



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 ]

* Gatored was planned to participate but had to cancel, Killer will be his replacement. Four days before the start of the tournament Korean players DongRaeGu and FruitDealer had to cancel their participation and will be replaced by DarKFoRcE and SeleCT.[4] Ret had to cancel due to sickness, White-Ra will replace him.[5] Sound could not attend due to travel costs, Grubby will replace 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 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) Zenio 3 SuperNova 1 elfi 1 JYP 3 DarKFoRcE 1 viOLet 3 Killer 3 HasuObs 0 Quarterfinals (Bo5) MMA 3 Zenio 0 Puma 3 JYP 2 MC 3 viOLet 0 Feast 3 Killer 2 Semifinals (Bo5) MMA 1 PuMa 3 MC 3 Feast 1 Finals (Bo5) PuMa 2 MC 3 3rd Place Match MMA 3 Feast 0

Racial distribution [ edit ]

Protoss Terran Zerg Random 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 ]

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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).

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 Brown are qualified based on points.

See also [ edit ]