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2018 WCS Global Finals

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[e][h]2018 WCS Global Finals
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Server:
Americas
Type:
Offline
Location:
United States Anaheim
Format:
1v1
Group stage
Single-elimination Playoffs
Prize Pool:
$700,000 USD
Start Date:
2018-10-26
End Date:
2018-11-03
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
16
Protoss 7
Terran 4
Zerg 5
Maps
Chronology


The 2018 WCS Global Finals are the conclusion of the 2018 StarCraft II World Championship Series. Sixteen players (seven from WCS Korea, eight from WCS Circuit, and the IEM World Champion) compete for the most prestigious trophy in 2018. They qualify either by winning one of the seven tournaments providing a direct spot, or by earning WCS points throughout 2018 in multiple leagues and events. The players will first go through the Global Playoffs, a group stage. The eight remaining players will participate in the Global Finals, the culmination of the World Championship Series.

Casters, Hosts and Observers[edit]

Format[edit]

2018 WCS Format overview

Qualification[edit]

At the end of the year, eight players from each region qualify to the Playoffs:

  • IEM World Championship: 1 seed for the winner of the tournament.
  • WCS Korea: 3 seeds from the GSL events, 4 seeds from the standings
  • WCS Circuit: 4 seeds from the Circuit Championships, 4 seeds from the standings

If a player has won multiple GSL events, or multiple Circuit Championships, then there will be one more seed from the standings.

Main event[edit]

  • Global Playoffs (Round of 16)
    • Four groups of four players (two players from WCS Korea, two players from WCS Circuit)
    • Players seeded by their WCS Korea/Circuit points.
    • Dual tournament format
    • Matches are Bo3.
    • Top 2 players of each group advance to the Global Finals.
  • Global Finals (Round of 8)
    • Single-elimination Bracket.
    • All matches are Bo5 except Finals which are Bo7.

Map Pool[edit]

Participants[edit]

Races and Teams[edit]

Protoss Protoss (7) Terran Terran (4) Zerg Zerg (5)
IEM World Champion (1)
Jin Air Green WingsJin Air Green Wings
South Korea Rogue
WCS Korea (7)
The Gosu CrewThe Gosu Crew
South Korea Classic
Jin Air Green WingsJin Air Green Wings
South Korea Maru 1
The Gosu CrewThe Gosu Crew
South Korea Dark
Jin Air Green WingsJin Air Green Wings
South Korea sOs
SplyceSplyce
South Korea TY
SplyceSplyce
South Korea Stats
Scythe EsportsScythe Esports
South Korea Zest
WCS Circuit (8)
J TeamJ Team
Taiwan Has
mousesportsmousesports
Germany HeRoMaRinE
Team QLASHTeam QLASH
Germany Lambo
TingTing
United States Neeb
Predators EsportsPredators Esports
Mexico SpeCial
Iron ChainIron Chain
Poland Nerchio
ArmaTeamArmaTeam
Germany ShoWTimE
ENCEENCE
Finland Serral 2

1 Maru won GSL Season 1, Season 2 and Season 3 so two extra seeds were awarded to the WCS Korea Standings.
2 Serral won 2018 WCS Leipzig, Austin, Valencia and Montreal so three extra seeds were awarded to the WCS Circuit Standings.

Korea Points and Standings[edit]

Final Standings
# ID Points
1 krSouth Korea t Maru 14250
2 krSouth Korea p Classic 7675
3 krSouth Korea p Stats 6825
4 krSouth Korea p Zest 6275
5 krSouth Korea t TY 6200
6 krSouth Korea z Rogue 6150
7 krSouth Korea z Dark 5475
8 krSouth Korea p sOs 4325

Circuit Points and Standings[edit]

Final Standings
# ID Points
1 fiFinland z Serral 14090
2 deGermany p ShoWTimE 3270
3 mxMexico t SpeCial 3150
4 usUnited States p Neeb 2910
5 deGermany t HeRoMaRinE 2760
6 twTaiwan p Has 2490
7 plPoland z Nerchio 2320
8 deGermany z Lambo 2295

Prize pool[edit]

The prize pool for the WCS Global Finals is 500,000 USD.
In addition, the prize pool has been increased by a further 200,000 USD from War Chest purchases, totaling 700,000 USD in 2018.[1]

Global Playoffs[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
October 26, 2018 - 9:00 PDT
1. South Korea Terran Maru 2-0 4-0
2. South Korea Terran TY 2-1 5-3
3. United States Protoss Neeb 1-2 2-5
4. Germany Zerg Lambo 0-2 1-4
Group A Matches
October 26, 2018 - 09:30 PDT
South KoreaTerranMaru
2
0
GermanyZergLambo
October 26, 2018 - 10:20 PDT
South KoreaTerranTY
1
2
United StatesProtossNeeb
October 26, 2018 - 13:30 PDT
South KoreaTerranMaru
2
0
United StatesProtossNeeb
October 28, 2018 - 09:30 PDT
GermanyZergLambo
1
2
South KoreaTerranTY
October 28, 2018 - 13:25 PDT
United StatesProtossNeeb
0
2
South KoreaTerranTY

