Intel Extreme Masters Season IX – World Championship

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Intel Extreme Masters Season IX – World Championship Katowice, also known as IEM Season IX World Championship took place in 2015. Intel Extreme Masters World Championship was held in Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland from March 12 to March 15, 2015. The World Championship has sanctioned official events include events of Starcraft II and League of Legends.{{cite news |url=http://www.eslgaming.com/article/open-qualifier-signups-intel-extreme-master-katowice-are-here |title=Open qualifier signups for Intel Extreme Master Katowice are here! |newspaper=ESL |date=2015-02-11}}{{cite web |url=http://en.intelextrememasters.com/season9/worldchampionship/ |title=Tournament & Bracket |website=Intel Extreme Masters}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dailydot.com/esports/cj-entus-team-solomid-sk-gaming-iem-katowice/|title=IEM Katowice will be the biggest international League tourney since Worlds|first=Samuel |last=Lingle|website=The Daily Dot|date=February 25, 2015}} It was the final event of Intel Extreme Masters Season IX.

World Championship – Katowice

=StarCraft II=

class="wikitable participantstable" width="35%" style="text-align:center"
style="background-color:#FFFFED;" | Protoss (5)

! style="background-color:#CCCCFF;" | Terran (7)

! style="background-color:#FFC0CB;" | Zerg (4)

colspan="3" | IEM Season IX: Shenzhen (2)
-

|TaeJa
(Team Liquid)

|Solar
(Samsung Galaxy)

colspan="3" | IEM Season IX: Toronto (2)
Zest
(KT Rolster)

|Flash
(KT Rolster)

| -

colspan="3" | IEM Season IX: San Jose (2)
herO
(CJ Entus)

| -

| -

Rain
(mYinsanity)

| -

| -

colspan="3" | IEM Season IX: Taipei (2)
-

|Maru
(Green Wings)

|Life
(KT Rolster)

colspan="3" | Online qualifiers (8)
Trap
(Green Wings)

|BByong
(CJ Entus)

|Dark
(SK Telecom T1)

Patience
(Dead Pixels)

|INnoVation
(SK Telecom T1)

|Hydra
(ROOT Gaming)

-

|FanTaSy
(Dead Pixels)

| -

-

|Cure
(Green Wings)

| -

=League of Legends=

{{Incomplete list|date=March 2015}}

Results

= ''StarCraft II'' =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"

! Place

! Player

! Prize money

style="text-align:center; background:gold;"| 1st

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Zest

|style="text-align:right"| $66,707

style="text-align:center; background:silver;"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Trap

|style="text-align:right"| $15,000

style="text-align:center; background:#c96;" rowspan="2"| 3rd–4th

| {{flagicon|KOR}} BByong

|style="text-align:right" rowspan="2"| $7,500

{{flagicon|KOR}} Dark
style="text-align:center" rowspan="4"| 5–8th

| {{flagicon|KOR}} FanTaSy

|style="text-align:right" rowspan="4"| $3,000

{{flagicon|KOR}} herO
{{flagicon|KOR}} INnoVation
{{flagicon|KOR}} Maru
style="text-align:center" rowspan="8"| 9–16th

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Cure

|style="text-align:right" rowspan="8"| $1,000

{{flagicon|KOR}} Flash
{{flagicon|KOR}} Hydra
{{flagicon|KOR}} Life
{{flagicon|KOR}} Patience
{{flagicon|KOR}} Rain
{{flagicon|KOR}} Solar
{{flagicon|KOR}} TaeJa

Source: [http://en.intelextrememasters.com/season9/worldchampionship/ Intel Extreme Masters]

{{Round16

||{{flagicon|South Korea}} herO|3|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Cure|1

||{{flagicon|South Korea}} BByong|3|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Solar|1

||{{flagicon|South Korea}} Zest|3|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Hydra|2

||{{flagicon|South Korea}} INnoVation|3|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Life|2

||{{flagicon|South Korea}} Flash|2|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Trap|3

||{{flagicon|South Korea}} FanTaSy|3|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Rain|0

||{{flagicon|South Korea}} Maru|3|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Patience|0

||{{flagicon|South Korea}} Dark|3|{{flagicon|South Korea}} TaeJa|1

||{{flagicon|South Korea}} herO|1|{{flagicon|South Korea}} BByong|3

||{{flagicon|South Korea}} Zest|3|{{flagicon|South Korea}} INnoVation|2

||{{flagicon|South Korea}} Trap|3|{{flagicon|South Korea}} FanTaSy|2

||{{flagicon|South Korea}} Maru|0|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Dark|3

||{{flagicon|South Korea}} BByong|1|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Zest|3

||{{flagicon|South Korea}} Trap|3|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Dark|1

||{{flagicon|South Korea}} Zest|4|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Trap|1

||{{flagicon|South Korea}} BByong|-|{{flagicon|South Korea}} Dark|-

}}

= ''League of Legends'' =

{{Incomplete list|date=March 2015}}

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! Place

! Team

! Prize money{{cite web |url=http://en.intelextrememasters.com/news/check-out-the-intel-extreme-masters-katowice-prize-money-distribution/ |title=Check out the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice prize money distribution |date=February 20, 2015 |website=Intel Extreme Masters |publisher=Turtle Entertainment |access-date=November 29, 2015 }}

style="text-align:center; background:gold;"| 1st

| Team SoloMid

|style="text-align:right"| $108,414

style="text-align:center; background:silver;"| 2nd

| Team WE

|style="text-align:right"| $30,000

style="text-align:center; background:#c96;" rowspan="2"| 3rd–4th

| GE Tigers

|style="text-align:right" rowspan="2"| $15,000

yoe Flash Wolves
style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"| 5–6th

| CJ Entus

|style="text-align:right" rowspan="2"| $5,000

SK Gaming
style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"| 7–8th

| Cloud9

|style="text-align:right" rowspan="2"| $2,500

Gambit Gaming

References

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