Intel Extreme Masters Season XII – World Championship

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.^[1]

Intel Extreme Masters Season XII – World Championship Katowice

Tournament information
Sport	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Location	Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Administrator	Electronic Sports League
Venue(s)	Spodek
Final positions
Champions	Fnatic
Runner-up	FaZe Clan
← Pyeongchang 2018 IEM Katowice 2019 →

Intel Extreme Masters Season XII – World Championship Katowice

Tournament information
Sport	StarCraft II
Location	Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Administrator	Electronic Sports League
Venue(s)	Spodek
Final positions
Champions	Rogue
Runner-up	Classic
← Pyeongchang 2018 IEM Katowice 2019 →

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Participating teams

Direct Invitees

Source:^[2]

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

Qualifiers

• AVANGAR (Farmskins Championship)^[3][4]
• Heroic (Europe)^[5]
• Fnatic (Europe)^[5]
• North (Europe)^[5]
• Gambit (Europe)^[5]
• Team Liquid (North America)^[6]
• Renegades (North America)^[6]
• TyLoo (Asia)^[7]
• ORDER (Oceania)^[8]

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

	Quarterfinals					Upper Semifinals					Upper Finals
	SK Gaming		16
	AVANGAR		10
						SK Gaming		0
						Astralis		2
	Renegades		13
	Astralis		16
											Astralis		2
											Team Liquid		1
	Team Liquid		16
	Gambit		10
						Team Liquid		2
						Cloud9		0
	TyLoo		14
	Cloud9		16
	Lowers Quarterfinals					Lowers Semifinals					Lowers Finals
						Cloud9		2
	AVANGAR		0			Renegades		1
	Renegades		2								Cloud9		2
											SK Gaming		1
						SK Gaming		2
	Gambit		2			Gambit		1
	TyLoo		1

Group B

	Quarterfinals					Upper Semifinals					Upper Finals
	FaZe Clan		16
	ORDER		3
						FaZe Clan		2
						North		0
	Ninjas in Pyjamas		10
	North		16
											FaZe Clan		0
											fnatic		2
	G2 Esports		16
	Virtus.pro		12
						G2 Esports		1
						fnatic		2
	Heroic		9
	fnatic		16
	Lowers Quarterfinals					Lowers Semifinals					Lowers Finals
						G2 Esports		1
	ORDER		0			Ninjas in Pyjamas		2
	Ninjas in Pyjamas		2								Ninjas in Pyjamas		2
											North		1
						North		2
	Virtus.pro		0			Heroic		0
	Heroic		2

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Grand Finals

A1

Astralis

0

A3

Cloud9

1

B2

FaZe Clan

2

B2

FaZe Clan

2

B2

FaZe Clan

2

B1

fnatic

3

B1

fnatic

2

B3

Ninjas in Pyjamas

1

A2

Team Liquid

0

A2

Team Liquid

2

StarCraft II

Participants

Protoss (8)	Terran (8)	Zerg (8)
2017 WCS Global Finals (1)
-	-	Rogue (Green Wings)
Server Qualifiers (11)
Classic	GuMiho (PSISTORM Gaming)	Dark
Dear	INnoVation	Elazer (QLASH)
ShoWTimE (Arma)	uThermal (Liquid)	Impact (TitanEX1)
sOs (Green Wings)	-	Nerchio
Online qualifiers (12)
Hurricane	HeRoMaRinE (mousesports)	Serral (Ence)
Neeb (Ting)	Maru (Green Wings)	Solar (Splyce)
Trap (Green Wings)	Ryung	TRUE (PSISTORM)
Zest	SpeCial (Exeed)	-
-	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

	First round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						Serral		3
	Trap		3			Trap		2
	Dark		2								Serral		0
											Classic		3
						Classic		3
	Dear		3			Dear		1
	Impact		2													Classic		0
																Rogue		4
						TY		1
	Hurricane		0			Rogue		3
	Rogue		3								Rogue		3
											Maru		2
						Solar		1
	sOs		2			Maru		3
	Maru		3