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Intel Extreme Masters Season IX

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

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 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.

Source: Intel Extreme Masters

Source: Intel Extreme Masters

Source: Intel Extreme Masters

Source: Intel Extreme Masters


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