IEM Oakland group draw

12-10-2016 00:40

The draw for the group stage of IEM Oakland has been made, with the participating teams having been drawn into two groups.

After hosting two Intel Extreme Masters events in San Jose, ESL takes the prestigious competition to Oakland, where the Oracle Arena, home of NBA franchise Golden State Warriors, will stage from November 19-20 a $300,000 tournament featuring 12 teams from all over the world.

Eight spots have been filled through invites, while the remaining four places will be determined by iBUYPOWER Masters, a $100,000 tournament scheduled for November 12-13 that will serve as a qualifier for the IEM event.

IEM returns to the Bay Area with an event in Oakland

IEM Oakland will kick off with two groups of six teams, who will face each other in a round robin stage. The group winners will advance to the semi-finals, while the second and the third placed teams will move on to the quarter-finals. The first two rounds of the playoffs will feature a best-of-three format, while the title decider will be a best-of-five clash.

Below you can find the group draw in full:

Group A	Group B
Liquid	Virtus.pro
Natus Vincere	SK
G2	Ninjas in Pyjamas
Astralis	MOUZ
iBP Masters Seed B1	iBP Masters Seed A1
iBP Masters Seed A2	iBP Masters Seed B2

tough groups

2016-10-12 00:40

Rip mouz

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2016-11-02 12:31

rip mous

Group B lawl

SK + VIRTUS.PRO Kreygasm

2016-10-12 00:41

group B KAPPA

No EnvyUs :(

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any reasons for that ?

2016-10-12 10:13

They couldn't participate because they had a LAN to focus on at the same date.

2016-10-12 17:46

EZ Godsent

SK and VP xD

VP, SK, NiP ...omg :D

mouz top1

rip mouz

no dignitas directly invited but mousesports? really? also -Astralis +fnatic

2016-10-12 00:42

Dignitas are at ELEAGUE like fnatic, nV and OpTic

2016-10-12 00:46

fair enough

2016-10-12 11:50

vp, sk, nip. holy shiet

lulz vp and sk again

Yea, wft is this shit :/ I think they wanna see them fighting.

2016-10-12 07:22

This is going to be intense rip mouz tho

1st in group A -> astralis 1st in group A -> nip ez

2016-10-12 00:43

nip in 2016 lul

2016-10-12 01:31

Astralis in 2016 lul

2016-10-12 06:00

We don't need a bo5 final ffs.

ok you can tune in after map 2

what if it ends 3-0? that would be bo1 for me :D

2016-10-12 17:36

4 teams from ibp masters LUL

2016-10-12 00:44

BO5 VP vs SK final +8hours

2016-10-12 00:45

A1/2 = C9/Godsent B1/2 = IMT/FaZe

50/50 both groups

omg this is gonna be so ez

2016-10-12 00:47

IEM <3

Where is Godsent ?

2016-10-12 00:48

You probably already saw it but they are playing in the IBP Invitational, the qualifier for this event

2016-10-12 00:54

I have a feeling this is going to be the best event of the year.

not that hard after the 2 most boring majors

2016-10-12 00:55

I sense love between you two. Just not too rough, as it might be sore afterwards :P

2016-10-12 01:18

nice event if everyone stays alive

2016-10-12 00:49

easy for fnatic oh wait.... they are to shit to get invited LUL

2016-10-12 00:56

Astralis will get sooo rekt :(

2016-10-12 00:58

KAPPA ez group for ast.

2016-11-13 10:27

s1mple vs Hiko again :DDDDD

2016-10-12 00:59

+ GODSENT + Cloud9 +Immortals/Renegades/FaZe +Immortals/Renegades/FaZe

LULseent they cant win on LAN to tier8 trashers like Kinquin i dont give them even chance against Tyloo wiki.teamliquid.net/counterstrike/IBUYPO..

2016-10-12 11:32

Lol.. poor mouz.. NiP, SK AND VP

2016-10-12 01:00

SK vs VP... again.

2016-10-12 01:04

Group A: Na'Vi, G2, Liquid Group B: SK, VP, NiP ez ez ez

2016-10-12 01:21

rip mouz ayy

2016-10-12 01:26

Where the fuck is fnatic?

2016-10-12 01:32

Eleague

2016-10-12 02:36

navi and liquid SK and NiP / VP if they can rly show up talking about first two places of group

2016-10-12 01:46

same groups as epicenter lol

2016-10-12 01:47

"while the title decider will be a best-of-five clash" YYEEESSS!!

2016-10-12 03:19

SK vs VP again xD

2016-10-12 03:44

group A is a joke

2016-10-12 04:05

Why the fuck are the #1 and #2 teams in the same group.

2016-10-12 04:30

Keep putting SK and VP in the same groups that will just make u have lower viewers LUL

2016-10-12 04:52

First it was vp nv C9 in same group all the time, now they are stock no vp and sk in same group. First epic centre, now this.

2016-10-12 05:58

The worst team in Group B could win Group A. yes that means mouz too. ever since they benched oskar and picked up lowel, they have been raping everyone. lowel is like a mini Niko. Mouz should be impressive here i think

2016-10-12 07:25