The sixth season of the Intel Extreme Masters, the global league of the video game champions, will take off with its first Global Challenge at Gamescom 2011 in Cologne (August 17 - 21). The event will host the world's best gamers fighting for a share of 53,000 US Dollar and a slot in the World Championship competition, the grand finale of each season of the league.
| Intel Extreme Masters Season VI - Global Challenge Cologne
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| League Information
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ESL
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Europe
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| Event Type:
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Offline
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Germany 
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| Prize pool:
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$32,000
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| Start Date:
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2011-08-17
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| End Date:
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2011-08-21
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| Links:
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Website
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[edit] Overview
The IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Cologne is a League of Legends tournament which takes place in Cologne, Germany from August 17th to 21st at Gamescom 2011. The tournament is the first event in the 6th season of ESL's Intel Extreme Masters series. 8 qualified teams will compete in a $32,000 tournament and for the chance top earn an invite to the Season VI World Championship.
[edit] Qualifiers
[edit] Format
- Group Stage - Round Robin Bo1
- Top 2 qualify to Playoffs
- Playoffs - Single Elimination Bo3
[edit] Prize pool
$32,000 USD (Approximately €22,080 EUR) is spread among the teams as follows:
| Place
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Prize (USD)
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≈Prize (EUR)
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Riot Circuit
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IEM S6
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Team
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 1st
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$ 12,000
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€ 8,280
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+200
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Seed +90
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 Counter Logic Gaming
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 2nd
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$ 6,000
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€ 4,140
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+100
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Seed +65
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 Team SoloMid
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 3rd
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$ 3,400
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€ 2,346
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+60
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+45
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 Fnatic
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 4th
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$ 2,400
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€ 1,656
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+40
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+25
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 Millenium
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| 5th-6th
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$ 2,100
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€ 1,449
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+25
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+15
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 SK Gaming
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 Team ALTERNATE
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| 7th-8th
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$ 2,000
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€ 1,380
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+10
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 Frag eXecutors
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 myRevenge
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*Converted prizes calculated on August 17th, 2011 with a currency rate of 1 USD = 0.69 EUR provided by http://www.xe.com/.
[edit] Participants
- 1
Competo Sports replaces 
SK Gaming as the Germany National Champion as SK Gaming's roster changes.
- 2
Frag eXecutors acquires 
Adversa eSports' roster between the qualifiers and the event.
- 3
Team ALTERNATE acquires Competo Sports's roster between the qualifiers and the event.
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myRevenge replaces 
AEON as AEON was not able to participate.[1]
[edit] Results
[edit] Group Stage
[edit] Group A
| Group A Matches |
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M  |
1 |
0 |
 aTn |
TSM  |
1 |
0 |
 myR |
| M |
1 |
0 |
myR |
| TSM |
1 |
0 |
aTn |
| M |
0 |
1 |
TSM |
| myR |
0 |
1 |
aTn |
[edit] Group B
| Group B Matches |
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Fnatic  |
1 |
0 |
 SK |
CLG  |
1 |
0 |
 Fx |
| Fnatic |
1 |
0 |
Fx |
| CLG |
1 |
0 |
SK |
| SK |
1 |
0 |
Fx |
| Fnatic |
0 |
1 |
CLG |
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[edit] Playoffs
[edit] Schedule
[edit] Regional Distribution
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North America |
Europe | Asia |
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| Round of 8 |
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| Round of 4 |
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| Final |
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| Winner |
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[edit] Additional Coverage
[edit] Videos and Photos
| Riot Season 1 Championship |
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[edit] Articles
| Riot Season 1 Championship |
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[edit] See Also
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ↑ KilleR and myR replacing IdrA and Aeon
[edit] Additional info
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