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With the conclusion of the Open Qualifier, the final bracket for the 2014 IEM World Championship has been set:
 Roccat.HyuN and  mouz.Dear were able to triumph over fourteen other players at the live, open qualifier in Katowice to claim the final two spots in the sixteen-man main event. The other spots had been awarded through a mixture of online qualifiers and seeds for high placements at prior IEM events.
HyuN was the first player to come out of the live qualifier, defeating Forte, Nerchio, Dear, and HasuObs without dropping a single map. HyuN's Zerg vs. Protoss looked particularly deadly, as he was able to overwhelm all of his opponents with any lair-tech units of his choosing, whether they were mutalisks, roaches, or hydralisks.
Though Dear was trounced by HyuN in the winner's bracket, he reeled off a series of wins against Leenock, Jaedong, and HasuObs to claim the final spot in the main event. Outside of his loss to HyuN, Dear also did not drop a single map to his opponents.
Unfortunately for the fans in the host city of Katowice, Poland, no Polish players were able to qualify. Acer's Nerchio made it the furthest through the qualifier, but was eliminated in the loser's semifinal by Jaedong.
Mousesport's HasuObs had by far the best showing of all the non-Korean players in the open qualifier, coming within one series victory of qualifying for the main event. Along the way, HasuObs recorded series wins over both Leenock and Jaedong, showing solid, all-around play.
The round of sixteen will be played on Friday, March 14th starting at 12:00 GMT (+00:00). The round of eight and semifinals will be played the next day, starting at the same time. The grand finals will take place on Sunday, March 16th at 14:30 GMT (+00:00). Please check the official IEM site for the full schedule.
The IEM World Championship will award the entirety of its $100,000 prize to the winner. As a WCS "Tier 1" event, it will also distribute 7000 WCS points to the players.
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Calling it now, Scoobers somehow escapes elimination in the Open qualifier, gets in the Ro16, and doesn't drop a map on his way to claim the $100,000. Then retires for life.
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Naniwa will play? Didn´t thought so
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The land of freedom23126 Posts
If Polt crumbles hard again and NaNi SOMEHOW can win against him, then he really can go ham.
sOs got nice bracket tho, can get revenge on TaeJa for Dreamhack Winter.
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On March 14 2014 05:59 EXRNaRa wrote:
Naniwa will play? Didn´t thought so
We'll see how much he will play in the end... 
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Gonna say herO vs Taeja or herO vs Life finals.
herO or Taeja end up winning it.
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
On March 14 2014 06:03 Zealously wrote:
That's a great bracket for Life
ez vZ vs Rogue and then either Taeja or Stardust, both of which are beatable. Taeja hasn't looked very good in TvZ recently (lost 0-4 to Ragnarok just a few days ago and barely beat Revival 3-2 two days earlier) and Stardust's recent PvZ history tells me that he's among the more beatable Protosses in Katowice.
Best-case scenario would be sOs going out to Oz, in which case Life would have the best possible road to the finals
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only 4 zergs and there's somehow a zvz in the ro16? lol
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Polt vs Naniwa haha they couldn't help themselves could they
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polt vs taeja/life dream final , praying to sc jesus
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HyuN 3-2 herO
San 3-1 MC
Polt 3-1 NaNiwa
Dear 3-1 HerO
jjakji 3-2 Revival
sOs 3-1 Oz
StarDust 3-2 TaeJa
Life 3-2 Rogue
San 3-2 HyuN
Dear 3-2 Polt
jjakji 3-2 sOs
Life 3-2 StarDust
Dear 3-2 San
Life 3-1 jjakji
Life 4-2 Dear
Gratz Life!!
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wtf HerO vs dear, my favorite 2 protosses ((((((
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Lorning
Belgica34432 Posts
On March 14 2014 06:06 Zealously wrote:Show nested quote +On March 14 2014 06:03 Zealously wrote:
That's a great bracket for Life
ez vZ vs Rogue and then either Taeja or Stardust, both of which are beatable. Taeja hasn't looked very good in TvZ recently (lost 0-4 to Ragnarok just a few days ago and barely beat Revival 3-2 two days earlier) and Stardust's recent PvZ history tells me that he's among the more beatable Protosses in Katowice. Best-case scenario would be sOs going out to Oz, in which case Life would have the best possible road to the finals
Don't underestimate Rogue
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On March 14 2014 06:07 asongdotnet wrote:
only 4 zergs and there's somehow a zvz in the ro16? lol
most likely to avoid 8/8 or 7/8 P. "Only" 6/8 P is possible.
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Polt lands the buy round 1
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United States23455 Posts
On March 14 2014 06:00 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote:
If Polt crumbles hard again and NaNi SOMEHOW can win against him, then he really can go ham.
sOs got nice bracket tho, can get revenge on TaeJa for Dreamhack Winter.
You think that even if Polt loses to Naniwa by some miracle that Naniwa will beat HerO or Dear with no practice?
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The land of freedom23126 Posts
StarDust is probably hating this draw more than everyone lol.
Getting TaeJa first and even if he wins - then Zerg? And then probably best Protoss in the world right now? Holy moly, StarDust, you're really unlucky this time.
And herO can go out in first round already considering Hyun's form in open bracket, even if he has ridiculous PvZ.
On March 14 2014 06:14 Darkhorse wrote:Show nested quote +On March 14 2014 06:00 oo_Wonderful_oo wrote:
If Polt crumbles hard again and NaNi SOMEHOW can win against him, then he really can go ham.
sOs got nice bracket tho, can get revenge on TaeJa for Dreamhack Winter. You think that even if Polt loses to Naniwa by some miracle that Naniwa will beat HerO or Dear with no practice?
I guess, understanding of matchup > practice. Especially in PvP.
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Do you really think Life has been playing that well recently? (honest question no flaming)
Hyun-San-Polt-Dear-Jjakji-sos-Taeja-Life
Hyun-Dear-sOs-Taeja
Hyun-Taeja
Taeja 
Rooting for all my Terrans tho, Go USA.Polt!
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EPT![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/UDNgK.png)
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