IEM PyeongChang will take place on February 5-7, and will feature StarCraft’s II own stand-alone esports tournament ahead of the Olympic Winter Games 2018. 18 top players from around the world will compete for a US$156,000 prize pool on a one-of-a-kind esports stage.

Bracket

Five Protoss, four Terran, and nine Zerg players are in the running for this tournament trophy, and they will begin the battle in the following bracket:

• Elazer vs. Nice
• Stephano vs. Zest
• Cham/Scarlett vs. TIME
• eGGz vs. Serral
• Kelazhur vs. HeRoMaRinE
• DnS vs. sOs
• Probe vs. Bly
• Demi vs. SpeCial/Panda

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Prize pool distribution

Total US$156,000

• 1st place: US$50,000
• 2nd place: US$25,000
• 3-4th place: US$12,500
• 5-8th placE: US$6,500
• 9-18th place: US$3,000

Schedule

All times are in KST.

Monday, February 5 (two streams)

All matches are bo5.

• 12:00 -  Round of 18 Match #1 and Round of 18 Match #2
• 13:30 -  Round of 16 Match #1 and Round of 16 Match #2
• 15:00 -  Round of 16 Match #3 and Round of 16 Match #4
• 16:30 -  Round of 16 Match #5 and Round of 16 Match #6
• 18:00 -  Round of 16 Match #7 and Round of 16 Match #8

Tuesday, February 6

All matches are bo5.

• 12:00 -  Quarterfinal #1
• 13:30 -  Quarterfinal #2
• 15:00 -  Quarterfinal #3
• 16:30 - Quarterfinal #4

Wednesday, February 7

Semifinals are bo5. Grand final is bo7.

• 12:00 -  Semifinal #1
• 13:30 -  Semifinal #2
• 15:00 -  Grand Final

Tune in!

All of the matches will be streamed over at twitch.tv/esl_sc2 and twitch.tv/esl_sc2b, so be sure to join us for this special event! For all updates, follow IEM on Twitter and Facebook.