Grandmasters 2019 Season 2 - Americas

[e][h]Grandmasters 2019 Season 2 - Americas

League Information

Series:

Grandmasters

Organizer:

Blizzard Entertainment

Server:

Americas

Type:

Online

Format:

Group Stage:
Double Round Robin
Playoffs:
Single Elimination

Start Date:

2019-08-23

End Date:

2019-10-14

Number of Players:

16

Liquipedia Tier:

Tier 1

Links

Chronology

Americas 2019 S1

Americas 2020 S1

Grandmasters 2019 is the new Premier League of Blizzard.

Information[edit]

Format[edit]

Standard Mode
Conquest
4 decks with 1 ban and 1 shield.
Group Stage:
- Two Groups of 8 players
- Double Round Robin
- All matches Bo3
- The top four from each division advance to the Playoffs
- The last place finisher in each division faces relegation
Playoffs:
- Single Elimination
- All matches are a Bo3 except the final & semifinals are a Bo5

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Commentators:
- Abar
- Azumo (TJ Sanders)
- Frodan (Dan Chou)
- Sottle (Simon Welch)

Prize Pool[edit]

63,000 USD are spread among the players as seen below:

Place	$ USD	Seed	Player	Team
1st	$6,500	Global Finals 2019	bloodyface	Lazarus Esports
2nd	$5,500	-	Purple	Tempo Storm
3rd	$6,000	-	Eddie	Lazarus Esports
4th	$5,000	-	Nalguidan	Team Genji
5th	$5,000	-	justsaiyan	Radiance
6th	$4,500	-	Fr0zen	Team Liquid
7th	$4,500	-	Monsanto	Team Genji
8th	$4,000	-	muzzy	Radiance
9th	$3,500	-	Gallon	GamersOrigin
10th	$3,000	-	PNC	Team Genji
11th	$3,500	-	Firebat	Omnislash
12th	$3,000	-	Amnesiac	Tempo Storm
13th	$2,500	-	Zalae	Omnislash
14th	$2,000	-	ETC	Fade 2 Karma
15th	$2,000	-	Rase	Team Genji
16th	$1,500	-	StrifeCro	Sentinels

Playoffs prize money
Place	Prize
A11st	$2,000
A22nd	$1,500
A33 - 4th	$1,000
A55 - 6th	$500

Group Stage winnings
Player	Matches		Winnings
Player	W	L	Winnings
Eddie	10	4	$5,000
bloodyface	9	5	$4,500
justsaiyan	9	5	$4,500
Monsanto	9	5	$4,500
Fr0zen	8	6	$4,000
muzzy	8	6	$4,000
Nalguidan	8	6	$4,000
Purple	8	6	$4,000
Firebat	7	7	$3,500
Gallon	7	7	$3,500
Amnesiac	6	8	$3,000
PNC	6	8	$3,000
Zalae	5	9	$2,500
ETC	4	10	$2,000
Rase	4	10	$2,000
StrifeCro	3	11	$1,500

In addition to the Playoff prize money, the winning player will receive $500 USD for each Match win during the Group Stage.

Participants[edit]

Division A
Eddie	ETC	Firebat	Gallon
muzzy	Nalguidan	Purple	StrifeCro

Division B
Amnesiac	bloodyface	Fr0zen	justsaiyan
Monsanto	PNC	Rase	Zalae

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Division A[edit]

Division A
1.	Eddie	10-4	22-13
2.	Purple	9-5	21-14
3.	Nalguidan	8-6	20-16
4.	muzzy	8-6	19-16
5.	Gallon	7-7	17-18
6.	Firebat	7-7	16-16
7.	ETC	4-10	13-23
8.	StrifeCro	3-11	11-23

Division B[edit]

Division B
1.	justsaiyan	9-5	20-13
2.	Monsanto	9-5	19-16
3.	bloodyface	9-5	20-13
4.	Fr0zen	8-6	19-15
5.	PNC	6-8	15-18
6.	Amnesiac	6-8	15-19
7.	Zalae	5-9	15-21
8.	Rase	4-10	14-23

For more detailed results click here.

Playoffs[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
1.	Eddie	2-0
2.	Nalguidan	2-1
3.	Fr0zen	1-2
4.	Monsanto	0-2

Matches
Opening Matches
Eddie	W	L	Fr0zen
Monsanto	0 Monsanto Nalguidan October 11, 2019 - 22:00 CEST Paladin Hunter Paladin Druid	2	Nalguidan
Winners' Match
Eddie	2 Eddie Nalguidan October 11, 2019 - 23:00 CEST Druid Shaman Priest Shaman	0	Nalguidan
Elimination Match
Fr0zen	2 Fr0zen Monsanto October 12, 2019 - 00:00 CEST Paladin Shaman Priest Shaman Warrior Paladin	1	Monsanto
Decider Match
Nalguidan	2 Nalguidan Fr0zen October 12, 2019 - 01:00 CEST Druid Shaman Druid Paladin Shaman Paladin	1	Fr0zen

Group B[edit]

Group B
1.	bloodyface	2-0
2.	Purple	2-1
3.	justsaiyan	1-2
4.	muzzy	0-2

Matches
Opening Matches
justsaiyan	W	L	muzzy
Purple	0 Purple bloodyface October 12, 2019 - 22:00 CEST Warlock Priest Warlock Hunter	2	bloodyface
Winners' Match
justsaiyan	1 justsaiyan bloodyface October 12, 2019 - 23:00 CEST Shaman Shaman Shaman Hunter	2	bloodyface
Elimination Match
muzzy	1 muzzy Purple October 13, 2019 - 00:00 CEST Shaman Priest Paladin Priest Paladin Shaman	2	Purple
Decider Match
justsaiyan	1 justsaiyan Purple October 13, 2019 - 01:00 CEST Shaman Druid Hunter Druid Hunter Shaman	2	Purple

Grand Finals[edit]

Semifinals

Eddie

1

Purple

3

bloodyface

3

Nalguidan

1

Finals

Purple

2

bloodyface

3

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

VODs[edit]

Spoiler-free VODs at tychus.tv

References[edit]

Grandmasters 2019 Season 2 - Americas

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