Day one of StarCraft II at Intel Extreme Masters Gyeonggi just ended and it was full of surprising results and next-level quarterfinal draws. After just one day we had to say goodbye to half the player field and quite a few big names have already dropped out of the tournament. Take a look at the complete group stage results and the quarterfinal draw that followed.
Group A
Innovation 2-1 Stats
Losira 2-1 herO
Innovation 2-0 Losira
herO 1-2 Stats
Losira 1-2 Stats
INnoVation takes down the first match of the day 2-1 against @SC2_Stats!#IEM pic.twitter.com/lMoVtqJXPG
— Intel®ExtremeMasters (@IEM) December 14, 2016
Group B
Zest 1-2 Leenock
Trust 0-2 soO
Leenock 1-2 soO
Trust 2-1 Zest
Leenock 1-2 Trust
Group C
Dark 2-0 jjakji
ByuL 1-2 Classic
Dark 2-0 Classic
jjakji 0-2 ByuL
Classic 1-2 ByuL
MARU!!! What an amazing series of #Starcraft2 as Maru overcomes ByuN in an epic TvT match-up #IEM pic.twitter.com/65Gmli4Jvs
— Intel®ExtremeMasters (@IEM) December 14, 2016
Group D
ByuN 2-0 iAsonu
Maru 2-0 Solar
ByuN 1-2 Maru
iAsonu 2-1 Solar
ByuN 2-0 iAsonu
Quarterfinals
Kaelaris and FunKa already drew the quarterfinal matchups for the tomorrow and we’re gonna see quite a few amazing matches.
- Dark vs ByuN
- Trust vs Innovation
- Stats vs Maru
- ByuL vs soO
Apparently this is what happens when a favorite finishes second in his group!
The Intel Extreme Masters action resumes tomorrow at 10:00 KST. Don’t miss out on these amazing matches and be sure to follow IEM on Facebook and Twitter for highlights, results and the freshest memes.
