Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII – World Championship

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Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII – Katowice Major 2019
Tournament information
SportCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
LocationKatowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
AdministratorValve
ESL
Venue(s)ESL Arena
Katowice MCK [pl]
Spodek
Final positions
ChampionsAstralis
1st runners-upENCE eSports
2nd runners-upMIBR
Natus Vincere
MVPEmil "Magisk" Reif
ESL One Katowice 2019
Tournament information
SportDota 2
LocationKatowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
AdministratorElectronic Sports League
Venue(s)Spodek
Final positions
ChampionsTeam Secret
1st runners-upGambit Esports
2nd runners-upOG
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Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII – World Championship
Tournament information
SportStarCraft II
LocationKatowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
AdministratorElectronic Sports League
Venue(s)Spodek
Final positions
ChampionssoO
1st runners-upStats
2nd runners-upDark
herO
ESL Katowice Royale 2019
Tournament information
SportFortnite: Battle Royale
LocationKatowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
AdministratorElectronic Sports League
Venue(s)Spodek

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 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, StarCraft II, and Fortnite: Battle Royale.[1][2][3] In addition, the Counter-Strike tournament was the game's fourteenth Major Championship.[4]

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive[edit]

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.

Major Playoffs[edit]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
3 Natus Vincere 2
6 FaZe Clan 0
3 Natus Vincere 1
7 ENCE eSports 2
2 Team Liquid 0
7 ENCE eSports 2
7 ENCE eSports 0
1 Astralis 2
4 MIBR 2
5 Renegades 0
4 MIBR 0
1 Astralis 2
1 Astralis 2
8 Ninjas in Pyjamas 0

Intel Challenge[edit]

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

Group stage[edit]

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[edit]

Semifinals Finals
      
A1 Assassins 1
B2 CLG Red 2
B2 CLG Red 0
A2 Dignitas Female 2
B1 Beşiktaş Esports 1
A2 Dignitas Female 2 Third place
A1 Assassins 1
B1 Beşiktaş Esports 2

Dota 2[edit]

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[edit]

Direct Invitees[edit]

Qualifiers[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

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
Group A results
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[edit]

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
Group B results
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[edit]

Upper bracket[edit]

Upper bracket semifinals Upper bracket finals
      
A1 Team Secret 2
B2 Ninjas in Pyjamas 0
A1 Team Secret 2
A2 Gambit Esports 0
B1 Fnatic 1
A2 Gambit Esports 2

Lower bracket[edit]

Lower bracket round 1 Lower bracket round 2 Lower bracket semifinals
B2 Ninjas in Pyjamas 1
A3 OG 2 A3 OG 2
B4 Team Aster 0 A3 OG 2
B1 Fnatic 0
B1 Fnatic 2
B3 Chaos Esports Club 1 A4 Mineski 1
A4 Mineski 2

Top 3[edit]

Lower bracket finals Finals
A1 Team Secret 3
A2 Gambit Esports 2 A2 Gambit Esports 0
A3 OG 0

StarCraft II[edit]

Participants[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Dear 0
herO 3 herO 3
Trap 0 herO 1
soO 3
Serral 2
Zest 0 soO 3
soO 3 soO 4
Stats 2
Stats 3
Neeb 3 Neeb 0
RagnaroK 0 Stats 3
Dark 1
Dark 3
TY 0 Solar 1
Solar 3

Fortnite: Battle Royale[edit]

Duos[edit]

  • 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[edit]

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