







Tournament Information [ edit ]

IEM Season IX - Taipei is the fourth event of IEM Season IX, organized by ESL and held at the Taipei World Trade Center during Taipei Game Show.

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 overall tournament results. 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.



Prize Pool [ edit ]

$25,000 and 4,000 WCS Points are spread among the players as seen below:

Participants [ edit ]

1 INnoVation was replaced by Classic who finished 4th in the Asian Final Qualifier.

2 Kas cancelled his participation due to visa issues. He was replaced by Harstem who finished 3rd in the European Qualifier.[1]

Results [ edit ]

Stage 1 [ edit ]

Click [show] on the right to view the Open Brackets

Dual Tournament #1

Dual Tournament #2

Show All Bracket 1 [ edit ] Quarterfinals jjakji 2 Impact 1 Sacsri 0 Leenock 2 TRUE 2 Soulkey 1 Has 0 HerO 2 Semifinals jjakji 0 Leenock 2 TRUE 2 HerO 1 Winners' Finals Leenock 1 TRUE 2 Losers' Round 1 Sacsri 0 Impact 2 Has 1 Soulkey 2 Losers' Round 2 HerO 2 Impact 0 jjakji 1 Soulkey 2 Losers' Round 3 HerO 0 Soulkey 2 Losers' Finals Leenock 0 Soulkey 2 Qualified TRUE Q Soulkey Q Bracket 2 [ edit ] Quarterfinals HyuN 2 Check 0 Revival 2 DongRaeGu 1 Patience 1 Ian 2 Daisy 0 Snute 2 Semifinals HyuN 2 Revival 0 Ian 0 Snute 2 Winners' Finals HyuN 2 Snute 1 Losers' Round 1 DongRaeGu 1 Check 2 Daisy 2 Patience 1 Losers' Round 2 Ian 1 Check 2 Revival 1 Daisy 2 Losers' Round 3 Check 2 Daisy 0 Losers' Finals Snute 1 Check 2 Qualified HyuN Q Check Q

Stage 2 [ edit ]

Group A [ edit ] Group A January 29, 2015 - 11:00 TST 1. herO 2-0 4-1 2. HyuN 2-1 4-2 3. Polt 1-2 3-4 4. Sen 0-2 0-4 Group A Matches Sen 0 2 HyuN Polt 1 2 herO HyuN 0 2 herO Sen 0 2 Polt HyuN 2 0 Polt Group B [ edit ] Group B January 29, 2015 - 13:50 TST 1. Rain 2-0 4-2 2. Classic 2-1 5-2 3. Harstem 1-2 3-4 4. Check 0-2 0-4 Group B Matches Classic 2 0 Check Harstem 1 2 Rain Classic 1 2 Rain Check 0 2 Harstem Classic 2 0 Harstem Group C [ edit ] Group C January 30, 2015 - 11:00 TST 1. Life 2-0 4-0 2. Soulkey 2-1 4-2 3. San 1-2 2-4 4. ForGG 0-2 0-4 Group C Matches San 0 2 Soulkey ForGG 0 2 Life Soulkey 0 2 Life San 2 0 ForGG Soulkey 2 0 San Group D [ edit ] Group D January 30, 2015 - 13:30 TST 1. PartinG 2-0 4-0 2. Maru 2-1 4-2 3. Hydra 1-2 2-4 4. TRUE 0-2 0-4 Group D Matches Maru 2 0 TRUE Hydra 0 2 PartinG Maru 0 2 PartinG TRUE 0 2 Hydra Maru 2 0 Hydra

Stage 3 [ edit ]

Quarterfinals (Bo5) PartinG 3 Classic 0 HyuN 1 Life 3 herO 1 Maru 3 Soulkey 3 Rain 2 Semifinals (Bo5) PartinG 1 Life 3 Maru 3 Soulkey 1 Finals (Bo7) Life 4 Maru 3

Racial Distribution [ edit ]

Protoss Terran Zerg Group Stage 6 3 7 Quarterfinals 4 1 3 Semifinals 1 1 2 Finals 1 1 Champion 1

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