IEM Season IX - Shenzhen
| Rank | Participant | ||
| 1 |  |   TaeJa | +1186 |
| 2 |  |  Solar | +740 |
| 3 |  | Jaedong | +422 |
 |   Jim | +422 | |
| 5 |  | INnoVation | +208 |
 | San | +208 | |
 | Zest | +208 | |
 |  Snute | +208 | |
| 9 |  | Life | +92 |
 | jjakji | +92 | |
 | TRUE | +92 | |
 | HerO | +92 | |
| 13 |  |  Illusion | +55 |
 | MMA | +55 | |
 | Stork | +55 | |
 | Nina | +55 | |
| 17 |  | Revival | +38 |
 | Daisy | +38 | |
| 19 |  | Seed | +33 |
 | NesTea | +33 | |
| 21 |  |  Sen | +28 |
 | Check | +28 | |
|  Bistork | +28 | |
 | Has | +28 | |
| 23 | |  Vaisravana | +25 |
| Kimi | +25 | |
What you need to know
IEM Season IX - Shenzhen was a Starcraft 2 tournament that ended on July 20, 2014 with 26 participants and 25.000 dollar prize money.
TaeJa won the tournament. It was his 15. tournament victory in a Starcraft tournament in his 17. final.
Best players before the event
(by ranking points)
| 1. | TaeJa | 13.737 |
| 2. | Jaedong | 12.493 |
| 3. | INnoVation | 11.397 |
| 4. | MMA | 9.133 |
| 5. | San | 8.872 |
| 6. | Life | 8.547 |
| 7. | Snute | 6.934 |
| 8. | HerO | 6.779 |