The ESL has announced a whopping $145,000 Prize Pool for the IEM 5 World Finals to be held at CeBIT in Germany from 1st - 5th March. Prize purse will be distributed across 4 e-Sports disciplines namely QuakeLive, Counter Strike, Starcraft 2 and League of Legends. With several roster changes and upsets at the IEM 5 European Finals in Kiev, Counter-Strike tops the charts with the highest overall prize purse. However, since the 1st prize of $35,000would be split among a team of five, Starcraft 2 takes the spot for the highest individual 1st prize at $13,000 with QuakeLive first prize at $8500.

Prize Allocation

QuakeLive ($20,000)
1st. $8,500
2nd. $4,000
3rd. $2,500
4th. $1,400
5/6th. $600
5/6th. $600
7/8th. $400
7/8th. $400
9/10th. $400
9/10th. $400
11/12th. $400
11/12th. $400

Counter-Strike ($80,000)
1st. $35,000
2nd. $17,000
3rd. $8,500
4th. $4,000
5/6th. $2,500
5/6th. $2,500
7/8th. $1,750
7/8th. $1,750
9/10th. $1,750
9/10th. $1,750
11/12th. $1,750
11/12th. $1,750

StarCraft II ($30,000)
1st. $13,000
2nd. $6,500
3rd. $4,000
4th. $2,500
5/6th. $800
5/6th. $800
7/8th. $400
7/8th. $400
9/10th. $400
9/10th. $400
11/12th. $400
11/12th. $400

League of Legends ($13,500)
1st. $4,750
2nd. $2,750
3rd. $2,250
4th. $1,750
(+ $200 per win)

Source: ESL-World