IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Cologne

IEM Global Challenge Cologne is the an event hosted and organized by ESL that will take place at the ESL TV Studio in Cologne, Germany. It will be the third event of ESL's Season VII, after Gamescom and Singapore. Eight qualified teams will compete for $ 50,000 and a direct qualification to the Season VII finals at CeBIT. The event will be hosted by Salome "Soe" Gschwind-Penski and cast in English by Joe Miller, ButButButILY, Araneae, Deman, and Zenon and in German by carni and unso.^[1]

[edit] Format

Eight teams qualify
Two groups of four
- Group stage is round robin, best of one
- In case of a tie, game time will be used to determine the winner
- Top two teams of each group advance
Single elimination bracket
Bracket stage matches are best of three
Top team qualifies for IEM World Championship
All matches are played on Zed Patch

[edit] Prize Pool

$44,000 USD (Approximately €33,440 EUR) is spread among the teams as follows:

Place	Prize (USD)	≈Prize (EUR)	IEM S7	Team
1st	$ 15,500	€ 11,780	Direct seed	SK Telecom T1
2nd	$ 8,500	€ 6,460	+60	Fnatic
3rd-4th	$ 4,500	€ 3,420	+35	MeetYourMakers
3rd-4th	$ 4,500	€ 3,420	+35	CJ Entus
5th-6th	$ 3,000	€ 2,280	+15	CLG Europe
5th-6th	$ 3,000	€ 2,280	+15	Millenium
7th-8th	$ 2,500	€ 1,900	+10	Team ALTERNATE
7th-8th	$ 2,500	€ 1,900	+10	mousesports

*Converted prizes calculated on December 14th, 2012 with a currency rate of 1 USD = 0.76 EUR provided by http://www.xe.com/.

[edit] Participants

**Team ALTERNATE**

	Kerp
	Kottenx
	ForellenLord
	Metalx
	SAND

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**Fnatic**

	sOAZ
	Cyanide
	xPeke
	Rekkles
	nRated

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**MeetYourMakers**

	Kubon
	Mokatte
	Czaru
	Makler
	Libik

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**Millenium**

	Angush
	ImSoFresh
	Tabzz
	Creaton
	Haydal

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**mousesports**

	Jwaow
	Dedrayon
	MoMa
	Prothana
	Pheilox

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**Counter Logic Gaming Europe**

	Wickd
	Snoopeh
	Froggen
	Yellowpete
	Krepo

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**CJ Entus**

	LongPanda
	inSec
	dade
	Space
	kkinsh

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**SK Telecom T1**

	Reapered
	H0R0
	MighTiLy
	UandME
	StarLast

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¹ Team FeaR replaces CLG Prime as they were unable to participate. ^[2]

² Absolute Legends NA and Team Dynamic replace Team Dignitas and Team FeaR as they were unable to participate. ^[3]

³ Taipei Assassins were unable to participate and were replaced by CLG EU. ^[4]^[5]

⁴ CJ Entus and mousesports replace Absolute Legends NA and Team Dynamic as they were unable to participate.^[6]

⁵ Millenium acquires Eclypsia roster between qualifiers and the event.

⁶ SK Telecom T1 acquires Eat Sleep Game roster between qualifiers and the event.

[edit] Results

[edit] Group Stage

Group A
1.	Fnatic	3-0
2.	SK Telecom T1	2-1
3.	Millenium	1-2
4.	mousesports	0-3

Group A Matches
SKT	1	0	mouz
M	0	1	Fnatic
SKT	0	1	Fnatic
M	1	0	mouz
SKT	1	0	M
Fnatic	1	0	mouz

Group B
1.	MeetYourMakers	3-0
2.	CJ Entus	2-1
3.	CLG Europe	1-2
4.	Team ALTERNATE	0-3

Group B Matches
MYM	1	CLG EU
CJ	1	aTn
MYM	1	aTn
CJ	1	CLG EU
MYM	1	CJ
CLG EU	1	aTn

[edit] Bracket Stage

Semifinals		Finals

Fnatic	2

CJ	1
		Fnatic	1

		SKT	2
SKT	2

MYM	0

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[edit] Catch-the-Teemo Showmatch

	Showmatch

	Team Riot	0

	Team ESL	1

Team Rosters
Team Riot	Team ESL
aBhorsen	Carmac
Yellowpete	Froggen
Tabzz	Kottenx
Krepo	Wickd
ImSoFresh	Snoopeh

