{"id":33889,"date":"2024-01-15T17:21:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T22:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=33889"},"modified":"2024-01-15T17:21:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T22:21:34","slug":"esl-announce-chengdu-as-iem-china-2024-host-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/esl-announce-chengdu-as-iem-china-2024-host-city\/","title":{"rendered":"ESL announce Chengdu as IEM China 2024 host city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ESL has officially announced Chengdu as the host city for the 2024 edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/electronic-sports-league\/intel-extreme-masters\/\" title=\"Intel Extreme Masters betting guide\">Intel Extreme Masters<\/a> China, marking the tournament&#8217;s return to China since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled to take place from April 8 to 14, the event will bring together 16 elite <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"Counter-Strike betting guide\">Counter-Strike<\/a> teams from across the globe, competing for a substantial $250,000 prize pool and the coveted opportunity to secure a spot in the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/iem-cologne\/\" title=\"IEM Cologne betting guide\">IEM Cologne<\/a> group stage.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Four years have passed since our last visit to China. \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3<\/p>\n<p>Counter-Strike has changed a lot since then.<\/p>\n<p>It&#39;s time to write new history.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IEM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IEM<\/a> Chengdu 2024 \ud83d\udc3c<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JEah6wXO2G\">https:\/\/t.co\/JEah6wXO2G<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DNKuEny93K\">pic.twitter.com\/DNKuEny93K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESLCS\/status\/1746804414302634113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The final three days of intense competition will unfold at the Wuliangye Chengdu Performing Arts Centre, a versatile arena with a seating capacity of 12,000.<\/p>\n<p>Originally intended as the homestand venue for the Overwatch League franchise Chengdu Hunters in 2020, the arena will finally witness top-tier Counter-Strike action.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Winther, Head of Game Ecosystems, Counter-Strike at ESL FACEIT Group, expressed enthusiasm about bringing the Intel Extreme Masters back to China.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted China&#8217;s vibrant and passionate esports community, aiming to showcase their energy and talent on a global stage.<\/p>\n<p>The line-up for <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/iem-spring\/\" title=\"IEM Spring betting guide\">IEM Chengdu<\/a> includes renowned teams such as FaZe Clan, G2 Esports, FURIA, and Astralis, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Ten teams secured direct invitations via the ESL World Rankings, while the remaining six spots will be filled through regional qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>Lynn Vision emerged victorious in the Chinese qualifier, solidifying their place in the prestigious tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Team Vitality and Natus Vincere opted to decline direct invitations based on their ESL rankings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/electronic-sports-league\/\" title=\"ESL betting guide\">ESL<\/a> has stated that tickets for the event will go on sale in Q1, with more details set to be released in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>IEM Chengdu will be the second event of 2024 contributing to Intel Grand Slam 5 after <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/iem-katowice\/cs2\/\" title=\"IEM Katowice betting guide\">IEM Katowice<\/a>, which kicks off on January 31.<\/p>\n<p>The standings currently show Vitality, ENCE, G2, MOUZ, and FaZe tied with one tournament win each in the Intel Grand Slam.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESL has officially announced Chengdu as the host city for the 2024 edition of Intel Extreme Masters China, which will take place in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":32211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3111,22,3565,1679,2768,46],"class_list":["post-33889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-counter-strike-2","tag-esl","tag-iem-chengdu","tag-iem-cologne","tag-iem-spring","tag-intel-extreme-masters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33889"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33889"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33891,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33889\/revisions\/33891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}