Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII – World Championship
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]
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
Location | Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
Administrator(s) | Valve ESL |
Venue(s) | ESL Arena Katowice MCK Spodek |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
1st runners-up | ![]() |
2nd runners-up | ![]() ![]() |
MVP | ![]() |
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Dota 2 |
Location | Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
Administrator(s) | Electronic Sports League |
Venue(s) | Spodek |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
1st runners-up | ![]() |
2nd runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament information | |
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Sport | StarCraft II |
Location | Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
Administrator(s) | Electronic Sports League |
Venue(s) | Spodek |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
1st runners-up | ![]() |
2nd runners-up | ![]() ![]() |
Tournament information | |
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Sport | Fortnite: Battle Royale |
Location | Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
Administrator(s) | Electronic Sports League |
Venue(s) | Spodek |
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.
Major Playoffs
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
6 | ![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||
7 | ![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
7 | ![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
7 | ![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
5 | ![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
8 | ![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
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 |
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1 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 32 | 18 | +14 |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 59 | 31 | +28 |
3 | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 60 | 86 | -26 |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 2 | 46 | 62 | -16 |
Group B
Pos | Team | W | L | RF | RA | RD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 32 | 21 | +11 |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 57 | 42 | +15 |
3 | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 58 | 69 | -11 |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 2 | 33 | 48 | -29 |
Intel Challenge playoffs
Semifinals | Finals | |||||||
A1 | ![]() |
1 | ||||||
B2 | ![]() |
2 | ||||||
B2 | ![]() |
0 | ||||||
A2 | ![]() |
2 | ||||||
B1 | ![]() |
1 | ||||||
A2 | ![]() |
2 | Third place | |||||
A1 | ![]() |
1 | ||||||
B1 | ![]() |
2 |
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.
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 A
Pos | Team | W-L | |
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1 | ![]() |
9-1 | Advance to upper bracket |
2 | ![]() |
7-3 | Advance to upper bracket |
3 | ![]() |
6-4 | Advance to lower bracket |
4 | ![]() |
4-6 | Advance to lower bracket |
5 | ![]() |
3-7 | Eliminated |
6 | ![]() |
1-9 | Eliminated |
Results | ||||||||||||||
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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 | ![]() |
8-2 | Advance to upper bracket |
2 | ![]() |
6-4 | Advance to upper bracket |
3 | ![]() |
6-4 | Advance to lower bracket |
4 | ![]() |
5-5 | Advance to lower bracket |
5 | ![]() |
3-7 | Eliminated |
6 | ![]() |
2-8 | Eliminated |
Results | ||||||||||||||
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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 |
Upper bracket
Upper bracket semifinals | Upper bracket finals | ||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 2 | |||||||
B2 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||
A1 | ![]() | 2 | |||||||
A2 | ![]() | 0 | |||||||
B1 | ![]() | 1 | |||||||
A2 | ![]() | 2 | |||||||
Lower bracket
Lower bracket round 1 | Lower bracket round 2 | Lower bracket semifinals | |||||||||||
B2 | ![]() |
1 | |||||||||||
A3 | ![]() |
2 | A3 | ![]() |
2 | ||||||||
B4 | ![]() |
0 | A3 | ![]() |
2 | ||||||||
B1 | ![]() |
0 | |||||||||||
B1 | ![]() |
2 | |||||||||||
B3 | ![]() |
1 | A4 | ![]() |
1 | ||||||||
A4 | ![]() |
2 |
StarCraft II
Participants
Protoss (8) | Terran (7) | Zerg (9) |
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2018 WCS Global Finals (1) | ||
- | - | ![]() (ENCE eSports) |
Server Qualifiers (11) | ||
![]() (Ting) |
![]() (Team Blacer) |
![]() (The Gosu Crew) |
![]() |
![]() (Team Reprecocity) |
![]() (Green Wings) |
![]() |
![]() (Green Wings) |
- |
- | ![]() (XTEN Esports) |
- |
- | ![]() (Splyce) |
- |
- | ![]() (Team Liquid) |
- |
Offline qualifiers (12) | ||
![]() (Green Wings) |
![]() (PSISTORM) |
![]() (QLASH) |
![]() (Newbee) |
- | ![]() |
![]() (TSGaming) |
- | ![]() (PSISTORM) |
![]() (Splyce) |
- | ![]() (Newbee) |
![]() (Green Wings) |
- | ![]() (TSGaming) |
- | - | ![]() (Chivo SC) |
Group stage
Group A | ||||
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P | Player | W-L | Map W-L | MD |
1 | ![]() | 5-0 | 10-2 | +8 |
2 | ![]() | 4-1 | 9-4 | +5 |
3 | ![]() | 3-2 | 6-5 | +1 |
4 | ![]() | 2-3 | 6-7 | -1 |
5 | ![]() | 1-4 | 3-8 | -5 |
6 | ![]() | 0-5 | 2-10 | -8 |
Group B | ||||
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P | Player | W-L | Map W-L | MD |
1 | ![]() | 4-1 | 8-3 | +5 |
2 | ![]() | 3-2 | 6-5 | +1 |
3 | ![]() | 3-2 | 6-6 | 0 |
4 | ![]() | 2-3 | 6-6 | 0 |
5 | ![]() | 2-3 | 6-8 | -1 |
6 | ![]() | 1-4 | 4-8 | -4 |
Group C | ||||
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P | Player | W-L | Map W-L | MD |
1 | ![]() | 4-1 | 9-5 | +4 |
2 | ![]() | 3-2 | 8-5 | +3 |
3 | ![]() | 3-2 | 7-7 | 0 |
4 | ![]() | 2-3 | 6-6 | 0 |
5 | ![]() | 2-3 | 5-7 | -2 |
6 | ![]() | 1-4 | 4-9 | -5 |
Group D | ||||
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P | Player | W-L | Map W-L | MD |
1 | ![]() | 4-1 | 8-2 | +6 |
2 | ![]() | 3-2 | 6-6 | 0 |
3 | ![]() | 2-3 | 6-6 | 0 |
4 | ![]() | 2-3 | 6-7 | -1 |
5 | ![]() | 2-3 | 5-7 | -2 |
6 | ![]() | 2-3 | 4-7 | -3 |
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
- Samal, Rohan (October 18, 2018). "ESL One Katowice 2019 announced for Dota 2". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
- Scott, Tyler (November 28, 2018). "StarCraft II returns to IEM Katowice in February 2019". Daily Esports. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
- "ESL to Introduce Fortnite in IEM Katowice 2019". TalkEsport. 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
- Donigan, Wyatt (January 9, 2019). "When does the next CS:GO Major begin? IEM Katowice Major 2019 information". Dexerto. Retrieved January 11, 2019.