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Intel Extreme Masters Season V World Championship

ESL's IEM Season V World Championship brought four games to CeBIT in Hannover from March 1–5, 2011, including a four-team League of Legends invitational on March 4.

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Intel Extreme Masters Season V World Championship
IEM-branded CeBIT exhibition hall, shown as contextual event photography; this is not a League of Legends match scene. · Photo by Patrick H~ (Flickr user 40851862@N03), CC BY 2.0; (original file
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Updated October 28, 2026

Competition snapshot

Combined prize pool

USD 143,500 across four game competitions[1][2][6][8]

Participant scale

12 Counter-Strike teams, 12 Quake Live players, 12 StarCraft II players and 4 League of Legends teams[2][6][8]

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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

BenQ

Commercial note

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

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Sponsor

Partner

RaidCall

Commercial note

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

PTG Database Analysis

ESL’s IEM Season V World Championship ran at CeBIT in Hannover from March 1–5, 2011, with Counter-Strike, Quake Live and StarCraft II. A separate four-team League of Legends invitational took place on March 4. Together, the four game competitions offered USD 143,500: USD 80,000 for Counter-Strike, USD 20,000 for Quake Live, USD 30,000 for StarCraft II and USD 13,500 for League of Legends.[1][2][6][8]

In League of Legends, myRevenge League of Legends won ahead of Against All authority League of Legends, SK Gaming League of Legends and Team Dignitas League of Legends. Leaguepedia records two group stages; myRevenge’s own historical awards list also records the IEM invitational win. The overall edition’s participant tab remains partial because its Quake Live and StarCraft II entrants are not yet reconciled to canonical PTG participant records.[6][7][10]

References7
  1. [1]Intel Extreme Masters Season V World Championship — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki — Liquipedia
  2. [2]Intel Extreme Masters Season V World Championship — Liquipedia Esports Wiki — Liquipedia
  3. [3]Na'Vi victorious at IEM5 WC — HLTV.org
  4. [4]Intel Extreme Masters Season V — Hanover League of Legends Invitational — Leaguepedia
  5. [5]Intel Extreme Masters Season V — Hanover — Liquipedia League of Legends Wiki
  6. [6]CeBIT 2011 — Intel Extreme Masters 03 — Wikimedia Commons / Patrick H~
  7. [7]myRevenge e.V. — Awards — myRevenge e.V.

Commercial opportunities

Series sponsor

Intel is listed as an IEM sponsor.[1]

Event sponsor

BenQ is listed as an event sponsor.[1]

Event sponsor

RaidCall is listed as an event sponsor.[1]

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