IEM Season XI – Shanghai is the kickoff event for IEM Season XI, where 16 of the most skilled StarCraft II players outside of Korea will vie for their share of a $50,000 USD prize pool and 5,000 WCS Circuit Points over this four-day event. The winner will claim a $16,000 USD cash prize and 1,000 WCS Circuit Points.

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Shanghai New International Expo Center
2345 Longyang Rd, Pudong, Shanghai, China, 201204

Thursday, July 28

• CST – 10:00 a.m.

• CEST – 4:00 a.m.
• PDT – 7:00 p.m.
• KST – 11:00 a.m.

Friday, July 29

• CST – 8:45 a.m.
• CEST – 2:45 a.m.
• PDT – 5:45 p.m.
• KST – 9:45 a.m.

Satuday, July 30

• CST – 8:45 a.m.
• CEST – 2:45 a.m.
• PDT – 5:45 p.m.
• KST – 9:45 a.m.

Sunday, July 31

• CST – Broadcast time TBD
• CEST – Broadcast time TBD
• PDT – Broadcast time TBD
• KST – Broadcast time TBD

• Host: James ‘Kaelaris’ Carrol
• Commentator: Yoan ‘ToD’ Merlo
• Commentator: Kevin ‘RotterdaM’ van der Kooi
• Commentator: Nathaniel ‘Nathanias’ Fabrikant
• Commentator: Jared ‘PiG’ Krensel
• Commentator: Alex ‘Funka’ Verrier
• Commentator: Brenden Valdes
• Commentator: Jaredn 'Lycan' Williams
• Observer: Thibault ‘Koka’ Le Gall

The IEM Shanghai will host 16 players in a single-elimination bracket. All matches besides the finals will be a Best of 5, with the latter being a Best of 7 contest.

Total prize pool: $50,000 and 5,000 WCS Circuit Points divided among all competitors. Awards will be distributed as follows:

• 1^st Place: $16,000 and 1,000 WCS Circuit Points
• 2^nd Place: $8,000 and 700 WCS Circuit Points
• 3^rd – 4^th Place: $5,000 and 450 WCS Circuit Points
• 5^th – 8^th Place: $2,000 and 300 WCS Circuit Points
• 9^th – 16^th Place: $1,000 and 150 WCS Circuit Points

All attending players qualified to IEM Shanghai via qualifiers:

• Regional Qualifiers
  • 3 qualifiers were held which granted two slots each: a qualifier for the region of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, another for North America, and another for China.
  • 3 qualifiers were held which granted one slot each: a qualifier for Latin America, and the region of Oceania/Southeast Asia/Japan, as well as the region of Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau
• Server Qualifiers
  • 1 qualifier for Asia/Oceania
  • 1 qualifier for Europe/Africa
  • 1 qualifier for the Americas

Notable attending players include (among others):

• Europe: Nerchio, ShoWTimE, Snute, Elazer, and PtitDrogo
• North America: Neeb, MajOr, Hydra, and puCK.
• International: TooDming, Has, and EnDerr

Join in on the conversation about these games here!

• Official Team Liquid IEM Shanghai Thread
• Reddit.com/r/StarCraft
• Esports Forum on StarCraft2.com

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