Intel Extreme Masters, referred to as IEM, is the first global e-sports elite championship. In 2006, Intel Germany established the IEM Extreme Masters in cooperation with ESL, and began to hold global competitions in Europe.
IEM arrived in Joy in China, China on July 25th, 20 13.
Iem World Finals Competition Process
On the evening of March 12, 2065438, the IEM9 World Finals officially started in Katowice, Poland. On the first day, StarCraft II had four competitions, and the ESL One Katowice CSGO offline competition held in the same place completed the group schedule on the first day.
On this day, ESL One Katowice's offline group match is the highlight. The first game was a French civil war in Group B, and Envius played Titan. The two giants in France are equal in strength. In the end, EnVyUs led by Happy narrowly defeated Titan with 16- 14 and advanced to the final of the championship group. Titan, who fell into the loser group, was defeated by PENTA Sports by 16-4, which broke the big upset of this competition. In the end, Envius and PENTA of Group B advanced to the quarter-finals.
Then, Group A was held. Fnatic and NaVi are undoubtedly popular teams in the group. They also lived up to expectations and played their level normally. Olo Bk Frem's fiery state made fnatic the first to qualify for the knockout stage, and Navi's guarding and seizure also helped the team advance to the knockout stage smoothly.
As for Group C and Group D, the North American team turned the tables on the map of de_nuke. In the match between group C HellRaisers and CLG, and group D TSM and Cloud9, HR and TSM scored a huge score advantage of 13-2 in the first half, and both were turned over by their opponents in the second half, and finally lost the game with 14- 16.
In addition, popular teams including NiP and Virtus.pro successfully passed the group stage, and the next day's knockout stage was the real test for each team.
On the first day of StarCraft II, there were four games 16 into 8. Innovation, Zest, Fantasy and Darkness of Satellite Pot advanced to the quarter-finals, and the remaining 16 into 8 competitions will be held the next day.
Next, at 20: 00 on June 5438+04, the League of Legends group match and CSGO quarterfinals will be held.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia -iem World Finals; Baidu encyclopedia -IEM