IEM Oakland groups drawn

17-10-2017 18:42

ESL has revealed the groups for the upcoming Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) stop in Oakland.

The North American event will run from November 16-19 at the Oracle Arena, with 12 teams duking it out for $300,000 in prize money.

The tournament will begin with two groups of six teams, who will face each other in a best-of-one round robin stage. The group winners will progress to the semi-finals, while the second and third-placed sides will advance to the first round of the playoffs, which will decide the final two teams making it to the last-four stage.

FaZe paired with G2 and Major winners Gambit

Both the semi-finals and the final will be played in front of a crowd at the Oracle Arena, with the title decider featuring a best-of-five format.

IEM Oakland will feature the new overtime system recently introduced in the ESL Pro League, which means that, if a match ends in overtime, winners will take two points, instead of three, and losers will take a point, instead of zero.

Below you can find the group draw in full:

Group A	Group B
SK	FaZe
Cloud9	G2
Ninjas in Pyjamas	Gambit
Astralis	Liquid
The MongolZ	Immortals
Envy	OpTic

Cloud9 might win. Or Grand final Cloud9 vs FaZe.

2017-10-17 18:43

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Ez nip lul

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-OLOF+COLD

2017-10-17 19:48

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0/8

2017-10-17 20:06

Bruh. That's a goddaym good joke

2017-10-17 21:05

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im not an sk fan nor faze but faze looks unstopable already, but with cold they would dominate for years... but id say -guardian +cold and let either cold or niko awp they can both do it on a pretty high level

2017-10-17 21:49

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Dude have, you seen cold on lan lately? Hes been really underperforming. Olof>Cold any day of the week atm

2017-10-17 22:12

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i think its because of sk underpeforming but it might be sk underperforming bcz of cold's form aswell

2017-10-17 22:58

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Nah -guardian +simple

2017-10-18 18:26

You'd be crippling cold or niko by forcing them to main awp

2017-10-18 00:21

when you do not know about csgo competitive

2017-10-17 21:37

0/7

2017-10-18 06:57

Sry i mean 0/8

Whilst i agree that cold is a step up from olof i think a more significant change (if we're speaking in terms of fantasy god squads) would be to replace guardian with kennys, kenny is T1

2017-10-18 09:10

Nip couldn't even make the minor

2017-10-18 00:20

original

2017-10-18 14:59

I know NiP is underperforming but they have always been and still are my favorite team so I'm hoping for the best. FaZe might take this one though.

2017-10-18 04:34

didnt even make minor bruh

2017-10-19 18:38

Yeah but i still like them even if they do good or bad.

2017-10-23 16:05

Hope so

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ez 4 nip

2017-10-17 18:51

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NIP will fall in group stage

2017-10-17 20:01

sk *

2017-10-17 20:53

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Maybe, for me A: Astralis, C9, Envyus B: Faze, G2, Liquid

2017-10-17 20:57

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I'm thinking A: SK/C9, NiP, Astralis B: Faze, G2, OpTic (but first time on lan so its hard to say. If not OpTic, I think Liquid.)

2017-10-17 21:50

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I know it says you are a fan of NIP but come on... At this point i'll go even with Envy before NIP and you are putting NIP's chances as better than Astralis ??? Have NIP started selling magic mushrooms or something ?

2017-10-18 00:41

Didn't put them in any specific order. NiP can definitely go out of groups. Seems like as soon as they lose an important match, everyone starts thinking they're the worst. I mean c'mon, SK lost to ghost gaming 16-1 or something online and NiP lost to Pride 16-13.

2017-10-18 21:16

NiP in 2k17 lul they can't even qualify to european minor

2017-10-18 06:59

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still made it to top 4 in malmö :) they are still better than mongolz, nv and c9.

2017-10-18 08:43

>mongolz but that's it.

2017-10-18 11:58

mongolz lan match better

2017-10-18 12:27

2017-10-17 21:13

Last year nip rekted sk tho

2017-10-17 23:17

Dat Group A :[

2017-10-17 18:46

yeah that's actually not a bad quess unless astralis or SK step it up

2017-10-17 19:13

C9 and faze are not in the same group so they will match before the final

2017-10-17 19:14

If they both top their group they will

2017-10-17 19:19

astralis>=c9>=sk>nip>=nv

2017-10-17 19:39

C9 vs Liquid grand final, lets gooooooooooooooooooooo

2017-10-17 19:54

so wrong on so many levels

2017-10-17 20:13

EZ 4 NV

2017-10-17 19:55

2017-10-17 20:02

Let's go C9

2017-10-17 20:39

nt cuckboby nip is back to back iem champions relax

2017-10-17 20:51

Final: Faze va TL

2017-10-17 21:42

Cloud9 group prediction --> 2-5.. out in groups.. ez4tarik!!

