Gaming | FaZe Clan |
SNIEC — Shanghai, China[38] | July 27–30, 2017 | Starcraft 2 | Rogue | herO |
Oracle Arena — Oakland, United States[39] | November 18–19, 2017 | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | Ninjas in Pyjamas | FaZe Clan |
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds | *aAa* Gaming | Tempo Storm | ||
2018 PyeongChang — PyeongChang, South Korea | February 5–7, 2018 | Starcraft 2 |  Scarlett | sOs |
Spodek Arena — Katowice, Poland[40] | March 2–4, 2018 | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | Fnatic | FaZe Clan |
Starcraft 2 | Rogue | Classic |
Format[edit]
IEM utilizes a fair number of offline qualifiers. During Season 5, qualifiers were held for North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia regions.[41] Those who qualify for the finals are placed into two groups of six, of which the top two advance. The first place member of each group goes directly to the semifinals, and the second and third place members go into the quarterfinals.[42]
Organisation[edit]
The Intel Extreme Masters are run by the ESL which is owned by Turtle Entertainment GmbH. Turtle Entertainment is based in Cologne, Germany.
Gallery[edit]
Spectators at IEM 2013 Katowice
Crowd at IEM 2014 Toronto
Katowice, Poland 2013
Katowice, Poland 2013
Katowice, Poland 2013
See also[edit]
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Intel Extreme Masters. |
- Esports
- Electronic Sports League
References[edit]
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^ Pete Volk (6 March 2016). "League of Legends IEM Katowice 2016 schedule and results". SBNation.com. Vox Media.
^ Sutton, Mark (17 October 2009). "Sheikh Majid Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum opens Gitex Shopper". Retrieved 2 March 2011.
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^ "Continental Finals Asia CS — Continental Finals Asia CS — Season III — Intel Extreme Masters — ESL". ESL-World.net. 19 January 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
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^ "ESL World: CJ Entus Blaze and YoDa are the new World Champions — News — World Championship — Season 7 — Intel Extreme Masters — ESL". ESL-World.net. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
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^ "World Championship". Intel Extreme Masters. Turtle Entertainment. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
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^ "Toronto Tournament & Bracket". Intel Extreme Masters. Turtle Entertainment. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
^ "San Jose Tournament & Bracket". Intel Extreme Masters. Turtle Entertainment. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
^ "Cologne Tournament & Bracket". Intel Extreme Masters. Turtle Entertainment. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
^ "Taipei Tournament & Bracket". Intel Extreme Masters. Turtle Entertainment. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
^ "World Championship Tournament & Bracket". Intel Extreme Masters. Turtle Entertainment. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
^ "Shenzhen Standings". Intel Extreme Masters. Turtle Entertainment. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
^ "Gamescom Standings". Intel Extreme Masters. Turtle Entertainment. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
^ "San Jose Standings". Intel Extreme Masters. Turtle Entertainment. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
^ "Cologne Standings". Intel Extreme Masters. Turtle Entertainment. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
^ "Taipei Standings". Intel Extreme Masters. Turtle Entertainment. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
^ "World Championship Katowice Standings". Intel Extreme Masters. Turtle Entertainment. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
^ "Intel Extreme Masters Season 11 breaks the one million dollar barrier!". Intel Extreme Masters. Turtle Entertainment. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
^ "Shanghai Standings". Intel Extreme Masters. Turtle Entertainment. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
^ "Oakland Standings". Intel Extreme Masters. Turtle Entertainment. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
^ "Gyeonggi Standings". Intel Extreme Masters. Turtle Entertainment. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
^ "Katowice Standings". Intel Extreme Masters. Turtle Entertainment. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
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External links[edit]
- Official website (English)
Categories:
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- Intel
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