IEM Sydney 2019

Date	Prize pool	Teams	Location
Apr 30th - May 5th 2019	$250,000	16	Sydney, Australia

Prize distribution

Liquid

1st

$100,000

fnatic

2nd

$42,000

NRG

3-4th

$20,000

MIBR

3-4th

$20,000

Ninjas in Pyjamas

5-6th

$10,000

MOUZ

5-6th

$10,000

BIG

7-8th

$6,000

Grayhound

7-8th

$6,000

MVP PK

9-12th

$5,000

Chiefs

9-12th

$5,000

Renegades

9-12th

$5,000

FaZe

9-12th

$5,000

eUnited

13-16th

$4,000

HEROIC

13-16th

$4,000

BOOT-d[S]

13-16th

$4,000

ViCi

13-16th

$4,000

MVP - Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken

Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken

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Brollan taps down three in the first pistol round (Dust2)

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Day 6
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59 highlights

Day 3
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Day 6

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Brollan taps down three in the first pistol round (Dust2)

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Twistzz quad kill clutch (Inferno)

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Brollan wraps up the map with a 3k to break the defense (Cache)

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NAF 1v2 clutch (Mirage)

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nitr0 1v2 clutch (Overpass)

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twist 1v2 clutch (Mirage)

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nitr0 quad kill on the offense (Overpass)

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Brollan shuts down the offense coming through vents with a swift 3k (Cache)

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KRIMZ quad kill on the offense (Dust2)

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Xizt takes down three on the offense (Inferno)

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Stewie2k 1v2 clutch to win the first round for Liquid (Cache)

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KRIMZ pulls off the defuse (Inferno)

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Twistzz quad kill in the second pistol round (Inferno)

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nitr0 takes down three to earn series point (Inferno)

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KRIMZ 1v2 clutch to deny the deaco (Cache)

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Stewie2k steals the round with a triple kill on the offense (Overpass)

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JW quad kill on the retake (Cache)

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Brollan triple kill hold (Cache)

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KRIMZ triple kill hold (Cache)

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EliGE triple kill hold (Overpass)

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Brollan 3k on the retake (Overpass)

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Xizt takes down three on the retake (Overpass)

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Day 5

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EliGE shuts down MIBR with an ACE (Mirage)

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coldzera 1v2 clutch (Nuke)

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JW quad kil on the offense (Mirage)

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Xizt 1v2 clutch (Mirage)

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Brollan anti-eco ACE (Mirage)

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CeRq 1v3 clutch (Train)

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KRIMZ 1v2 clutch (Inferno)

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Ethan 1v3 clutch (Train)

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EliGE 1v2 clutch (Mirage)

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FalleN snipes down three on the defense (Mirage)

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coldzera triple kill hold (Mirage)

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EliGE quad kill hold (Nuke)

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JW snipes down four on the defense (Inferno)

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Stewie2k triple kill on the offense (Mirage)

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Brollan quad kill hold (Inferno)

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Twistzz breaks the site with a 3k (Mirage)

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nitr0 triple kill hold (Nuke)

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EliGE quad kill on the offense (Mirage)

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KRIMZ and twist wins the 2v3 (Mirage)

590 views

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EliGE triple kill hold (Mirage)

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TACO triple kill hold to wrap up the half (Nuke)

476 views

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KRIMZ triple kill hold to secure the map (Inferno)

466 views

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TACO triple kill hold (Mirage)

438 views

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CeRq snipes down three on the defense (Inferno)

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Brehze quad kill in the second pistol round (Inferno)

382 views

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Brollan takes down three on the retake (Train)

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CeRq takes down three on the offense (Inferno)

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Day 4

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dennis takes down four to steal the round (Dust2)

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coldzera stunning 1v3 clutch (Mirage)

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coldzera saves the round with an ACE (Overpass)

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JW 1V3 ninja defuse (Overpass)

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coldzera clutches out the round with a 3k (Mirage)

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f0rest 1v3 clutch (Cache)

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GeT_RiGhT pulls off the KQLY to deny the plant and keep NIP alive (Dust2)

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FalleN 1v2 clutch (Mirage)

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coldzera takes down three to steal the round (Overpass)

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coldzera takes down three to deny the retake (Mirage)

2243 views

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f0rest insane double entry frag to force double OT (Overpass)

2191 views

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Brollan keeps FNATIC alive with an insane 4k (Overpass)

2012 views

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Xizt 3k to earn series point (Dust2)

1880 views

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fer quad kill to shutdown mousesports (Overpass)

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Xizt 1v2 clutch (Dust2)

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REZ ACE to secure the first pistol round (Overpass)

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f0rest outlasts Xizt to win the map (Overpass)

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twist 1v2 clutch (Dust2)