2017-10-18 00:02

2017-10-19 12:29

C9 LUL

2017-11-10 02:10

Ez nip :P

2017-10-17 18:42

Immortals Will be dominated in This tournament

2017-10-17 18:45

yes they'll be dominated from their every opponents

who ?

Prove it or I'll kill you

2017-10-17 18:47

Who?

2017-10-17 19:28

2017-10-17 23:35

Way too ez but nip withouT friberg- no champions

lol

very noice

omgggg

very nice

shit

expected

ez for SK

ömk

Ez for G2 :3

No choke this time

RIP Mongolz <:

omg all strong teams

TheMongolz > Faze

2017-10-17 18:44

Ez optic lul.

ez allu

2017-10-18 07:04

ez4machinegun

optic gl

GL to all

easiest group for faze lmao

Faze should go through, but the other spots have an equal chance of going to Liquid, G2, and Gambit

2017-10-17 19:04

SK will somehow bomb out again

New point system is good

Ez win mongolz :)

Group B of death

RIP mongolz xD

RIP Immortals

2017-10-17 23:36

RIP Mortals

2017-10-17 23:53

Mongolz will defeat NiP #GengisKhan !

TheMongolz might be better than Immortals right now :(

A: SK, C9, Astralis B: FaZe, Gambit, OpTic

liquid rapes Gambit and Optic.

You mean optic raped Liquid. It was like 16-6 or something

2017-10-17 22:53

Yh nvm missread it, but still its online, Liquid should be atleast twice as good as optic.

2017-10-18 02:44

Lol just yesterday SK bet renegades 16-14 and lost to them 16-14... they are like tier 3

2017-10-17 20:59

The tournament will be played in 1 month. Enougn time for sk to fix their mistakes...

2017-10-17 22:28

LETIGOMONGOUZ

Group group of death, I feel like rip OG, GMB, and IMT. Gotta be hopeful for my boys over at optic though, although I don't get why one group needs to be so stacked

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Why stacked ? Rigth now: Astralis T1 - FaZe T1 Cloud9 T2 - G2 T2 EnVyUs T2 - Gambit T2 SK T2 - Liquid T2 TheMongolz T3 - Immortals T3 NiP T3 - OpTic T3 Groups are pretty balanced, can't be better then that.

2017-10-17 20:17

Mongolz 3? they are in 4 or 5

2017-10-17 20:28

you're rigth, but how can you make it better ? Also immortals may be in 4 or 5 rigth now, destiny and zqks are SOOO bad, you will see.

2017-10-17 20:31

optic tier 3 LUL

2017-10-17 20:44

yeah i know, they may be flutuating between 3 and 4 but i put some faith on them

2017-10-17 20:47

ur sarcasm is shit

2017-10-18 02:16

sarcasm where?

2017-10-18 13:54

SK Gaming tier 2 LUL i expect sk back on track this tournament

2017-10-17 21:16

i hope so, i'm an SK fan aswell but we need to see the truth, they are playing like shit now, those ct sides are disgusting to watch

2017-10-17 21:18

sk after the major, only shitty results, astralis make a fckin antitactic for sk if u win a tournament stunnin all the other teams, the other teams observes you and the team will begin to see your weaknesses, and this happened with sk, if no one team observed SK, they have winning el premier and the others tournaments.

2017-10-17 21:22

Ez nip

If Mongolz and OpTic switched, I think the groups would be fairly balanced. FeelsGoodEventMan

yeah same here , i already think its a lucky balanced draw , i like it +1

2017-10-17 19:07

I think in Group A,Astralis advances at 1. place,Sk is founding their strength back and advances in the playoffs,while in Group B there will advance Faze on first place and at the playoffs G2. :D

soooo ez 4 c9

Still waiting for SK vs Faze :D

Mongolz no chance

A: SK, NiP ,Astralis B: FaZe, Liquid and G2

time to nip disband

2017-10-17 18:48

nip ahah

2017-10-17 19:06

Nip over C9 nice bait, remember when they played 2 weeks ago? Nip go slaughtered.

