Global Challenge Dubai QL 1v1 Coverage – UPDATED – Rapha Wins

SK-Rapha takes 1st place in Dubai and his 3rd Professional consecutive tournament win, he’ll be the guy to beat at future events, but taking him down will be a difficult task it seems, srs.Cypher finished 2nd with some close and exciting matches with SK-Rapha, Noctis took 3rd place with mouz.Fox finishing 4th.

The second Intel Extreme Masters 4 Global Challenge to feature a Quakelive competition, after the Pro/Am
Challenge of Cologne, will take place in United Arab Emirates Dubai during the Gitex Shopper & Consumer Electronics Expo. A plethora of fine duelers including America’s SK.Rapha, Austria’s Noctis, Sweden’s fnatic.SPARTiE, America’s EG.DaHanG, Russia’s Mouz.Cooller and many more will battle for the $6,500!

Many games will be covered by James “2GD” Harding, Joe Miller and their friends on ESL-TV with a free 700kbps streaming. All the group matches will be played as best-of-3, then the top2 players from each group will advance to the playoff, played as best-of-5. The first matches will kick off at 13:30 BST, 17 October 2009 and the final will be played at 17:20 BST, 19 October 2009.

* Saturday’s schedule

– 13:30 BST: (Germany) Smoke 1-2 (Austria) Noctis – T9 6:12, DM6 12:3, ZTN 3:18
– 13:30 BST: (Italy) Stermy 2-0 (Sweden) xlo-Fazz – T7 9-2, ZTN 5:0
– 14:15 BST: (France) Strenx 0-2 (Sweden) xlo-Madix – T9 4:5 (OT), T7 8:12
– 14:15 BST: (Belarus) Cypher 2-0 (America) Chance – ZTN 8-4, T7 6-4
– 15:00 BST: (Sweden) xlo-Fazz 2-1 (Germany) Smoke – T9 12:13, ZTN 10-5,T7 5:3
– 15:45 BST: (Austria) Noctis 1-2 (Italy) Stermy – ZTN 6-7, T9 13-6, DM6 0-13
– 16:30 BST: (America) Chance 2-1 (Sweden) xlo-Madix – T9 12:3, ZTN 3:5, DM13 12:2
– 16:30 BST: (Belarus) Cypher 2-0 (France) Strenx – DM6 10:9, T7 5:4
– 17:15 BST: (Italy) Stermy 2-0 (Germany) Smoke – DM6 10:2, T9 10:0
– 17:15 BST: (Austria) Noctis 2-1 (Sweden) xlo-Fazz – DM13 4:5, T9 11:7, DM6 5:4
– 18:00 BST: (France) Strenx 2-0 (America) Chance – T9 15:8, T7 8:2
– 18:00 BST: (Belarus) Cypher 2-0 (Sweden) xlo-Madix – ZTN 12:1, T7 22:4

* Sunday’s schedule

– 13:30 BST: (Sweden) Fox 2-0 (China) Jibo – ZTN 10-6, T7 22-2
– 13:30 BST: (America) Rapha 2-0 (France) L1nkje – ZTN 10:3, T9 20:4
– 14:15 BST: (Sweden) Spart1e 1-2 (Russia) Cooller – DM13 8:7, T9 5:9, DM6 4:6
– 14:15 BST: (America) DaHanG 2-0 (UAEmirates) Spammah – ZTN 22-0, T9 31-7
– 15:00 BST: (China) Jibo 0-2 (France) L1nkje – ZTN 5:9, DM13 5:11
– 15:45 BST: (America) Rapha 1-2 (Sweden) Fox – ZTN 6:9, T7 8:2, DM13 2:5
– 16:30 BST: (Russia) Cooller 2-0 (UAEmirates) Spammah – ZTN 21:1, DM13 21:1
– 16:30 BST: (Sweden) Spart1e 1-2 (America) DaHanG – DM13 17:4, T7 0:24, ZTN 2:13
– 17:15 BST: (Sweden) Fox 1-2 (France) L1nkje – ZTN 3:9, DM13 9:1, T9 6:8
– 17:15 BST: (America) Rapha 2-0 (China) Jibo – DM6 8:6, T9 35:6
– 18:00 BST: (America) DaHanG 1-2 (Russia) Cooller – ZTN 3:9, T9 15:7, DM6 5:14
– 18:00 BST: (Sweden) Spart1e 2-0 (UAEmirates) Spammah – DM6 29:-2, T9 35:7