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fer takes down three to clutch out the round (Mirage)

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Xizt 1v2 clutch (Dust2)

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Brollan 1v2 clutch (Cache)

1406 views

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frozen 1v2 clutch (Overpass)

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REZ tags down twist (Overpass)

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frozen takes down three in the first pistol round (Mirage)

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TACO triple kill hold (Mirage)

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Brollan steals the round with a 3k (Cache)

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JW stunning triple kill to deny the defuse (Overpass)

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REZ 1v2 clutch (Overpass)

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Xizt taps down three in the first pistol round (Cache)

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f0rest quad kill hold (Overpass)

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f0rest triple kill hold (Cache)

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frozen trades himself for three (Mirage)

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fer wraps up the half with a 3k (Mirage)

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NiP wins the deaco (Dust2)

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GeT_RiGhT 3k to deny the retake (Dust2)

808 views

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karrigan quad kill on the offense (Mirage)

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twist wraps up the half with a quad kill (Cache)

753 views

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NiP hold off the 3v4 retake (Dust2)

717 views

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frozen triple kill hold (Overpass)

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frozen wraps up the half with a 3k on the defense (Overpass)

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GeT_RiGhT takes down two to save the round (Cache)

685 views

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GeT_RiGhT cripples the offense with a swift 3k (Overpass)

668 views

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KRIMZ 1v2 clutch (Overpass)

608 views

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Brollan quad kill on the offense (Overpass)

577 views

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FNATIC earn map point on a weak buy (Overpass)

571 views

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GeT_RiGhT plays off of dennis to take down three (Overpass)

561 views

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JW snipes down three on the defense (Overpass)

518 views

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twist and brollan pull off the 2v3 retake (Dust2)

510 views

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KRIMZ enables the retake with a 3k (Overpass)

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JW wraps up the half with a 3k (Dust2)

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karrigan takes the lead back with a triple kill hold (Mirage)

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KRIMZ triple kill hold (Dust2)

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f0rest triple kill hold (Overpass)

454 views

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REZ opens up the site with a 3k (Overpass)

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twist breaks open the site with a 3k (Overpass)

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Lekr0 triple kill hold (Dust2)

368 views

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karrigan triple kill hold (Mirage)

359 views

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Xizt takes down three on the offense (Overpass)

346 views

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LeKR0 takes down three on the offense to deny the retake (Overpass)

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Day 3

6965 views

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Brehze earns map point with an ACE (Nuke)

6159 views

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Brehze anti-eco 4k (Nuke)

4963 views

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ropz 1v4 clutch (Mirage)

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frozen quad kill clutch to earn map point (Inferno)

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woxic 1v2 clutch (Mirage)

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karrigan triple kill hold (Inferno)

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erkaSt ACE in the second pistol round (Mirage)

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tarik takes down three on the retake (Overpass)

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rain stunning quad kill on the offense (Dust2)

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NAF quad kill hold (Overpass)

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NAF quad kill clutch (Overpass)

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tarik takes down three on the defense (Nuke)

452 views

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Xizt 1v2 clutch (Overpass)

451 views

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dexter takes down three to deny the perfect map (Overpass)

433 views

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Brollan 1v2 clutch (Overpass)

418 views

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tabseN 1v2 clutch (Inferno)

394 views

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Twistzz swift 4k on the anti-eco (Nuke)

372 views

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rain takes down three on the offense (Overpass)

364 views

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Stewie2k triple kill to enable the defuse (Nuke)

361 views

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Stewie2k snipes down three on the defense (Overpass)

352 views

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DickStacy taps down three in the second pistol round (Inferno)

345 views

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rain cripples the offense with a 3k (Inferno)

334 views

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nitr0 1v2 clutch (Nuke)

334 views

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Ethan saves the round with a 3k (Nuke)

322 views

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olofmeister quad kill hold (Dust2)

307 views

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Liquid wins the force buy (Nuke)

305 views

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GuardiaN snipes down four on the defense (Dust2)

287 views

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KRIMZ denies Dexter's quad kill clutch (Inferno)

283 views

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Brehze takes down three on the offense (Overpass)

264 views

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dexter 1v2 clutch (Dust2)

262 views

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dennis quad kill on the offense (Nuke)

259 views

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AdreN triple kill hold (Overpass)

246 views

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GeT_RiGhT double kill to clutch out the round (Overpass)

245 views

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Brollan triple kill hold (Overpass)

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erkaSt taps down three in the second pistol round (Overpass)

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olofmeister double opening kill (Inferno)

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dennis takes down three to enable the clutch for f0rest (Overpass)

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KRIMZ takes down two to force OT (Mirage)

206 views

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NAF taps down three in the second pistol round (Nuke)

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GeT_RiGhT triple kill hold (Overpass)

