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This tournament will mark the 10th anniversary of StarCraft as a leading title on IEM and will again invite the world’s best SC2 players to compete in Poland this winter for their share of a US $250,000 prize pool.
Tickets will go public on October 31st. Premium tickets to the StarCraft II tournament Feb 28 - Mar 1 will be available for 500PLN, including a goodie bag, free drinks during the matches (only non-alcoholic, Spodek Arena only) and seating in the front row to guarantee visitors a premium viewing experience.
Below, you'll find everything you need to know about qualifying and playing at the tournament.
Online Qualifiers
There will be 4 global qualifiers, all consisting of 2 stages. 11 players who will top the second stages of the qualifiers will be invited to the group stage (Ro24):
- 3 from KR qualifier #1
- 2 from KR qualifier #2
- 3 from EU Qualifier
- 3 from NA qualifier
*All qualifiers are open to all participants, with no regional restrictions regarding citizenship or residence, but they will be held in the Battle.net regions they are announced. KR = Asia, EU = Europe, NA = Americas.
How will the Qualifiers work:
Stage 1 - Open for all
- Single elimination bracket - Bo3
- Deciding matches (Ro16) - Bo5 (top 8 qualify to the closed qualifier)
Stage 2 - 16 players (8 qualified from stage 1, 8 from regional WCS results: Asia+Oceania / Europe+Africa / Americas
- Double elimination bracket - Bo3
- Deciding matches - Bo5 (top 3 qualify to the main event group stages (Ro24) - except the second KR server qualifier)
Qualifiers Sign ups and Schedule:
Americas server Qualifier -
Stage 1 - Tuesday, Jan 07 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)Stage 2 - Wednesday, Jan 08 12:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)- Qualified:
Reynor, 
Zest, 
Maru
Asia server Qualifier #1 -
Stage 1 - Wednesday, Jan 08 10:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)Stage 2 - Thursday, Jan 09 10:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)- Qualified:Stats Solar TY
Europe server Qualifier -
Stage 1 - Monday, Jan 13 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)Stage 2 - Tuesday, Jan 14 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)- Qualified:Serral Elazer Cure
Asia server Qualifier #1 -
Stage 1 - §Wednesday, Jan 15 10:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)Stage 2 - Thursday, Jan 16 10:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)- Qualified:Rogue PartinG
Coverage:
List of approved streamers:
ZombieGrub - https://www.twitch.tv/zombiegrub
Maralekos - https://www.twitch.tv/maralekos
GrizzlyGaming - http://twitch.tv/lex_grizzlyto
SittingBull - https://www.twitch.tv/sittingbull21 Mintcrystall - https://www.twitch.tv/theanimationdude Horusstv - https://www.twitch.tv/horusstv Shyrshadi - https://www.twitch.tv/shyrshadi Winter Gaming - https://www.twitch.tv/wintergaming feardragon - https://www.twitch.tv/feardragon64 CaptCanuck - https://www.twitch.tv/captcanuck35 WardiTV - http://www.twitch.tv/wardiii Grant - https://www.twitch.tv/GrantSC2 Belair StarCraft - https://www.twitch.tv/belairstarcraft Chickenman - https://www.twitch.tv/chickenmansc
Kompisklanen - https://www.twitch.tv/exonym
LegendkTV - https://www.twitch.tv/legendktv Colttarren - https://www.twitch.tv/colttarren Draven - https://www.twitch.tv/Draven Adrrich gaming - https://www.twitch.tv/adrrich Creighton - https://www.twitch.tv/creightonolsen RenegadeX Studio - https://www.twitch.tv/renegadexstudios CranKy Ducklings - https://www.twitch.tv/cranky_ducklings O'gaming - https://www.twitch.tv/ogamingsc2 Gravity620 - https://www.twitch.tv/gravity620 Steadfast - https://www.twitch.tv/steadfastsc TakeTV - http://www.twitch.tv/TaKeTV MarthTV - https://www.twitch.tv/marthtv
Divinesia - https://www.twitch.tv/divinesiatv Golden - https://twitch.tv/golden BasetradeTV - https://www.twitch.tv/basetradetv Patrissimo12 - https://www.twitch.tv/patrissimo12 OhrlRock - https://www.twitch.tv/ohrlrock 
IndyStarCraft - http://www.twitch.tv/IndyStarCraft
BSLesports (Bulgarian StarCraft League) - https://www.twitch.tv/bulgarianstarcraftleague Beastyqt - https://www.twitch.tv/beastyqtNote: Not all casters listed here will cover all stages of the competition, keep your eyes open for the streams listed on the TL Calendar event on the right side of the website.
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