2012 Global StarCraft II League Season 3

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[e][h]2012 Global StarCraft II League Season 3
League Information
Organizer:
GOMTV
Sponsor:
Monsieur J
Server:
South Korea
Type:
Offline
Location:
South Korea Busan
Format:
Code
Ro32 & Ro16 Group play
Ro8 and on Single-elimination
Code
Single-elimination
Prize pool:
₩172,800,000 (≃ $151,437)
Start Date:
2012-05-21
End Date:
2012-07-27
Liquipedia Tier:
Premier
Winners
South Korea  Seed
South Korea  MC
South Korea  ByuN
South Korea  DongRaeGu
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:
 32 40
Number of Players:
64
22
27
23
Maps
Chronology

Map Pool[edit]

Information[edit]

2012 Schedule compared to 2011.
The New 2012 GSL Sponsorship League format.

Code S[edit]

This is the GSL's main tournament, where 32 players compete for the championship. See the Code S page for more details.

  • Round of 32:
  • 4 player groups, Bo3 dual tournament format.
  • 1st and 2nd places will advance to Ro16
  • 3rd place will drop into Code Ro32
  • 4th place will drop into Code Ro48
  • Round of 16:
  • 4 player groups, Bo3 dual tournament format.
  • 1st and 2nd places will advance to Ro8
  • 3rd and 4th places will drop into Code Ro24
  • Round of 8:
  • Single-elimination tournament for the championship
  • All 8 players who make it to this round are seeded in next tournament's Code
  • Code Casters:

Code A[edit]

Simultaneous "tournament" closely integrated with Code .

  • Round of 48
  • Round consists of 40 qualified players and 8 Ro32 4th place finishers
  • Winners advance to Ro32
  • Losers must requalify
  • Round of 32
  • Round consists of 24 Ro48 winners and 8 Ro32 3rd place finishers
  • Winners advance to Ro24
  • Losers will play in the Up & Down matches
  • Round of 24
  • The Code qualification round
  • Round consists of 16 Ro32 winner and 8 Ro16 3rd and 4th place finishers
  • Winners advance to next tournament's Code
  • Losers will play in the Up & Down matches
  • Code Casters:

Up & Down Matches[edit]

  • The losers from Code Ro32 and Ro24 will join 2 seeded international players to make 30 Up & Down players.
  • These 30 players will be divided into 5 groups of 6.
  • First and second place from each group, a total of 10 players, will receive Code status.
  • The remaining 20 players will be in Code for the next GSL.
  • Up & Down Casters:

Prize Pool[edit]

The total prize pool is ₩172,800,000 (Approximately $151,436 USD) divided among participants as follows:

Code S[edit]

The Code S prize pool is ₩132,000,000 (Approximately $115,970 USD) divided among participants as follows:

Converted USD prizes are based on the currency exchange rate (taken from xe.com) on July 27, 2012: 1,000 KRW = 0.8785641 USD.

Code A[edit]

Converted USD prizes are based on the currency exchange rate (taken from xe.com) on July 25, 2012: 1,000 KRW = 0.8692761 USD.

Trivia[edit]

Racial Distribution[edit]

  Protoss TerranZergRandom
Code Winner
1
: Final Match
2
: Semi Finals
211
: Round of 8
323
: Round of 16
574
: Round of 32
10139
UD: Promotions
343
UD: Before
785
UD: + Total
8146
UD: Demotions
5103
: To Code
462
: Round of 24
5136
: Round of 32
9158
: Round of 48
141618

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

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