IEM Sydney 2018 overview

IEM Sydney 2018

Date	Prize pool	Teams	Location
May 1st - May 6th 2018	$250,000	16	Sydney, Australia

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Prize distribution

1st

$100,000

Astralis

2nd

$42,000

mousesports

3-4th

$20,000

TYLOO

3-4th

$20,000

fnatic

5-6th

$10,000

Renegades

5-6th

$10,000

Cloud9

7-8th

$6,000

7-8th

$6,000

NRG

9-12th

$5,000

MVP PK

9-12th

$5,000

Grayhound

9-12th

$5,000

ORDER

9-12th

$5,000

Legacy

13-16th

$4,000

Chiefs

13-16th

$4,000

BOOT-d[S]

13-16th

$4,000

13-16th

$4,000

MVP - Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács

Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács

Playoffs

Brackets

Upper bracket

Lower bracket

Upper bracket

Lower bracket

Galleries

News

Video: GuardiaN - MVP of IEM Sydney 2018

IEM Sydney: the EVPs

GuardiaN: "Astralis made a lot of mistakes on Overpass, pushing and dying unnecessarily"

GuardiaN claims IEM Sydney MVP award

FaZe stun Astralis 3-0 to win IEM Sydney

mixwell: "Feels like you are in a war you should never be a part of"

Astralis see off mousesports to book final spot

Video: BnTeT vs. Renegades

FaZe clinch a spot in the final over TyLoo

flusha: "We just can't play default rounds"

coldzera: "We are going to change the IGL; I'll take the role"

mousesports defeat Renegades; to IEM Sydney semi-finals

FNS: "We just weren't as prepared as we thought we were"

FaZe deny fnatic comeback; to face TyLoo in semi-finals

xccurate: "Maybe for now, I'll be a more of a support AWPer"

Teams attended

Asia #1

Asia #2

Asia #3

Europe

Invited

Invited

Invited

Invited

Invited

North America

Oceania #1

Oceania #2

Oceania #3

Replacement

Legacy

Replacement

Formats

Group stage	2 groups Each group have 8 teams 8 teams double elimination First round of upper bracket is Bo1 Other matches are Bo3
Playoffs	6 teams playoffs Bo3 Grand final Bo5

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