IEM: Oakland 2016 - Coverage

New tournament from the Intel Extreme Masters series takes place in USA from 16 to 20 of November. IEM: Oakland 2016 sees 12 best teams from all over the world fighting for a lion share of the $300,000 prize. 

Giants of the global CS:GO scene battle for the champions title and $125,000 (the amount first place will get). We've gathered all the necessary information about the tournament here so you don't need to distract from the thrilling action.

Stream:

The tournament format:

The group stage will be played with best-of-1 matches. Top teams from the group stage advance to the play-off with single elimination bracket and best-of-three matches.

Invited teams:

 Astralis

 Heroic

 SK Gaming

 Ninjas in Pyjamas

 Natus Vincere

 Team Liquid

 Mousesports

 G2 eSports

Teams that earned the spot after iBUYPOWER Masters: 

 Immortals

 Cloud9

 TyLoo

 FaZe Clan

SCHEDULE (CET +1):

Wednesday, November 16:

20:30 - 

 Natus Vincere vs. 

 Team Liquid @ [6:16];
20:30 - 

 Immortals vs. 

 TyLoo @ [19:17];
21:45 - 

 Astralis vs. 

 G2 eSports @ [13:16];
21:45 - 

 Natus Vincere vs. 

 TyLoo @ [16:14];
23:00 - 

 Immortals vs. 

 G2 eSports @ [16:4];
23:00 - 

 Astralis vs. 

 Team Liquid @ [16:1];
00:15 - 

 Natus Vincere vs. 

 Astralis @ [9:16];
00:15 - 

 TyLoo vs. 

 G2 eSports @ [3:16];
01:30 - 

 Immortals vs. 

 Liquid @ [16:14];
01:30 - 

 Natus Vincere vs. 

 G2 eSports @ [16:10];
02:45 - 

 TyLoo vs. 

 Team Liquid @ [6:16];
02:45 - 

 Immortals vs. 

 Astralis @ [15:19];
04:00 - 

 Natus Vincere vs. 

 Immortals @ [15:19];
04:00 - 

 Astralis vs. 

 TyLoo @ [16:9];
04:00 - 

 Liquid vs. 

 G2 eSports @ [17:19];

Thursday, November 17:

20:30 - 

 Heroic vs. 

 SK Gaming @ [16:13];
20:30 - 

 Cloud9 vs. 

 FaZe Clan @ [15:19];
21:45 - 

 Mousesports vs. 

 Ninjas in Pyjamas @ [8:16];
21:45 - 

 Heroic vs. 

 FaZe Clan @ [3:16]; 
23:00 - 

 Cloud9 vs. 

 Ninjas in Pyjamas @ [14:16]; 
23:00 - 

 Mousesports vs. 

 SK Gaming @ [10:16];
00:15 - 

 FaZe vs. 

 Ninjas in Pyjamas @ [16:5]; 
00:15 - 

 Heroic vs. 

 Mousesports @ [16:11];
01:30 - 

 Cloud9 vs. 

 SK Gaming @ [10:16];
01:30 - 

 Heroic vs. 

 Ninjas in Pyjamas @ [8:16]; 
02:45 - 

 Cloud9 vs. 

 Mousesports @ [16:10]; 
02:45 - 

 FaZe vs. 

 SK Gaming @ [16:11];
04:00 - 

 SK Gaming vs. 

 Ninjas in Pyjamas @ [16:9]; 
04:00 - 

 Mousesports vs. 

 FaZe Clan @ [7:16];
04:00 - 

 Heroic vs. 

 Cloud9 @ [12:16];

Saturday, November 19:

21:45 -

 SK Gaming vs.

 G2 eSports @ [2:1];
00:35 -

 Ninjas in Pyjamas vs.

 Immortals @ [2:0].

Sunday, November 20:

20:00 – 

 Astralis vs. 

 SK Gaming @ [0:2]; 
23:50 – 

 FaZe Clan vs. 

 Ninjas in Pyjamas @ [1:2] 
04:00 – 

 Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. 

 SK Gaming @ [2:1]

1-st place — $125,000
2-nd place — $50,000
3-4-th place — $25,000
5-6-th place — $12,000
7-8-th place — $5,000
9-10-th place — $3,5000
11-12-th place — $2,000