







Tournament Information [ edit ]

IEM Season VIII - New York is the second event of IEM Season VIII, organized by ESL. It will be a Tier 1 event, giving WCS points for 2013 WCS Global Finals. It will be hosted by Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner and Sue "Smix" Lee, commentary done by Shaun "Apollo" Clark, James "Kaelaris" Carrol, Yoan "ToD" Merlo and Nathan "Nathanias" Fabrikant, and the games observed by Phil "inFeZa" Bertino.[1] It will also be casted by Alex "Axeltoss" Rodriguez and Nick "Axslav" Ranish from MLG for the first three days.[2]

The event also runs alongside New York Comic Con and thus featured not only fans but even players donning costumes - for example, in the third quarterfinal, DongRaeGu entered wearing cat ears while HyuN entered wearing a Spiderman costume.[3]

Location [ edit ]

New York City, New York Javits Center, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan

Format [ edit ]

Qualifier [ edit ]

There are 8 spots for players from all over the world divided to regions as follows:

Main Tournament [ edit ]

Three Stages:

Stage 1: Two double-elimination brackets of eight players each. Top 2 of each bracket advance to Stage 2.

Stage 2: Four groups of four players played out in dual tournament format, consisting of the 4 Stage 1 winners, 8 qualifiers and 4 invites based on the WCS Ranking. Top 2 of each group advance to Stage 3.

Stage 3: Single-elimination bracket of eight players. Quarterfinals and Semifinals are played in best of 5 Grand Finals is played in best of 7



Map Pool [ edit ]

Prize Pool [ edit ]

$25,000 and 3,600 WCS Points are spread among the players as seen below:

Participants [ edit ]

Results [ edit ]

Stage 1 [ edit ]

Dual Tournament #1 [ edit ]

Click [show] on the right to view Quarterfinals Snute 2 MudKip 0 desRow - San W Hack 2 hendralisk 0 sWs 2 DeMusliM 1 Semifinals Snute 0 San 2 Hack 2 sWs 0 Winners' Finals San 2 Hack 0 Losers' Round 1 MudKip W desRow - hendralisk 0 DeMusliM 2 Losers' Round 2 sWs 2 MudKip 0 Snute 2 DeMusliM 0 Losers' Round 3 sWs 0 Snute 2 Losers' Finals Hack 2 Snute 0 Qualified San Q Hack Q

Dual Tournament #2 [ edit ]

Click [show] on the right to view Quarterfinals Life 2 DanJinwonKim 0 Siphonn 0 puCK 2 DongRaeGu 2 Sasquatch 0 Shew 1 Suppy 2 Semifinals Life 2 puCK 0 DongRaeGu 2 Suppy 0 Winners' Finals Life 0 DongRaeGu 2 Losers' Round 1 DanJinwonKim 0 Siphonn 2 Sasquatch 2 Shew 0 Losers' Round 2 Suppy 2 Siphonn 0 puCK 0 Sasquatch 2 Losers' Round 3 Suppy 1 Sasquatch 2 Losers' Finals Life 2 Sasquatch 0 Qualified DongRaeGu Q Life Q

Stage 2 [ edit ]

Group A [ edit ] Group A October 11, 2013 - 10:30 EDT 1. HyuN 2-0 4-2 2. Life 2-1 5-4 3. Zest 1-2 4-5 4. TLO 0-2 2-4 Group A Matches October 11, 2013 - 10:30 EDT Zest 1 2 Life October 11, 2013 - 10:30 EDT TLO 1 2 HyuN October 11, 2013 - 11:30 EDT Life 1 2 HyuN October 11, 2013 - 11:30 EDT Zest 2 1 TLO October 12, 2013 - 10:30 EDT Life 2 1 Zest Group B [ edit ] Group B October 11, 2013 - 13:00 EDT 1. HerO 2-0 4-0 2. NaNiwa 2-1 4-4 3. Hack 1-2 4-4 4. qxc 0-2 0-4 Group B Matches October 11, 2013 - 13:00 EDT NaNiwa 2 1 Hack October 11, 2013 - 13:00 EDT HerO 2 0 qxc October 11, 2013 - 14:00 EDT NaNiwa 0 2 HerO October 11, 2013 - 14:00 EDT Hack 2 0 qxc October 12, 2013 - 10:30 EDT NaNiwa 2 1 Hack Group C [ edit ] Group C October 11, 2013 - 15:00 EDT 1. Curious 2-0 4-1 2. DongRaeGu 2-1 5-4 3. Flash 1-2 3-5 4. State 0-2 2-4 Group C Matches October 11, 2013 - 15:00 EDT Curious 2 1 DongRaeGu October 11, 2013 - 15:00 EDT Flash 2 1 State October 11, 2013 - 16:00 EDT Curious 2 0 Flash October 11, 2013 - 16:00 EDT DongRaeGu 2 1 State October 12, 2013 - 11:30 EDT Flash 1 2 DongRaeGu Group D [ edit ] Group D October 11, 2013 - 18:30 EDT 1. San 2-0 4-0 2. sOs 2-1 4-2 3. Revival 1-2 2-5 4. HuK 0-2 1-4 Group D Matches October 11, 2013 - 18:30 EDT Revival 0 2 San October 11, 2013 - 18:30 EDT sOs 2 0 HuK October 11, 2013 - 19:30 EDT San 2 0 sOs October 11, 2013 - 19:30 EDT Revival 2 1 HuK October 12, 2013 - 11:30 EDT sOs 2 0 Revival

Stage 3 [ edit ]

Quarterfinals (Bo5) HerO 0 Life 3 sOs 2 Curious 3 HyuN 3 DongRaeGu 1 NaNiwa 3 San 1 Semifinals (Bo5) Life 3 Curious 0 HyuN 2 NaNiwa 3 Finals (Bo7) Life 4 NaNiwa 2

Showmatch [ edit ]

TLO 1 DeMusliM 0

Racial Distribution [ edit ]

Protoss Terran Zerg Group Stage 7 3 6 Quarterfinals 4 4 Semifinals 1 3 Finals 1 1 Champion 1

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