During the second week in Katowice, the Intel Extreme Masters saw a thrilling fight for the World Championship title as well as the lion’s share of the US$400,000 prize pool. In the biggest StarCraft II tournament of the year within IEM, 76 players took part in the three stages towards the grand final. In the end, it was Rogue who did not only lift the trophy but won this title in style, by a clean 4-0 victory over Classic.
Playoffs:
Round of 12
Trap 3-2 Dark
A full Bo5 right off the bat!
The series between Trap and Dark was pure
And that was only the first of EIGHT series today! #IEM #StarCrafthttps://t.co/fTBRGvbUbv pic.twitter.com/V81cMRuwWh
— Intel®ExtremeMasters (@IEM) March 3, 2018
Dear 3-2 Impact
"Fight me in the open!"#IEM https://t.co/x2K4UBnRLP Dear - Impact pic.twitter.com/dV5lgOD2os
— ESL StarCraft 2 (@ESLSC2) March 3, 2018
Hurrican 0-3 Rogue
The pressure coming from Rogue is insane! Complete shut down on map one!#IEM https://t.co/x2K4UBnRLP Hurricane - Rogue 0:1 pic.twitter.com/1VIXobBsyZ
— ESL StarCraft 2 (@ESLSC2) March 3, 2018
sOs 2-3 Maru
Wait... whut??! #IEM https://t.co/x2K4UBnRLP Maru - sOs pic.twitter.com/5URyVxYGSf
— ESL StarCraft 2 (@ESLSC2) March 3, 2018
Round of 8
Serral 3-2 Trap
Incredible comeback from @ENCE_Serral!!
The Finnish Zerg completes the reverse sweep against Trap to advance to the semi finals! #IEM #StarCrafthttps://t.co/fTBRGvbUbv pic.twitter.com/u1mQCPlHRK— Intel®ExtremeMasters (@IEM) March 3, 2018
Classic 3-1 Dear
Classic - the completely new #SC2 race, coming soon!#IEM https://t.co/x2K4UBnRLP pic.twitter.com/cIQeXpdrar
— ESL StarCraft 2 (@ESLSC2) March 3, 2018
TY 1-3 Rogue
"Excuse me, TY. I want in on this series!"#IEM https://t.co/x2K4UBnRLP TY - Rogue pic.twitter.com/0AcWncQHPu
— ESL StarCraft 2 (@ESLSC2) March 3, 2018
Solar 1-3 Maru
Maru saves Terran! GEEEGEEE#IEM https://t.co/x2K4UBnRLP pic.twitter.com/T6HF0Bw4rp
— ESL StarCraft 2 (@ESLSC2) March 3, 2018
Semifinals
Serral 0-3 Classic
Surprise warp party at the Zergs'#IEM https://t.co/x2K4UBnRLP Serral - Classic pic.twitter.com/7JbGoBkWjO
— ESL StarCraft 2 (@ESLSC2) March 4, 2018
A classic base denial from Classic. Classic! #IEM https://t.co/x2K4UBnRLP pic.twitter.com/4Yh5P5WezW
— ESL StarCraft 2 (@ESLSC2) March 4, 2018
Rogue 3-2 Maru
Widow Mine goes #IEM https://t.co/x2K4UBnRLP Maru - Rogue pic.twitter.com/dQStvQxuM5
— ESL StarCraft 2 (@ESLSC2) March 4, 2018
[Rogue cam - activated]#IEM https://t.co/x2K4UBnRLP Maru - Rogue pic.twitter.com/2mKvnvFrhA
— ESL StarCraft 2 (@ESLSC2) March 4, 2018
Grand Final
Classic 0-4 Rogue
#IEM https://t.co/x2K4UBnRLP pic.twitter.com/i41YcjHVOK
— ESL StarCraft 2 (@ESLSC2) March 4, 2018
Did he just ... Did he ... just do that?#IEM https://t.co/x2K4UBnRLP pic.twitter.com/tmHhKd6K5C
— ESL StarCraft 2 (@ESLSC2) March 4, 2018
When you 4-0 one of the best Protoss in the world on the #IEM World Championship stage! pic.twitter.com/a6qeDDQN8J
— Intel®ExtremeMasters (@IEM) March 4, 2018
Thank you, Katowice!
We would love to thank all the players, staff and the fans for making this event a very special one for many. Make sure to follow ESL StarCraft II on Facebook and Twitter for updates on our next events as well as our open competitions!
