Intel Extreme Masters Season X – San Jose (IEM San Jose for short) was a

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tournament occurring on November 21–22, 2015 in San Jose,

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, US. It was the first tournament of 10th season of the

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and featured ''

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'' and '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' tournaments. There was a combined US$175,000 prize pool across both games. In the case of the latter it was the first ''Counter-Strike'' event an IEM since IEM Season VI in 2012.

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and

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played a charity celebrity exhibition match of ''

'' benefiting The Cybersmile Foundation. France-based

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decided to withdraw from the ''Counter-Strike'' tournament because of flight delays resulting from security concerns following the

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. The winners of both the European and North American ''League of Legends'' Championship Series,

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and

Counter Logic Gaming Counter Logic Gaming (CLG) was an American esports organization headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in April 2010 by George "HotshotGG" Georgallidis and Alexander "Vodoo" Beutel as a ''League of Legends'' team, and branche ...

respectively, were invited to the event. There were also a single team from the ''

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'' and ''League of Legends'' Champions Korea each,

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and

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respectively. The event featured a unique

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fan viewing experience.

''League of Legends''

Teams

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(EU LCS) * Unicorns of Love (EU LCS) *

(NA LCS) *

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(NA LCS) *

(LCK) *

(LPL)

Final standings

''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive''

Teams

Cloud9 Cloud9 Esports, Inc., or simply Cloud9 (C9), is an American professional esports company based in Santa Monica, California. The company was originally founded as a professional ''League of Legends'' team by Jack and Paullie Etienne in May 2013 ...

G2 Esports G2 Esports (or simply G2) is a European esports organization headquartered in Berlin, Germany, with players competing in ''League of Legends'', ''Valorant'', ''Counter-Strike 2'', ''Hearthstone (video game), Hearthstone'', ''Rocket League'', '' ...

* Luminosity Gaming *

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Final standings

References

External links

Official webpage

CS GO Skins website
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