ESL Gaming
IEM PyeongChang will take place on February 5-7, and will feature StarCraft’s II own stand-alone esports tournament ahead of the Olympic Winter Games 2018. 18 top players from around the world will compete for a US$156,000 prize pool on a one-of-a-kind esports stage.
Bracket
Five Protoss, four Terran, and nine Zerg players are in the running for this tournament trophy, and they will begin the battle in the following bracket:
- Elazer vs. Nice
- Stephano vs. Zest
- Cham/Scarlett vs. TIME
- eGGz vs. Serral
- Kelazhur vs. HeRoMaRinE
- DnS vs. sOs
- Probe vs. Bly
- Demi vs. SpeCial/Panda
Prize pool distribution
Total US$156,000
- 1st place: US$50,000
- 2nd place: US$25,000
- 3-4th place: US$12,500
- 5-8th placE: US$6,500
- 9-18th place: US$3,000
Schedule
All times are in KST.
Monday, February 5 (two streams)
All matches are bo5.
- 12:00 – Round of 18 Match #1 and Round of 18 Match #2
- 13:30 – Round of 16 Match #1 and Round of 16 Match #2
- 15:00 – Round of 16 Match #3 and Round of 16 Match #4
- 16:30 – Round of 16 Match #5 and Round of 16 Match #6
- 18:00 – Round of 16 Match #7 and Round of 16 Match #8
Tuesday, February 6
All matches are bo5.
- 12:00 – Quarterfinal #1
- 13:30 – Quarterfinal #2
- 15:00 – Quarterfinal #3
- 16:30 – Quarterfinal #4
Wednesday, February 7
Semifinals are bo5. Grand final is bo7.
- 12:00 – Semifinal #1
- 13:30 – Semifinal #2
- 15:00 – Grand Final
Tune in!
All of the matches will be streamed over at twitch.tv/esl_sc2 and twitch.tv/esl_sc2b, so be sure to join us for this special event! For all updates, follow IEM on Twitter and Facebook.
Watch live video from ESL_SC2 on www.twitch.tv