The highly anticipated IEM XV Beijing will be kicking off today, and with NA teams recently moving to Europe for end-of-year events it will certainly be an exciting event. Here’s How to watch: IEM XV Beijing Online, for NA & EU.
Tournament’s background
The Intel Extreme Masters (abbreviated as IEM) is the longest-running global pro gaming tour in the world. This is the 15th year that IEM will be hosting CS:GO events, which is why the name of the event is stated as IEM XV. This is the 2nd Beijing IEM event as last year we had IEM XIV Beijing in which Astralis were victorious.
How to qualify for the main event
For the most part, the majority of the teams were invited to the event; however, 2 slots were left for the teams that passed through the closed qualifiers of IEM XV Beijing.
Prize distribution
There will be a total of $200,000 to be split between both regions. The majority of the value ($150,000) will be distributed between the European teams, whereas the rest ($50,000) will be distributed between the North American teams. Here below is a full list of the prize distribution for both regions:
Europe:
- 1st – $60,000
- 2nd – $30,000
- 3rd/4th – $12,000
- 5th-8th – $5,000
- 9th-12th – $2,500
- 13-16th – $1,500
North America:
- 1st – $35,000
- 2nd – $15,000
- 3rd/4th – $6,000
- 5th-6th – $2,500
- 7th-8th – $1,500
Tournament format
Europe & North America:
Group Stage
- Two double-elimination format GSL groups
- 8 teams in each group (EU)
- 4 teams in each group (NA)
- All matches are in a best of 3 format
- Top 4 teams of each group advance to Playoffs (EU)
- Top 2 teams of each group advance to Playoffs (NA)
Playoffs
- Single-elimination bracket
- All matches except Grand Final are in a best of 3 format
- Grand Final is set in a best of 5 format
Teams Participating
There will be a total of 16 teams participating in Europe, whereas in North America there are just 8. Here below is a list of all teams participating, sorted in their groups and regions respectively:
Europe:
Group A:
- Team Vitality
- Team Spirit
- FaZe Clan
- OG
- Natus Vincere
- MAD Lions
- Complexity
- Fnatic
Group B:
- Astralis
- BIG
- Ence
- G2 Esports
- Heroic
- Mousesports
- Ninjas in Pyjamas
- North
North America:
Group A:
- Chaos Esports
- Team Liquid
- New England Whalers
- Rugratz
Group B:
- Evil Geniuses
- Rebirth Esports
- Team oNe
- Triumph
Schedule list
The event will be running for a bit more than 2 weeks as it is ending on the 22nd of November. Here below is a schedule list of all the starting matches.
Europe:
Group A
- 15:00 CET – Team Vitality vs Team Spirit
- 18:30 CET – FaZe Clan vs OG
North America:
Group A
- 22:00 CET – Team Liquid vs Rugratz
Streaming platform list
With regards to streaming, the event is set to be streamed via ESL’s official Twitch and Youtube channels. It is worth noting that these channels will only offer english commentary throughout the tournament.
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Predictions
With online CS:GO being as random as it is, it’s going to be very hard to predict which teams will come out on top. However if we had to base our predictions off of recent results, I’d say that either Heroic, Vitality, or Astralis will be dominating Europe and Evil Geniuses or Team Liquid will dominate NA. We’ll just have to see what the teams have in store for us at IEM XV Beijing Online, and if they’ll manage to keep up their performance all throughout the event!
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