Grandmasters 2020 Season 2 - Americas

[e][h]Grandmasters 2020 Season 2 - Americas

League Information

Series:

Grandmasters Americas

Organizer:

Blizzard Entertainment

Sponsor:

T-Mobile

Server:

Americas

Type:

Online

Format:

Swiss Tournaments:
7 rounds
Group Stage:
Round Robin
Playoffs:
Single Elimination

Start Date:

2020-08-14

End Date:

2020-10-11

Number of Players:

16

Liquipedia Tier:

Tier 1

Links

Chronology

Americas 2020 S1

Americas 2021 S1

Grandmasters 2020 is the new Premier League of Blizzard.

Information[edit]

Format[edit]

Standard Mode
Weeks 1-3:
- Swiss into Group Stage
- 7 rounds of swiss off stream (Wednesday and Thursday)
- Top 8 advance to Group Stage
- Players gain points for their placements
- Gameplay format changes every week:
  - Week 1: Conquest with 1 ban
  - Week 2: Last Hero Standing with 1 ban
  - Week 3: 10 deck Conquest with 6 bans
Weeks 4-7:
- Players sorted into two divisions, based on their points standings
- Division A: Top 8 point-earning players
- Division B: Total ranks 9-16
- Round-robin gameplay over four weeks
- Conquest with 1 ban
  - Top 6 of Division A advance to the Playoffs
  - Top 4 of Division B compete to determine who will join the Top 6 of Division A
  - 7th and 8th place in Division B are automatically relegated from GrandMasters
  - 7th and 8th place in Division A and 5th and 6th place in Division B compete to determine who will be relegated from GrandMasters as a third player
Playoffs:
- Single Elimination
- All matches are a Bo5

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Commentators:
- Azumo (TJ Sanders)
- Frodan (Dan Chou)

Prize Pool[edit]

90,500 USD are spread among the players as seen below:

Place	$ USD	Seed	Player	Team
1st	$7,000	Global Finals 2020 Grandmasters Season 1	Monsanto	ZZZZZ
2nd	$7,500	Grandmasters Season 1	ETC	ZZZZZ
3rd	$7,500	Grandmasters Season 1	muzzy	ZZZZZ
4th	$6,000	Grandmasters Season 1	killinallday	Endemic Esports
5th	$6,000	Grandmasters Season 1	NoHandsGamer	ZZZZZ
6th	$5,500	Grandmasters Season 1	Eddie	ZZZZZ
7th	$5,500	Grandmasters Season 1	lnguagehackr	ZZZZZ
8th	$5,500	Grandmasters Season 1	Briarthorn	ZZZZZ
9th	$5,500	Grandmasters Season 1	Zalae	ZZZZZ
10th	$5,500	Grandmasters Season 1	Fr0zen	Team Liquid
11th	$4,500	Grandmasters Season 1	bloodyface	ZZZZZ
12th	$5,500	Grandmasters Season 1	Nalguidan	Oxygen Esports
13th	$5,000	Grandmasters Season 1	Rami94	ATK Mode
14th	$5,000	-	justsaiyan	ZZZZZ
15th	$4,500	-	Empanizado	ZZZZZ
16th	$4,500	-	Firebat	ZZZZZ

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
muzzy	6	1	$3,000
ETC	5	2	$2,500
NoHandsGamer	4	3	$2,000
lnguagehackr	4	3	$2,000
Briarthorn	4	3	$2,000
Zalae	4	3	$2,000
Fr0zen	4	3	$2,000
Nalguidan	4	3	$2,000
Eddie	3	4	$1,500
killinallday	3	4	$1,500
Monsanto	3	4	$1,500
justsaiyan	3	4	$1,500
Rami94	3	4	$1,500
bloodyface	2	5	$1,000
Firebat	2	5	$1,000
Empanizado	2	5	$1,000

Each player starts with $3,500 USD base prize money
In addition to the Playoff prize money, the winning player will receive $500 USD for each Match win during the Group Stage.

