Intel Extreme Masters Season IX
Date | July 16, 2014 | –March 15, 2015
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Location | Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
Type | Esports |
Theme | Tournament |
Patron(s) | Intel, BenQ, Kingston HyperX, GIGABYTE, ROCCAT |
Organised by | Electronic Sports League |
Total prize money | c. US$545,000 |
Official game titles | Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft League of Legends StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm |
Champions | LoL: Team SoloMid SC2: Joo "Zest" Sung-wook |
Website | Official website |
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Intel Extreme Masters Season IX was the ninth season of Intel Extreme Masters competitions organized by Electronic Sports League, and took place between July 2014 and March 2015. The season included five stops in different cities around the world acting as qualifiers before culminating in the World Championship in Katowice, Poland. The featured games were League of Legends by Riot Games and StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, as well as one competition of Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, both by Blizzard Entertainment.
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Shenzhen
Intel Extreme Masters Shenzhen was the opening event of Season IX, and took place between July 16–20 at the Shenzhen Cartoon and Animation Festival in Shenzhen, China. The event featured three games: StarCraft II, League of Legends, and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft in its sole Intel Extreme Masters appearance of the season. The prize pools consisted of US$25,000, US$5,000 and US$10,000 respectively, as well as 4,000 StarCraft II World Championship Series (WCS) points spread among the participants based on their placing.
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
Place | Player | Prize money |
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1st | ![]() |
$4,000 |
2nd | ![]() |
$2,000 |
3rd–4th | ![]() |
$1,000 |
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5–8th | ![]() |
$500 |
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League of Legends
Place | Team | Prize money |
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1st | Team WE | $3,500 |
2nd | EDward Gaming | $1,500 |
StarCraft II
Place | Player | Prize money |
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1st | ![]() |
$10,000 |
2nd | ![]() |
$4,000 |
3rd–4th | ![]() |
$2,000 |
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5–8th | ![]() |
$1,000 |
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Source: Intel Extreme Masters
Toronto
StarCraft II
Place | Player | Prize money |
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1st | ![]() |
$10,000 |
2nd | ![]() |
$4,000 |
3rd–4th | ![]() |
$2,000 |
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5–8th | ![]() |
$1,000 |
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Source: Intel Extreme Masters
San Jose
League of Legends
Place | Team | Prize money[1] |
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1st | Cloud9 | $25,000 |
2nd | Unicorns of Love | $11,000 |
3rd–4th | Alliance | $5,000 |
Team SoloMid | ||
5–6th | Lyon Gaming | $2,000 |
paiN Gaming |
StarCraft II
Place | Player | Prize money |
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1st | ![]() |
$10,000 |
2nd | ![]() |
$4,000 |
3rd–4th | ![]() |
$2,000 |
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5–8th | ![]() |
$1,000 |
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Source: Intel Extreme Masters
Cologne
League of Legends
Place | Team | Prize money[2] |
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1st | Gambit Gaming | $12,500 |
2nd | Counter Logic Gaming | $6,500 |
3rd–4th | Team Dignitas | $3,500 |
Team ROCCAT | ||
5–6th | Aces High | $2,000 |
Dolphins of Wall Street |
Source: Intel Extreme Masters
Taipei
League of Legends
Place | Team | Prize money |
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1st | yoe Flash Wolves | $25,000 |
2nd | Taipei Assassins | $11,000 |
3rd–4th | ahq e-Sports Club | $5,000 |
Saigon Jokers | ||
5–6th | Avant Garde | $2,000 |
Bangkok Titans |
StarCraft II
Place | Player | Prize money |
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1st | ![]() |
$10,000 |
2nd | ![]() |
$4,000 |
3rd–4th | ![]() |
$2,000 |
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5–8th | ![]() |
$1,000 |
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Source: Intel Extreme Masters
World Championship – Katowice
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League of Legends
Place | Team | Prize money[3] |
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1st | Team SoloMid | $108,414 |
2nd | Team WE | $30,000 |
3rd–4th | GE Tigers | $15,000 |
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5–6th | CJ Entus | $5,000 |
SK Gaming | ||
7–8th | Cloud9 | $2,500 |
Gambit Gaming |
StarCraft II
Place | Player | Prize money[3] |
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1st | ![]() |
$66,707 |
2nd | ![]() |
$15,000 |
3rd–4th | ![]() |
$7,500 |
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5–8th | ![]() |
$3,000 |
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9–16th | ![]() |
$1,000 |
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Source: Intel Extreme Masters