IEM: Day 1 Recap

BY Andrew Miesner / March 1, 2011

Day 1 of the Intel Extreme Masters World Finals has come to an end. 

In Group A of StarCraft II two of the Korean invites dominated the group. Ace went an impressive 5-0, while the American EG.IdrA went 4-1, only dropping a set to Ace. 

In Counter-Strike the Group of Death was very close. SK-Gaming tied with Navi and beat Fnatic, which gave them the number one spot in the group by one point. Navi was able to beat fnatic 16-9 to hold down the number two spot. SK, Navi and Fnatic will be advancing out of the Group Stage. 

GROUP B
W L T P
 SK 3 0 2 11
 Navi 3 1 1 10
 Fnatic 3 2 0 9
 Lions 2 2 1 7
 redCode 1 4 0 3
 EG 1 4 0 3
GROUP A
W L T P
 Ace 5 0 0 15
 IdrA 4 1 0 12
 Tarson 2 3 0 6
 White-Ra 2 3 0 6
 MorroW 2 3 0 6
 qxc 0 5 0 0