IEM6 ranking explained for WC
By: lurppis
Time: 2012-01-17 19:46

As there has been some confusion regarding the qualification system for IEM6 World Championship, we contacted ESL to clear it all up once and for all.

Instead the World Championship spots being passed down at Global Challenges like we have previously reported, ESL has chosen not to do that and the only way to directly qualify for the finals at CeBIT is to place top two at a Global Challenge.

Currently the qualified teams are fnatic and mousesports from Guangzhou and SK and WinFakt from New York City, with two more spots being up for grabs this weekend in Kiev.

Unlike previously though however, should the previously qualified teams place in the top two, the two World Championship spots do not get passed down - the only way to receive them is to place top two.

IEM6 World Championship will feature a total of twelve teams, of which six will come from Global Challenges. ESL will also invite the Asian, European and North American team with the most points in their ranking. The remaining three spots will go to the teams with the highest amount of points in IEM's ranking system.

Here is what the ranking looks like prior to IEM6 Global Challenge Kiev:

# Team Region Qualified? Points Guangzhou New York
1st WinFakt Europe #1 Europe [1]
 110 3rd - 45pts 2nd - 65pts
2nd fnatic Europe Guangzhou 90 1st - 90pts  
3rd SK Gaming Europe New York 90   1st - 90pts
4th mouz Europe Guangzhou 65 2nd - 65pts  
5th mTw Europe   45   3rd - 45pts
6th eFuture Asia #1 Asia [3]
 45 4th - 25pts  
7th UMX America #1 America [2]
 45   4th - 25pts
8th Anexis Europe   15 5-6th - 15pts  
9th TyLoo Asia   15 5-6th - 15pts  
10th EG America   15   5-6th - 15pts
11th Check Six America   15   5-6th - 15pts
12th Immunity Asia   10 7-8th - 10pts  
13th XcN Asia   10 7-8th - 10pts  
14th B&Y
 America   10   7-8th - 10pts
15th semXorah America   10   7-8th - 10pts

[1] As teams will gain more points from Kiev, teams' ranking based on points may still change and new teams can out place WinFakt as #1 Europe, though they are still qualified for IEM6 WC by placing top two in New York.

[2] No American team will travel to Kiev meaning UMX has secured themselves the American spot for the World Championship if they can also get funding to travel to Hannover. If they are unable to go, next team in line would likely be Check Six due to EG's disbandment.

[3] Situation is the same for top ranked Asian team eFuture, as no Asian team is attending IEM6 Global Challenge Kiev and therefore have no way of scoring more points. It is unknown if they can afford to travel to IEM6 WC though.

With only fnatic, mousesports, SK Gaming, WinFakt, UMX and eFuture having secured spots for IEM6 World Championship in March, the team list is still wide open - who do you think will make it in Kiev?

Tags: WinFakt, fnatic, SK Gaming, mousesports, mTw, eFuture, UMX, Anexis, TyLoo, Evil Geniuses, Check Six, Immunity, XcN, semXorah, IEM6 World Championship

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semXorah :D
2012-01-17 19:47:23
miss mTw and EG :s
2012-01-17 20:10:33
miss mibr and NiP
2012-01-18 03:28:45
miss ESC in the list :((
2012-01-18 04:54:23
by: Nroth
#3
i guess this means winfact>sk
2012-01-17 19:48:38
No, WF are first because they participied in 2 events (Guangzhou and NYC), making more points

Post edited 2012-01-17 19:49:55
2012-01-17 19:49:42
yeah about that i was joking
2012-01-17 20:50:14
so sad you had to explain
2012-01-18 03:29:07
oh yeah they are the holy grale of CS!
2012-01-17 19:57:00
lurppis: "best team in the world: WinFakt!"

