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:

Astralis Cloud9 FaZe Clan G2 Esports Ninjas in Pyjamas SK Gaming Virtus.pro

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

Group B

Playoffs

StarCraft II

Participants Protoss (8) Terran (8) Zerg (8) 2017 WCS Global Finals (1) - -Rogue(Green Wings) Server Qualifiers (11)ClassicGuMiho(PSISTORM Gaming)DarkDearINnoVationElazer(QLASH)ShoWTimE(Arma)uThermal(Liquid)Impact(TitanEX1)sOs(Green Wings) -Nerchio Online qualifiers (12)HurricaneHeRoMaRinE(mousesports)Serral(Ence)Neeb(Ting)Maru(Green Wings)Solar(Splyce)Trap(Green Wings)RyungTRUE(PSISTORM)ZestSpeCial() - -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

References