2017-10-17 19:20

NiP LUL

2017-10-17 19:40

NIP onLAN PogChamp NIP online LUL

2017-10-18 03:46

EZ Mongols

group B so hard very nice group A gl for envy

Rip vlogberg vs ninyas

2017-10-17 18:49

astralis vs. faze rip scene boring

People still take SK as a good team in 2017? They have bots FELPS and TACO.. ahahah

2017-10-17 18:50

Ez for SK

2017-10-17 19:36

ez Mongols mark my word noobs

Nobody doubt this. Mongolz semifinal at least. The world will see power of mongolz like thousand years ago.

2017-10-17 19:05

Stupid as fuck mongolian cs lul

2017-10-18 03:42

Indo cs????????

2017-10-18 12:48

mongolz ez 0-3 or 1-3 if against IMT lul

2017-10-20 01:47

mongolz ez 0-3 or 1-3 if against IMT lul unless they rig it j

2017-10-20 01:48

mongolz ez 0-3 or 1-3 if against IMT lul unless they rig it

2017-10-20 01:49

if mongolz goes 0-3, i'll cut my dick

2017-10-22 18:09

ez for astralis #1 team of 2017

RiP Mongolz

group A lol

#webelievein1taps

2017-10-17 18:52

Nice

Ez gambit

Sk, C9, Astralis Liquid, Gambit, Faze

2017-10-17 18:54

astralis and sk ;p kkkk

To damn easy for the Mongolz jeez give them some competition pleaseee

Im gonna be really disappointed if they dont upset atleast 1 Team

2017-10-17 20:43

Upset, we are going in as the favorites. I’m going to be pissed if we lose to a team like SK or Astralis

2017-10-18 00:47

grand final will be NiP - Optic -> mark my words

i are hopes that

2017-10-18 07:03

This is gonna be a funny tournament. Group A : Sk, Astralis and C9 or Envy. Group B : Faze, G2 and Liquid or Gambit.

2017-10-17 18:55

2017-10-17 23:27

Wow these group draws Group A SK should make it through, should... I really think Cloud9 advances here RIP NIP Astralis will top this group. RIP MONGOLZ RIP ENVYUS Group B #1 team in the world #2 team in the world (on a good day) Major winner #1 team in NA (arguably) #2 team in BR (arguably after the shuffle) OpTic that's still getting better every day These groups are not equal. On paper A should be SK, C9, Astralis but who knows if that'll happen and B is anyone's game (except Faze, they're a lock)

2017-10-17 18:56

RIP ENVYUS??? HEADSHOT MACHINE SCREAM WILL HEADSHOT EVERYONE 1TAP #hEaDsHoTmAcHiNeScReAm1TaP

2017-10-18 04:35

2017-10-18 07:30

Faze to continue the streak

You saw it here first. Classified: Group A: | Group B: SK | FaZe Astralis | G2 Cloud9 | Optic Semifinals: SK x G2 Astralis x FaZe Final: SK x FaZe Winner: SK MVP: coldzeraa

2017-10-17 19:08

dont make me laugh

2017-10-17 19:31

Br cs lul

2017-10-18 03:43

Semifinals: SK x G2 Astralis x FaZe Final: G2 x FaZe Ez 4 G2 The S U P E R T E A M

2017-10-18 04:36

GOGOSK

2017-10-18 07:02

Group A: SK, C9 and Astralis Group B: FaZe, Liquid and Gambit

2017-10-17 18:58

Let's go Brazil, we can do it! We smart, we loyal, we friendly, we are from BRAZIL! Kreygasm

my favorite fakeflagger LUL

2017-10-17 21:25

2017-10-18 00:35

eZaF for FaZe

ez af

Lets go NiP and Friberg! <3

EZ Liquid Vs. C9 Final

2017-10-17 19:12

The Mogolicos Kappa

Group A: SK, Astralis and NIP Group B: Immortals, Faze and Optic

you really think immortals will make it out? They look really bad recently

IMT & NIP tier 3 lul

sk ast and c9 got the playoffs for free, good for them

2017-10-17 19:16

rly want to see NV against The Mongolz

2017-10-17 19:18

Bo5 is so bad imo. Proberly ast vs faze in finals and Faze to win. Will be interesting to see how optic will perform on lan. They look quite decent so far all things considered.

eazy group for mongolz lez go

nice again group a is the hardest...

2017-10-17 19:25

Immortals will be eliminted in 16th place.

2017-10-17 19:26

ya probably rip

2017-10-18 07:01

IMT LUL

2017-10-17 19:30

ofc SK noobs get the easier group

2017-10-17 19:46

What the fuck is this rigged shit. Group A ez pz for SK and Astralis and Group B is a fucking bloodbath

Ikr

2017-10-18 07:31

Navi not in it?

2017-10-17 19:52

Rip Immortals.

