Scheduled: 02:40 CDT, 19 October 2009 to 12:20 CDT, 19 October 2009
Schedule: Passed

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 United States of America rapha, Austria noctis, Sweden spart1e, United States of America DaHanG, Russia Cooller and many more will battle for the $6,500!

Many games will be covered by United Kingdom 2GD, United Kingdom Joe and their friends on ESL TV with single and 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 day 3, as well as the Quakelive tournament, is now over (Day #1 & Day #2 posts/comments are still available). Don't forget to check the VODs on ESL TV and grab some demos from the match links!

Thanks to all the ESL staff for that great tournament and excellent coverage!

cup_gold 1st: United States of America Shane "SK|rapha" Hendrixson - $3,000
cup_silver 2nd: Belarus Alexey "srs/rzr/cypher" Yanushevsky - $1,500
cup_bronze 3rd: Austria Richard "vtL/noctis" Gansterer - $800
4th: Sweden Magnus "mouz.fox" Olsson - $400
5-8th: Sweden Michael "xlo-madix" Hindersson - $200
5-8th: Italy Alessandro "fnaticstermy" Avallone - $200
5-8th: Russia Anton "mouz.Cooller" Singov - $200
5-8th: United States of America Tim "EG|DaHanG" Fogarty - $200
Quarter finals
- QF#1: United States of America rapha 3-0 madix Sweden (Bet / Match details + demo)
ztn 6:1 (madix), t7 15:2 (rapha), dm6 (madix) 19:4, dm13 (rapha), t9

- QF#3: Italy Stermy 1-3 fox Sweden (Bet / Match details+ demo)
dm13 1:10 (fox), t7 2:11 (stermy), ztn 3:1 (fox), dm6 4:10 (stermy), t9

- QF#2: Russia Cooller 2-3 noctis Austria (Bet / Match details + demo)
ztn 5:4 (cooller), t7 2:12 (noctis), dm13 8:6 (cooller), t9 3:11 (noctis), dm6 6:10

- QF#4: Belarus Cypher 3-2 DaHanG United States of America (Bet / Match details + demo)
t7 4:6 (DaHanG), ztn 12:4 (Cypher), t9 8:14 (DaHanG), dm13 12:1 (Cypher), dm6 8:2

Semi finals
- SF#1: United States of America rapha 3-0 noctis Austria (Match details + demo)
dm13 12:3 (noctis), t7 19:8 (rapha), t9 12:4 (noctis), ztn (rapha), dm6

- SF#2: Sweden fox 1-3 Cypher Belarus (Match details + demo)
t7 10:4 (fox), ztn 1:5 (Cypher), t9 7:12 (fox), dm13 2:5 (Cypher), dm6

3/4 final
- Austria noctis 3-1 fox Sweden (Match details + demo)
t9 10:4 (fox), ztn -1:6 (noctis), t7 7:4 (fox), dm13 6:3 (noctis), dm6

Final
- 10:20 CST: United States of America rapha 3-1 Cypher Belarus (Match details + demo)
ztn 4:2 (Cypher), t7 7:4 (rapha), dm6 5:14 (Cypher), t9 5:3 (rapha), dm13

