Intel Extreme Masters Season XII – Oakland

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Intel Extreme Masters
Tournament information
SportCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
LocationBurbank, California, United States
Oakland, California, United States
DatesNovember 18–19, 2017
Administrator(s)ESL
Tournament
format(s)
CS:GO
Group stage: Round robin
Playoffs: Single elimination
PUBG
8-matches Battle royal
Host(s)ESL
Venue(s)Oracle Arena
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Intel Extreme Masters Season XII – Oakland (IEM Oakland 2017 for short) was an esports event in Oakland, United States in November 2017.[1] It was hosted by ESL as a part of . The event consist of two First-person shooter tournaments, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, and involved many invited and qualified teams from different regions of the world.[2][3][4]

Venue[]

The main event of the tournament took take place at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, United States. It is a multipurpose arena known as the home tenant of NBA team Golden State Warriors, with total capacity around 20,000. It is the second time for Oracle Arena to host the event, after it previously hosted the IEM Oakland 2016.[5][6][7]

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive[]

Participating Teams[]

Direct invitees[]

Regional qualifier winners[]

Format[]

The group matches were held in in Burbank, California between November 15–16, 2017 and used round robin format, while the playoffs in Oakland used single elimination format with 2 allocated byes for each group winners in the quarterfinals. 12 participating teams were divided between 2 groups of six. All group matches are played with best-of-one format, while playoffs and grand finals are best-of-three and best-of-five respectively. Group standings are determined by points and rounds won-lost difference. A win in normal time resulted 3 points, while a win in overtime resulted in 2 points, also a loss in overtime resulted in 1 point. Each group winners went straight to semifinals, while first and second group runners-up faced each other in quarterfinals.[8][9][10][11]

Results[]

Group stage[]

Playoffs[]

Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Grand finals
                   
      Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 2  
Brazil SK Gaming 2     Brazil SK Gaming 1  
United States OpTic Gaming 0       Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 3
    Europe FaZe Clan 2
      Europe FaZe Clan 2
Commonwealth of Independent States Gambit Esports 1     United States Cloud9 0  
United States Cloud9 2  

Grand finals[]

November 19, 2017
4:20 PM PDT 		Report Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas 3–2 Europe FaZe Clan Oracle Arena, Oakland
Attendance: 15,000
Score by game:
Ninjas in Pyjamas won game 1 16–10
7–16 FaZe Clan won game 2
Ninjas in Pyjamas won game 3 16–10
6–16 FaZe Clan won game 4
Ninjas in Pyjamas won game 5 16–10

Winnings[]

The total prize money for the tournament was confirmed by ESL as US$300,000. The champions and runners-up were rewarded US$125,000 and US$50,000, respectively. In addition to the base prize pool, teams were awarded US$1,000 per group stage victory.[8][12][2][13][14][15]

Place Team Base prize money Group stage money Total prize money
1st Sweden Ninjas in Pyjamas US$125,000 US$4,000 US$129,000
2nd Europe FaZe Clan US$50,000 US$4,000 US$54,000
3rd Brazil SK Gaming US$25,000 US$3,000 US$28,000
United States Cloud9 US$25,000 US$3,000 US$28,000
5th United States OpTic Gaming US$12,000 US$3,000 US$15,000
Commonwealth of Independent States Gambit Esports US$12,000 US$2,000 US$14,000
7th Denmark Astralis US$5,000 US$3,000 US$8,000
Australia Renegades US$5,000 US$2,000 US$7,000
9th France Team EnVyUs US$3,500 US$2,000 US$5,500
France G2 Esports US$3,500 US$2,000 US$5,500
11th United States Team Liquid US$2,000 US$2,000 US$4,000
Mongolia The MongolZ US$2,000 US$0 US$2,000

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds[]

Participating Teams[]

Direct invitees[]

Regional qualifier winners[]

  • France *aAa* Gaming (Europe)
  • United States Corn Shuckers (North America)
  • Netherlands Crimson Esports (Europe)
  • Denmark Digital Chaos (Europe)
  • United States Ghost Gaming (North America)
  • United States Miami Flamingos (North America)
  • United States Ronin Esports (North America)
  • Denmark Wind and Rain (Europe)

Format[]

The tournament used the battle royal format where all 20 teams, each consist of 4 players, were simultaneously battling and eliminating each other in 8 matches across both days of the event. Teams were awarded points based on both finishing points and accrued kills within each match. The winning team were decided by cumulative points received after all matches had been played.[16][17]

Results[]

French team *aAa* Gaming won the tournament with the highest cumulative points at the end of the 8th match. Second and third place went to two American teams Tempo Storm and Ghost Gaming, respectively.[18][19][20]

Final standings[]

Pos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Team France *aAa* Gaming United States Tempo Storm United States Ghost Gaming United States FaZe Clan Denmark Digital Chaos United States Team SoloMid United Kingdom Method United States Cloud9
Pts 1620 1385 1375 1355 1300 1285 1195 1195
K 38 28 31 39 35 31 38 31
Prize US$200,000 US$60,000 US$45,000 US$20,000 US$15,000 US$12,000 US$10,000 US$8,000

References[]

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  16. ^ ESL. "PUBG | Intel Extreme Masters". en.intelextrememasters.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
  17. ^ "IEM Oakland to Feature $200,000 PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS Tournament | Esports News & Videos | Dexerto". Dexerto. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
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