World Cyber Games 2006 - South Korea
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WCG Korea 2006
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Type:
Offline
Location:
South KoreaFormat:
1v1
Prize Pool:
₩8,000,000 KRW
(≃ $8,294 USD)
(≃ $8,294 USD)
Start Date:
2006-05-30
End Date:
2006-08-06
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
16
4
6
6Maps
Overview
[edit]The WCG Korean National Preliminaries 2006 were held from May 30-August 6, 2006.
The top three players qualified for the WCG 2006 Grand Finals in Monza, Italy.
Tournament Information
[edit]Prize Pool
[edit]₩8,000,000 was awarded to the top finishers per the below distribution: [1]
1st 
2nd 
3rd 
4th 
 | This is a legacy prize pool. For non award prize pools please use {{Template:SoloPrizePool}}, {{Template:TeamPrizePool}}, {{Template:DuoPrizePool}}, {{ArchonPrizePool}}, {{Template:TrioPrizePool}}, {{QuadPrizePool}} or {{Template:AwardPrizePool}} instead. |
Format
[edit]The Korean Final Preliminary qualifying tournament was composed of 16 players in a Final Preliminary offline tournament from August 5-6, 2006.
To select the 16 final contestants, three routes were made available for entry:
- Eight participants from multiple rounds of offline tournament composed of professional players[2]
- Four participants from an amateur tournament[3][4]
- Four participants were given automatic births, including fOru, for his win at the WCG 2005 Grand Finals, and the top three players on the KeSPA rankings at the time the Final Preliminaries were organized.
For the professional tournament, 48 participants competed for the eight spots advancing to the Final Preliminary:
- Round 1 group stage, where the top two players from each of the 11 professional teams were nominated for a 22-player tournament where the winner of each of the six groups advanced to Round 2
- Round 2 group stage, where the top six players from Round 1 were joined by 24 more professional players from the KeSPA rankings, those ranked 4th through 30th, where the winner of eight groups advanced to the Final Preliminary
- All matches in Rounds 1 and 2 were best-of-three
In the Final Preliminary bracket, the format used was as follows:
- 16 players in single elimination format bracket
- All matches were best-of-three
Maps
[edit]| 815 III | Arcadia | Gaia | Paranoid Android | Azalea | Rush Hour 3 | Sin Pioneer Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Four maps (815 III, Rush Hour 3.0, Arcadia, Sin Pioneer Road) were used during the Professional Leg qualifier while the remaining three maps (Gaia, Azalea, Paranoid Android) were used during the Amateur Leg and Final Preliminary. | ||||||
Qualifier Selection: Professional Leg
[edit]Participants: Professional Leg
[edit]A list of all professionals participating in the Professional Leg offline tournament is below.
| Protoss (12)
|
Terran (18)
|
Zerg (18)
|
| Anytime
|
ArtOfTerran
|
GGPlay
|
| free
|
BoxeR
|
GoRush
|
| Kingdom
|
Casy
|
Jaedong
|
| Much
|
ClouD
|
JJu
|
| Nal_rA
|
Control
|
Jy
|
| Pusan
|
firebathero
|
MuMyung
|
| RainBOw
|
FrOzen
|
OversKy
|
| Reach
|
Goodfriend
|
Rumble
|
| Rock
|
Hery
|
Saint
|
| Stork
|
Hwasin
|
sAviOr
|
| TesteR
|
Iris
|
sigamari
|
| TT
|
Light
|
Silver
|
| — | Midas
|
Siva
|
| — | NaDa
|
ToSky
|
| — | Sea
|
YellOw
|
| — | Sync
|
YellOw(ArnC)
|
| — | XellOs
|
ZergMaN
|
| — | Yooi
|
Zeus
|
Result: Professional Leg
[edit]The Professional Leg was played by professional players in two rounds. The Round 1 group stage advanced the top six participants plus 24 others into Round 2.
Round 1
Between three to four players were allocated to each of six groups for a single elimination format bracket until the lone winner of each group would advance to Round 2.
The final 6 participants advancing from Round 1 to Round 2 are as follows:
| Advancing from Round 1 to Round 2 | |
|---|---|
| Much
|
Saint
|
| GGPlay
|
Control
|
| FrOzen
|
Hwasin
|
The detailed Round 1 results are presented below:
Click [show] for Detailed Results: Round 1
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Round 2
After completion of Round 1, the final six participants were joined by 24 of the top players on the KeSPA ranking to compete against each other in Round 2 for eight spots in the Final Preliminary
The players advancing from Round 2 are:
| Advancing to Final Preliminary | |
|---|---|
| JJu
|
Casy
|
| Stork
|
Midas
|
| FrOzen
|
ZergMan
|
| Reach
|
GGPlay
|
The detailed Round 2 results are presented below:
Click [show] for Detailed Results: Round 2
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Qualifier Selection: Amateur Leg
[edit]Participants: Amateur Leg
[edit]A list of all 32 amateur competitors participating in the Amateur Leg offline tournament is below. These 32 participants were selected from two online ladders.
Result: Amateur Leg
[edit]The 32 amateur competitors would play to a final four, who advanced to the Final Preliminary.
The four advancing players were:
| Advancing to Final Preliminary | |
|---|---|
| BeSt
|
OriOn
|
| kizoo_academy
|
Dove
|
Click (show) for Detailed Results: Amateur Bracket
Round 1
Round 1
R1
Round 2
Round 2
R2
Round 3
Round 3
R3
Qualified
Qualified
Qual.
Q
Final Preliminary
[edit]Participants: Final Preliminary
[edit]A list of all participants in the Final Preliminary single elimination bracket is below.
| Protoss (3)
|
Terran (7)
|
Zerg (6)
|
| fOru^
|
BeSt~
|
ChoJJa^
|
| Stork*
|
Casy*
|
OriOn~
|
| Reach*
|
Midas*
|
JJu*
|
| — | FrOzen*
|
ZergMan*
|
| — | iloveoov^
|
July^
|
| — | Academy~
|
GGPlay*
|
| — | Dove~
|
— |
*: Qualified by Professional Leg
~: Qualified by Amateur Leg
^: Qualified automatically from top three in KeSPA ranking or winning WCG 2005
The four top seeds were assigned per the below below, with their placement in the tournament bracket reflecting this status.
| Seed | Player | Justification |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | fOru
|
Winner of WCG 2005 |
| 2 | iloveoov
|
KeSPA Rank #1 |
| 3 | July
|
KeSPA Rank #2 |
| 4 | ChoJJa
|
KeSPA Rank #3 |
Result: Final Preliminary
[edit]The 16 participants played in a single elimination format bracket, with the top three players qualifying for the WCG 2006 Grand Finals.
Elimination Bracket
Round 1
Round 1
R1
Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Quarters
QF
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
Third Place Match
Third Place Match
3rd Place
3rd
Summary
[edit]The three WCG Korean 2006 qualifiers were iloveoov, Midas, and July.
Racial Distribution
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| Quarterfinals |
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| Semifinals |
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| Finals |
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| Winner |
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