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/0..
2012-01-17 19:49:22
:DDD
2012-01-17 20:04:20
:DDD
2012-01-17 20:52:06
sX :D
2012-01-17 19:49:52
ahahaha
2012-01-17 19:49:56
mTw ! =D
2012-01-17 19:50:11
R.I.P :'(
2012-01-17 20:09:27
:< too right
my fav team (and trace my fav player, hope he keeps playing and finds a suitable line-up for himselve)
2012-01-17 20:10:43
yeah me to, such a shame hes teamless
2012-01-17 20:12:15
there already wasn't really a worthy line-up possible for him with karri/friis abroad, and now ave retired and zonic goes to mouz aswell :(
sure there's great talent in denmark but it will take awhile for them to reach the needed level for international prizes, not sure trace will have the patience to wait for that :(
2012-01-17 20:15:18
true one and to bad if we dont see him in a team before cs dies he is such a big talent :(
2012-01-17 23:39:38
potential best in the world imo, if he isn't allready
together with f0rest and neo he is the best allround (fragging like a maniac with any weapon I mean)
2012-01-19 17:40:22
+1
2012-01-17 21:02:38
Best teamplay I have ever seen up to now: whimp, ave, sunde, zonic, mje.
2012-01-17 21:55:36
they were a great team yeah, but ofcourse with sunde's insane awp and those great riflers, especially zonic at times, it is easier to make working strats :P
2012-01-17 22:07:11
When it comes to names, I think that the current SK line-up is much better, but the teamplay is weak (at least in my opinion). But the lineup stated above drove cs teamplay to perfection. Too sad, it did not last any longer.
2012-01-17 22:11:53
yeah when it comes to pure fragging class, SK doesnt really have a weak point.
2012-01-19 17:38:59
by: posS
#12
I don't understand.
2012-01-17 19:50:59
too
2012-01-17 19:55:37
sad ranking
2012-01-17 19:51:57
so some top teams will not even participate , thats sad
2012-01-17 19:56:14
ESC no chance on IEM WC ??
2012-01-17 19:56:18
by: lurppis - HLTV.org
#18
ESC has no chance of qualifying for IEM6 World Championship since they didn't qualify for any of the Global Challenges
2012-01-17 20:01:14
ye, that's so sad
2012-01-17 20:03:02
yea dude , fucking onlining , esc are low in online -.-
2012-01-17 20:19:07
bo1 online <3
2012-01-17 20:20:43
bo3 online @ iem ny
2012-01-17 22:00:32
v3d1m4k online @ iem

Post edited 2012-01-18 01:54:38
2012-01-18 01:54:17
fx lose to m5 2-1
2012-01-18 01:59:32
I know, but they should be qualified earlier, if not vedimak and his magic headshots
2012-01-18 02:07:00
mtw has wrong points there:
"5th mTw Europe 45 4th - 25pts"
2012-01-17 20:06:00
by: lurppis - HLTV.org
#27
thanks, fixed
2012-01-17 20:12:48
so you get 45 pts from being 3rd or 4th? sure it's fixed? :)
2012-01-17 20:35:43
by: lurppis - HLTV.org
#45
second try :p
2012-01-17 20:41:20
looks good now! no more complaints
2012-01-17 20:51:51
Third try. ;))

2012-01-17 21:13:21
how about if tommorow they will join mTw organisation for example? :D
ps. do not thank me for the idea, Taz
2012-01-17 20:31:35
by: lurppis - HLTV.org
#91
i think (although i'm not sure) that the spot stays with the players (meaning three players who played in new york would have to show up) and not the organization.
2012-01-18 02:04:40
any chance for Wildcard or smth like that?
2012-01-17 21:32:33
by: lurppis - HLTV.org
#92
i don't think so
2012-01-18 02:04:45
these teams will attend at World Championship ?
2012-01-18 01:52:05
by: lurppis - HLTV.org
#93
no, they have not been announced yet - please read the news post, it explains everything thoroughly
2012-01-18 02:05:02
ok tnx , i will :)
2012-01-18 02:22:35
by: TixQ
#22
lurppis Why talk about the ESC TEAM happy ?
2012-01-17 20:08:02
by: lurppis - HLTV.org
#28
no idea what you mean(?)
2012-01-17 20:13:19
how come mTw exists on the ranking when the team doesnt exist? will that mean that xCN will qualify? What if they can't make it?
2012-01-17 20:22:42
i thnik he meant that youre talking about not participating esc with smile on your face or smth like that
2012-01-17 20:47:48
by: lurppis - HLTV.org
#94
i am not though, i have no idea where he got that idea
2012-01-18 02:05:23
don't smile so much, WinFakt won't advance from group stage.. 0-0-3 stats :/ because wf can only beat dts. Fnatic,mouz,m5 will smash u 16-0
2012-01-17 21:31:30
Anyone can take the win in that group, attentionwhore.
2012-01-17 21:58:56
by: lurppis - HLTV.org
#79
:) <- that's me smiling
2012-01-17 22:13:00
you don't have any chance at this tournament, maybe you will take some nice photos, I think you will arrive to Kiev only as journalist/photographer, not as a player since you will not pass group stage
2012-01-18 01:28:38
by: lurppis - HLTV.org
#90
marc takes care of photos but i'll try my hardest to write something that will please you since obviously i suck at counter-strike!
2012-01-18 01:59:49
look at his name, u will understand what had gone wrong just before he started trolling here, don't bother yourself bro. u are really good.
GL^HF for the event :)

