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.

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 Amaz $4,000 2nd Azeri $2,000 3rd–4th Jeanno $1,000 RDU 5–8th JackyChan $500 MaSsan StrifeCro 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 TaeJa $10,000 2nd Solar $4,000 3rd–4th Jaedong $2,000 Jim 5–8th INnoVation $1,000 San Snute Zest

Source: Intel Extreme Masters

Toronto

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

Source: Intel Extreme Masters

San Jose

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

Source: Intel Extreme Masters

Cologne

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

Source: Intel Extreme Masters

World Championship – Katowice

League of Legends Place Team Prize money 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 1st Zest $66,707 2nd Trap $15,000 3rd–4th BByong $7,500 Dark 5–8th FanTaSy $3,000 herO INnoVation Maru 9–16th Cure $1,000 Flash Hydra Life Patience Rain Solar TaeJa

Source: Intel Extreme Masters

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