| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
| Location | Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
| Administrator | Electronic Sports League |
| Venue(s) | Spodek |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Fnatic |
| Runner-up | FaZe Clan |
| ← Pyeongchang 2018IEM Katowice 2019 → | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | StarCraft II |
| Location | Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
| Administrator | Electronic Sports League |
| Venue(s) | Spodek |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Rogue |
| Runner-up | Classic |
| ← Pyeongchang 2018IEM Katowice 2019 → | |
The Intel Extreme Masters Season 12 – World Championship or IEM Katowice 2018 was the world championship for the twelfth season of the Intel Extreme Masters. It was held at the Spodek in Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland from February 27–March 4, 2018. The event featured tournaments for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and StarCraft II.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Participating teams
Direct Invitees
Source:
Qualifiers
- AVANGAR (Farmskins Championship)
- Heroic (Europe)
- Fnatic (Europe)
- North (Europe)
- Gambit (Europe)
- Team Liquid (North America)
- Renegades (North America)
- TyLoo (Asia)
- ORDER (Oceania)
Format
The group stage used a double elimination format, with the top 3 teams from each group of 8 moving on to the playoffs in the Spodek. The top team in each group earned a bye to the semifinals. All matches were played as best-of-threes except for the first round, which were played as best-of-ones, and the grand finals, which were played as a best-of-five.
Group stage
Group A
| Quarterfinals | Upper Semifinals | Upper Finals | |||||||||||
| SK Gaming | 16 | ||||||||||||
| AVANGAR | 10 | ||||||||||||
| SK Gaming | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Astralis | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Renegades | 13 | ||||||||||||
| Astralis | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Astralis | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Team Liquid | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Team Liquid | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Gambit | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Team Liquid | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Cloud9 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| TyLoo | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Cloud9 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Lowers Quarterfinals | Lowers Semifinals | Lowers Finals | |||||||||||
| Cloud9 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| AVANGAR | 0 | Renegades | 1 | ||||||||||
| Renegades | 2 | Cloud9 | 2 | ||||||||||
| SK Gaming | 1 | ||||||||||||
| SK Gaming | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Gambit | 2 | Gambit | 1 | ||||||||||
| TyLoo | 1 | ||||||||||||
Group B
| Quarterfinals | Upper Semifinals | Upper Finals | |||||||||||
| FaZe Clan | 16 | ||||||||||||
| ORDER | 3 | ||||||||||||
| FaZe Clan | 2 | ||||||||||||
| North | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | 10 | ||||||||||||
| North | 16 | ||||||||||||
| FaZe Clan | 0 | ||||||||||||
| fnatic | 2 | ||||||||||||
| G2 Esports | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Virtus.pro | 12 | ||||||||||||
| G2 Esports | 1 | ||||||||||||
| fnatic | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Heroic | 9 | ||||||||||||
| fnatic | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Lowers Quarterfinals | Lowers Semifinals | Lowers Finals | |||||||||||
| G2 Esports | 1 | ||||||||||||
| ORDER | 0 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2 | ||||||||||
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2 | ||||||||||
| North | 1 | ||||||||||||
| North | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Virtus.pro | 0 | Heroic | 0 | ||||||||||
| Heroic | 2 | ||||||||||||
Playoffs
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Grand Finals | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Astralis | 0 | ||||||||||||
| A3 | Cloud9 | 1 | B2 | FaZe Clan | 2 | |||||||||
| B2 | FaZe Clan | 2 | B2 | FaZe Clan | 2 | |||||||||
| B1 | fnatic | 3 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | fnatic | 2 | ||||||||||||
| B3 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 1 | A2 | Team Liquid | 0 | |||||||||
| A2 | Team Liquid | 2 | ||||||||||||
StarCraft II
Participants
| Protoss (8) | Terran (8) | Zerg (8) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 WCS Global Finals (1) | ||
| - | - | Rogue (Green Wings) |
| Server Qualifiers (11) | ||
| Classic |
GuMiho (PSISTORM Gaming) |
Dark |
| Dear |
INnoVation |
Elazer (QLASH) |
| ShoWTimE (Arma) |
uThermal (Liquid) |
Impact (TitanEX1) |
| sOs (Green Wings) |
- | Nerchio |
| Online qualifiers (12) | ||
| Hurricane |
HeRoMaRinE (mousesports) |
Serral (Ence) |
| Neeb (Ting) |
Maru (Green Wings) |
Solar (Splyce) |
| Trap (Green Wings) |
Ryung |
TRUE (PSISTORM) |
| Zest |
SpeCial (Exeed) |
- |
| - | TY (Splyce) |
- |
Group stage
| Group A | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Player | W-L | Map W-L | MD |
| 1 | TY | 5-0 | 10-2 | +8 |
| 2 | Dear | 4-1 | 9-2 | +7 |
| 3 | Maru | 3-2 | 7-5 | +2 |
| 4 | GuMiho | 2-3 | 4-7 | -3 |
| 5 | SpeCial | 1-4 | 3-9 | -6 |
| 6 | ShoWTimE | 0-5 | 2-10 | -8 |
| Group B | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Player | W-L | Map W-L | MD |
| 1 | Solar | 5-0 | 10-2 | +8 |
| 2 | Dark | 3-2 | 8-4 | +3 |
| 3 | Hurricane | 3-2 | 7-6 | +1 |
| 4 | uThermal | 3-2 | 6-7 | -1 |
| 5 | INnoVation | 1-4 | 5-8 | -3 |
| 6 | TRUE | 0-5 | 1-10 | -9 |
| Group C | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Player | W-L | Map W-L | MD |
| 1 | Serral | 5-0 | 10-2 | +8 |
| 2 | Rogue | 4-1 | 9-3 | +6 |
| 3 | Impact | 2-3 | 6-7 | -1 |
| 4 | Neeb | 2-3 | 6-8 | -2 |
| 5 | Zest | 1-4 | 3-8 | -5 |
| 6 | Nerchio | 1-4 | 3-9 | -6 |
| Group D | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Player | W-L | Map W-L | MD |
| 1 | Classic | 5-0 | 10-1 | +9 |
| 2 | sOs | 4-1 | 8-4 | +4 |
| 3 | Trap | 3-2 | 6-6 | 0 |
| 4 | Ryung | 2-3 | 6-6 | 0 |
| 5 | HeRoMaRinE | 1-4 | 3-8 | -5 |
| 6 | Elazer | 0-5 | 2-10 | -8 |
Playoffs
| First round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Serral | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Trap | 3 | Trap | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dark | 2 | Serral | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Classic | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classic | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dear | 3 | Dear | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Impact | 2 | Classic | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rogue | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| TY | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hurricane | 0 | Rogue | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rogue | 3 | Rogue | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Maru | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Solar | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| sOs | 2 | Maru | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Maru | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
- "Intel Extreme Masters 2017 - Katowice | Intel Extreme Masters". en.intelextrememasters.com. Electronic Sports League. 2 December 2020.
- "ESL reveals IEM Katowice invites". HLTV.org.
- Professeur. "Farmskins Championship #2 to award a spot at IEM Katowice 2018". HLTV.org. HLTV. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- "AVANGAR win Farmskins Championship #2; round out IEM Katowice list". HLTV.org.
- ^ "IEM Katowice 2018 Europe Closed Qualifier". HLTV.org.
- ^ "IEM Katowice 2018 North America Closed Qualifier". HLTV.org.
- "IEM Season 12 Katowice CSGO Asia Closed Qualifier | ESL Play". play.eslgaming.com.
- "IEM Season 12 Katowice CSGO Oceania Closed Qualifier | ESL Play". play.eslgaming.com. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
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