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The Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) is a series of international
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. 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
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Official website (English)
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esports
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tournaments held in countries around the world. These Electronic Sports League (ESL) sanctioned events, sponsored by Intel
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, currently host events in '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' and '' StarCraft II''. Other game titles were hosted in the past. The body that owns the league is Turtle Entertainment
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. The League has operated 16 seasons . The season finals, with the largest prize pool, takes place in Katowice
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, Poland. Mid-season events are held in numerous cities around the globe, including Chicago
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, Shanghai
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and Sydney
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.
History
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. 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
CeBIT was the largest and most internationally representative computer expo. The trade fair was held each year on the Hanover fairground, the world's largest fairground, in Hanover, Germany. In its day, it was considered a barometer of cur ...
. 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. 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 prize pool.
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
Season I
(Finals: 15–18 March 2007 atCeBIT
CeBIT was the largest and most internationally representative computer expo. The trade fair was held each year on the Hanover fairground, the world's largest fairground, in Hanover, Germany. In its day, it was considered a barometer of cur ...
2007)
*Counter-Strike: Poland's Team Pentagram
*Warcraft III: France's Yoan "ToD" Merlo
Season II
(Finals: 6–9 March 2008 atCeBIT
CeBIT was the largest and most internationally representative computer expo. The trade fair was held each year on the Hanover fairground, the world's largest fairground, in Hanover, Germany. In its day, it was considered a barometer of cur ...
2008)
*Global Challenge Los Angeles:
**Counter-Strike: Sweden's FnaticRC
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**Warcraft III: Korea's June "Lyn" Park
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*World Championship:
**Counter-Strike: Germany's Mousesports
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**Warcraft III: Korea's June "Lyn" Park
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Season III
(World Championship(Finals): 3–8 March 2009 atCeBIT
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2009)
*Global Challenge Games Convention:
**World of Warcraft: Germany's Nihilum Plasma
*Global Challenge Los Angeles:
**Counter-Strike: Sweden's SK Gaming
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**World of Warcraft: Spain's x6tence
*Global Challenge Montreal
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**Counter-Strike: Sweden's Fnatic
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**World of Warcraft: the UK's SK Gaming
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*Global Challenge Dubai
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**Counter-Strike: Germany's Mousesports
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*Asian Championshiphttp: — WoW:
**Counter-Strike: Korea's e-STRO
**World of Warcraft: Korea's H O N
**WarCraft III: the Netherlands's Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen
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*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:
**Counter-Strike: China's wNv Teamwork
**WarCraft III: China's Li "Sky" Xiaofeng
*World Championship:
**Counter-Strike: Sweden's fnatic
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**World of Warcraft: Korea's H O N
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Season IV
(World Championship(Finals): 2–6 March 2010 atCeBIT
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2010)
*Global Challenge Gamescom:
**Counter-Strike: Germany's Mousesports
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**Quake Live: the United States's Shane "rapha" Hendrixson
**World of Warcraft: the United Arab Emirates's Ensidia
*Global Challenge Chengdu
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**Counter-Strike: Sweden's SK Gaming
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**DotA: China's For The Dream (ex-LGD)
**Warcraft III: China's Lu "Fly100%" Weiliang
*Global Challenge Dubai
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**Counter-Strike: Sweden's Fnatic
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**Quake Live: the United States's Shane "rapha" Hendrixson
*European Championship:
**Counter-Strike: Germany's Mousesports
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**Quake Live: Belarus's Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky
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**World of Warcraft: Germany's SK Gaming
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Sansibar
*American Championship:
**Counter Strike: the United States's compLexity
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**Quake Live: the United States's Tim "DaHanG" Fogarty
**World of Warcraft: the United States's compLexity
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Black
*Asian Championship:
**Counter Strike: Korea's WeMade FOX
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**Quake Live: China's Fan "Jibo" Zhibo
**World of Warcraft: Korea's Button Bashers
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*World Championship:
**Counter-Strike: Ukraine's Natus Vincere
**Quake Live: the United States's Shane "rapha" Hendrixson
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**World of Warcraft: the United States's Evil Geniuses
Season V
(World Championship(Finals): 1–5 March 2011 atCeBIT
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2011)
*Global Challenge Shanghai
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**Counter-Strike: Sweden's fnatic
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**Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne: Korea's June "Lyn" Park
**DotA: China's: EHOME
*Global Challenge Cologne
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**StarCraft II: Sweden's Stefan "MorroW" Andersson — Mousesports
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**Quake Live: Germany's k1llsen
*American Championship:
**Counter Strike: Brazil's compLexity
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**Quake Live: the United States's Shane "rapha" Hendrixson
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**StarCraft II: Peru's Jian "Fenix" Morayra Alejo — fnatic
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*European Championship:
**Counter-Strike: Sweden's fnatic
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**Quake Live: Russia's Anton "Cooller" Singov
**StarCraft II: Sweden's Jeffrey "SjoW" Brusi — Team Dignitas
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*World Championship:
**Counter-Strike: Ukraine's Natus Vincere
**Quake Live: the United States's Shane "rapha" Hendrixson
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**StarCraft II: Korea's Jung "AcE" Woo-Seo — Team StarTale
**LoL Invitational: Germany's myRevenge
Season VI
(World Championship(Finals): 6–10 March 2012 atCeBIT
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2012)
*Global Challenge Cologne
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**LoL: the United States's Counter Logic Gaming
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**StarCraft II: Korea's Lee "PuMa" Ho-Joon — Evil Geniuses
*Global Challenge Guangzhou
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**LoL: China's World Elite
**StarCraft II: the United States's Greg "IdrA" Fields — Evil Geniuses
**Counter-Strike: Sweden's fnatic
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*Global Challenge New York City:
**LoL: the European Union
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's fnatic
**StarCraft II: Korea's Park "DongRaeGu" Soo-Ho — Complexity Gaming & Team MvP
**Counter-Strike: Sweden's SK Gaming
*Global Challenge Kyiv
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**LoL: Russia's Moscow 5
**StarCraft II: Korea's Moon "MMA" Sung-Won — Team SlayerS
**Counter-Strike: Ukraine's Natus Vincere
*Global Challenge São Paulo
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**StarCraft II: Korea's Kim "viOLet" Dong-Hwan — Team Empire
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*World Championship:
**LoL: Russia's Moscow 5
**StarCraft II: Korea's Jang "MC" Min-Chul
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— SK Gaming
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**Counter-Strike: Poland's ESC Gaming
Season VII
*Global Challenge Gamescom: **LoL: Russia'sMoscow Five
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**StarCraft II: Korea's Jung "Mvp" Jong-Hyun — Incredible Miracle
*Global Challenge Singapore
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(originally in Guangzhou):
**LoL: the European Union's MeetYourMakers
**StarCraft II: Korea's Ju "Sting" Hoon — Western Wolves
*Global Challenge Cologne
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**LoL: Korea's SK Telecom T1
*Global Challenge Katowice
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**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:
**LoL: Korea's CJ Entus Blaze
**StarCraft II: Korea's Choi "YoDa" Byung-Hyun — Incredible Miracle
Season VIII
Season IX
Season X
Season XI
Season XII
Season XIII
Season XIV
Season XV
Season XVI
Season XVII
Format
IEM utilizes a fair number of offline qualifiers. During Season 5, qualifiers were held for North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia regions. 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.Organisation
The Intel Extreme Masters are run by the ESL which is owned byTurtle Entertainment
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is based in Cologne, Germany.
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See also
* ESL Pro LeagueReferences
External links
Official website (English)
{{Intel 2006 establishments in Germany StarCraft II competitions