# Intel Extreme Masters Season XII – World Championship

The Intel Extreme Masters Season 12 – World Championship or IEM Katowice 2018 was the world championship for the twelfth season of the Intel Extreme Masters. It was held at the Spodek in Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland from February 27–March 4, 2018. The event featured tournaments for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and StarCraft II.

## Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
### Participating teams
#### Direct Invitees

Source:
* Astralis
* Cloud9
* FaZe Clan
* G2 Esports
* Ninjas in Pyjamas
* SK Gaming
* Virtus.pro

#### Qualifiers

* AVANGAR (Farmskins Championship)
* Heroic (Europe)
* Fnatic (Europe)
* North (Europe)
* Gambit (Europe)
* Team Liquid (North America)
* Renegades (North America)
* TyLoo (Asia)
* ORDER (Oceania)

### Format

The group stage used a double elimination format, with the top 3 teams from each group of 8 moving on to the playoffs in the Spodek. The top team in each group earned a bye to the semifinals. All matches were played as best-of-threes except for the first round, which were played as best-of-ones, and the grand finals, which were played as a best-of-five.

### Group stage
#### Group A

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Upper Semifinals | Upper Semifinals | Upper Semifinals | Upper Finals | Upper Finals | Upper Finals |
| SK Gaming | SK Gaming | 16 | | | | | | |
| AVANGAR | AVANGAR | 10 | | | | | | |
| AVANGAR | AVANGAR | 10 | SK Gaming | SK Gaming | 0 | | | |
| | | | Astralis | Astralis | 2 | | | |
| Renegades | Renegades | 13 | Astralis | Astralis | 2 | | | |
| Astralis | Astralis | 16 | | | | | | |
| Astralis | Astralis | 16 | | | | Astralis | Astralis | 2 |
| | | | | | | Team Liquid | Team Liquid | 1 |
| Team Liquid | Team Liquid | 16 | | | | Team Liquid | Team Liquid | 1 |
| Gambit | Gambit | 10 | | | | | | |
| Gambit | Gambit | 10 | Team Liquid | Team Liquid | 2 | | | |
| | | | Cloud9 | Cloud9 | 0 | | | |
| TyLoo | TyLoo | 14 | Cloud9 | Cloud9 | 0 | | | |
| Cloud9 | Cloud9 | 16 | | | | | | |
| Lowers Quarterfinals | Lowers Quarterfinals | Lowers Quarterfinals | Lowers Semifinals | Lowers Semifinals | Lowers Semifinals | Lowers Finals | Lowers Finals | Lowers Finals |
| | | | Cloud9 | Cloud9 | 2 | | | |
| AVANGAR | AVANGAR | 0 | Renegades | Renegades | 1 | | | |
| Renegades | Renegades | 2 | | | | Cloud9 | Cloud9 | 2 |
| | | | | | | SK Gaming | SK Gaming | 1 |
| | | | SK Gaming | SK Gaming | 2 | | | |
| Gambit | Gambit | 2 | Gambit | Gambit | 1 | | | |
| TyLoo | TyLoo | 1 | | | | | | |

#### Group B

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Upper Semifinals | Upper Semifinals | Upper Semifinals | Upper Finals | Upper Finals | Upper Finals |
| FaZe Clan | FaZe Clan | 16 | | | | | | |
| ORDER | ORDER | 3 | | | | | | |
| ORDER | ORDER | 3 | FaZe Clan | FaZe Clan | 2 | | | |
| | | | North | North | 0 | | | |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 10 | North | North | 0 | | | |
| North | North | 16 | | | | | | |
| North | North | 16 | | | | FaZe Clan | FaZe Clan | 0 |
| | | | | | | fnatic | fnatic | 2 |
| G2 Esports | G2 Esports | 16 | | | | fnatic | fnatic | 2 |
| Virtus.pro | Virtus.pro | 12 | | | | | | |
| Virtus.pro | Virtus.pro | 12 | G2 Esports | G2 Esports | 1 | | | |
| | | | fnatic | fnatic | 2 | | | |
| Heroic | Heroic | 9 | fnatic | fnatic | 2 | | | |
| fnatic | fnatic | 16 | | | | | | |
| Lowers Quarterfinals | Lowers Quarterfinals | Lowers Quarterfinals | Lowers Semifinals | Lowers Semifinals | Lowers Semifinals | Lowers Finals | Lowers Finals | Lowers Finals |
| | | | G2 Esports | G2 Esports | 1 | | | |
| ORDER | ORDER | 0 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2 | | | |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2 | | | | Ninjas in Pyjamas | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2 |
| | | | | | | North | North | 1 |
| | | | North | North | 2 | | | |
| Virtus.pro | Virtus.pro | 0 | Heroic | Heroic | 0 | | | |
| Heroic | Heroic | 2 | | | | | | |

### Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Grand Finals | Grand Finals | Grand Finals |
| | | | A1 | Astralis | 0 | | | |
| A3 | Cloud9 | 1 | B2 | FaZe Clan | 2 | | | |
| B2 | FaZe Clan | 2 | | | | B2 | FaZe Clan | 2 |
| | | | | | | B1 | fnatic | 3 |
| | | | B1 | fnatic | 2 | | | |
| B3 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 1 | A2 | Team Liquid | 0 | | | |
| A2 | Team Liquid | 2 | | | | | | |

## StarCraft II
### Participants

| Protoss (8) | Terran (8) | Zerg (8) |
| 2017 WCS Global Finals (1) |||
| - | - | Rogue (Green Wings) |
| Server Qualifiers (11) |||
| Classic | GuMiho (PSISTORM Gaming) | Dark |
| Dear | INnoVation | Elazer (QLASH) |
| ShoWTimE (Arma) | uThermal (Liquid) | Impact (TitanEX1) |
| sOs (Green Wings) | - | Nerchio |
| Online qualifiers (12) |||
| Hurricane | HeRoMaRinE (mousesports) | Serral (Ence) |
| Neeb (Ting) | Maru (Green Wings) | Solar (Splyce) |
| Trap (Green Wings) | Ryung | TRUE (PSISTORM) |
| Zest | SpeCial (Exeed) | - |
| - | TY (Splyce) | - |

### Group stage

Group A :
| P | Player | W-L | Map W-L | MD |
| 1 | TY | 5-0 | 10-2 | +8 |
| 2 | Dear | 4-1 | 9-2 | +7 |
| 3 | Maru | 3-2 | 7-5 | +2 |
| 4 | GuMiho | 2-3 | 4-7 | -3 |
| 5 | SpeCial | 1-4 | 3-9 | -6 |
| 6 | ShoWTimE | 0-5 | 2-10 | -8 |
Group B :
| P | Player | W-L | Map W-L | MD |
| 1 | Solar | 5-0 | 10-2 | +8 |
| 2 | Dark | 3-2 | 8-4 | +3 |
| 3 | Hurricane | 3-2 | 7-6 | +1 |
| 4 | uThermal | 3-2 | 6-7 | -1 |
| 5 | INnoVation | 1-4 | 5-8 | -3 |
| 6 | TRUE | 0-5 | 1-10 | -9 |
Group C :
| P | Player | W-L | Map W-L | MD |
| 1 | Serral | 5-0 | 10-2 | +8 |
| 2 | Rogue | 4-1 | 9-3 | +6 |
| 3 | Impact | 2-3 | 6-7 | -1 |
| 4 | Neeb | 2-3 | 6-8 | -2 |
| 5 | Zest | 1-4 | 3-8 | -5 |
| 6 | Nerchio | 1-4 | 3-9 | -6 |
Group D :
| P | Player | W-L | Map W-L | MD |
| 1 | Classic | 5-0 | 10-1 | +9 |
| 2 | sOs | 4-1 | 8-4 | +4 |
| 3 | Trap | 3-2 | 6-6 | 0 |
| 4 | Ryung | 2-3 | 6-6 | 0 |
| 5 | HeRoMaRinE | 1-4 | 3-8 | -5 |
| 6 | Elazer | 0-5 | 2-10 | -8 |

### Playoffs

| First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | Serral | Serral | 3 | | | | | | |
| Trap | Trap | 3 | Trap | Trap | 2 | | | | | | |
| Dark | Dark | 2 | | | | Serral | Serral | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | Classic | Classic | 3 | | | |
| | | | Classic | Classic | 3 | | | | | | |
| Dear | Dear | 3 | Dear | Dear | 1 | | | | | | |
| Impact | Impact | 2 | | | | | | | Classic | Classic | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | Rogue | Rogue | 4 |
| | | | TY | TY | 1 | | | | | | |
| Hurricane | Hurricane | 0 | Rogue | Rogue | 3 | | | | | | |
| Rogue | Rogue | 3 | | | | Rogue | Rogue | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | Maru | Maru | 2 | | | |
| | | | Solar | Solar | 1 | | | | | | |
| sOs | sOs | 2 | Maru | Maru | 3 | | | | | | |
| Maru | Maru | 3 | | | | | | | | | |