



The seventh season of Intel Extreme Masters, the premier league of the Electronic Sports League, takes off with its first event at gamescom 2012 in Cologne, Koelnmesse (August 15 - 19). $31,800 will be awarded to the 24 players who qualified from all over the globe.

About [ edit ]

The IEM Season VII - Cologne is the first tournament in the Intel Extreme Masters Season VII, taking place in Cologne Germany during the video-game fair gamescom. For the first time in IEM's StarCraft 2 history, the tournament will feature an Open Bracket where 32 players will compete for 8 spots in the main event, joining the 24 players that qualified directly from four regional qualifiers across the world. The tournament boasts a $31,800 prize pool distributed across all 24 participating players and will be cast by Artosis, Day[9], Kaelaris and Tasteless with Jarett Cale as host.

Format [ edit ]

A 32 player Open Bracket, consisting of 4 double-elimination brackets with the top2 players qualifying to the Group Stage.

Group Stage consisting of the 16 qualified players and 8 players qualifing via the Open Bracket. The top 3 players from each group advance to a 12 player single-elimination playoff. The 1st player in each group advances directly to the playoff Ro8.

Single-elimination playoff for the top 12 players. All rounds are best-of-five and no bronze match is played.

Qualifiers [ edit ]

Prize pool [ edit ]

Panorama shot of the crowd on Friday. StarCraft II stage on the left, League of Legends on the right.

Offering $31,800 spread among all players as follows:





Participants [ edit ]

SuperNova replaces MMA, who "doesn't feel in good enough shape" to participate [1]

Results [ edit ]

Open Bracket [ edit ]

Wednesday, August 15, 9am CEST:

Click [show] on the right to view the Open Bracket Bracket 1 [ edit ] Quarterfinals Bomber 2 Delphi 1 Tarson 0 Bly 2 YongHwa 0 ReaL 2 AureS 2 NaNiwa 0 Semifinals Bomber 2 Bly 1 ReaL 2 AureS 1 Qualifying Match Bomber 2 ReaL 1 Qualified Players Bomber Losers' Round 1 Tarson 2 Delphi 0 NaNiwa 0 YongHwa 2 Losers' Round 2 AureS 0 Tarson 2 Bly 0 YongHwa 2 Losers' Round 3 Tarson 0 YongHwa 2 Qualifying Match ReaL 2 YongHwa 1 Qualified ReaL Bracket 2 [ edit ] Quarterfinals Mvp W BYE - Adelscott 0 Grubby 2 Oz 2 DBS 0 TargA 2 AcE 1 Semifinals Mvp 2 Grubby 0 Oz 0 TargA 2 Qualifying Match Mvp 2 TargA 1 Qualified Players Mvp Losers' Round 1 Adelscott W BYE - AcE 2 DBS 0 Losers' Round 2 Oz 2 Adelscott 1 Grubby 2 AcE 1 Losers' Round 3 Oz 0 Grubby 2 Qualifying Match TargA 0 Grubby 2 Qualified Grubby Bracket 3 [ edit ] Quarterfinals NesTea W BYE - Strelok 2 Socke 1 Killer 2 XlorD 0 DarKFoRcE 0 PuMa 2 Semifinals NesTea 2 Strelok 1 Killer 1 PuMa 2 Qualifying Match NesTea 1 PuMa 2 Qualified Players PuMa Losers' Round 1 Socke W BYE - DarKFoRcE 2 XlorD 1 Losers' Round 2 Killer 2 Socke 0 Strelok 2 DarKFoRcE 1 Losers' Round 3 Killer 2 Strelok 0 Qualifying Match NesTea 2 Killer 1 Qualified NesTea Bracket 4 [ edit ] Quarterfinals MC W BYE - LucifroN 2 White-Ra 0 JYP 2 ClouD 1 DeathAngel 0 ForGG 2 Semifinals MC 2 LucifroN 0 JYP 0 ForGG 2 Qualifying Match MC 2 ForGG 1 Qualified Players MC Losers' Round 1 White-Ra W BYE - DeathAngel 2 ClouD 0 Losers' Round 2 JYP 2 White-Ra 1 LucifroN 2 DeathAngel 1 Losers' Round 3 JYP 2 LucifroN 1 Qualifying Match ForGG 2 JYP 0 Qualified ForGG

