IEM Shanghai viewer's guide

31-7-2018 00:50

With IEM Shanghai 2018 set to start on Wednesday, we bring you a viewer's guide with all the information you need to know regarding the event.

The last tournament of the season will run from August 1-6 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center, where eight teams will duke it out for the lion's share of a $250,000 prize pool.

The event will kick off with a double-elimination group stage, where only the opening matches will be played in a best-of-one format. The top two teams from both groups will then advance to the single-elimination, best-of-three playoffs.

NRG are one of the favourites for the event

HellRaisers and BOOT-d[S] will both field stand-ins as Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker and Alikhan "⁠w1nt3r⁠" Kopzhanov could not travel to Shanghai due to unforeseen circumstances. Kristjan "⁠fejtZ⁠" Allsaar, who is no stranger to HellRaisers, will be playing alongside Kyrylo "⁠ANGE1⁠" Karasiow's men, while Leslie "⁠Bobosaur⁠" Soen will be helping his countrymen from BOOT-d[S].

The eight competition teams have been drawn into two groups of four as you can see below:

Group A

Group B

Below you can find the full schedule:

Wednesday, August 1
06:00 - NRG vs. 5POWER| BO1
07:10 - HellRaisers vs. Virtus.pro | BO1
08:20 - Gambit vs. BOOT-d[S] | BO1
09:30 - Grayhound vs. TYLOO | BO1
10:40 - Group A winners' match | BO3
14:15 - Group B winners' match | BO3

Thursday, August 2
06:00 - Group A elimination match | BO3
09:35 - Group B elimination match | BO3
13:10 - Group A decider | BO3

Friday, August 3
06:00 - Group B decider | BO3

Saturday, August 4
06:00 - Semi-final #1 | BO3

Sunday, August 5
06:00 - Semi-final #2 | BO3

Monday, August 6
05:00 - Grand final | BO3

The on-air team for the event features several familiar faces, including desk host Tres "⁠stunna⁠" Saranthus and analysts Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche and Halvor "⁠vENdetta⁠" Gulestøl. Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill will be making the switch from analysis to commentary, being joined by Matthew "⁠Sadokist⁠" Trivett, Harry Russell and Alex "Snodz" Byfield.

The full broadcast team can be found below:

Yu "DXMASTER" Hao - Stage Host
Matt Andrews - Content Host
Tres "Stunna" Saranthus - Desk Host

Halvor "Vendetta" Gulestol - Analyst
Sudhen "Bleh" Wahengbam - Analyst
Jacob "Pimp" Winneche - Analyst

Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill - Caster
Harry Russell - Caster
Alex "Snodz" Byfield - Caster
Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Caster

Finally, here is how the $250,000 prize pool will be distributed among the eight participants:

1. $125,000
2. $50,000
3-4. $22,000
5-6. $10,000
7-8. $5,500

What shitty times lul

2018-07-31 00:50

28 replies

Lol

2018-07-31 00:51

4 replies

VP will win,

2018-07-31 06:55

3 replies

OmegaLuL

2018-07-31 10:38

HAHA

2018-07-31 16:56

Bruh, keep dreaming. NRG/Hellraisers will win this tournament.

2018-07-31 22:36

They're great if you stay up like a degenerate like me

2018-07-31 01:38

2 replies

2018-07-31 01:56

+1 high five for lowlife

2018-07-31 03:16

8 am games are ok if you wake up in the morning like normal human beings.

2018-07-31 02:32

6 replies

i wake up at 2pm

1 reply

can't you change time on your alarm? or atleast change all your clocks from 2pm to 8am so now you can watch.

2018-07-31 11:13

Mine are: 0:00 1:10 AM 2:20 AM 3;30 AM 4:40 AM Ughhh

2018-07-31 02:36

damn that is rough :( hope you can enjoy the NRG matches though

2018-07-31 09:38

2h delay so he won’t xD

2018-07-31 10:35

Now u know what it feels like to be an asian csgo fan

2018-07-31 11:12

Dude it's in China and they set whatever time that works best for them. Who cares about a random spanish kid who wastes his summer time doing nothing as he literally lays on his bed and waits for his mother to cook food for him every single day. You kidding me son

2018-07-31 06:11

7 replies

And then there's you

2018-07-31 07:50

You killed me there

2018-07-31 09:51

lol

2018-07-31 10:15

Trust me kid. Try to start a fight only when you can at least afford yourself a luxury car, or you just a total tool

2018-08-01 19:03

You don't seem to be older than me! Calling everyone kids, acting like you're tough and rich. Get a life! I'm driving bikes, don't care about cars! I also don't really care about money, as long as i have a beautiful girlfriend and a place i live in! Unlike you; trying to be somekind of superior to everyone else, even though you seem to be sad in life. Stop lying, start living! Don't be jealous! Once you will be awarded if you fight hard for it! Fight with brain, not with ur small dick ;)

2018-08-01 19:29

Defending your weak spot? You're quite honest at least

2018-08-01 20:01

At least I'm not afraid from truth ;)

2018-08-01 22:16

finally a cs tournament come to china. and we always get to stay up the night to watch EU or NA based tournaments.

2018-07-31 07:55

it's just fair +1

2018-07-31 09:39

2018-07-31 11:43

I know how ya feel

2018-08-01 03:11

you spelled perfect wrong

2018-07-31 12:00

Almost the first

2018-07-31 02:09

:) :) ccv

2018-07-31 11:02

low buy

NT Prokda

Ez for virtus pro?