Group B[edit]

Group B
October 26, 2018 - 11:00 PDT
1. Finland Zerg Serral 2-0 4-0
2. South Korea Protoss sOs 2-1 4-3
3. South Korea Protoss Zest 1-2 3-4
4. Germany Terran HeRoMaRinE 0-2 0-4
Group B Matches
October 26, 2018 - 11:55 PDT
South KoreaProtossZest
2
0
GermanyTerranHeRoMaRinE
October 26, 2018 - 12:45 PDT
South KoreaProtosssOs
0
2
FinlandZergSerral
October 26, 2018 - 14:20 PDT
South KoreaProtossZest
0
2
FinlandZergSerral
October 28, 2018 - 10:25 PDT
GermanyTerranHeRoMaRinE
0
2
South KoreaProtosssOs
October 28, 2018 - 14:15 PDT
South KoreaProtossZest
1
2
South KoreaProtosssOs

Group C[edit]

Group C
October 27, 2018 - 9:00 PDT
1. South Korea Protoss Stats 2-0 4-0
2. South Korea Zerg Dark 2-1 4-2
3. Germany Protoss ShoWTimE 1-2 2-4
4. Taiwan Protoss Has 0-2 0-4
Group C Matches
October 27, 2018 - 09:15 PDT
South KoreaProtossStats
2
0
TaiwanProtossHas
October 27, 2018 - 10:00 PDT
South KoreaZergDark
0
2
GermanyProtossShoWTimE
October 27, 2018 - 13:15 PDT
South KoreaProtossStats
2
0
GermanyProtossShoWTimE
October 28, 2018 - 11:25 PDT
TaiwanProtossHas
0
2
South KoreaZergDark
October 28, 2018 - 15:15 PDT
GermanyProtossShoWTimE
0
2
South KoreaZergDark

Group D[edit]

Group D
October 27, 2018 - 11:00 PDT
1. South Korea Zerg Rogue 2-0 4-1
2. Mexico Terran SpeCial 2-1 5-2
3. South Korea Protoss Classic 1-2 2-4
4. Poland Zerg Nerchio 0-2 0-4
Group D Matches
October 27, 2018 - 11:00 PDT
South KoreaProtossClassic
2
0
PolandZergNerchio
October 27, 2018 - 12:00 PDT
South KoreaZergRogue
2
1
MexicoTerranSpeCial
October 27, 2018 - 14:10 PDT
South KoreaProtossClassic
0
2
South KoreaZergRogue
October 28, 2018 - 12:25 PDT
PolandZergNerchio
0
2
MexicoTerranSpeCial
October 28, 2018 - 16:00 PDT
South KoreaProtossClassic
0
2
MexicoTerranSpeCial

Global Finals[edit]

Distribution[edit]

Maps Statistics[edit]

Terran vs. ZergZerg vs. ProtossProtoss vs. TerranMirrors
Map#ΣTerranZergTerran%ΣZergProtossZerg%ΣProtossTerranProtoss%ProtossTerranZerg
Acid Plant LE192020.0%74357.1%43175.0%4-2
Blueshift LE1843175.0%440100.0%62433.3%4--
Cerulean Fall LE8330100.0%110100.0%----2-2
Dreamcatcher LE732166.7%110100.0%330100.0%---
Fracture LE2----2020.0%-------
Lost and Found LE1421150.0%43175.0%63350.0%--2
Para Site LE41010.0%110100.0%110100.0%--1
Total Sum (Σ)72159660.0%2014670.0%2012860.0%10-7


View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

VODs[edit]

Replays[edit]

WCS Signature Series[edit]

Road to BlizzCon 2018[edit]

WCS Circuit[edit]

#1 Finland Zerg Serral
preview Joona Sotala
#2 Germany Protoss ShoWTimE
preview Tobias Sieber
#3 Mexico Terran SpeCial
preview Juan Carlos Tena Lopez
#4 United States Protoss Neeb
preview Alex Sunderhaft
#5 Germany Terran HeRoMaRinE
preview Gabriel Segat
#6 Taiwan Protoss Has
preview Ke Yu Feng
#7 Poland Zerg Nerchio
preview Artur Bloch
#8 Germany Zerg Lambo
preview Julian Brosig

WCS Korea[edit]

#1 South Korea Terran Maru
preview Cho Seong Ju
#2 South Korea Protoss Classic
preview Kim Doh Woo
#3 South Korea Protoss Stats
preview Kim Dae Yeob
#4 South Korea Protoss Zest
preview Joo Sung Wook
#5 South Korea Terran TY
preview Jun Tae Yang
#6 South Korea Zerg Rogue
preview Lee Byung Ryul
#7 South Korea Zerg Dark
preview Park Ryung Woo
#8 South Korea Protoss sOs
preview Kim Yoo Jin

External Links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "War Chest BlizzCon 2018". starcraft2.com. August 9, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  2. Replay Pack: WCS 2018 Global Finals