Players' cfg are now available for download.
- Austria noctis 2-1 smoke Germany - t9 12:6, dm6 3:12, ztn 18:3 (Bet / Match details + demo)
- Italy stermy 2-0 fazz Sweden - t7 9:2, ztn 5:0 (Bet / Match details + demo)
- France strenx 0-2 madix Sweden - t9 4:5 (OT), t7 8:12 (Bet / Match details + demo)
- Belarus cypher 2-0 Chance United States of America - ztn 8:4, t7 6:4 (Bet / Match details + demo)
- Sweden fazz 2-1 smoke Germany - t9 12:13, ztn 10:5, t7 5:3 (Bet / Match details + demo)
- Austria noctis 1-2 stermy Italy - ztn 6:7, t9 13:6, dm6 0:13 (Bet / Match details + demo)
- United States of America Chance 2-1 madix Sweden - t9 12:3, ztn 3:5, dm13 12:2 (Bet / Match details + demo)
- Belarus cypher 2-0 strenx France - dm6 5:4, t9, t7 10:9 (Bet / Match details + demo)
- Italy stermy 2-0 smoke Germany - dm6 10:2, t9 10:0 (Bet / Match details + demo)
- Austria noctis 2-1 fazz Sweden - dm13 4:5, t9 11:7, dm6 5:4 (Bet / Match details + demo)
- France strenx 2-0 Chance United States of America - t9 15:8, t7 8:2 (Bet / Match details + demo)
- Belarus cypher 2-0 madix Sweden - ztn 12:1, t7 22:4 (Bet / Match details + demo)
- Sweden fox 2-0 Jibo China - ztn 10:6, t7 22:2 (Bet / Match details + demo)
- United States of America DaHanG 2-0 spammah United Arab Emirates - ztn 21:0, t9 31:7 (Bet / Match details + demo)
- United States of America rapha 2-0 l1nkje France - ztn 10:3, t9 20:4 (Bet / Match details + demo)
- Sweden spart1e 1-2 Cooller Russia - dm13 8:7, t9 5:9, dm6 4:6 (Bet / Match details + demo)
- China Jibo 0-2 l1nkje France - ztn 5:9, dm13 5:11 (Bet / Match details + demo)
- United States of America rapha 1-2 fox Sweden - ztn 6:9, t7 8:2, dm13 2:5 (Bet / Match details + demo)
- Russia Cooller 2-0 spammah United Arab Emirates - ztn 21:1, dm13 21:1 (Bet / Match details + demo)
- Sweden spart1e 1-2 DaHanG United States of America - dm13 17:4, t7 0:24, ztn 2:13 (Bet / Match details + demo)
- Sweden fox 1-2 l1nkje France - ztn 3:9, dm13 9:1, t9 6:8 (Bet / Match details + demo)
- United States of America rapha 2-0 Jibo China - dm6 8:5, t9 35:6 (Bet / Match details + demo)
- United States of America DaHanG 1-2 Cooller Russia - ztn 3:9, t9 15:7, dm6 5:14 (Bet / Match details + demo)
- Sweden spart1e 2-0 spammah United Arab Emirates - dm6 29:-2, t9 35:7 (Bet / Match details + demo)

Group A
United States of America Shane "SK|rapha" Hendrixson (2 wins, 1 loss, maps 5:2)
Sweden Magnus "mouz.fox" Olsson (2 wins, 1 loss, maps 5:3)
China Zhibo "RazerJibo" Fan (0 win, 3 losses)
France Pierre-Emeric "fnatic\l1nkje" Portier (2 wins, 1 loss, maps 4:3)

Group B
Austria Richard "vtL/noctis" Gansterer (2 wins, 1 loss)
Italy Alessandro "fnatic\stermy" Avallone (3 wins, 0 loss)
Sweden Pelle "xlo-fazz" Söderman (1 win, 2 losses)
Germany Felix "mTw|smoke" Pafel (0 win, 3 losses)

Group C
Sweden Sebastian "fnatic\spart1e" Siira (1 win, 2 losses)
United States of America Tim "EG|DaHanG" Fogarty (2 wins, 1 loss)
Russia Anton "mouz.Cooller" Singov (3 wins, 0 loss)
United Arab Emirates Anas "spammah" Ilyas (0 win, 3 losses)

Group D
Belarus Alexey "srs/rzr/cypher" Yanushevsky (3 wins, 0 loss)
France Kévin "fnatic\strenx" Baeza (1 win, 2 losses, maps 2:4)
United States of America Chance "EG|Chance" Lacina (1 win, 2 losses, maps 2:5)
Sweden Michael "xlo-madix" Hindersson (1 win, 2 losses, maps 3:4)
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
on

IEM4 Dubai: Home page, Group Stage / Brackets - mIRC #masters.live
Streaming: ESL-TV - Alt. Host
Streaming for linux users: /OctoshapeClient -url:ESL.oph350 (mplayer required)
VODs: ESL TV / Demo VODs: own3d, wateri14

Coverage links: Day #1, Day #2, TEK9, Fnatic, SK
Non-English Coverage links: Germany Fragster, Germany derQuaker, France Esfr, Poland CyberSports, Italy Cubesports
Interviews: rapha, Chance, DaHanG, fox (mousesports & SK), Cooller & Stermy
Galleries: ESL, stripy, SK
Please leave a post in the comments for any other interesting link.