Updated IEM6 rankings for WC

Now that the final IEM6 Global Challenge for Counter-Strike has finished, IEM has published the updated season rankings that will determine teams for the World Championship.

First three spots are given to the top placing American, Asian and European teams, in this case (assuming they all accept their spots and can afford going) SK Gaming, Ultimax Gaming USA and eFuture.

Next up the top two placing teams from each global challenge are invited, which adds on fnatic, mousesports, WinFakt and Natus Vincere for a total of seven teams. SK Gaming placed top two in New York and Kiev but already receive a spot by being the top ranked European team.

As explained in our previous post, the rest of the teams will be invited based on their points in the season ranking to round up the total of twelve teams that will be competing in Hannover on March 6-10.

Here is what the ranking looks like post IEM6 Global Challenge Kiev:

#	Team	Region	Qualified?	Points
1st	SK Gaming	Europe	#1 Europe	155
2nd	WinFakt	Europe	New York	125
3rd	fnatic	Europe	Guangzhou	115
4th	Natus Vincere	Europe	Kiev	90
5th	mousesports	Europe	Guangzhou	75
6th	Moscow Five	Europe	Points	45
7th	mTw	Europe	Points	45
8th	Ultimax Gaming USA	America	#1 America	25
9th	eFuture	Asia	#1 Asia	25
10th	Lions	Europe	Points	15
11th	EG	America	Points	15
11th	Check Six	America	Points	15
13th	Anexis	Europe		15
13th	TyLoo	Asia		15
15th	DTS	Europe		10
16th	Black & Yellow	America		10
16th	semXorah	America		10
18th	Immunity	Asia		10
18th	XcN	Asia		10

The remaining five spots will go to the teams with the highest total of points, so once again assuming everyone would attend on the list, they would be Moscow Five, mTw, Lions, Evil Geniuses and Check Six.

However, as we all now, mTw and Evil Geniuses have disbanded (although they could still go should three of their players wish to attend together) and some of the other teams might not be able to make the trip either, so in that case the spots will be offered to teams further down the list.

ESL will announce the groups for IEM6 World Championship next week which is when the teams should be confirmed. HLTV.org will be on-site at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany on March 6-10 when the season six IEM World Champions will be crowned.