Ez4Renegades

2018-07-31 05:49

VP big chance to get out from the group stage

NRG + HR ? no way

2018-07-31 01:07

2018-07-31 01:11

All of these teams could beat VP with ease

2018-07-31 11:52

Weak turny. Exp for an iem. Oh well let's go nrg.

2018-07-31 00:52

EZ FOR MY COW!!! MOOOOOOO!!!

ez for gambit

Haha gambot.. I think you forgot to take your medication this morning

2018-07-31 16:16

a who will win? tier2 teams

2018-07-31 16:18

August 21 nice

Change August 21 to August 1

>>>Wednesday, August 21

Sadokist without HenryG? I aren't think that

2018-07-31 00:53

My thoughts exactly, where is he?

2018-07-31 08:35

Not in China

2018-07-31 10:10

Have tournament organizers not learned that hosting tournaments in Asia and putting the worst showtimes possible just bad?

2018-07-31 00:54

let china and aussies have their tournament noob

2018-07-31 02:26

2018-07-31 06:59

+1, respect given.

2018-07-31 08:36

yes, perfect time for us :D i love asian tournaments

2018-07-31 10:47

Same with NA. EU tournanents best. But spread out over the whole world is even better than when it was only in EU. If you care about the sport

2018-07-31 08:55

EZ Tyloo

2018-07-31 00:55

Ez4astralis

2018-07-31 00:56

Grand final 4 am

no ence????

2018-07-31 00:58

Just don't watch it is my viewer guide

2018-07-31 00:59

9 replies

Just don't play seems to be flipsid3's gaming guide xd

2018-07-31 01:10

8 replies

Just don't qualify is Optic's guide too ig

2018-07-31 01:13

Yes, optic india is too good for these shit tier tournaments that flipsid3 can't even qualify for OMEGALUL

2018-07-31 01:15

Jokes aside. Have Optic India played a game yet ?

2018-07-31 01:17

5 replies

Yeah but they don't show them on HLTV for some reason

2018-07-31 01:18

Thats weird. Where can I find them at

2018-07-31 01:19

On their Facebook page m.facebook.com/OpTicIndia/posts/49062370..

2018-07-31 01:21

Wtf HLTV is the home of all CSGO matches. Even when I play MM, I’m able to watch it later in HLTV. I want Optic India!

2018-07-31 02:29

August 21

Tier 3

2018-07-31 01:03

ez4nrg no competition boring event

Just watch VP get swept by the first chinese team they meet. HR will win this, probably a Gambit vs HR or NRG vs HR final.

2018-07-31 01:09

#DICKSTACYTOP1

Gambit TYLUL HR NRG Final HR-Gambit(maybe NRG)

2018-07-31 01:12

Wednesday, August 21 ? :d

>DEL IT<

ez 4 NRG

2018-07-31 01:16

REAL IEM SHANGHAI VIEWER'S GUIDE DONT WATCH THESE GUYS ARE T3

ez 4 Tyloo boiz

EZ FOR TYLOOOOOOOOO TyLoo yongyuan zai wo xin zhong <3

2018-07-31 01:36

Ez faking tourney for NRG.

2018-07-31 01:24

Thats what they said too about NA MINOR LUL

2018-07-31 01:32

2018-07-31 10:42

True FeelsBadMan

2018-07-31 17:14

virtus pro in its tier 5 environment

2018-07-31 01:25

Wednesday August 21st OMEGALUL

2018-07-31 01:26

Easy money for VACxic and HR

fejtz will play instead of w0xic

Holy shit then not easy

Well, probably one of the last tournaments we'll see old vp roster

Taz and Snax is already out, so the old roster is already dead.

2018-07-31 12:12

ez win for hellraisers. Dont hope to see VP out in groups again

2018-07-31 01:49

ez 4 pimp

2018-07-31 01:50

Final Tyloo-HR HR 2-0 prob

2018-07-31 02:03

grand final 4am on monday OMEGAMASTERFUCKINGLUL asia and shit tournaments name a more iconic duo, if vp not win this they need to disband fast, but i think it's ez for online gods aka nrg, hr without woxic is a random mg2 mm squad

2018-07-31 02:04

tier 10 tournament

2018-07-31 02:15

Tier 10 tournament and 250K prise pool? Chinese are riiich

more like ESL

If NRG are considered favorites then you know it's not worth watching

2018-07-31 02:28

Ez for my boy pashaBiceps!

NRG came a long way from Vegas! Go NRG!

2018-07-31 03:14

VP will win because nobody expects them to.

2018-07-31 03:31

EZ NRG

is it even tier3 champ lul

2018-07-31 03:43

haven't seen mvppk recently What are they doing

2018-07-31 03:58

They suck constantly

2018-07-31 07:52

NRG/HR/Tyloo will win

2018-07-31 06:31

Perfect Times, also kewl guy bleh and caster SPUNJ POGGERS

2018-07-31 06:42

Also, People not thinking gambit are favorites vs these trash teams LUL

2018-07-31 06:46

They either stupid or blind. Gambot won vs north not so long ago in bo5 with having map disadvantage. On a good day they are able to permorm atleast semi decent. My money is on gambot wining this lan.

2018-08-01 01:29