World Cyber Games 2007 - South Korea

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[e][h]WCG Korea 2007
League Information
Series:
Type:
Offline
Location:
South Korea South Korea
Format:
1v1
Prize Pool:
₩8,000,000 KRW
(≃ $8,452 USD)
Start Date:
2007-07-21
End Date:
2007-08-19
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Participants
Number of Players:
26
Protoss 7
Terran 10
Zerg 9
Maps

Overview[edit]

The WCG Korea 2007 National Preliminaries were held from July 21-August 19, 2007.

The top three players qualified for the WCG 2007 Grand Finals in Seattle, WA, USA.

Tournament Information[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

₩8,000,000 was awarded to the top finishers per the below distribution: [1]

Format[edit]

The Korean Final Preliminary qualifying tournament was composed of 26 players in an offline competition from August 6-19, 2007.


To select the 26 final contestants, three routes were made available for entry:

  1. 23 participants from the top of the KeSPA rankings composed of professional players[2]
  2. Two participants from an amateur tournament
  3. Three participants were given automatic births, including iloveoov, July, and Midas, for their top three finishes at the WCG 2006 Grand Finals

For the professional participants, the top 23 contestants were selected by virtue of their KeSPA ranking at the time of the selection process, July 2007. The top three ranked players, sAviOr, Bisu, and NaDa were given byes in the first round of the bracket, as were the three players given automatic births.

In the Final Preliminary bracket, the format used was as follows:

  • 26 players in single elimination format bracket including six byes
  • All matches were best-of-three



Maps[edit]

Participants[edit]

A list of all participants competing in the Final Preliminary offline tournament is below.

Protoss Protoss (7) Terran Terran (10) Zerg Zerg (9)
South Korea Much South Korea iloveoov^ South Korea Devil~
South Korea Nal_rA South Korea UpMaGiC South Korea sAviOr*
South Korea Bisu* South Korea Hwasin South Korea YellOw(ArnC)
South Korea Pusan South Korea Iris South Korea GGPlay
South Korea Stork South Korea Light South Korea July^
South Korea Anytime South Korea XellOs South Korea Jaedong
South Korea free South Korea firebathero South Korea T.3)kumjeja~
South Korea Midas^ South Korea GoRush
South Korea NaDa* South Korea Silver
South Korea Sea

*: Receive a bye for top three KeSPA ranking
^: Received a bye for their top three placement at WCG 2006
~: Qualified by amateur tournament

Results[edit]

The 26 participants played in a single elimination format bracket, with the top three players qualifying for the WCG 2007 Grand Finals.


Elimination Bracket

Round 1
Round 1
R1
Round 2
Round 2
R2
Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
Quarters
QF
Semifinals
Semifinals
Semis
SF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF

Summary[edit]

The three WCG Korean 2007 qualifiers were Hwasin, Stork, and sAviOr.

Racial Distribution[edit]

ProtossTerranZerg
Round of 32
7109NYD
Round of 16
664
Quarterfinals
332
Semifinals
211
Finals
11
Winner
1
Grand Finals Qualifiers
111

References[edit]