Post edited 2012-01-18 05:02:25
2012-01-18 05:01:58
Hahaha Lurppis, I like you much. Good luck tomorrow man.
2012-01-19 00:47:14
by: lurppis - HLTV.org
#104
thanks
2012-01-19 00:59:47
ESC :(((
2012-01-17 20:13:42
if na'vi place top 2 can they qualify..?
2012-01-17 20:15:36
by: KB24
#38
top2 teams from every Global Challenge get's a spot in World Championship...
2012-01-17 20:27:42
why this time no European Championship Finals? like last year
2012-01-17 20:44:29
by: KB24
#53
They've changed the tournament system and instead of European, American, Asian finals, made 5 Global Challenges instead of 2, which were before.
2012-01-17 20:48:50
semXorah very weak team - '
2012-01-17 20:17:39
Well, that is dumb. :F
2012-01-17 20:22:26
by: TixQ
#37
I mean you're happy for ESC has no chance
2012-01-17 20:24:45
Use "Reply".
2012-01-17 20:46:23
by: KB24
#39
since UMX.us lost their sponsor zowie, i don't see them participating in World Championship... So maybe we will see fRoD and co. at world finals :)
2012-01-17 20:30:26
lol, sX deserves zero points
2012-01-17 20:34:55
mtw :-(
2012-01-17 20:39:41
+1
2012-01-17 20:40:31
+1
2012-01-17 21:03:46
by: KB24
#46
would be cool to see the best possible participants list like this:

Europe:
SK Gaming
fnatic
WinFakt
mousesports
Natus Vincere
Lions
Moscow Five
Anexis
DTS

USA:
CheckSix

Asia:
eFuture
TyLoo
2012-01-17 20:42:02
is there any possibility NaVi goes to WC, if they don't place top2 in kiev?
2012-01-17 20:43:34
I think no.
2012-01-17 20:45:27
by: KB24
#54
Yes, if they won't finish 7-8th (last in group)
2012-01-17 20:49:43
They should be invited as title defensors...imo

Post edited 2012-01-17 20:52:53
2012-01-17 20:52:44
+1, tournaments without winners from last year sucks (e.g. last wcg)
2012-01-17 21:37:59
I think that even if they place 7-8, they'll be at the WC.

2012-01-17 23:25:57
liked the old system a lot better. this one is just messy :/
2012-01-17 20:48:12
+1
2012-01-17 20:59:44
I have a question, is this system binded to the teams in question or the organizations they played under?


For example, would any team under the banner of EG or mTw be able to play in their stead?
2012-01-17 20:58:24
i bet its binded to teams, not organizations
2012-01-17 21:40:45
will be really boring without the best team in the world :(
2012-01-17 21:01:33
where is ESC Gaming ;(((((((((((((((((
2012-01-17 21:26:46
Not there cause they failed in the qualifications
2012-01-17 22:32:07
gl tomi :)
2012-01-17 21:27:27
Lions win this =)
2012-01-17 21:38:32
GJ WinFakt hahaha
2012-01-17 21:58:04
fking lame
2012-01-17 22:01:30
stupid ESL
2012-01-17 23:00:17
thats fucking stupid, every year iem wc had inet group quals

iem WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP(?) without navi and esc? i'm fucking blind?

Post edited 2012-01-17 23:02:44
2012-01-17 23:01:58
im sure they knew about how to qualify for WC, their own fault if theu didnt go to any GCs
2012-01-18 00:45:46
+1
2012-01-18 14:16:31
Everyone here complaining there might be no Na'Vi and certainly no ESC-Gaming.

They didn't qualify, simple as that. Online / Offline doesn't matter. You qualify, you play, you don't qualifiy, you sit this one out.
2012-01-18 20:27:44
Navi? don't know
2012-01-26 00:30:14
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