FaZe will finally lose a map

2017-10-17 19:58

MONGOLZ will win for sure XD

I hope

2017-10-17 21:26

EZ 4 IMT

2017-10-17 20:00

Group A: 1 - AST 2 - SK 3 - C9 Group B: 1 - FaZe 2 - G2 3 - Gambit pre-semis: G2 vs C9 = G2 Win SK vs Gambit = SK win Semis G2 vs Astralis = Astralis SK vs FaZe = SK Final Astralis vs SK = SK MVP = GOATzera

2017-10-17 20:11

Good prediction, hopefully, Astralis wins though. Either way, I hope it will be a good ass final!

2017-11-06 11:53

ez for immortals X D

2017-10-17 20:14

lol you so funy bro hahaa

2017-10-17 20:41

GG, FaZe out

Rip nip.Hopefully Sk make playoffs this time and G2 destroy them so bad

2017-10-17 20:26

why hosting events in favela

2017-10-17 20:20

Predictions (not in order): Group A: SK Cloud 9 Astralis Group B: Faze G2 Liquid

2017-10-17 20:27

Group B is tougher

Im not that delusional to think mongolz could actually get out of groups but i still hope and for their best. Has been a long time since mongolz were on a big international stage

how long ago was the last time

2017-10-18 07:00

Quite some time i think. IEM Katowice 2016

2017-10-18 08:07

SK vs FaZe gg

2017-10-17 20:42

lol faze won't pass the group stage, faze hype n.c

GO Gambit!

2017-10-17 20:56

1st real tournament for optic, we will see whether its a joke or not

2017-10-17 20:58

wtf are mongolz doing here?

2017-10-17 21:01

They managed to get visas and flights out from their farmland I guess...first time seeing them on a big stage in a while

2017-10-17 21:04

they're not a bad team tbh tho, i want them to do well secretly im a fan

well they won asian qualifire beating every team 2 0 sooo

2017-10-18 04:15

OMG easiest way for G2

2017-10-17 21:07

Group B loaded af especially if OpTic are good, only joke team would be Immortals. G2, FaZe, Gambit, Liquid so much better than SK, Astralis, Cloud9, NiP

2017-10-17 21:10

Tier 5 brazilians ELIMINATED Jebaited

2017-10-17 21:14

Ez for NaVi, oh wait...

2017-10-17 21:47

Ez 4 the mongolz

2017-10-17 21:58

LOL EZ FOR FAZE

2017-10-17 22:00

Ez for TheMongolz

2017-10-17 22:02

VP no invite lul

2017-10-17 22:03

EZ FAZE

GONIP!!!!!

2017-10-17 22:22

Can C9 make it to finals/out of groups

2017-10-17 22:41

Out of groups maybe , finals ofc not

2017-10-17 22:42

Only a retard can not see that Group B is much stronger than Group A

2017-10-17 22:44

2017-10-18 06:58

If SK go out in groups with these teams... I can only see Astralis beating them.

2017-10-17 22:47

final gonna be themngolz vs optic

2017-10-17 22:51

I think these groups are pretty balanced I'm excited to see the new Optic roster finally play on LAN. The players all seem in good form and they have gotten some nice online results

2017-10-17 23:11

Lets also not forget that karrigan never has good luck with round robin groups...

2017-10-17 23:25

Immortals to win it all

2017-10-18 00:12

RIP IMT

2017-10-18 00:28

Anyone else think that optic have a chance to come top 3 in this? :D

2017-10-18 00:36

we finally get to see faze play g2, hopefully we end up seing them play sk in the playoffs.

2017-10-18 01:00

SO EZ FOR GAMBIT

2017-10-18 01:27

Group A: SK, Astralis, NIP / EnvyUs Group B: FaZe, G2, Gambit I support my fellow American teams, but damn, their chances are looking slim to none right now unless they step up and prove me wrong (which I really hope they do).

2017-10-18 01:28

bro what? c9 destroyed NiP and NV in Eleague group stage, like 16-6 and 16-1. Group A: Cloud9, Astralis, SK (that order) Group B: FaZe, Liquid, Gambit (that order) I hate how people are saying how Group A is so much easier. Neither are really difficult. G2 is in shit form. IMT is looking like garbage. OpTic are an unknown entity. I'd be very surprised if any of NiP, NV, G2, IMT, or Mongolz made it out.

2017-10-18 02:48

I know C9 beat them before, but they haven't yielded any spectacular results since then really. I love C9, but I just kind of lowered my expectations for them over time.

2017-10-18 03:28