IEM Shanghai announced with $250,000 prize pool

8-6-2018 11:10

ESL has announced that it will host an Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) event in Shanghai with a $250,000 prize fund.

The event will be held from August 1-6 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center as part of the China Digital Entertainment ChinaJoy Expo and Conference, the largest gaming and digital festival exhibition held in China and Asia.

TYLOO, NRG and HellRaisers headline the five-team invite list for the competition, which will begin with a double-elimination group stage, followed by a single-elimination bracket. The remaining three sides will be determined by online qualifiers for teams from China, Asia and Australia/New Zealand.

TyLoo invited to IEM Shanghai

This will be the fifth IEM event hosted by ESL in Shanghai, and Michal "Carmac" Blicharz, Vice President of Pro Gaming at ESL, expects it to be "another step towards building up CS:GO as a truly global esports title."

"The passion behind the fans and players will make for an amazing esports experience that ESL looks to create, and we aim to make this event unforgettable," he added.

Below you can find the complete invite list for the Chinese event:

Virtus.pro
NRG
Gambit

HellRaisers
TYLOO

The complete schedule for the online qualifiers for IEM Shanghai is the following:

Asia qualifier: June 16-20
China qualifier: June 16-17, 21-23
ANZ qualifier: June 23-27

Expected I made it Ascendant :)

2018-06-08 11:12

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Tier 2 ?

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2gd hosting the event.

2018-06-08 11:33

oh what the fuck i didnt notice dude

Tier 3 event

2018-06-08 11:13

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Ching chong event

2018-06-08 11:20

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it's 2018 and still there's someone use ching chong as a phrase. lol

2018-06-08 11:36

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Tell me all about the events of June 4th... You know... May 35th? You don't even respect yourselves. Don't expect others to.

2018-06-08 11:51

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Expected

2018-06-08 12:07

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What happened on June 4th? He can't post it. Can you?

2018-06-08 12:11

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2018-06-08 12:35

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Oh right Spain... you don't know what free speech is either...

2018-06-08 12:37

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Nobody in my country represents me, don't talk in general

2018-06-08 12:45

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You are what you tolerate. Speak freely if you dare. (I hope you do.)

2018-06-08 12:46

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I can't change things of the whole country just by myself. I wish I could lol

2018-06-08 12:48

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So don't try. You've already decided not to.

2018-06-08 13:09

stfu trump

2018-06-08 13:14

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Trump stands by his beliefs. You cower behind the media promoted mob. I have no more time for cowards like you.

2018-06-08 13:16

stfu

2018-06-08 13:23

Why don’t you tell me how many people exactly dead? Actually, no matter how many people died, CN didn’t collapse like Soviet did, so it worth. Go learn more about freedom of speech and other countries before judging. Brain dead arrogant Yank. BTW I like Trump.

2018-06-08 12:54

You like a leader that undermines your country? Thats a start I suppose.

2018-06-08 13:10

It depends on your definition of undermining. I don’t mind discuss with you here all day long as long as you are making reasonable arguments. I wouldn’t say I am an expert but I do have somewhat comprehensive understanding of politics and international relations.

2018-06-09 02:25

Everyone knows. Besides, the chinese government is 10x better than your scummy government. I could literally say what happened on a random date and there would probably be a mass school shooting or a nazi parade.

You are so blind that I feel nothing but pity for you youtube.com/watch?v=wE5vcuGOrIw

2018-06-08 13:07

He is a spastic who deserves anything coming to him. At least the majority of our country didn't vote ukip into power like your country voted trump

2018-06-09 15:14

You are brainwashed.

2018-06-10 03:26

kk, your country's people are literally bullying school shooting survivors because they are pro gun control.

2018-06-10 03:37

We killed your countrymen when you tried to take our guns... We aren't nearly as harsh to those who would try and steal our god given rights these days.

2018-06-10 06:04

There is a classic Americano acts like a kid, showing us what he knew only in this world, just stop replying him...

2018-06-09 00:13

Dude wtf? Are you really that retarded that you wanna argue at HLTV about politics? Do you actually believe that you know something about other countries politics? HAHAHAH HOW PATHETIC? *** I won’t read your reply isn’t worth my time

2018-06-08 13:24

Haha, this guy dared to have an opinion... the fool. You embrace your cowardice like it was a virtue.

2018-06-08 13:25

Its a world of unlimited innovation and you use two sticks and call them "chopsticks"

A fake flagger LUL

2018-06-08 13:00

How u know?

2018-06-08 13:22

Much better than Singapore. Small bit of land, smaller than Shanghai. Little wretch!

Didnt they hold the international css tournament in sg? Thats right

2018-06-08 13:26

What? Never heard CSS

2018-06-08 16:06

Not ethic Chinese confirmed sha bi

2018-06-09 05:51

It seems that we are chi**** and you are not.lol

2018-06-10 09:41

In case people are wondering why none of the top teams was invited. This event is during the player break (after ELEAGUE Premier). twitter.com/theflyingdj/status/100500980..

2018-06-08 11:23

But does it count towards The Grand Slam then?

2018-06-08 11:26

hey fin guys where is 250k $ event in your country ? best team from fin ence cant even beat vgflash stop sayin stupid shit like tier 3 event like your better !!! retard

2018-06-08 12:40

How does the scene of his country change the fact that it is a tier3 event?

because its not tier3 event and he has no right to classify this event tier 3 !! when his country never hold even tier 5 event !!! maybe some teams here are tier 3 but event it self is not !! any tier 1 team would love to come and win 150k !!

