2012 Battle.net World Championship

League Information

Series:

WCS

Organizer:

Blizzard Entertainment

Sponsor(s):

Razer
ASUS ROG

Game Version:

Wings of Liberty
Patch 1.5.3

Type:

Offline

Location:

Shanghai

Venue:

Shanghai Expo Mart

Format:

1v1
Group Stage
Playoffs

Prize Pool:

$250,000 USD

Start Date:

2012-11-17

End Date:

2012-11-18

Liquipedia Tier:

S-Tier

Links

Participants

Number of Players:

32

13

4

15

Maps

WCS Cloud Kingdom LE • WCS Daybreak LE • WCS Ohana LE • WCS Antiga Shipyard • WCS Entombed Valley • WCS Shakuras Plateau • WCS Tal'Darim Altar LE

Chronology

2013 WCS Global Finals

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

Talents[edit]

Observer:
- Adebisi (Michael Van Driel)

English Commentators:
- Apollo (Shaun Clark)
- Artosis (Dan Stemkoski)
- Axeltoss (Alex Rodriguez)
- Axslav (Nick Ranish)
- Day9 (Sean Plott)
- Kaelaris (James Carrol)
- Khaldor (Thomas Kilian)
- MrBitter (Ben Nichol)
- Rotterdam (Kevin van der Kooi)
- Tasteless (Nicolas Plott)
- Wolf (Wolf Schröder)

Taiwanese Commentator:
- SoBaDRush (Chang Pai-chi)

Prize Pool[edit]

A total prize pool of $250,000 are divided among participants.^[4]

Participants[edit]

Protoss (13)

Terran (4)

Zerg (15)

From the 2012 Battle.net Asian Championship (9)

Creator¹

Comm¹

HerO

Curious

herO

RorO

PartinG

Sen¹

Rain

From the 2012 Battle.net European Championship (9)

BabyKnight

LucifroN

LoWeLy

Grubby

Nerchio

Socke¹

Stephano¹

TitaN¹

VortiX

From the 2012 Battle.net North American Championship (9)

HuK

Illusion

IdrA

Insur

MajOr

~~Ostojiy~~²

State

Scarlett¹

Suppy²

ViBE¹

From the 2012 Battle.net Oceanian Championship (2)

MaFia

mOOnGLaDe

From the 2012 Battle.net South American Championship (3)

Levin

Fenix

KiLLeR

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

Group A[edit]

Group A
1.	PartinG	2-0	4-0
2.	Illusion	2-1	4-2
3.	Fenix	1-2	2-4
4.	Socke	0-2	0-4

Group A Matches

Group B[edit]

Group B
1.	Suppy	2-0	4-1
2.	VortiX	2-1	5-2
3.	ViBE	1-2	2-5
4.	Comm	0-2	1-4

Group B Matches

Group C[edit]

Group C
1.	Sen	2-0	4-1
2.	KiLLeR	2-1	4-3
3.	Grubby	1-2	4-5
4.	HuK	0-2	1-4

Group C Matches

Group D[edit]

Group D
1.	BabyKnight	2-0	4-0
2.	Rain	2-1	4-2
3.	State	1-2	2-4
4.	MaFia	0-2	0-4

Group D Matches

Group E[edit]

Group E
1.	IdrA	2-0	4-0
2.	HerO	2-1	4-3
3.	Stephano	1-2	3-4
4.	RorO	0-2	0-4

Group E Matches

Group F[edit]

Group F
1.	TitaN	2-0	4-1
2.	Curious	2-1	5-4
3.	herO	1-2	3-5
4.	MajOr	0-2	2-4

Group F Matches

Group G[edit]

Group G
1.	LucifroN	2-0	4-1
2.	LoWeLy	2-1	4-3
3.	Insur	1-2	3-4
4.	Levin	0-2	1-4

Group G Matches

Group H[edit]

Group H
1.	Creator	2-0	4-1
2.	Scarlett	2-1	4-3
3.	Nerchio	1-2	3-4
4.	mOOnGLaDe	0-2	1-4

Group H Matches

Playoffs[edit]

Round of 16 (Bo5)

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

Semifinals (Bo5)

Finals (Bo7)

Third Place Match

3rd Place

3rd

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]

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.

[1] Blizzard Entertainment (2012-01-25). "2012 Battle.net World Championship Event". Battle.net.

[2] TeamLiquid ESPORTS (2012-01-26). "First Glimpse: 2012 Battle.Net World Championship". TL.net.

[20120404announcement-3] Blizzard Entertainment (2012-04-04). "The StarCraft II World Championship Series". Battle.net.

[4] Blizzard Entertainment (2012-09-14). "Who Will Be At BWC". Battle.net.

[5] stojiy (2012-10-09). "On ostojiy's dropping out of WCS". Reddit.com.

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