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Liquipedia: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/IEM_Season_V_-_European_Championships
Thanks Blueblister!
The American championship of the 5th Intel Extreme Masters is running since quite some time already (finals are coming up in early October in NYC!) and I hope you already heard about it. Our website has all the information about it in case you haven't.
The European championship was started just after our Global Challenge at gamescom, Germany which I hope you enjoyed as much as I did.
Overview & Schedule:
The European championship consists of four stages:
1. National Qualifiers - Finished on September 13th
These have been going on for quite some time and you can find an overview on our website and I believe some of our partners spread the word about them in this forum as well. Basically all countries are granted a certain number of spots in different stages of the tournament.
Example: If you finish top 2 in the Swedish qualifier you will get a direct invite to the mainround and skip all further qualification tournaments. If you finish first in Italy you get a slot in the first qualification round and still have to win two matches to get slot in the mainround.
2. Qualification Rounds - QR1: Finished on September 23rd - QR2: Finished on October 7th/14th
There are two qualification rounds. Both consist of 24 players and only 12 of them will go through. The matches are randomly drawn and are Best-of-Three.
3. European Championship - Finished on December 2nd
24 players are divided into 6 groups with 4 players each. Top 2 of each group advance. The default date for theses matches will be Thursday, 18:00 GMT (+00:00). ESL TV will broadcast the highlight matches of each playday.
4. European Championship Finals - January 20th - 23rd
The 12 best players will go to the LAN finals in Kiev's CyberArena in Ukraine. More details & pictures of the location can be found on our website.
The Players:
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Zerg:
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Bly
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ho8ot
dimaga
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Skruf
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Moutas
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DeathAngel
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MorroW
Protoss:
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h34D_hUnT3R
Naniwa
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Draco
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tsld/images/flags/at.png)
xEi
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tsld/images/flags/de.png)
Socke
HasuObs
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tsld/images/flags/fi.png)
Sein
White-Ra
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tsld/images/flags/es.png)
EthaN
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tsld/images/flags/ch.png)
WuLvEraTe
![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tsld/images/flags/pt.png)
Solid
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BLooD
KroLu
Terran:
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Skyless
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Nbs
SjoW
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TuZeR
Tarson
Sarens
BratOK
Naama
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sunshiNe
jimpo
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DeMusliM
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ClouD
GoOdy
LoZ
Ourk
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ChewbroCColi
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NTT
Spook
FaiLo
MassNazGulz
merz
PredY
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Kalin
ServaNt
YoMGuiKa
Kas
SaJeR
GLaiVe
Protoss:
Socke White-Ra Terran:
SjoW Tarson Sarens Naama DeMusliM ClouD GoOdy merz PredY Kas The Groups:
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Results:
QR1 - Thursday, Sep 23 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
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LoZ [ 3:0 ] Ourk Nbs [ 3:2 ] TuZeR![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/Picon_small.png)
EthaN [ 3:1 ] Draco NTT [ 3:2 ] Skyless WuLvEraTe [ 0:3 ] Naniwa SjoW [ 3:2 ] Spook ChewbroCColi [ 3:1 ] BLooD![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/Zicon_small.png)
Bly [ 1:3 ] Solid Sein [ 3:0 ] Moutas xEi [ 0:3 ] HasuObs sunshiNe [ 1:3 ] h34D_hUnT3R Skruf [ 3:2 ] ho8otQR2 - Thursday, Oct 07 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) & Thursday, Oct 14 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
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GLaiVe [ 0:3 ] Skruf jimpo [ 3:1 ] ChewbroCColi DeMusliM [ 3:0 ] h34D_hUnT3R ClouD [ 3:0 ] EthaN White-Ra [ 3:1 ] NTT KroLu [ 3:1 ] Sein YoMGuiKa [ 0:3 ] Nbs MassNazGulz [ 0:3 ] HasuObs FaiLo [ 0:3 ] SjoW ServaNt [ 3:2 ] Solid PredY [ 3:0 ] LoZ Kalin [ 0:3 ] NaniwaGroup Stage Playday 1 - Thursday, Oct 28 5:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) & Thursday, Nov 04 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
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Group Stage Playday 2 - Thursday, Nov 11 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) & Thursday, Nov 18 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
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Group Stage Playday 3 - Thursday, Dec 02 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
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Finalists:
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