







Tournament Information [ edit ]

IEM Season IX - Shenzhen is the first event of IEM Season IX, organized by ESL. It is casted by Apollo, mOOnGLaDe and qxc with Lilsusie as host and interviewer. They were joined by Kaelaris and ReDeYe for the playoffs. Game observing is done by FunKa.

Format [ edit ]

Qualifier [ edit ]

There are 8 spots for players from all over the world divided to regions as follows[1]:

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 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:

* Players must advance one round in order to claim WCS points for that placement. Being seeded through qualifiers counts as advancing one round.[2]

Participants [ edit ]

* Polt could not go due to his passport expiring and was replaced by Illusion. MaSa could not go due to family reasons and was replaced by puCK. viOLet & HuK were asked before puCK but they both declined.[3]

Results [ edit ]

Stage 1 [ edit ]

Click [hide] on the right to view Dual Tournament #1

Dual Tournament #2

Show All Dual Tournament #1 Quarterfinals Life W Phoenix - NesTea 0 Daisy 2 Sen W Neige - Bistork 0 HerO 2 Semifinals Life 2 Daisy 1 Sen 1 HerO 2 Winners' Finals Life 1 HerO 2 Losers' Round 1 NesTea W Phoenix - Bistork W Neige - Losers' Round 2 Sen 0 NesTea 2 Daisy 2 Bistork 0 Losers' Round 3 NesTea 0 Daisy 2 Losers' Finals Life 2 Daisy 0 Qualified HerO Q Life Q Dual Tournament #2 Quarterfinals jjakji 2 Vaisravana 0 Has 1 Check 2 TRUE 2 Seed 0 Kimi 0 Revival 2 Semifinals jjakji 2 Check 1 TRUE 2 Revival 0 Winners' Finals jjakji 2 TRUE 0 Losers' Round 1 Vaisravana 0 Has 2 Kimi 0 Seed 2 Losers' Round 2 Revival 2 Has 0 Check 1 Seed 2 Losers' Round 3 Revival 2 Seed 0 Losers' Finals TRUE 2 Revival 0 Qualified jjakji Q TRUE Q

Stage 2 [ edit ]

Group A [ edit ] Group A July 17, 2014 - 11:30 CST 1. Zest 2-0 4-1 2. San 2-1 4-3 3. jjakji 1-2 4-4 4. Illusion 0-2 0-4 Group A Matches Zest 2 1 jjakji Illusion 0 2 San Zest 2 0 San jjakji 2 0 Illusion San 2 1 jjakji Group B [ edit ] Group B July 17, 2014 - 13:30 CST 1. INnoVation 2-0 4-1 2. Snute 2-1 5-4 3. TRUE 1-2 3-5 4. Stork 0-2 2-4 Group B Matches INnoVation 2 0 TRUE Snute 2 1 Stork TRUE 2 1 Stork INnoVation 2 1 Snute TRUE 1 2 Snute Group C [ edit ] Group C July 18, 2014 - 10:00 CST 1. Jaedong 2-0 4-2 2. Solar 2-1 5-2 3. HerO 1-2 2-5 4. puCK 0-2 2-4 Group C Matches Solar 2 0 HerO puCK 1 2 Jaedong HerO 2 1 puCK Solar 1 2 Jaedong HerO 0 2 Solar Group D [ edit ] Group D July 18, 2014 - 13:00 CST 1. Jim 2-0 4-1 2. TaeJa 2-1 4-3 3. Life 1-2 4-4 4. MMA 0-2 0-4 Group D Matches Jim 2 1 Life MMA 0 2 TaeJa Life 2 0 MMA Jim 2 0 TaeJa Life 1 2 TaeJa

Stage 3 [ edit ]

Quarterfinals (Bo5) Zest 0 TaeJa 3 Snute 2 Jaedong 3 Jim 3 San 2 Solar 3 INnoVation 0 Semifinals (Bo5) TaeJa 3 Jaedong 1 Jim 0 Solar 3 Finals (Bo7) TaeJa 4 Solar 3 San playing in front of the crowd

Racial Distribution [ edit ]

Protoss Terran Zerg Group Stage 6 5 5 Quarterfinals 3 2 3 Semifinals 1 1 2 Finals 1 1 Champion 1

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