189 views

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Lekr0 3k to secure the first pistol round (Nuke)

188 views

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Ethan takes down three to cripple the offense (Nuke)

183 views

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DickStacy keeps GrayHound alive with a 3k (Inferno)

180 views

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dexter qiuck double to deny the defuse (Inferno)

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twist quad kill to wrap up the half (Inferno)

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Xizy ties up the score with a triple kill hold (Mirage)

158 views

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nitr0 takes down three on the offense (Nuke)

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Brollan shuts down Chiefs with a 4k (Dust2)

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ofnu trades himself for three (Dust2)

141 views

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dexter triple kill to clutch out the round (Mirage)

137 views

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Sico snipes down three on the offense (Mirage)

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JW quad kill on the defense (Mirage)

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DickStacy triple kill hold (Inferno)

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REZ triple kill hold (Nuke)

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KRIMZ denies the retake with a swift 3k (Dust2)

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ofnu anti-eco quad kill hold (Dust2)

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REZ triple kill hold (Overpass)

105 views

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KRIMZ takes down three on the offense (Inferno)

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twist triple kill hold to secure the map (Mirage)

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JW takes down three on the offense (Mirage)

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JW triple kill hold (Inferno)

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zewsy double entry kill (Dust2)

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ofnu shuts down four with the mp9 (Mirage)

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Xizt earns map point with a 3k on the defense (Mirage)

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KRIMZ triple kill on the defense (Inferno)

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zewsy takes down three on the offense (Dust2)

55 views

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KRIMZ triple kill hold (Inferno)

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Day 2

25462 views

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CeRq taps down three in the second pistol round (Train)

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fer quad kill hold (Nuke)

4580 views

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YNK quad kill clutch! (Mirage)

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YnK deags down three (Mirage)

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coldzera taps down four in the first pistol round (Overpass)

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nex 1v4 clutch (Inferno)

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coldzera 1v2 clutch (Overpass)

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Brollan denies the perfect game with a clutch over TACO (Nuke)

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Sico nades down mertz from the boost (Inferno)

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jks saves the round with an ACE (Train)

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LEGIJA shuts down the rush with a 4k (Dust2)

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stax ACE on the offense (Dust2)

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woxic snipes down three on the defense (Inferno)

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woxic shuts down Renegades with a 3k to earn map point (Train)

571 views

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ropz taps down four in the first pistol round (Inferno)

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tarik breaks the defense with a 3k (Train)

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GuardiaN quad kill on the defense (Mirage)

476 views

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erkaSt ACE to shut down Heroic (Inferno)

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chrisJ triple entry frag (Inferno)

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twist snipes down three on the defense (Overpass)

410 views

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KRIMZ triple kill hold (Overpass)

396 views

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ropz double entry frag (Train)

396 views

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next quad kill hold (Dust2)

390 views

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Liazz 1v3 clutch to break the streak (Inferno)

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karrigan takes down three on the offense (Train)

319 views

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tarik takes down three to enable the retake (Train)

288 views

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tiziaN 1v2 clutch to secure the map (Overpass)

269 views

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zeff quad kill on the offense (Inferno)

269 views

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gob b triple kill hold (Inferno)

253 views

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CeRq snipes down three to wrap up the map (Train)

249 views

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Sico 1v2 clutch (Overpass)

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stax punishes the CT aggression with a quick double (Dust2)

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CeRq taps down three in the first pistol round (Mirage)

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Brehze quad kill in the second pistol round (Mirage)

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DickStacy pulls off the defuse (Inferno)

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stavn taps down three in the first pistol round (Inferno)

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erkaSt and dexter make up for the two man deficit with 2 kills each (Inferno)

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DickStacy trades himself for three (Inferno)

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friberg shuts down GrayHound with a 4k (Overpass)

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Liazz triple kill hold (Train)

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friberg quad kill hold (Inferno)

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es3tag defends the site with a swift 3k (Inferno)

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Freeman quad kill hold (Dust2)

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blameF triple kill hold (Mirage)

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Texta quad kill on the offense (Dust2)

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es3tag breaks the defense with a quick 3k (Overpass)

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dexter triple kill hold (Inferno)

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blameF breaks the streak with a 3k (Inferno)

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tucks takes down four to earn map point (Dust2)

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zhokiNg enables the retake with a 3k (Dust2)

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aumaN triple entry frag (Inferno)

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aumaN takes down three with the cz75a to steal the round (Dust2)

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BL1TZ snipes down three on the offense (Dust2)

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zewsy triple kill hold (Nuke)

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aumaN 1v2 clutch (Nuke)

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Texta opens up the site with a quick double (Dust2)

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zhokiNg quad kill to wrap up the half (Nuke)

