Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII – World Championship explained

Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII – Katowice Major 2019
Sport:
Location:	Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Administrator:	Valve ESL
Venues:	ESL Arena Spodek
Champions:	Astralis
Runners-Up1:	ENCE eSports
Runners-Up2:	MIBR Natus Vincere
Mvp:	Emil "Magisk" Reif
Previous:	London 2018
Next:	Berlin 2019

ESL One Katowice 2019
Sport:	Dota 2
Location:	Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Administrator:	Electronic Sports League
Venues:	Spodek
Champions:	Team Secret
Runners-Up1:	Gambit Esports
Runners-Up2:	OG
Runner-Up2:	-->
Previous:	Hamburg 2018
Next:	Birmingham 2019

Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII – World Championship
Sport:	StarCraft II
Location:	Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Administrator:	Electronic Sports League
Venues:	Spodek
Champions:	soO
Runners-Up1:	Stats
Runners-Up2:	Dark herO
Previous:	IEM Katowice 2018

ESL Katowice Royale 2019
Sport:
Location:	Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Administrator:	Electronic Sports League
Venues:	Spodek
Runner-Up2:	-->

The Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII – World Championship or IEM Katowice 2019 was the world championship for the thirteenth season of the Intel Extreme Masters. It was held at the Spodek in Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland from February 13–March 3, 2019. The event featured tournaments for , Dota 2, StarCraft II, and .^{[1] [2] [3]} In addition, the Counter-Strike tournament was the game's fourteenth Major Championship.^[4]

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Valve awarded ESL a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship for the first time in nearly two and a half years. This tournament featured twenty-four teams from around the world, fourteen of which were directly invited from their top fourteen placements from the last Major and another ten teams qualifying from their respective regional qualifiers.

Intel Challenge

This tournament also featured the Intel Challenge Katowice 2019, an eight team tournament consisted of female teams.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	W	L	RF	RA	RD
1	Assassins	2	0	32	18	+14
2	Dignitas Female	2	1	59	31	+28
3	paiN Girls	1	2	60	86	-26
4	Orgless Female	0	2	46	62	-16

Group B

Pos	Team	W	L	RF	RA	RD
1	Beşiktaş Esports	2	0	32	21	+11
2	Counter Logic Gaming Red	2	1	57	42	+15
3	Crowns Female	1	2	58	69	-11
4	Carnage Esports Female	0	2	33	48	-29

Intel Challenge playoffs

Dota 2

Dota 2's tournament was called ESL One Katowice 2019 rather than IEM Katowice 2019 as ESL deemed it to be part of its Dota ESL One series.

Teams

Direct Invitees

• Alliance
• Chaos Esports Club
• Fnatic
• Forward Gaming
• Ninjas in Pyjamas
• OG
• Team Aster
• Team Secret

Qualifiers

• compLexity Gaming (North America)
• For The Dream (China)
• Gambit Esports (Europe)
• Mineski (Southeast Asia)

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	W-L
1	Team Secret	9-1	Advance to upper bracket
2	Gambit Esports	7-3	Advance to upper bracket
3	OG	6-4	Advance to lower bracket
4	Mineski	4-6	Advance to lower bracket
5	Forward Gaming	3-7	Eliminated
6	For The Dream	1-9	Eliminated

Results
	Secret	Gambit	FTD	OG	Forward	Mineski
Secret		2-0	2-0	1-1	2-0	2-0
Gambit	0-2		2-0	2-0	1-1	2-0
FTD	0-2	0-2		0-2	1-1	0-2
OG	1-1	0-2	2-0		1-1	2-0
Forward	0-2	1-1	1-1	1-1		0-2
Mineski	0-2	0-2	2-0	0-2	2-0

Group B

Pos	Team	W-L
1	Fnatic	8-2	Advance to upper bracket
2	Ninjas in Pyjamas	6-4	Advance to upper bracket
3	Chaos Esports Club	6-4	Advance to lower bracket
4	Team Aster	5-5	Advance to lower bracket
5	compLexity Gaming	3-7	Eliminated
6	Alliance	2-8	Eliminated

