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Intel Extreme Masters Season V European Championship Finals — Counter-Strike

ESL's IEM Season V Counter-Strike European Championship Finals brought 12 teams to Kyiv CyberSport Arena from January 20–23, 2011. Fnatic defeated mTw in the final and won USD 20,000 from the USD 50,000 prize pool.

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Intel Extreme Masters Season V European Championship Finals — Counter-Strike
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Updated October 29, 2026

Competition snapshot

Combined prize pool

USD 50,000[1][3]

Participant scale

12 teams[1]

Two finals groups of six; the archive-year table lists 36, which appears to cover a broader qualifier/season context.

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Organizer

Commercial note

ESL tournament organizer; current parent organization · Recorded in the 2011 edition.[1]

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Sponsor

Partner

Intel

Commercial note

IEM series sponsor · Recorded in the 2011 edition.[1]

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Sponsor

Partner

ROCCAT

Commercial note

Event sponsor · Recorded in the 2011 edition.[1]

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Sponsor

Partner

Alienware

Commercial note

Event sponsor · Recorded in the 2011 edition.[1]

PTG Database Analysis

The IEM Season V European Championship Finals ran at Kyiv CyberSport Arena from January 20–23, 2011. Twelve Counter-Strike 1.6 teams contested a USD 50,000 purse. Intel, ROCCAT and Alienware are listed as sponsors. Fnatic defeated mTw in the final. The archive-year table reports 36 participants, while the event finals page presents two six-team groups; this profile uses the documented 12-team finals field, all linked to canonical PTG Team pages.[1][2][3][4]

References5
  1. [1]Intel Extreme Masters Season V European Championship Finals — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki — Liquipedia
  2. [2]HLTV.org live from Kiev — HLTV.org
  3. [3]ESL post IEM5 EU prize breakdown — HLTV.org
  4. [4]Xizt: "I knew we could go all the way" — HLTV.org
  5. [5]IEM v2019 logo.svg — ESL, via Wikimedia Commons

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Series sponsor

Intel is listed as an IEM sponsor.[1]

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