Intel Extreme Masters Season IX

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Intel Extreme Masters Season IX was the ninth season of Intel Extreme Masters competitions organized by Electronic Sports League, and took place between July 2014 and March 2015. The season included five stops in different cities around the world acting as qualifiers before culminating in the World Championship in Katowice, Poland. The featured games were League of Legends by Riot Games and StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, as well as one competition of Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, both by Blizzard Entertainment.

Intel Extreme Masters Season IX
DateJuly 16, 2014 (2014-07-16)–March 15, 2015 (2015-03-15)
LocationKatowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
TypeEsports
ThemeTournament
Patron(s)Intel, BenQ, Kingston HyperX, GIGABYTE, ROCCAT
Organised byElectronic Sports League
Total prize moneyc. US$545,000
Official game titlesHearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
League of Legends
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
ChampionsLoL: Team SoloMid
SC2: Joo "Zest" Sung-wook
WebsiteOfficial website

Shenzhen

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Intel Extreme Masters Shenzhen was the opening event of Season IX, and took place between July 16–20 at the Shenzhen Cartoon and Animation Festival in Shenzhen, China. The event featured three games: StarCraft II, League of Legends, and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft in its sole Intel Extreme Masters appearance of the season. The prize pools consisted of US$25,000, US$5,000 and US$10,000 respectively, as well as 4,000 StarCraft II World Championship Series (WCS) points spread among the participants based on their placing.

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

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Place Player Prize money
1st   Amaz $4,000
2nd   Azeri $2,000
3rd–4th   Jeanno $1,000
  RDU
5–8th   JackyChan $500
  MaSsan
  StrifeCro
  XiaoSoul

League of Legends

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Place Team Prize money
1st Team WE $3,500
2nd EDward Gaming $1,500

StarCraft II

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Place Player Prize money
1st   TaeJa $10,000
2nd   Solar $4,000
3rd–4th   Jaedong $2,000
  Jim
5–8th   INnoVation $1,000
  San
  Snute
  Zest

Source: Intel Extreme Masters

Toronto

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StarCraft II

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Place Player Prize money
1st   Flash $10,000
2nd   Zest $4,000
3rd–4th   Life $2,000
  TaeJa
5–8th   First $1,000
  Snute
  viOLet
  YoDa

Source: Intel Extreme Masters

San Jose

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League of Legends

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Place Team Prize money[1]
1st Cloud9 $25,000
2nd Unicorns of Love $11,000
3rd–4th Alliance $5,000
Team SoloMid
5–6th Lyon Gaming $2,000
paiN Gaming

StarCraft II

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Place Player Prize money
1st   herO $10,000
2nd   Rain $4,000
3rd–4th   Bomber $2,000
  Jaedong
5–8th   ForGG $1,000
  GuMiho
  Revival
  Snute

Source: Intel Extreme Masters

Cologne

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League of Legends

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Place Team Prize money[2]
1st Gambit Gaming $12,500
2nd Counter Logic Gaming $6,500
3rd–4th Team Dignitas $3,500
Team ROCCAT
5–6th Aces High $2,000
Dolphins of Wall Street

Source: Intel Extreme Masters

Taipei

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League of Legends

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Place Team Prize money
1st yoe Flash Wolves $25,000
2nd Taipei Assassins $11,000
3rd–4th ahq e-Sports Club $5,000
Saigon Jokers
5–6th Avant Garde $2,000
Bangkok Titans

StarCraft II

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Place Player Prize money
1st   Life $10,000
2nd   Maru $4,000
3rd–4th   PartinG $2,000
  Soulkey
5–8th   Classic $1,000
  herO
  HyuN
  Rain

Source: Intel Extreme Masters

World Championship – Katowice

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League of Legends

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Place Team Prize money[3]
1st Team SoloMid $108,414
2nd Team WE $30,000
3rd–4th GE Tigers $15,000
yoe Flash Wolves
5–6th CJ Entus $5,000
SK Gaming
7–8th Cloud9 $2,500
Gambit Gaming

StarCraft II

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Place Player Prize money[3]
1st   Zest $66,707
2nd   Trap $15,000
3rd–4th   BByong $7,500
  Dark
5–8th   FanTaSy $3,000
  herO
  INnoVation
  Maru
9–16th   Cure $1,000
  Flash
  Hydra
  Life
  Patience
  Rain
  Solar
  TaeJa

Source: Intel Extreme Masters

References

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  1. ^ "IEM San Jose". GoodGame.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
  2. ^ "IEM Saison IX Cologne". Millenium (in French). Gameo Consulting. December 21, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Check out the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice prize money distribution". Intel Extreme Masters. Turtle Entertainment. February 20, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
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