[edit] View Games

[edit] Streams

English Twitch.TV Stream
German Twitch.TV Stream
Polish Twitch.TV Stream
& Czech Twitch.TV Stream
Spanish Twitch.TV Stream
Russian Twitch.TV Stream
Italian Twitch.TV Stream
Point of view Team 1 Twitch.TV Stream
Point of view Team 2 Twitch.TV Stream

[edit] VODs

Group Stage
Group A
SKT1 vs. mouz	Millenium vs. Fnatic
SKT1 vs. Fnatic	Millenium vs. mouz
SKT1 vs. Millenium	Fnatic vs. mouz(Spanish)
Group B
MeetYourMakers vs. CLG.EU	ALTERNATE vs. CJ Entus
MeetYourMakers vs ALTERNATE	CLG.EU vs. CJ Entus
MeetYourMakers vs. CJ Entus	TBD vs. TBD

Semi Finals
SKT1 vs. MeetYourMakers	Fnatic vs. CJ Entus
Game 1	Game 1
Game 2	Game 2
Game 3	Game 3

Grand Finals
Catch the Teemo Showmatch
SKT1 vs. Fnatic
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3

[edit] Schedule

December 14th
Round	Match	Date	PST	EST	CET	KST
Group A	SKT vs. mouz	2012-12-14	08:00	11:00	17:00	01:00
Group A	M vs. Fnatic	2012-12-14	09:15	12:15	18:15	02:15
Group A	SKT vs. Fnatic	2012-12-14	10:30	13:30	19:30	03:30
Group A	M vs. mouz	2012-12-14	11:45	14:45	20:45	04:45
Group A	SKT vs. M	2012-12-14	13:00	16:00	22:00	06:00
Group A	Fnatic vs. mouz	2012-12-14	13:00	16:00	22:00	06:00

December 15th
Round	Match	Date	PST	EST	CET	KST
Group B	MYM vs. CLG EU	2012-12-15	08:00	11:00	17:00	01:00
Group B	CJ vs. aTn	2012-12-15	09:15	12:15	18:15	02:15
Group B	MYM vs. aTn	2012-12-15	10:30	13:30	19:30	03:30
Group B	CJ vs. CLG EU	2012-12-15	11:45	14:45	20:45	04:45
Group B	MYM vs. CJ	2012-12-15	13:00	16:00	22:00	06:00
Group B	CLG EU vs. aTn	2012-12-15	13:00	16:00	22:00	06:00

December 16th
Round	Match	Date	PST	EST	CET	KST
Semifinals	Fnatic vs. CJ	2012-12-16	05:00	08:00	14:00	22:00
Semifinals	SKT vs. MYM	2012-12-16	07:45	10:45	16:45	00:45
Finals	Fnatic vs. SKT	2012-12-16	10:30	13:30	19:30	03:30

[edit] Regional Distribution

North America

Europe

Asia

Round of 8

6

2

Round of 4

2

Final

1

Winner

1

[edit] Additional Content

[edit] Videos and Photos

[edit] Articles

[edit] External Links

Global Challenge Cologne Official Announcement

[edit] References

↑ Araneae brings his insights! esl-world.net
↑ Team Dignitas and Team FeaR Set for IEM Cologne! nationalesl.com
↑ Groups and Schedule for IEM Cologne esl-world.net
↑ Groups and Schedule for IEM Cologne esl-world.net
↑ Counter Logic Gaming EU replace Taipei Assasins esl-world.net
↑ Dynamic, AL cancel Cologne participation gosugamers.net

[0] Araneae brings his insights! esl-world.net

[1] Team Dignitas and Team FeaR Set for IEM Cologne! nationalesl.com

[2] Groups and Schedule for IEM Cologne esl-world.net

[3] Groups and Schedule for IEM Cologne esl-world.net

[4] Counter Logic Gaming EU replace Taipei Assasins esl-world.net

[5] Dynamic, AL cancel Cologne participation gosugamers.net

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IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Cologne

Contents

[edit] Overview

[edit] Format

[edit] Prize Pool

[edit] Participants

[edit] Results

[edit] Group Stage

[edit] Bracket Stage

[edit] Catch-the-Teemo Showmatch

[edit] View Games

[edit] Streams

[edit] VODs

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Regional Distribution

[edit] Additional Content

[edit] Videos and Photos

[edit] Articles

[edit] External Links

[edit] References

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