World Cyber Games 2004 - Korea

WCG Korea 2004

League Information

Series:

WCG

Organizer:

World Cyber Games

Sponsor(s):

Samsung

Type:

Offline

Location:

South Korea

Format:

1v1

Prize Pool:

₩5,500,000 KRW
(≃ $4,758 USD)

Start Date:

2004-08-05

End Date:

2004-08-15

Liquipedia Tier:

Major

Links

Participants

Number of Players:

32

6

12

14

Maps

Dahlia of Jungle • Korhal of Ceres • Martian Cross • Gorky Island

Overview[edit]

The WCG Korean National Preliminaries 2004 were held from August 5-15, 2004.

The top three players qualified for the Grand Finals in San Francisco, CA, USA.

Tournament Information[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

₩5,500,000 was awarded to the top finishers per the below distribution: ^[1]

Format[edit]

The Korean qualifying tournament was composed of 32 players in an offline tournament on August 13 and 15, 2004.

To select the 32 final contestants, three routes were made available for entry:

16 participants from an initial First Leg offline tournament made up of 48 top professional players
14 participants from an online ladder system composed of both amateurs and professionals
2 participants from a Cyberpark preliminary held offline in cyber cafes/PC bangs in different geographic regions in Korea. These competitors included both amateurs and professionals.

In the final qualifying bracket, the format used was as follows:

32 players in a single elimination brackets
All matches were Bo3.

Maps[edit]

Dahlia of Jungle	Korhal of Ceres	Martian Cross	Gorky Island

First Leg offline qualifier[edit]

Participants: First Leg offline qualifier[edit]

The First Leg offline tournament was composed of 48 top players.

Protoss (13)	Terran (19)	Zerg (16)
Rage	Sync	Love
Cupid	XellOs	SinDoki
Zeus	V-Gundam	sigamari
ShinyA	Control	Nada
Rainbow	Midas	JunioR
Eji	TheMarine	Salmosa
TerAtO	Yooi	Jju
Autumn	Jinsu	SoNiC)BlacK
Rain	MuMyung	Silver
Reach	Lee	H.O.T-Forever
fOru	Heaven	Iloveoov
Kingdom	SSamJang	Ogogo
TT	ChRh	SiR@SoNi
—	BoxeR	GoRush
—	Goodfriend	July
—	Tossgirl	OversKy
—	Kos	—
—	ClouD	—
—	Oddysay	—

Results: First Leg offline qualifier[edit]

The First Leg offline tournament would be used to select the top 16 players: 12 from the upper brackets and 4 from the lower brackets. The 12 upper bracket players were selected by winning their respective four-player groups in a double-elimination format. In the lower bracket, the winner of the double-elimination lower bracket bracket would face off in a three-person playoff, as detailed below. As such, the winner of three lower bracket groups would advance, with four players being selected from 12 groups.

The 16 players qualifying for the Final Preliminary would be:

Upper Bracket			Lower Bracket
Sync	TerAtO	GoRush	Goodfriend
XellOs	Lee	ClouD	Silver
Midas	Autumn	fOru	Kingdom
RainBOw	Ogogo	Nada	July

The detailed tournament brackets are presented below:

Click [show] for Detailed Results: First Leg

The double elimination brackets are presented below.

A - Upper R1

A - Upper R2

A - Lower R1

A - Lower R2

B - Upper R1

B - Upper R2

B - Lower R1

B - Lower R2

C - Upper R1

C - Upper R2

C - Lower R1

C - Lower R2

D - Upper R1

D - Upper R2

D - Lower R1

D - Lower R2

E - Upper R1

E - Upper R2

E - Lower R1

E - Lower R2

F - Upper R1

F - Upper R2

F - Lower R1

F - Lower R2

G - Upper R1

G - Upper R2

G - Lower R1

G - Lower R2

H - Upper R1

H - Upper R2

H - Lower R1

H - Lower R2

I - Upper R1

I - Upper R2

I - Lower R1

I - Lower R2

J - Upper R1

J - Lower R1

J - Lower R2

K - Upper R1

K - Upper R2

K - Lower R1

K - Lower R2

L - Upper R1

L - Upper R2

L - Lower R1

L - Lower R2

The playoffs between the winners of each lower bracket would face off in three-person groups, with the victor advancing, as presented below.

Playoff for Group A, D, L (Lower)
August 6, 2004
1.	Kingdom ► Advances	2-0
2.	Yooi --Eliminated	0-1
2.	Rage --Eliminated	0-1

Match List

Playoff for Group B, F, K (Lower)
August 6, 2004
1.	July ► Advances	2-0
2.	JJu --Eliminated	0-1
2.	Control --Eliminated	0-1

Match List

Playoff for Group C, G, I (Lower)
August 6, 2004
1.	Silver ► Advances	2-0
2.	sigamari --Eliminated	0-1
2.	SiR@SoNi --Eliminated	0-1

Match List

Playoff for Group E, H, J (Lower)
August 6, 2004
1.	Goodfriend ► Advances	2-0
2.	MuMyung --Eliminated	0-1
2.	ChRh --Eliminated	0-1

Match List

Final Preliminary[edit]

After completion of the First Leg offline preliminary, the top 16 players would be pooled together with the 12 online and 2 Cyberpark qualifiers to compose the 32 player field.

Participants: Final Preliminary[edit]

The final 32 participants in the elimination bracket are detailed below, alongside the route of qualification for each player.

Protoss (6)	Terran (12)	Zerg (14)
Kingdom*	Enfury~	Niza^
TerAtO*	GGon~	July*
fOru*	Lee*	Ogogo*
Anytime^	Goodfriend*	SaferZerg^
RainBOw*	ClouD*	)(Min)(Gu)(^
Autumn*	fOfy^	Zergman^
—	Iris^	TheWinD^
—	Sync*	Silver*
—	Midas*	ChoJJa^
	XellOs*	Junwi^
—	DoGGi^	YellOw^
—	NaDa*	GyunTae^
—	—	GoRush*
—	—	Side^

*: Qualified by First Leg offline tournament
^: Qualified by online ladder
~: Qualified by Cyberpark competition

Results: Final Preliminary[edit]

Round 1

R1

Round 2

R2

Quarterfinals

Quarters

QF

Semifinals

Semis

SF

Grand Final

Final

GF

Third Place Match

3rd Place

3rd

Summary[edit]

The three WCG Korean 2004 qualifiers were Midas, fOru, and XellOs.

Racial Distribution[edit]

Protoss

Terran

Zerg

Round of 32

6	12	14

Round of 16

2	5	9

Quarterfinals

1	4	3

Semifinals

1	2	1

Finals

1	1

Winner

1

Grand Finals Qualifiers

1	2

References[edit]

↑ WCG 2004 Korea final game report

[1] WCG 2004 Korea final game report

[1]

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World Cyber Games 2004 - Korea

Overview[edit]

Tournament Information[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

Format[edit]

Maps[edit]

First Leg offline qualifier[edit]

Participants: First Leg offline qualifier[edit]

Results: First Leg offline qualifier[edit]

Final Preliminary[edit]

Participants: Final Preliminary[edit]

Results: Final Preliminary[edit]

Summary[edit]

Racial Distribution[edit]

References[edit]