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2019 WCS Winter Americas

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[e][h]2019 WCS Winter Americas
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Server:
Americas
Type:
Online/Offline
Location:
Americas Americas
United States Burbank
Format:
1v1
Three Group Stages
KotH Playoffs
Prize Pool:
$60,000 USD
Start Date:
2019-01-31
End Date:
2019-04-06
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
32
Protoss 9
Terran 11
Zerg 12
Maps
Chronology


The 2019 WCS Winter Americas is the American and Asian/Oceania part of the first of four events of the 2019 WCS Circuit.

Format[edit]

Format Overview

First Group Stage:

  • 32 players in 8 groups of 4 players each, played in a Dual Tournament Format.
  • All Matches are Bo3.
  • Top 2 players of each group advance to the next stage.

Second Group Stage:

  • 16 players in 4 groups of 4 players each, played in a Dual Tournament Format.
  • All Matches are Bo3.
  • Top 2 players of each group advance to the next stage.

Third Group Stage:

  • 8 players in a single group, played in a Round-Robin Format.
  • All Matches are Bo3.
  • Top 6 players advance to the playoffs.
    • In the event of a tie, placement will be determined by map score. In the event of a further tie, placement will be determined by head-to-head record.

Playoffs:

  • 6 players in a single-elimination bracket
  • Placements in the KotH bracket are seeded according to the Third Group Stage Results
  • All Matches are Bo5 except for the finals, which are Bo7.
  • The Playoffs are played in the Blizzard Arena Los Angeles (Burbank, California).

Eligibility and Residency Requirements[edit]

  • WCS Winter is divided into two Divisions: “Europe” and “Americas”.
  • The Europe Division is composed of the Europe, Africa, and Middle East regions. The Americas Division is composed of all other eligible regions.

North America comprised of:

  • United States United States

  • Canada Canada

Latin America comprised of:

  • Argentina Argentina
  • Belize Belize
  • Bolivia Bolivia
  • Brazil Brazil
  • Chile Chile
  • Colombia Colombia
  • Costa Rica Costa Rica
  • Ecuador Ecuador
  • El Salvador El Salvador
  • Guatemala Guatemala
  • Honduras Honduras

  • Jamaica Jamaica
  • Mexico Mexico
  • Nicaragua Nicaragua
  • Panama Panama
  • Paraguay Paraguay
  • Peru Peru
  • Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
  • Uruguay Uruguay
  • Haiti Haiti
  • Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
  • Venezuela Venezuela

China comprised of:

  • China China

Oceania & Southeast Asia comprised of:

  • Australia Australia
  • New Zealand New Zealand
  • Indonesia Indonesia
  • Malaysia Malaysia

  • Singapore Singapore
  • Thailand Thailand
  • Philippines Philippines
  • Vietnam Vietnam

Asia comprised of:

  • Taiwan Taiwan
  • Hong Kong Hong Kong

  • Macau Macau
  • Japan Japan
  • Players may only play in a single division of WCS Winter, even if their citizenship or residency would enable them to compete in either region.

Map Pool[edit]

Casters and Observers[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

$60,000 USD and 9,300 WCS Circuit Points are spread among the players as seen below:

Participants[edit]

