Intel Extreme Masters Season IX

Intel Extreme Masters Season IX was the ninth season of Intel Extreme Masters competitions organized by Electronic Sports League, and took place between July 2014 and March 2015. The season included five stops in different cities around the world acting as qualifiers before culminating in the World Championship in Katowice, Poland. The featured games were League of Legends by Riot Games and StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, as well as one competition of Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, both by Blizzard Entertainment.

Intel Extreme Masters Season IX

Date	July 16, 2014 (2014-07-16)–March 15, 2015 (2015-03-15)
Location	Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Type	Esports
Theme	Tournament
Patron(s)	Intel, BenQ, Kingston HyperX, GIGABYTE, ROCCAT
Organised by	Electronic Sports League
Total prize money	c. US$545,000
Official game titles	Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft League of Legends StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
Champions	LoL: Team SoloMid SC2: Joo "Zest" Sung-wook
Website	Official website
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Shenzhen

Intel Extreme Masters Shenzhen was the opening event of Season IX, and took place between July 16–20 at the Shenzhen Cartoon and Animation Festival in Shenzhen, China. The event featured three games: StarCraft II, League of Legends, and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft in its sole Intel Extreme Masters appearance of the season. The prize pools consisted of US$25,000, US$5,000 and US$10,000 respectively, as well as 4,000 StarCraft II World Championship Series (WCS) points spread among the participants based on their placing.

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

Place	Player	Prize money
1st	Amaz	$4,000
2nd	Azeri	$2,000
3rd–4th	Jeanno	$1,000
	RDU
5–8th	JackyChan	$500
	MaSsan
	StrifeCro
	XiaoSoul

League of Legends

Place	Team	Prize money
1st	Team WE	$3,500
2nd	EDward Gaming	$1,500

StarCraft II

Place	Player	Prize money
1st	TaeJa	$10,000
2nd	Solar	$4,000
3rd–4th	Jaedong	$2,000
	Jim
5–8th	INnoVation	$1,000
	San
	Snute
	Zest

Source: Intel Extreme Masters

Toronto

StarCraft II

Place	Player	Prize money
1st	Flash	$10,000
2nd	Zest	$4,000
3rd–4th	Life	$2,000
	TaeJa
5–8th	First	$1,000
	Snute
	viOLet
	YoDa

Source: Intel Extreme Masters

San Jose

League of Legends

Place	Team	Prize money[1]
1st	Cloud9	$25,000
2nd	Unicorns of Love	$11,000
3rd–4th	Alliance	$5,000
	Team SoloMid
5–6th	Lyon Gaming	$2,000
	paiN Gaming

StarCraft II

Place	Player	Prize money
1st	herO	$10,000
2nd	Rain	$4,000
3rd–4th	Bomber	$2,000
	Jaedong
5–8th	ForGG	$1,000
	GuMiho
	Revival
	Snute

Source: Intel Extreme Masters

Cologne

League of Legends

Place	Team	Prize money[2]
1st	Gambit Gaming	$12,500
2nd	Counter Logic Gaming	$6,500
3rd–4th	Team Dignitas	$3,500
	Team ROCCAT
5–6th	Aces High	$2,000
	Dolphins of Wall Street

Source: Intel Extreme Masters

Taipei

League of Legends

Place	Team	Prize money
1st	yoe Flash Wolves	$25,000
2nd	Taipei Assassins	$11,000
3rd–4th	ahq e-Sports Club	$5,000
	Saigon Jokers
5–6th	Avant Garde	$2,000
	Bangkok Titans

StarCraft II

Place	Player	Prize money
1st	Life	$10,000
2nd	Maru	$4,000
3rd–4th	PartinG	$2,000
	Soulkey
5–8th	Classic	$1,000
	herO
	HyuN
	Rain

Source: Intel Extreme Masters

World Championship – Katowice

Main article: Intel Extreme Masters Season IX - World Championship

League of Legends

Place	Team	Prize money[3]
1st	Team SoloMid	$108,414
2nd	Team WE	$30,000
3rd–4th	GE Tigers	$15,000
	yoe Flash Wolves
5–6th	CJ Entus	$5,000
	SK Gaming
7–8th	Cloud9	$2,500
	Gambit Gaming

StarCraft II

Place	Player	Prize money[3]
1st	Zest	$66,707
2nd	Trap	$15,000
3rd–4th	BByong	$7,500
	Dark
5–8th	FanTaSy	$3,000
	herO
	INnoVation
	Maru
9–16th	Cure	$1,000
	Flash
	Hydra
	Life
	Patience
	Rain
	Solar
	TaeJa

Source: Intel Extreme Masters