Intel Extreme Masters Season IX

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.

Intel Extreme Masters Season IX
DateJuly 16, 2014 (2014-07-16)–March 15, 2015 (2015-03-15)
LocationKatowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
TypeEsports
ThemeTournament
Patron(s)Intel, BenQ, Kingston HyperX, GIGABYTE, ROCCAT
Organised byElectronic Sports League
Total prize moneyc. US$545,000
Official game titlesHearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
League of Legends
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
ChampionsLoL: Team SoloMid
SC2: Joo "Zest" Sung-wook
WebsiteOfficial website
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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
1st Hong Kong Amaz $4,000
2nd Taiwan Azeri $2,000
3rd–4th Hong Kong Jeanno $1,000
Romania RDU
5–8th Hong Kong JackyChan $500
United States MaSsan
United States StrifeCro
China XiaoSoul

League of Legends
Place Team Prize money
1st Team WE $3,500
2nd EDward Gaming $1,500

StarCraft II
Place Player Prize money
1st South Korea TaeJa $10,000
2nd South Korea Solar $4,000
3rd–4th South Korea Jaedong $2,000
China Jim
5–8th South Korea INnoVation $1,000
South Korea San
Denmark Snute
South Korea Zest

Source: Intel Extreme Masters

Toronto

StarCraft II
Place Player Prize money
1st South Korea Flash $10,000
2nd South Korea Zest $4,000
3rd–4th South Korea Life $2,000
South Korea TaeJa
5–8th South Korea First $1,000
Denmark Snute
South Korea viOLet
South Korea YoDa

Source: Intel Extreme Masters

San Jose

League of Legends
Place Team Prize money[1]
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
1st South Korea herO $10,000
2nd South Korea Rain $4,000
3rd–4th South Korea Bomber $2,000
South Korea Jaedong
5–8th South Korea ForGG $1,000
South Korea GuMiho
South Korea Revival
Denmark Snute

Source: Intel Extreme Masters

Cologne

League of Legends
Place Team Prize money[2]
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
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
1st South Korea Life $10,000
2nd South Korea Maru $4,000
3rd–4th South Korea PartinG $2,000
South Korea Soulkey
5–8th South Korea Classic $1,000
South Korea herO
South Korea HyuN
South Korea Rain

Source: Intel Extreme Masters

World Championship – Katowice
Main article: Intel Extreme Masters Season IX - World Championship

League of Legends
Place Team Prize money[3]
1st Team SoloMid $108,414
2nd Team WE $30,000
3rd–4th GE Tigers $15,000
yoe Flash Wolves
5–6th CJ Entus $5,000
SK Gaming
7–8th Cloud9 $2,500
Gambit Gaming

StarCraft II
Place Player Prize money[3]
1st South Korea Zest $66,707
2nd South Korea Trap $15,000
3rd–4th South Korea BByong $7,500
South Korea Dark
5–8th South Korea FanTaSy $3,000
South Korea herO
South Korea INnoVation
South Korea Maru
9–16th South Korea Cure $1,000
South Korea Flash
South Korea Hydra
South Korea Life
South Korea Patience
South Korea Rain
South Korea Solar
South Korea TaeJa

Source: Intel Extreme Masters

References
  1. "IEM San Jose". GoodGame.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
  2. "IEM Saison IX Cologne". Millenium (in French). Gameo Consulting. December 21, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
  3. "Check out the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice prize money distribution". Intel Extreme Masters. Turtle Entertainment. February 20, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
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