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Texa double entry frag (Nuke)

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zhokiNg takes down three on the offense (Inferno)

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zhokiNg triple kill hold (Nuke)

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Day 1

2178 views

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USTILO holds short with a 3k

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TACO takes down triple kill hold

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felps quad kill hold

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ropz deags down three

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REZ 1v2 clutch (Nuke)

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dennis wraps up the half with an ACE

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Olofmeister taps down three in the second pistol round

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TACO shuts down GrayHound with a 3k

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REZ shuts down Renegades with a quad kill hold (Mirage)

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malta 1v3 clutch

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f0rest takes down three on the retake

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REZ holds the line with a 4k (Mirage)

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REZ takes down four on the offense (Nuke)

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f0rest 1v2 clutch

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tabseN triple kill hold

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REZ 3k to secure the map and series (Mirage)

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stax 1v3 clutch (Train)

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f0rest triple kill hold (Mirage)

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Benkai 1v3 clutch to deny the defuse

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ropz 1v2 to enable the retake

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KRIMZ 1v2 clutch

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tabseN cripples the offense with a 3k

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woxic taps down three in the first pistol round (Train)

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GeT_RiGhT triple entry frag to earn map point

443 views

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karrigan takes down three on the retake

440 views

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XigN ACE to shut down eunited (Overpass)

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Stewie2k taps down three in the first pistol round (Overpass)

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NAF takes down four to open up the site (Dust2)

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woxic snipes down three on the offense (Train)

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dexter trades himself for three

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Twistzz quad kill on the offense (Overpass)

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Benkai 1v3 clutch (Train)

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NAF 1v2 clutch

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Xizt trades himself for three

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Lekr0 takes down three on the offense (Nuke)

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REZ cripples the offense with a 3k

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nitr0 1v2 clutch

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zeff quad kill to make up for the two man deficit (Overpass)

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BL1TZ snipes down three on the offense

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twist deags down three to secure the map

288 views

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splashske takes down three in the second pistol round

286 views

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NAF shuts down the retake with a 4k (Overpass)

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NAF quad kill to secure the round (Overpass)

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Gratisfaction snipes down three to secure the round (Nuke)

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jks triple kill hold (Nuke)

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NAF taps down three to secure the second pistol round (Overpass)

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EliGE earns map point with a triple kill hold (Dust2)

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food quad kill hold (Train)

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Liazz quad kill hold

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stavn 1v2 clutch

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jks 1v2 clutch

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zeff and hsk make up for the man deficit with two kills each (Overpass)

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Gratisfaction 1v2 clutch

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tabseN triple kill hold (Overpass)

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xeta holds the line with a 3k

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moose 1v2 clutch (Train)

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Benkai saves yet another round with a triple kill hold (Train)

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zeff takes down four on the offense

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Jkaem takes down three to clutch out the round

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CeRq takes down three on the retake

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Benkai takes down three on the defense (Train)

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jks triple kill hold (Mirage)

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Brehze 3k on the offense to secure the map

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Jkaem enables the retake with a 3k

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MarkE quad kill hold (Overpass)

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vanity trades himself for three (Overpass)

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es3tag takes down three on the offense

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News

Video: IEM Sydney 2019 highlights

fer: "We are trying to change our style a little bit; add this new fast stuff"

NeiL_M: "Being more ballsy and reacting to kills we're getting [is what I brought to Grayhound]"

mertz: "I definitely think blameF is the leader type; you follow in his footsteps by default"

Video: Twistzz - MVP of IEM Sydney 2019

IEM Sydney Fantasy recap

Twistzz: "There was no doubt in my mind, I was 100% sure we were going to win"

Twistzz scoops IEM Sydney MVP award

Liquid beat fnatic to win IEM Sydney and break Big Event curse

frozen: "Basically, all I do is sleep, go to school, and play CS"

Gratisfaction: "I cannot go to the States; there are a couple of competitions coming up that I cannot play"

fnatic surpass NRG 2-1, join Liquid in Sydney final

Liquid take down MIBR to reach IEM Sydney final

AdreN: "This week we will decide what is going to happen in the next half of the year"

nitr0: "Our biggest problem right now is the finals, I don't think it really matters who it is against"

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Teams attended

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Liquid

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FaZe

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GG.BET Invitational

Europe

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China

North America

East Asia

Oceania

IEM Sydney Derby

Southeast Asia

Formats

Group stage	2 groups Each group has 8 teams 8 teams double elimination First round of upper bracket is Bo1 Other matches are Bo3
Playoffs	6 teams playoffs Bo3 Grand final Bo5

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Event data

Start date	Apr 30th 2019
End date	May 5th 2019
Teams	16
Total prize pool	$250,000
Location	Sydney, Australia
Event type	Unranked

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