Group Stage [ edit ]

Group Stage - Group A [ edit ] Thursday, August 16, 9am CEST: Group A 1. Nerchio 3-2 8-5 2. ForGG 3-2 7-5 3. SortOf 3-2 7-7 4. inori 2-3 6-7 5. PuMa 2-3 5-7 6. DeMusliM 2-3 5-7 Group A Matches inori 1 2 Nerchio SortOf 0 2 ForGG DeMusliM 0 2 PuMa ForGG 2 1 PuMa DeMusliM 2 1 Nerchio SortOf 2 1 inori PuMa 0 2 inori ForGG 2 0 DeMusliM SortOf 2 1 Nerchio DeMusliM 1 2 SortOf Nerchio 2 0 PuMa inori 2 1 ForGG ForGG 0 2 Nerchio SortOf 1 2 PuMa inori 0 2 DeMusliM Group Stage - Group B [ edit ] Thursday, August 16, 2pm CEST: Group B 1. Mvp 4-1 9-3 2. viOLet 4-1 8-5 3. Kas 3-2 8-5 4. NesTea 3-2 6-5 5. Feast 1-4 5-9 6. PiG 0-5 1-10 Group B Matches Feast 1 2 Kas Feast 2 1 PiG Kas 1 2 viOLet Mvp 2 0 NesTea viOLet 0 2 NesTea Mvp 2 0 PiG Feast 1 2 viOLet NesTea 2 0 PiG Kas 1 2 Mvp Feast 1 2 NesTea viOLet 2 1 Mvp Kas 2 0 PiG Kas 2 0 NesTea viOLet 2 0 PiG Mvp 2 0 Feast Group Stage - Group C [ edit ] Friday, August 17, 9am CEST: Group C 1. Bomber 4-1 8-2 2. sLivko 4-1 8-6 3. elfi 3-2 7-6 4. mOOnGLaDe 2-3 7-7 5. Grubby 2-3 6-8 6. Minigun 0-5 3-10 Group C Matches sLivko 0 2 Bomber mOOnGLaDe 1 2 Grubby elfi 2 0 Minigun elfi 2 1 Grubby mOOnGLaDe 2 0 Bomber sLivko 2 1 Minigun sLivko 2 1 mOOnGLaDe Minigun 1 2 Grubby elfi 0 2 Bomber Minigun 0 2 Bomber elfi 2 1 mOOnGLaDe sLivko 2 1 Grubby mOOnGLaDe 2 1 Minigun sLivko 2 1 elfi Bomber 2 0 Grubby Group Stage - Group D [ edit ] Friday, August 17, 2pm CEST: Group D 1. SuperNova 5-0 10-1 2. MC 3-2 7-4 3. VortiX 3-2 7-4 4. KiLLeR 2-3 4-7 5. HasuObs 2-3 4-7 6. ReaL 0-5 1-10 Group D Matches ReaL 0 2 SuperNova MC 2 0 VortiX MC 2 0 ReaL HasuObs 0 2 KiLLeR HasuObs 0 2 VortiX KiLLeR 0 2 SuperNova MC 0 2 SuperNova VortiX 2 0 KiLLeR HasuObs 2 0 ReaL SuperNova 2 0 HasuObs ReaL 0 2 VortiX KiLLeR 0 2 MC SuperNova 2 1 VortiX HasuObs 2 1 MC KiLLeR 2 1 ReaL

Playoffs [ edit ]

Saturday, August 18, 9am CEST:

Round of 12 (Bo5) elfi 1 viOLet 3 MC 3 Kas 1 VortiX 3 ForGG 0 sLivko 3 SortOf 0 Quarterfinals (Bo5) Bomber 0 viOLet 3 Nerchio 3 MC 0 SuperNova 2 VortiX 3 Mvp 3 sLivko 1 Semifinals (Bo5) viOLet 2 Nerchio 3 VortiX 1 Mvp 3 Finals (Bo5) Nerchio 1 Mvp 3

Racial distribution [ edit ]

Protoss Terran Zerg Random Round of 24 8 7 9 Round of 12 2 5 5 Quarterfinals 1 3 4 Semifinals 1 3 Finals 1 1 Winner 1

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