2018-06-08 12:53

Sorry to burst your bubble but if the original invites goes to VP, NRG, HR, gambit and Tyloo, its a tier3 event no matter the prizepool

2018-06-08 12:55

Ez win for VP?...ok no.

2018-06-08 12:22

Tier3 event with soundly prize pool.

what a mess lol

Exactly my thoughts

2018-06-08 11:14

ez cerq

vp again ? what a fucking joke

Lower tier event obviously, Hellraisers there also and they didn't do too well last LAN

2018-06-08 11:21

Why not AGO? Everyone knows VP won't do shit while AGO could actually win it

2018-06-08 11:55

only way vp can play a 250k lan in the future

2018-06-08 11:47

because Intel Grand slam, they dont want that anybody wins 1 mio

2018-06-08 12:52

Ez for Astralis Oh wait

EZ 4 NRG?

Noice. wtf is vp doing there tho

nice I thought nV attends this too with a different lineup, no? EDIT: Nvm, that has to be a different event in China Yeah thats this thing hltv.org/events/3714/csgo-asia-champions..

Tier2? :/

In china? TyLoo winner confirmed

So, if Asia qualifications exclude China and Oceania, which countries does it include? Korea, Japan, India, Middle Eastern Nations?

Invite VP but not VG.Flash ? Why ?

2018-06-08 11:15

invite VG.flash? the CN qualifier is for them

2018-06-08 11:18

Isn't VG.Flash a top team in China ? What have been nice to see the handed an invite without having going threw the qualifier. Imo giving an invite to VP in their actual form is just a waste of a spot

2018-06-08 11:19

currently tyloo is the top 1 in CN.Isn't it obvious?

2018-06-08 11:49

So you just have to invite the top 1 team in a Chinese invite with low tier teams ?

2018-06-08 11:50

Virtus.pro, despite their bad shape, can afford to the event some audience in Twitch, because VP has a lot of fans.

2018-06-08 12:42

I know but I wished AGO were getting more invites at least :/

2018-06-08 12:58

inviting tyloo and letting vg join by qualifer is the best strategy, as it covers whole chinese scene.

Rip thought this was a tier 1 event. This is just another local LAN in china xd

2018-06-08 11:16

asia MVP PK china VG.flash anz grayhound

no one needs vp ffs, dont give them invites, maybe they will pracc then

Iem doesnt give a shit about VP’s practise. But china is full oF VP fans. They want the arena filled.

2018-06-08 11:22

Exactly, pasha is kinda popular in China.

2018-06-08 16:51

currently VP is a champion of DOTA 2 so why not tot invite them cuz they respect VP even if they are doing bad

2018-06-08 12:19

right, of dota.

2018-06-08 12:51

hahaah VP invited ofc this ESL and Carmac job

2018-06-08 11:17

This is the shittest iem

lul ez4nrg

So basically IEM Shangtier2 Not necessarily a bad thing. I think its good to make high level event for lower tier teams aswell. They are often much more exciting.

Hahaha nice one. Hltv: Event is headlined by HR, Tyloo and NRG. While Gambit and Virtus Pro are invited too. They know that VP and Gambit won't win this tourney :D

why chinese event always invited vp ffs

yeah i think chinese people still think vp is the best team rn

2018-06-08 11:24

actually they don't think so now in Chinese community we have a lot fun on VP

2018-06-08 11:40

nope, they are fan of pasha

Pa*****ceps Lmao.

Does shabi by any chance mean something like motherfucker in mandarin chinese?

2018-06-08 13:01

"shabi" means "fucking noob" in mandarin

2018-06-08 14:09

cause nobody has the time for qualifiers anymore. there are already dozens of pro circuit tournaments and having another qualifier for a 250k tournament is pointless.

VP LOL

why is vp still invited to every lan?

Not that great list of teams but i guess every team turned esl down ? Also since its IEM its likely gonna be on twitch so thats good i guess.

2018-06-08 11:34

ez 4 bntet

hr already won

2018-06-08 11:37

omg finally bring iem to shanghai

2018-06-08 11:38

There are will be 16 teams? Those are all invited teams, no more?

2018-06-08 11:39

only 8 rest 3 are from china,asia,australia

2018-06-08 11:42

we Tyloo only defeat the team who will win the championship.

LOL VP INVITED XDDD

2018-06-08 11:44

ez to NRG

2018-06-08 11:45

VP INVITE LUL

2018-06-08 11:46

niceee

WOW WTF

2018-06-08 11:54

vp again?? lol

vp is easy money cuz polaks have the biggest fanbase still somehow. vp is like gucci and prada overrated but kids will still buy stuff from their brand.

2018-06-08 11:57

Why not they might have although slight chance in this tourney since all the big boys are having time off csgo during that period.

2018-06-08 18:46

ez tyloo got this

2018-06-08 11:58

Ez NRG according to their recent form..

2018-06-08 12:03

Virtus plow rly? why not AGO?

2018-06-08 12:04

EZiest trophy ever for NRG

2018-06-08 12:16

2018-06-08 12:18

TyLoo can actually win this whole event

invite VP and Gambt in 2018 LUL

Tier 6 tournament.

Tier 2,5 in fact

Any of those teams don't deserve a direct invite so such tournament with that amount of prize poo, the fact they got one just proves which teams are going to attend, (Tier 6)

2018-06-08 12:23