This year’s Intel Extreme Master World Championship in Katowice is promising to be an amazing event. Sixteen world-class StarCraft II players will assemble at the Spodek arena from March the 12th to the 15th and the round of 16 is completely stacked with talent. You can read up on all the vital information, schedule and the players below in preparation for the four-day StarCraft II extravaganza!

Key information

Here’s a summary of all the essential information.

Where? The Spodek Arena, Katowice

The Spodek Arena, Katowice When? March the 12th to the 15th 2015

March the 12th to the 15th 2015 Homepage : http://intelextrememasters.com/season9/worldchampionship/

http://intelextrememasters.com/season9/worldchampionship/ Schedule : http://intelextrememasters.com/worldchampionship/Schedule

http://intelextrememasters.com/worldchampionship/Schedule Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/esl_sc2

http://www.twitch.tv/esl_sc2 The world’s best 16 StarCraft II players clash at the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship in Katowice on their hunt for the prestigious World Championship trophy and their share of a US$116,707 prize pool

Participating players

The Intel Extreme Masters tournament winners from Season 9 are ready to add to their collection. Facing them are their respective finals opponents as well as eight talented players who came up through the open qualifier. Who can take it all?

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You can find the bracket overview

Talent lineup

Once again we have assembled the most knowledgeable and exciting StarCraft II hosts, commentators and analysts to cover the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship live from Katowice.

Your talent lineup is as follows:



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Full schedule

Four days of non-stop StarCraft II action are almost upon us. Here’s the full World Championship schedule:

Round of 16 (Thursday and Friday, March 12th to 13th 2015)



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13:00 to 20:00 CET each day: Round of 16 matches

Quarterfinals and semifinals (Saturday, March 14th 2015)

13:00 to 19:00 CET: Quarterfinal matches

Quarterfinal matches 19:00 to 22:00 CET: Semifinal matches

Grand finals (Sunday, March 15th 2015)

Starting at 16:00 CET: Grand finals

Check out the detailed schedule

Prize pool distribution

A lot of money is a stake in Katowice this year thanks to a record-setting US$116,707 prize pool. The prize distribution is handled as follows:

1st US$67,707 2nd US$15,000 3rd-4th US$7,000 5th-8th US$3,000 9th-16th US$1,000

ESL Fantasy

While the players compete, you can as well! Join the official ESL Fantasy league for your chance to win awesome prizes or open a private league to square off against your friends and colleagues. Our

Social media

The fastest way to get information and stay up to date is via social media, and we’ve got you covered!

You can also find all the players’ Twitter accounts in the player section above.

Stay tuned for our League of Legends and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive survival guides, which will be being released in the coming days!

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