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Intel Extreme Masters Season I World Championship — Counter-Strike
Intel Extreme Masters Season I World Championship was an eight-team Counter-Strike 1.6 tournament held at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany, from March 15–18, 2007. Team Pentagram defeated H2k Gaming in the final.
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ESL FACEIT GroupCommercial note
Tournament organizer · Recorded in the 2007 edition.[1]
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IntelCommercial note
Sponsor · Recorded in the 2007 edition.[1]
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BenQCommercial note
Sponsor · Recorded in the 2007 edition.[1]
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RaidCallCommercial note
Sponsor · Recorded in the 2007 edition.[1]
PTG Database Analysis
ESL organized the Counter-Strike 1.6 competition at CeBIT in Hannover from March 15–18, 2007. Liquipedia lists Intel, BenQ and RaidCall as event sponsors. The Counter-Strike prize pool was EUR 92,000. Team Pentagram defeated H2k Gaming in the final.[1][3]
Eight teams competed across two group stages and a double-elimination playoff. HLTV’s preview listed the eight qualifiers, and its event archive preserves the group-stage results.[1][2][3]
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- [1]Intel Extreme Masters Season I World Championship — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki
- [2]Core 2 Extreme Masters overview — HLTV.org
- [3]Extreme Masters Grand Finals — HLTV.org
- [4]IEM v2019 logo.svg — ESL, via Wikimedia Commons
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