Participants[edit]

Stage 1-3 Standings[edit]

Top 8
#	Player	#1	#2	#3	Total
1	Eddie	5	8	8	21
2	bloodyface	4	6	4	14
3	lnguagehackr	6	5	2	13
4	muzzy	8	1	3	12
5	justsaiyan	3	2	5	10
6	killinallday	2	1	6	9
7	Monsanto	1	5	3	9
8	NoHandsGamer	3	1	5	9
9	Fr0zen	4	3	2	9
10	Firebat	5	2	1	8
11	Zalae	2	4	2	8
12	Empanizado	2	3	2	7
13	Briarthorn	1	4	1	6
14	ETC	1	1	4	6
15	Nalguidan	2	2	1	4
16	Rami94	1	2	1	4

Participants Finals Stage[edit]

Division A
Eddie	lnguagehackr	Monsanto	bloodyface
justsaiyan	killinallday	muzzy	NoHandsGamer

Division B
Nalguidan	Rami94	Empanizado	Briarthorn
ETC	Firebat	Fr0zen	Zalae

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Division A[edit]

Division A
1.	muzzy	6-1	20-11
2.	NoHandsGamer	4-3	15-10
3.	lnguagehackr	4-3	13-14
4.	Eddie	3-4	14-15
5.	killinallday	3-4	13-15
6.	Monsanto	3-4	13-15
7.	justsaiyan	3-4	14-14
8.	bloodyface	2-5	10-18

Division B[edit]

Division B
1.	ETC	5-2	18-13
2.	Briarthorn	4-3	15-15
3.	Zalae	4-3	15-15
4.	Fr0zen	4-3	16-14
5.	Nalguidan	4-3	18-14
6.	Rami94	3-4	15-16
7.	Empanizado	2-5	14-16
8.	Firebat	2-5	9-17

For more detailed results click here.

Relegation Bracket[edit]

Match List
justsaiyan	2 justsaiyan bloodyface Demon Hunter Priest Mage Mage Rogue Demon Hunter Rogue Priest Rogue Mage	3	bloodyface
Nalguidan	3 Nalguidan justsaiyan Demon Hunter Demon Hunter Mage Demon Hunter Rogue Rogue Mage Rogue	1	justsaiyan
Rami94	3 Rami94 justsaiyan Mage Rogue Rogue Rogue Druid Demon Hunter Rogue Mage Rogue Demon Hunter	2	justsaiyan

Playoffs[edit]

Play-in bracket[edit]

Round 1

ETC

3

Fr0zen

1

Briarthorn

3

Zalae

2

Qualified

ETC

Briarthorn

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
1.	muzzy	2-0
2.	killinallday	2-1
3.	Eddie	1-2
4.	Briarthorn	0-2

Matches
Opening Matches
muzzy	W	L	Briarthorn
Eddie	3 Eddie killinallday Priest Warrior Paladin Druid Druid Warrior Paladin Rogue Paladin Warrior	2	killinallday
Winners' Match
muzzy	3 muzzy Eddie Rogue Warrior Druid Druid Mage Druid	0	Eddie
Elimination Match
Briarthorn	2 Briarthorn killinallday Demon Hunter Rogue Warlock Rogue Rogue Druid Warlock Mage Rogue Mage	3	killinallday
Decider Match
Eddie	0 Eddie killinallday Priest Druid Priest Warrior Paladin Rogue	3	killinallday

Group B[edit]

Group B
1.	Monsanto	2-0
2.	ETC	2-1
3.	NoHandsGamer	1-2
4.	lnguagehackr	0-2

Matches
Opening Matches
NoHandsGamer	W	L	ETC
lnguagehackr	2 lnguagehackr Monsanto Rogue Rogue Mage Warrior Demon Hunter Rogue Mage Mage Demon Hunter Mage	3	Monsanto
Winners' Match
NoHandsGamer	1 NoHandsGamer Monsanto Priest Mage Demon Hunter Demon Hunter Priest Demon Hunter Rogue Rogue	3	Monsanto
Elimination Match
ETC	3 ETC lnguagehackr Demon Hunter Mage Mage Demon Hunter Rogue Mage Rogue Rogue	1	lnguagehackr
Decider Match
NoHandsGamer	0 NoHandsGamer ETC Rogue Mage Mage Demon Hunter Mage Rogue	3	ETC

Grand Finals[edit]

Semifinals

muzzy

2

ETC

3

Monsanto

3

killinallday

2

Finals

ETC

2

Monsanto

3

View Games[edit]

Streams[edit]

References[edit]

Grandmasters 2020 Season 2 - Americas

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