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 | Astralis |
1st runners-up | ENCE eSports |
2nd runners-up | MIBR Natus Vincere |
MVP | Emil "Magisk" Reif |
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 | Team Secret |
1st runners-up | Gambit Esports |
2nd runners-up | OG |
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 | soO |
1st runners-up | Stats |
2nd runners-up | Dark herO |
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 | 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
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 |
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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
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
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 | 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 | ||||||||||||||
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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 | |
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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 | ||||||||||||||
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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 | 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
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 |
StarCraft II
Participants
Protoss (8) | Terran (7) | Zerg (9) |
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 |
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
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- 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.