



The Global Challenge at Comic Con in New York City will be the third 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 New York City, USA, from October 13 to 16, for a total prize money of $93,000!

Overview [ edit ]

The IEM Season VI - Global Challenge New York is a StarCraft II tournament which takes place in New York City, USA on October 13 to 16. The tournament is the third event in the 6th season of the ESL's Intel Extreme Masters series. 16 qualified players will compete in a $21,000 tournament and for the chance to earn an invite to the Season VI World Championship.

The New York City Comic Con will be the host of an Intel Extreme Masters event for the second time in a row. Only one week after the Chinese Global Challenge in Guangzhou, the world's best gamers meet once again on American ground.

Format [ edit ]

Group Stage - Round Robin Bo3 Top 2 qualify to Playoffs

Playoffs - Single-elimination Bo5

Finalists qualify to Season VI World Championship

Group placement will be ordered according to the following criteria in order: Match record Games record Head-to-head



Location [ edit ]

New York City, New York Javits Center

Prize pool [ edit ]

Offering $21,000 spread among all players as follows:

Note: As compensation for a referee error, TT1 is guaranteed at least 4th-place prize money.

Players [ edit ]

Results [ edit ]

Qualifiers [ edit ]

4 European players via Qualifiers Qualifier #1 (2 players qualify) Top 8 Quarterfinals SjoW 1 HayPro 0 LucifroN 2 MaNa 0 PhoeNix 2 SarenS 1 Brat_OK 0 Strelok 2 Semifinals SjoW 2 LucifroN 0 PhoeNix 0 Strelok 2 Qualified Players SjoW Q Strelok Q Full bracket Qualifier #2 (2 players qualify) Top 8 Quarterfinals Tarson 2 Satiini 1 Adelscott 0 elfi 2 MaNa 2 ToD 0 Socke 2 biGs 0 Semifinals Tarson 0 elfi 2 MaNa 2 Socke 1 Qualified Players elfi Q MaNa Q Full bracket

8 American players via Qualifiers American Qualified Players[1] From Qualifier #1 qxc [2] KiLLeR Pokebunny From Qualifier #2 Attero Gatored Edge From Qualifier #3 TT1 Axslav From qxc Replacement Tournament* StrifeCro * As a result of qxc's withdrawal from this tournament, ESL held a small double-elimination tournament for North and South American players who would still be able to go to the event in light of the short notice; the tournament was casted by KatuStarcraft. For more information about the tournament see the TL.net thread about it. Full Bracket Quarterfinals StrifeCro 2 Dhalism 0 reveNge 0 Future 2 owmygroin 2 Mass 1 Gerbil 2 giX 1 Semifinals StrifeCro 2 Future 0 owmygroin 0 Gerbil 2 Winners' Finals StrifeCro 2 Gerbil 0 Losers' Round 1 reveNge 2 Dhalism 0 giX 2 Mass 0 Losers' Round 2 owmygroin 2 reveNge 0 Future 0 giX 2 Losers' Round 3 owmygroin 2 giX 1 Losers' Finals Gerbil 1 owmygroin 2 Grand Finals StrifeCro 2 owmygroin 0

4 Korean players via Invites DongRaeGu Killer TOP FruitDealer Originally only 3 Korean players were to be invited, however for unknown reasons the last spot reserved for an Asian/SEA player was given to a Korean.

Group Stage [ edit ]

A [ edit ] Group A October 13, 2011 1. Killer 2-1 5-3 2. KiLLeR 2-1 5-3 3. SjoW 1-2 3-4 4. Attero 1-2 2-5 Matches SjoW 1 2 KiLLeR Attero 2 1 Killer KiLLeR 1 2 Killer SjoW 2 0 Attero KiLLeR 2 0 Attero SjoW 0 2 Killer B [ edit ] Group B October 13, 2011 1. DongRaeGu 2-1 5-3 2. Gatored 2-1 4-4 3. Strelok 1-2 4-4 4. StrifeCro 1-2 2-4 Matches StrifeCro 2 0 Gatored Strelok 1 2 DongRaeGu Gatored 2 1 DongRaeGu Strelok 2 0 StrifeCro Strelok 1 1 Gatored Strelok 0 2 DongRaeGu C [ edit ] Group C October 14, 2011 1. TOP 3-0 6-2 2. TT1 2-1 5-4 3. MaNa 1-2 4-4 4. Pokebunny 0-3 1-6 Matches MaNa 1 2 TOP TT1 2 1 Pokebunny MaNa 2 0 Pokebunny TT1 1 2 TOP MaNa 1 2 TT1 Pokebunny 0 2 TOP D [ edit ] Group D October 14, 2011 1. elfi 2-1 5-2 2. FruitDealer 2-1 4-2 3. Axslav 1-2 2-4 4. Edge 1-2 2-5 Matches elfi 2 0 FruitDealer Axslav 2 0 Edge Axslav 0 2 FruitDealer elfi 1 2 Edge Edge 0 2 FruitDealer elfi 2 0 Axslav

Playoffs [ edit ]

Quarterfinals Killer 1 FruitDealer 3 TOP 0 Gatored 3 DongRaeGu 3 TT1 1 elfi 2 KiLLeR 3 Semifinals FruitDealer 3 Gatored 0 DongRaeGu 3 KiLLeR 0 Finals FruitDealer 2 DongRaeGu 3 3rd Place Match Gatored 1 KiLLeR 3

View Games [ edit ]

Streams [ edit ]

Replays [ edit ]

Group Stage (click the VS links)

Playoffs (click the VS links)

Additional Coverage [ edit ]

Trivia [ edit ]

Due to a referee ruling the tie-breaker in Group B incorrectly and placing Gatored ahead of DongRaeGu, an erroneous playoffs bracket was drawn. The mistake was only discovered after a complete Quarterfinal series was played where TT1 defeated Gatored 3-0. The matches were revoked and the bracket was redrawn with the correct seeding.[3] TT1 will receive prize money for placing top 4 regardless of his result in the replayed quarterfinal.

Racial Distribution [ edit ]

Race

Region

Show All Protoss Terran Zerg Random Group Stage 7 5 4 Quarter Finals 4 1 3 Semi Finals 1 3 Final Match 2 Winner 1 Americas Europe Korea Other Group Stage 7 4 4 1 Quarter Finals 2 1 4 1 Semi Finals 1 2 1 Final Match 2 Winner 1

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See also [ edit ]