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Intel Extreme Masters Season V Global Challenge Shanghai — Counter-Strike

ESL opened IEM Season V with an eight-team Counter-Strike 1.6 tournament at Shanghai New International Expo Centre from July 29 to August 1, 2010. Fnatic defeated TYLOO.raw in the final.

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Intel Extreme Masters Season V Global Challenge Shanghai — Counter-Strike
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Updated October 29, 2026

Competition snapshot

Combined prize pool

USD 40,000[1]

Participant scale

8 teams[1][2]

Category

Organizer

Commercial note

ESL tournament organizer; current parent organization · Recorded in the 2010 edition.[1]

Category

Sponsor

Partner

Intel

Commercial note

IEM series sponsor · Recorded in the 2010 edition.[1]

PTG Database Analysis

ESL held the Counter-Strike 1.6 tournament of IEM Season V Global Challenge Shanghai at ChinaJoy from July 29 to August 1, 2010. The competition took place at Shanghai New International Expo Centre in Shanghai, with an eight-team field and a USD 40,000 prize pool. The series listed Intel as a sponsor.[1][3][4]

Fnatic Counter-Strike won the tournament, defeating TYLOO.raw Counter-Strike in the final. Natus Vincere Counter-Strike placed third. The field also included TYLOO Counter-Strike, WeMade FOX Counter-Strike, wNv Teamwork Counter-Strike, Inner Mongolia Counter-Strike and 9ez Counter-Strike.[1][2][5]

References8
  1. [1]Intel Extreme Masters Season V Global Challenge Shanghai — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki — Liquipedia
  2. [2]IEM5 Global Challenge Shanghai overview — HLTV.org
  3. [3]IEM5 Global Challenge Shanghai announcement and venue — Negitaku.org esports, citing ESL
  4. [4]IEM5 Global Challenge Shanghai opens at ChinaJoy — cnBeta
  5. [5]fnatic triumph at IEM5 GC Shanghai — HLTV.org
  6. [6]GC Shanghai groups drawn — HLTV.org
  7. [7]IEM V Global Challenge Shanghai cover reuse audit — ESL, HLTV.org, Liquipedia and Wikimedia Commons
  8. [8]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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