IdrA conquers IEM Guangzhou with 3-1 over Elfi

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EG's Greg "Idra" Fields is crowned the IEM Guangzhou champion and will bring home $6,500 and a spot to the World Championship next year. The American Zerg picked himself up after a shaky group stage start to beat both Puma and Elfi to snatch the gold.

After going through Revival in the Ro8, Idra had to face team-mate and renowned world-class terran Puma. Idra was the first to take a map off of the Korean, who reached the semi-finals completely unchallenged, and he did it in a convincing manner nonetheless. After an unconvincing start in day 1, Idra came back a beast to crush Puma in a flawless manner, sealing the series with a 3-0.

This led to a PvZ final after in the other semi-final Elfi defeated Hasu 3-2 in a close protoss mirror. The Grand Final series completed Idra's redemption as he won the revenge match against the Finnish protoss, who had already defeated him 2-0 in the group stage. With a 3-1 score in the final match, Idra was awarded the title of IEM Guangzhou champion - a title he accepted with his characteristic stone-cold expression.

IEM Guangzhou Final Standings
1st Idra, $6,500
2nd Elfi, $3,300
3rd Puma, $1,750
4th HasuObs, $1,250

Their placement at Guangzhou gives both Idra and Elfi seedings into IEM World Championship to be played in March 2012. The foreigners join the company of Puma and MC, who are the IEM Cologne champion and runner-up respectively.