Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII – World Championship
2019 esports tournament
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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]
LocationKatowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
| Location | Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
| Administrator | Valve ESL |
| Venue(s) | ESL Arena Katowice MCK [pl] Spodek |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Astralis |
| 1st runners-up | ENCE eSports |
| 2nd runners-up | MIBR Natus Vincere |
| MVP | Emil "Magisk" Reif |
SportDota 2
LocationKatowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
AdministratorElectronic Sports League
VenueSpodek
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Dota 2 |
| Location | Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
| Administrator | Electronic Sports League |
| Venue | Spodek |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Team Secret |
| 1st runners-up | Gambit Esports |
| 2nd runners-up | OG |
SportStarCraft II
LocationKatowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
AdministratorElectronic Sports League
VenueSpodek
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | StarCraft II |
| Location | Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
| Administrator | Electronic Sports League |
| Venue | Spodek |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | soO |
| 1st runners-up | Stats |
| 2nd runners-up | Dark herO |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Fortnite: Battle Royale |
| Location | Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
| Administrator | Electronic Sports League |
| Venue | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Teams
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 stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | W-L | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Group A results
| Results | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Group B results
| Results | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||
Playoffs
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 | ||||||||||||
Top 3
| Lower bracket finals | Finals | ||||||||
| A1 | Team Secret | 3 | |||||||
| A2 | Gambit Esports | 2 | A2 | Gambit Esports | 0 | ||||
| A3 | OG | 0 | |||||||
StarCraft II
Participants
| Protoss (8) | Terran (7) | Zerg (9) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Playoffs
| First round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Dear | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| herO | 3 | herO | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Trap | 0 | herO | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| soO | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serral | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Zest | 0 | soO | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| soO | 3 | soO | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Stats | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stats | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Neeb | 3 | Neeb | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| RagnaroK | 0 | Stats | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dark | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dark | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| TY | 0 | Solar | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Solar | 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