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Intel Extreme Masters Season X — World Championship
Intel Extreme Masters Season X's World Championship brought League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and StarCraft II to Katowice in March 2016. SK Telecom T1, Fnatic and Polt won the three game titles.
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Updated October 27, 2026Competition snapshot
Host and dates
Spodek Arena and IEM Expo Hall, Katowice, Poland · Mar 2–6, 2016[2][7]
Champion
League of Legends: SK Telecom T1; Counter-Strike: Fnatic; StarCraft II: Polt[4][6][7]
Combined prize pool
More than USD 500,000 across the World Championship[7]
Games
League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, StarCraft II[2][7]
Participant scale
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ESL FACEIT GroupCommercial note
Organizer under the ESL name · Recorded in the 2016 edition.[2]
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IntelCommercial note
Event sponsor · Recorded in the 2016 edition.[2]
PTG Database Analysis
The Intel Extreme Masters Season X World Championship brought League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and StarCraft II to Katowice. ESL reported more than USD 500,000 in event prize money and named SK Telecom T1, Fnatic and Polt as the three game champions. The Counter-Strike tournament ran March 2–5, while Leaguepedia lists the LoL competition on March 4–6.[2][3][7][8]
SK Telecom T1 swept Fnatic 3–0 in the League of Legends final after the semifinals against Team SoloMid and Royal Never Give Up. The LoL tournament had eight teams and a USD 100,000 prize pool; its group matches were held in the IEM Expo Hall and the final at Spodek Arena. The separate Counter-Strike field had 12 teams and USD 250,000 in prize money.[1][4][6][8]
ESL and Intel jointly announced the World Championship. Liquipedia lists Intel as sponsor of the Counter-Strike tournament, while ESL’s event report names the three game champions and the wider event scope.[1][2][7]
References8
- [1]Intel Extreme Masters Season X World Championship — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki
- [2]ESL and Intel bring the IEM World Championship back to Katowice on March 4-6, 2016 — ESL FACEIT Group
- [3]IEM Katowice 2016 overview — HLTV.org
- [4]fnatic win IEM Katowice 2016 — HLTV.org
- [5]SK Telecom T1 crowned at IEM Katowice 2016 — Red Bull; photo credit on page: ESL IEM
- [6]Congratulations to the 2016 League of Legends Intel Extreme Masters World Champion! — ESL
- [7]ESL delivers largest esports event yet: season 10 finals of Intel Extreme Masters draws 34 million unique viewers — ESL FACEIT Group
- [8]IEM Season 10 World Championship — Leaguepedia
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