* Monday’s schedule

– 08:40 BST: Quarter final #1 – Rapha 3-0 Madix – ZTN 6:1 (Madix), T7 15:2 (Rapha), DM6 (Madix) 19:4
– 09:45 BST: Quarter final #2 – Stermy 1-3 Fox – DM13 1:10 (Fox), T7 2:11 (Stermy), ZTN 3:1 (Fox), DM6 4:10 (Stermy)
– 10:50 BST: Quarter final #3 – Cooller 2-3 Noctis –
ZTN 5:4 (Cooller), T7 2:12 (Noctis), DM13 8:6 (Cooller), T9 3:11 (Noctis), DM6 6:10
– 11:55 BST: Quarter final #4 – Cypher 3-2 DaHanG – T7 4:6 (DaHanG), ZTN 12:4 (Cypher), T9 8:14 (DaHanG), DM13 12:1 (Cypher), DM6 8:2

– 13:45 BST: Semi final #1 – Rapha 3-0 Noctis – DM13 12:3, T7 19:8, T9 21:3
– 14:50 BST: Semi final #2 – Fox 1-3 Cypher – T7 10:4, ZTN 7:14, T9 7:12, DM13 2:5

– 16:10 BST: 3/4 Final – Noctis 3-1 Fox – T9 4:10, ZTN 6:1, T7 8:5, DM13 7:4
– 17:20 BST: Final – Rapha 3-1 Cypher ZTN 4:2, T7 7:4, DM6 5:14, T9 5:3

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* Groups

Group A
Shane “SK|rapha” Hendrixson (2 wins, 1 loss, maps 5:2)
Magnus “mouz.fox” Olsson (2 wins, 1 loss, maps 5:3)
Zhibo “RazerJibo” Fan (0 win, 3 losses)
Pierre-Emeric “fnatic\l1nkje” Portier (2 wins, 1 loss, maps 4:3)

Group B
Richard “vtL/noctis” Gansterer (2 wins, 1 loss)
IAlessandro “fnatic\stermy” Avallone (3 wins, 0 loss)
Pelle “xlo-fazz” Söderman (1 win, 2 losses)
Felix “mTw|smoke” Pafel (0 win, 3 losses)

Group C
Sebastian “fnatic\spart1e” Siira (0 win, 2 losses)
Tim “EG|DaHanG” Fogarty (2 wins, 1 loss)
Anton “mouz.Cooller” Singov (3 wins, 0 loss)
Anas “spammah” Ilyas (0 win, 3 losses)

Group D
Alexey “srs/rzr/cypher” Yanushevsky (3 wins, 0 loss)
Kévin “fnatic\strenx” Baeza (1 win, 2 losses, maps 2:4)
Chance “EG|Chance” Lacina (1 win, 2 losses, maps 2:5)
Michael “xlo-madix” Hindersson (1 win, 2 losses, maps 3:4)

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* Prize Money Distribution – Final Rankings

1st place: $3,000 – Rapha
2nd place: $1,500 – Cypher
3rd place: $800 – Noctis
4th place: $400 – Fox
5th to 8th place: $200 – DaHanG. Cooller, Stermy, Madix

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* Map choice procedures

Maplist: qzdm6 (Campgrounds), qzdm13 (Lost World), qztourney7 (Furious Heights), qztourney9 (House of Decay), ztntourney1 (Blood Run)

During the group stage (bo3):
1. The player who lost the coin toss has to remove a map from the map pool
2. The player who won the coin toss has to remove a second map from the map pool
3. The player who lost the coin toss has to pick his map from the last three maps
4. The player who won the coin toss has to pick his map from the last two maps
5. The map not vetoed nor chosen will be the third map played if needed
6. The first map to be played will be the pick of the coin toss loser, second map the pick of the winner

During the playoffs (bo5):
1. The player which lost the coin toss picks his first map from the map pool
2. The player which won the coin toss picks his first map from the map pool
3. The player which lost the coin toss picks his second map from the last three maps
4. The player which won the coin toss picks his second map from the last two maps
5. The map not vetoed nor chosen will be the fifth map played if needed
6. The first map to be played will be the pick of the coin toss loser, second map the pick of the winner and so

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* Useful links

IEM4 Dubai: Home Page, Group Stage, Brackets
Streaming: ESL-TV, Alt.Host, VODS: ESL-TV

Coverage links: TEK9’s Preview, Fnatic’s Coverage

Non-English Coverage links: Fragster’s Coverage German, EsFR’s Coverage French

Interviews: Rapha Interview, Chance Interview,Dahang Interview, Fox Interview.