2012 Battle.net World Championship
Group Stage
Single-elimination Playoffs



The 2012 Battle.net World Championship is a premier global event organized by Blizzard Entertainment, and which will feature some of the best players of the world. Slated to take place in Shanghai, China on November 17–18, 2012, the Battle.net World Championship will host this year’s StarCraft II and World of Warcraft Arena World Championship tournaments. It will be held instead of a 2012 BlizzCon Invitational.[1] The World Championship will be the final event of a four-tier program, with tournaments at the continental, national, and sub-national level throughout 2012:
- Tier 4: The World Championship, held in Asia at the end of the year.
- Tier 3: Five continental championships (North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Oceania), each of them being a live offline event.
- Tier 2: 28 national championships aiming to crown national champion for each country involved.
- Tier 1: Grassroots national qualifiers, run in cooperation with existing eSports organizations.
Each tier feeds directly into the one above it, with 32 players competing in the World Championship. The whole program will be held exclusively on Wings of Liberty, regardless of possible Heart of the Swarm release.[2][3]
Format[edit]
- Group Stage: Dual Tournament Format.
- All matches are Bo3.
- Top two advance to playoffs.
- Playoffs: Single-elimination bracket.
- All matches are Bo5.
- Finals are Bo7.
Map Pool[edit]
WCS Cloud Kingdom LE | WCS Daybreak LE | WCS Ohana LE | WCS Antiga Shipyard | WCS Entombed Valley | WCS Shakuras Plateau | WCS Tal'Darim Altar LE |
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Talents[edit]
- Observer:
Adebisi (Michael Van Driel)
- English Commentators:
Prize Pool[edit]
A total prize pool of $250,000 will be divided among participants.[4]
Participants[edit]



1 Qualified via direct seed by winning their respective national tournaments.
2 Suppy replaces Ostojiy, who decided to focus on his studies instead.[5]
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
Groups were drawn in the Battle.net World Championship Seeding Show event held on November 8, 2012. VOD
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Playoffs[edit]
Distribution[edit]
View Games[edit]
VODs & Replays[edit]
- Official website (replays and VODs no longer available)
- Spoiler Free VODs Day 1
- Spoiler Free VODs Day 2
The links above display the correct Twitch channels, but the video ID has changed. One way around is to manually search for the videos in Twitch (try "Battle.net World Championship"). Another way around it is to browse the Streams listed below.
Streams[edit]
- StarCraft II (Stream 1): In Twitch, search for sc2. Then proceed to the StarCraft II channel (direct link to https://twitch.tv/sc2 doesn't work)
- StarCraft II - Stream 2
- StarCraft II - Stream 3
- StarCraft II - Stream 4
Additional Coverage[edit]
Gallery[edit]
External links[edit]
- Official Website
- Official Schedule
- Official Announcement
- TL.net Interview and Tournament Explanation
- Battle.net Blog Post with Additional Information
References[edit]
- ↑ Blizzard Entertainment (2012-01-25). "2012 Battle.net World Championship Event". Battle.net.
- ↑ TeamLiquid ESPORTS (2012-01-26). "First Glimpse: 2012 Battle.Net World Championship". TL.net.
- ↑ Blizzard Entertainment (2012-04-04). "The StarCraft II World Championship Series". Battle.net.
- ↑ Blizzard Entertainment (2012-09-14). "Who Will Be At BWC". Battle.net.
- ↑ ostojiy (2012-10-09). "On ostojiy's dropping out of WCS". Reddit.com.