coL.SC2 @ IEM Global Challenge Cologne

BY Andrew Miesner / August 14, 2012

Beginning today, compLexity’s Minigun and Killer are both in Cologne, Germany for the Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge Cologne. For the first time in IEM’s StarCraft 2 history, the tournament will feature an Open Bracket where 32 players will compete for 8 spots in the main event, joining the 24 players that qualified directly from four regional qualifiers across the world. The tournament boasts a $31,800 prize pool distributed across all 24 participating players.

Killer will begin his run in the Open Bracket #3 where he will need to battle 6 other players in order to advance to the group stage. Minigun, on the other hand, will begin his run in Group C after qualifying for the event via the American Qualifier.

Prizes

  • 1st – $6,500
  • 2nd – $3,300
  • 3rd – $1,700
  • 4th – $1,700
  • 5-8th – $1,100
  • 9-12th – $900
  • 13-16th – $700
  • 17-20th – $650
  • 21-24th – $600

 

Format

  • A 32 player Open Bracket, consisting of 4 double-elimination brackets with the top 2 players qualifying to the Group Stage.
  • Group Stage consisting of the 16 qualified players and 8 players qualifing via the Open Bracket. The top 3 players from each group advance to a 12 player single-elimination playoff. The 1st player in each group advances directly to the playoff Ro8.
  • Single-elimination playoff for the top 12 players.

 

Results

Killer (Current Status: Eliminated)

Score 1 2 3 F
coL.Killer 0 1 0 1
Nestea 1 0 1 2
Status: Lower Bracket Round 4
Score 1 2 3 F
coL.Killer 0 0 2
 Strelok 0 0 0
Status: Lower Bracket Round 3
Score 1 2 3 F
coL.Killer 0 0 2
 Socke 0 0 0
Status: Lower Bracket Round 2
Score 1 2 3 F
coL.Killer 0 0 1
 PuMa 0 0 2
Status: Open Bracket Round 2
Score 1 2 3 F
coL.Killer 0 0 2
XlorD 0 0 0
Status: Open Bracket Round 1


Minigun (Current Status: Eliminated, Group C [0-5] — Final Placing: 21-24th)

Score 1 2 3 F
coL.Minigun 1 0 0 1
sLivko 0 1 1 2
Status: Group C
Score 1 2 3 F
coL.Minigun 0 0 0
elfi 1 1 2
Status: Group C
Score 1 2 3 F
coL.Minigun 0 1 0 1
mOOnGLaDe 1 0 1 2
Status: Group C
Score 1 2 3 F
coL.Minigun 0 0 0
Bomber 1 1 2
Score 1 2 3 F
coL.Minigun 1 0 0 1
Grubby 0 1 1 2