Protoss Protoss (9) Terran Terran (11) Zerg Zerg (12)
From the Ladder Competition (8)
Alpha XAlpha X
United States Astrea 1
Panda GlobalPanda Global
Brazil Kelazhur
Chivo SCChivo SC
Mexico Cham
Topsports GamingTopsports Gaming
China Cyan
1
OSC EliteOSC Elite
Canada MaSa 1
Try AgainTry Again
Brazil Erik 1
J TeamJ Team
Taiwan Has
NewbeeNewbee
Canada Scarlett
Topsports GamingTopsports Gaming
China Jieshi
1
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
Germany TLO
AfreecaTV TaiwanAfreecaTV Taiwan
Taiwan Nice
1
From the AM Qualifier #1 (6)
TingTing
United States Neeb
PSISTORM GamingPSISTORM Gaming
United States Epic
PSISTORM GamingPSISTORM Gaming
United States Silky
ROOT GamingROOT Gaming
United States puCK
Taiwan ExpecT
XTEN EsportsXTEN Esports
Mexico SpeCial
From the AM Qualifier #2 (6)
PSISTORM GamingPSISTORM Gaming
Canada DisK
Infinity GamingInfinity Gaming
United States Future
PSISTORM GamingPSISTORM Gaming
United States JonSnow
FlipSid3 TacticsFlipSid3 Tactics
United States MCanning
Cyclops athlete gamingCyclops athlete gaming
Japan PSiArc
DuSt GamingDuSt Gaming
United States Vindicta
From the Asia Qualifier (8)
PSISTORM GamingPSISTORM Gaming
United States PiLiPiLi
SYF GAMINGSYF GAMING
Australia Seither
OSC EliteOSC Elite
India Demi
Legacy EsportsLegacy Esports
Australia Probe
Talon EsportsTalon Esports
Hong Kong GogojOey
Mexico JimRising
Vietnam MeomaikA
Taiwan Rex
From the China Qualifier (4)
Player 1Player 1
China Firefly
Invictus GamingInvictus Gaming
China Coffee
China TooDming
NewbeeNewbee
China TIME

1Cyan, Jieshi, and Nice have been disqualified from WCS Winter 2019 and banned from Blizzard Esports competition until May 31, 2019. Based on this disqualification, Astrea, MaSa and Erik qualified for WCS Winter from their ladder rankings.[1]

Results[edit]

Group Stage 1[edit]

Group A[edit]

preview lrthread Recap Group A
January 31, 2019 - 20:00 CET
1. Mexico Terran SpeCial 2-0 4-1
2. United States Protoss MCanning 2-1 5-3
3. Brazil Zerg Erik 1-2 3-4
4. China Zerg TooDming 0-2 0-4

Group B[edit]

preview lrthread Recap Group B
February 1, 2019 - 19:40 CET
1. Canada Zerg Scarlett 2-0 4-0
2. United States Terran Epic 2-1 4-3
3. Taiwan Terran ExpecT 1-2 3-4
4. United States Protoss PiLiPiLi 0-2 0-4

Group C[edit]

preview lrthread Recap Group C
February 2, 2019 - 19:45 CET
1. Brazil Terran Kelazhur 2-0 4-1
2. Mexico Zerg Cham 2-1 4-3
3. United States Terran Vindicta 1-2 4-4
4. India Zerg Demi 0-2 0-4

Group D[edit]

preview lrthread Group D
February 3, 2019 - 19:30 CET
1. United States Protoss Neeb 2-0 4-0
2. Taiwan Zerg Rex 2-1 4-3
3. Mexico Zerg JimRising 1-2 2-5
4. Hong Kong Zerg GogojOey 0-2 2-4

Group E[edit]

preview lrthread Group E
February 7, 2019 - 19:20 CET
1. China Terran TIME 2-0 4-1
2. Australia Protoss Probe 2-1 5-3
3. Canada Protoss DisK 1-2 3-5
4. United States Terran Future 0-2 1-4

Group F[edit]

preview lrthread Group F
February 8, 2019 - 20:00 CET
1. Canada Terran MaSa 2-0 4-1
2. United States Protoss Astrea 2-1 5-2
3. United States Zerg JonSnow 1-2 2-5
4. Vietnam Zerg MeomaikA 0-2 1-4

Group G[edit]

preview lrthread Group G
February 9, 2019 - 19:30 CET
1. China Terran Coffee 2-0 4-1
2. United States Zerg Silky 2-1 4-3
3. Germany Zerg TLO 1-2 4-4
4. Australia Terran Seither 0-2 0-4

Group H[edit]

preview lrthread Group H
February 10, 2019 - 19:10 CET
1. United States Protoss puCK 2-0 4-0
2. China Protoss Firefly 2-1 4-3
3. Taiwan Protoss Has 1-2 3-4
4. Japan Terran PSiArc 0-2 0-4

