| Intel Extreme Masters Season XII – World Championship Katowice | |
| Sport: | |
| Location: | Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
| Administrator: | Electronic Sports League |
| Venues: | Spodek |
| Champions: | Fnatic |
| Runners-Up1: | FaZe Clan |
| Runner-Up2: | --> |
| Previous: | Pyeongchang 2018 |
| Next: | IEM Katowice 2019 |
| Intel Extreme Masters Season XII – World Championship Katowice | |
| Sport: | StarCraft II |
| Location: | Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
| Administrator: | Electronic Sports League |
| Venues: | Spodek |
| Champions: | Rogue |
| Runners-Up1: | Classic |
| Runner-Up2: | --> |
| Previous: | Pyeongchang 2018 |
| Next: | IEM Katowice 2019 |
The Intel Extreme Masters Season 12 – World Championship or IEM Katowice 2018 was the world championship for the twelfth season of the Intel Extreme Masters. It was held at the Spodek in Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland from February 27–March 4, 2018. The event featured tournaments for and StarCraft II.[1]
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The group stage used a double elimination format, with the top 3 teams from each group of 8 moving on to the playoffs in the Spodek. The top team in each group earned a bye to the semifinals. All matches were played as best-of-threes except for the first round, which were played as best-of-ones, and the grand finals, which were played as a best-of-five.
| Protoss (8) | Terran (8) | Zerg (8) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 WCS Global Finals (1) | |||
| - | - | Rogue (Green Wings) | |
| Server Qualifiers (11) | |||
| Classic | GuMiho (PSISTORM Gaming) | Dark | |
| Dear | INnoVation | Elazer (QLASH) | |
| ShoWTimE (Arma) | uThermal (Liquid) | Impact (TitanEX1) | |
| sOs (Green Wings) | - | Nerchio | |
| Online qualifiers (12) | |||
| Hurricane | HeRoMaRinE (mousesports) | Serral (Ence) | |
| Neeb (Ting) | Maru (Green Wings) | Solar (Splyce) | |
| Trap (Green Wings) | Ryung | TRUE (PSISTORM) | |
| Zest | SpeCial | - | |
| - | TY (Splyce) | - | |
| Group A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Player | W-L | Map W-L | MD | |
| 1 | TY | 5-0 | 10-2 | +8 | |
| 2 | Dear | 4-1 | 9-2 | +7 | |
| 3 | Maru | 3-2 | 7-5 | +2 | |
| 4 | GuMiho | 2-3 | 4-7 | -3 | |
| 5 | SpeCial | 1-4 | 3-9 | -6 | |
| 6 | ShoWTimE | 0-5 | 2-10 | -8 | |
| Group B | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Player | W-L | Map W-L | MD | |
| 1 | Solar | 5-0 | 10-2 | +8 | |
| 2 | Dark | 3-2 | 8-4 | +3 | |
| 3 | Hurricane | 3-2 | 7-6 | +1 | |
| 4 | uThermal | 3-2 | 6-7 | -1 | |
| 5 | INnoVation | 1-4 | 5-8 | -3 | |
| 6 | TRUE | 0-5 | 1-10 | -9 | |
| Group C | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Player | W-L | Map W-L | MD | |
| 1 | Serral | 5-0 | 10-2 | +8 | |
| 2 | Rogue | 4-1 | 9-3 | +6 | |
| 3 | Impact | 2-3 | 6-7 | -1 | |
| 4 | Neeb | 2-3 | 6-8 | -2 | |
| 5 | Zest | 1-4 | 3-8 | -5 | |
| 6 | Nerchio | 1-4 | 3-9 | -6 | |
| Group D | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Player | W-L | Map W-L | MD | |
| 1 | Classic | 5-0 | 10-1 | +9 | |
| 2 | sOs | 4-1 | 8-4 | +4 | |
| 3 | Trap | 3-2 | 6-6 | 0 | |
| 4 | Ryung | 2-3 | 6-6 | 0 | |
| 5 | HeRoMaRinE | 1-4 | 3-8 | -5 | |
| 6 | Elazer | 0-5 | 2-10 | -8 | |