Tournament Information [ edit ]

IEM Season VIII - Cologne is the fifth event of IEM Season VIII, organized by ESL and held at the ESL studios in Cologne that also host WCS Europe. It is a Tier 2 event, giving 4000 WCS points for the 2014 WCS Global Finals.[1] ReDeYe returns as host, while ESL casting regulars Apollo, Kaelaris and ToD are joined by Ret.

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



Casters [ edit ]

Commentator: TBD



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Map Pool [ edit ]

Prize Pool [ edit ]

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

* Players must advance one round in order to claim WCS points for that placement. Being seeded through qualifiers counts as advancing one round.[2] The German ESL Pro Series did not count as a Qualifier.

Trivia [ edit ]

The tournament was delayed during the finals because of Blizzard server maintenance, pushing play into the wee hours of the morning (the conclusion came at about 3 AM local time), making stamina more of a factor.

The quality and variety of gameplay showcased in this tournament, especially at the semifinals stage, were regarded by many as the highest of all Heart of the Swarm tournaments to date.

Participants [ edit ]

Results [ edit ]

Stage 1 [ edit ]

Dual Tournament #1

Dual Tournament #2

Show All Dual Tournament #1 Quarterfinals MC 2 Revenge 0 San 0 HasuObs 2 StarDust 2 Miniraser 0 Hanfy 2 TLO 1 Semifinals MC 2 HasuObs 0 StarDust 2 Hanfy 0 Winners' Finals MC 0 StarDust 2 Losers' Round 1 San 2 Revenge 1 TLO 2 Miniraser 0 Losers' Round 2 Hanfy 0 San 2 HasuObs 2 TLO 0 Losers' Round 3 San 2 HasuObs 1 Losers' Finals MC 2 San 1 Qualified StarDust Q MC Q Dual Tournament #2 Quarterfinals HyuN 2 Tarrantius 0 Tefel 0 viOLet 2 Leenock 2 Socke 1 Patience 2 Grubby 0 Semifinals HyuN 2 viOLet 1 Leenock 0 Patience 2 Winners' Finals HyuN 1 Patience 2 Losers' Round 1 Tefel 0 Tarrantius 2 Grubby 0 Socke 2 Losers' Round 2 Leenock 2 Tarrantius 0 viOLet 2 Socke 0 Losers' Round 3 Leenock 2 viOLet 0 Losers' Finals HyuN 2 Leenock 0 Qualified Patience Q HyuN Q

Stage 2 [ edit ]

Group A [ edit ] Group A February 14, 2014 - 13:00 CET 1. Rain 2-0 4-0 2. HerO 2-1 4-2 3. ForGG 1-2 2-4 4. HyuN 0-2 0-4 Group A Matches Rain 2 0 HyuN ForGG 0 2 HerO Rain 2 0 HerO HyuN 0 2 ForGG HerO 2 0 ForGG Group B [ edit ] Group B February 14, 2014 - 18:00 CET 1. Patience 2-0 4-2 2. jjakji 2-1 5-3 3. Dear 1-2 3-4 4. qxc 0-2 1-4 Group B Matches qxc 1 2 Patience jjakji 2 0 Dear Patience 2 1 jjakji qxc 0 2 Dear jjakji 2 1 Dear Group C [ edit ] Group C February 15, 2014 - 13:00 CET 1. Polt 2-0 4-0 2. Jaedong 2-1 5-3 3. MaNa 1-2 2-5 4. StarDust 0-2 1-4 Group C Matches Polt 2 0 StarDust MaNa 2 1 Jaedong Polt 2 0 MaNa StarDust 1 2 Jaedong MaNa 0 2 Jaedong Group D [ edit ] Group D February 15, 2014 - 18:00 CET 1. INnoVation 2-0 4-0 2. Classic 2-1 5-2 3. MC 1-2 2-5 4. HeRoMaRinE 0-2 0-4 Group D Matches Classic 1 2 MC HeRoMaRinE 0 2 INnoVation MC 0 2 INnoVation Classic 2 0 HeRoMaRinE MC 0 2 Classic

Stage 3 [ edit ]

Quarterfinals (Bo5) Polt 3 Classic 2 Rain 3 jjakji 1 Patience 2 Jaedong 3 INnoVation 0 HerO 3 Semifinals (Bo5) Polt 3 Rain 2 Jaedong 2 HerO 3 Finals (Bo7) Polt 2 HerO 4 Semifinalists Rain and Polt during their match

Racial Distribution [ edit ]

Protoss Terran Zerg Group Stage 8 6 2 Quarterfinals 4 3 1 Semifinals 2 1 1 Finals 1 1 Champion 1

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