Group Stage 2[edit]

Group A[edit]

preview lrthread Recap Group A
February 14, 2019 - 20:00 CET
1. Canada Zerg Scarlett 2-0 4-1
2. Mexico Zerg Cham 2-1 4-3
3. Mexico Terran SpeCial 1-2 4-4
4. Taiwan Zerg Rex 0-2 0-4

Group B[edit]

preview lrthread Recap Group B
February 15, 2019 - 19:15 CET
1. Canada Terran MaSa 2-0 4-2
2. Australia Protoss Probe 2-1 5-3
3. China Protoss Firefly 1-2 3-5
4. China Terran Coffee 0-2 2-4

Group C[edit]

preview lrthread Recap Group C
February 16, 2019 - 18:40 CET
1. United States Protoss Neeb 2-0 4-1
2. United States Protoss puCK 2-1 5-3
3. United States Protoss MCanning 1-2 3-4
4. United States Terran Epic 0-2 0-4

Group D[edit]

preview lrthread Recap Group D
February 17, 2019 - 20:00 CET
1. United States Protoss Astrea 2-0 4-0
2. China Terran TIME 2-1 4-3
3. Brazil Terran Kelazhur 1-2 2-4
4. United States Zerg Silky 0-2 1-4

Group Stage 3[edit]

preview lrthread Recap Group
March 24, 2019 - 17:40 CET
1. Canada Zerg Scarlett 6-1 13-4
2. United States Protoss Neeb 6-1 13-6
3. China Terran TIME 5-2 11-6
4. Canada Terran MaSa 4-3 9-7
5. Mexico Zerg Cham 3-4 9-10
6. United States Protoss Astrea 3-4 8-9
7. United States Protoss puCK 1-6 4-12
8. Australia Protoss Probe 0-7 1-14
  = Advances to Playoffs Finals.
  = Advances to Playoffs Semifinals.
  = Advances to Playoffs Round 3.
  = Advances to Playoffs Round 4.
  = Advances to Playoffs Round 5.
  = Eliminated.


