Intel Extreme Masters Dubai Challenge

Recently the third Global Challenge of Intel Extreme Masters Season 4 started in Dubai, United Arab Emirate. The event is set to run from October 17th through October 24th and feature Counter-Strike 1.6 and Quake Live with a total prize pot of $31,500.

The first few days of the event featured some intense Quake Live action featuring players such as Stermy, rapha, cypher, fox, and DaHanG. Also one of the best Quake players of all time, Anton "Cooller" Singov attended the event. In the end the QuakeCon 2009 champion rapha took first with cypher and noctis rounding out the top three. The QuakeLive Final Standings can be found below.

Quake Live Final Standings
1st: rapha - $3,000 + Global Finals Slot                 5th: madix - $200
2nd: cypher - $1,500                                              6th: Cooller - $200
3rd: noctis - $800                                                   7th: DaHanG - $200
4th: fox - $400                                                        8th: stermy - $200

The Counter-Strike 1.6 action is set to start at roughly 2:30am(CST) on Tuesday, October 20th with groups A and B and the remaining matches will be played on Wednesday, October 21st. The top two from each group will advance to duke it out in the semi-finals. The groups are listed below.

*Advancing teams in green

Group A                                                                  Group B
fnatic                                                                       SK Gaming
WeMadeFox                                                             Vitriolic
Alternate                                                                  mousesports
MYM                                                                          k23
KerchNET                                                                  Virtus.pro
Assassins List                                                           Impulse

Update: With some amazing group play matches over its time to get into the playoff matches. Also as bandwidth is limited at the event ESL is asking the community what demos they are wanting to see right away so make sure you cast your vote.

Playoff Matches (Advancing teams in green)
Upper Bracket                                        Grand Finals

Vitriolic vs. MYM
                                                               MYM vs. Fnatic          
SK Gaming vs. Fnatic

Lower Bracket
Vitriolic vs. SK Gaming

All matches should be available for you to spectate thanks to HLTV.org (subject to ESL ruling). Their is also a ESL TV stream you can watch by going here.

Other Information
Intel Extreme Masters Dubai Page
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