Results
	NiP	coL	Fnatic	[A]	Chaos	Aster
NiP		1-1	1-1	2-0	1-1	1-1
coL	1-1		1-1	1-1	0-2	0-2
Fnatic	1-1	1-1		2-0	2-0	2-0
[A]	0-2	1-1	0-2		1-1	0-2
Chaos	1-1	2-0	0-2	1-1		2-0
Aster	1-1	2-0	0-2	2-0	0-2

Playoffs

Top 3

StarCraft II

Participants

Protoss (8)	Terran (7)	Zerg (9)
2018 WCS Global Finals (1)
-	-	Serral (ENCE eSports)
Server Qualifiers (11)
Neeb (Ting)	Bunny (Team Blacer)	Dark (The Gosu Crew)
Patience	INnoVation (Team Reprecocity)	Rogue (Green Wings)
Zest	Maru (Green Wings)	-
-	SpeCial (XTEN Esports)	-
-	TY (Splyce)	-
-	uThermal (Team Liquid)	-
Offline qualifiers (12)
Creator (Green Wings)	GuMiho (PSISTORM)	Lambo (QLASH)
Dear (Newbee)	-	Leenock
herO (TSGaming)	-	RaganaroK (PSISTORM)
Stats (Splyce)	-	Scarlett (Newbee)
Trap (Green Wings)	-	Solar (TSGaming)
-	-	soO (Chivo SC)

Group stage

Group A
P	Player	W-L	Map W-L	MD
1	Stats	5-0	10-2	+8
2	Zest	4-1	9-4	+5
3	herO	3-2	6-5	+1
4	SpeCial	2-3	6-7	-1
5	Patience	1-4	3-8	-5
6	Creator	0-5	2-10	-8

Group B
P	Player	W-L	Map W-L	MD
1	Dark	4-1	8-3	+5
2	Trap	3-2	6-5	+1
3	Neeb	3-2	6-6	0
4	Maru	2-3	6-6	0
5	Leenock	2-3	6-8	-1
6	Lambo	1-4	4-8	-4

Group C
P	Player	W-L	Map W-L	MD
1	Serral	4-1	9-5	+4
2	RagnaroK	3-2	8-5	+3
3	Solar	3-2	7-7	0
4	GuMiho	2-3	6-6	0
5	Rogue	2-3	5-7	-2
6	INnoVation	1-4	4-9	-5

Group D
P	Player	W-L	Map W-L	MD
1	Dear	4-1	8-2	+6
2	TY	3-2	6-6	0
3	soO	2-3	6-6	0
4	Bunny	2-3	6-7	-1
5	uThermal	2-3	5-7	-2
6	Scarlett	2-3	4-7	-3

Playoffs

Fortnite: Battle Royale

Duos

• hrs - Chap
• 7ssk7 - Jamside
• Bizzle - Dmo
• Boyerxd - Crippa
• Domentos - Fwexy
• Hoopek - Sk1x
• Issa - Kamo
• Kinstaar - Hunter
• Magin - Juganza
• Mirwana - Inclyde
• Mitr0 - Khuna
• Motor - ErycTriceps
• Nate Hill - FunkBomb
• RazZzero0o - x8
• Saf - Zayt
• Sak0ner - Skram
• Skite - Vato
• Taiovsky - Nero
• Teeqzy - Mushway
• Tfue - Cloak
• TheVic - Blaxou
• Vivid - Poach
• ZexRow - Vinny1x

References

1. Web site: ESL One Katowice 2019 announced for Dota 2. Rohan. Samal. Dot Esports. October 18, 2018. January 11, 2019.
2. Web site: StarCraft II returns to IEM Katowice in February 2019. Tyler. Scott. Daily Esports. November 28, 2018. January 11, 2019.
3. Web site: ESL to Introduce Fortnite in IEM Katowice 2019. 2019-01-24. TalkEsport. en-US. 2019-01-25.
4. Web site: When does the next CS:GO Major begin? IEM Katowice Major 2019 information. Wyatt. Donigan. Dexerto. January 9, 2019. January 11, 2019.