United States Protoss Astrea
1-2
Astrea Protoss
Zerg Cham
March 23, 2019 - 21:00 CET
0-2
Astrea Protoss
Terran MaSa
March 24, 2019 - 19:40 CET
1-2
Astrea Protoss
Protoss Neeb
March 23, 2019 - 20:00 CET
2-0
Astrea Protoss
Protoss Probe
March 24, 2019 - 17:40 CET
2-1
Astrea Protoss
Protoss puCK
March 24, 2019 - 18:25 CET
0-2
Astrea Protoss
Zerg Scarlett
March 23, 2019 - 19:00 CET
2-0
Astrea Protoss
Terran TIME
March 24, 2019 - 20:25 CET
Mexico Zerg Cham
2-1
Astrea Protoss
Zerg Cham
March 23, 2019 - 21:00 CET
1-2
Cham Zerg
Terran MaSa
March 24, 2019 - 18:25 CET
1-2
Cham Zerg
Protoss Neeb
March 24, 2019 - 17:40 CET
2-0
Cham Zerg
Protoss Probe
March 24, 2019 - 19:30 CET
2-1
Cham Zerg
Protoss puCK
March 23, 2019 - 19:00 CET
0-2
Cham Zerg
Zerg Scarlett
March 24, 2019 - 20:20 CET
1-2
Cham Zerg
Terran TIME
March 23, 2019 - 20:00 CET
Canada Terran MaSa
2-0
Astrea Protoss
Terran MaSa
March 24, 2019 - 19:40 CET
2-1
Cham Zerg
Terran MaSa
March 24, 2019 - 18:25 CET
0-2
MaSa Terran
Protoss Neeb
March 23, 2019 - 19:00 CET
2-0
MaSa Terran
Protoss Probe
March 24, 2019 - 20:20 CET
2-0
MaSa Terran
Protoss puCK
March 23, 2019 - 21:00 CET
1-2
MaSa Terran
Zerg Scarlett
March 23, 2019 - 20:00 CET
0-2
MaSa Terran
Terran TIME
March 24, 2019 - 17:40 CET
United States Protoss Neeb
2-1
Astrea Protoss
Protoss Neeb
March 23, 2019 - 20:00 CET
2-1
Cham Zerg
Protoss Neeb
March 24, 2019 - 17:40 CET
2-0
MaSa Terran
Protoss Neeb
March 23, 2019 - 19:00 CET
2-1
Neeb Protoss
Protoss Probe
March 24, 2019 - 18:25 CET
2-0
Neeb Protoss
Protoss puCK
March 24, 2019 - 20:25 CET
2-1
Neeb Protoss
Zerg Scarlett
March 24, 2019 - 19:45 CET
1-2
Neeb Protoss
Terran TIME
March 23, 2019 - 21:00 CET
Australia Protoss Probe
0-2
Astrea Protoss
Protoss Probe
March 24, 2019 - 17:40 CET
0-2
Cham Zerg
Protoss Probe
March 24, 2019 - 19:30 CET
0-2
MaSa Terran
Protoss Probe
March 24, 2019 - 20:20 CET
1-2
Neeb Protoss
Protoss Probe
March 24, 2019 - 18:25 CET
0-2
Probe Protoss
Protoss puCK
March 23, 2019 - 20:00 CET
0-2
Probe Protoss
Zerg Scarlett
March 23, 2019 - 21:00 CET
0-2
Probe Protoss
Terran TIME
March 23, 2019 - 19:00 CET
United States Protoss puCK
1-2
Astrea Protoss
Protoss puCK
March 24, 2019 - 18:25 CET
1-2
Cham Zerg
Protoss puCK
March 23, 2019 - 19:00 CET
0-2
MaSa Terran
Protoss puCK
March 23, 2019 - 21:00 CET
0-2
Neeb Protoss
Protoss puCK
March 24, 2019 - 20:25 CET
2-0
Probe Protoss
Protoss puCK
March 23, 2019 - 20:00 CET
0-2
puCK Protoss
Zerg Scarlett
March 24, 2019 - 17:40 CET
0-2
puCK Protoss
Terran TIME
March 24, 2019 - 19:50 CET
Canada Zerg Scarlett
2-0
Astrea Protoss
Zerg Scarlett
March 23, 2019 - 19:00 CET
2-0
Cham Zerg
Zerg Scarlett
March 24, 2019 - 20:20 CET
2-1
MaSa Terran
Zerg Scarlett
March 23, 2019 - 20:00 CET
1-2
Neeb Protoss
Zerg Scarlett
March 24, 2019 - 19:45 CET
2-0
Probe Protoss
Zerg Scarlett
March 23, 2019 - 21:00 CET
2-0
puCK Protoss
Zerg Scarlett
March 24, 2019 - 17:40 CET
2-1
Scarlett Zerg
Terran TIME
March 24, 2019 - 18:25 CET
China Terran TIME
0-2
Astrea Protoss
Terran TIME
March 24, 2019 - 20:25 CET
2-1
Cham Zerg
Terran TIME
March 23, 2019 - 20:00 CET
2-0
MaSa Terran
Terran TIME
March 24, 2019 - 17:40 CET
2-1
Neeb Protoss
Terran TIME
March 23, 2019 - 21:00 CET
2-0
Probe Protoss
Terran TIME
March 23, 2019 - 19:00 CET
2-0
puCK Protoss
Terran TIME
March 24, 2019 - 19:50 CET
1-2
Scarlett Zerg
Terran TIME
March 24, 2019 - 18:25 CET
United States Protoss AstreaMexico Zerg ChamCanada Terran MaSaUnited States Protoss NeebAustralia Protoss ProbeUnited States Protoss puCKCanada Zerg ScarlettChina Terran TIME

Playoffs[edit]

Distribution[edit]

Map Statistics[edit]

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

Additional Streams for Group Stage 3[edit]

VODs[edit]

Replays[edit]

External Links[edit]

References[edit]