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2012 MLG Spring Championship

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[e][h]2012 MLG Spring Championship
League Information
Organizer(s):
Major League Gaming
Server:
North America
Type:
Offline
Location:
United States Anaheim
Venue:
Anaheim Convention Center
Format:
1v1
Open Bracket
Pool Play
Championship Bracket
Prize Pool:
$76,000 USD
Start Date:
2012-06-08
End Date:
2012-06-10
Liquipedia Tier:
Premier
Links
Player Breakdown
Number of Players:
160
53
55
51
1
Maps
Chronology


The 2012 MLG Pro Circuit Spring Championship was the final event of the 2012 MLG Spring season. It was held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.

The tournament's format was similar to previous MLG Pro Circuit events with two preliminary stages - a round-robin Group Stage for the highest seeded players and a double-elimination Open Bracket. They are conjoined in a culminating double-elimination Championship Bracket. For more details see the Format section.

In addition to the regular tournament, there was also a side exhibition tournament featuring KeSPA Players as part of the new partnership between Major League Gaming and KeSPA.[1] MLG also hosted the WCS USA National Finals.

Panoramic view of the crowd during the grand final

Format[edit]

Open Bracket[edit]

  • Double-elimination bracket.
    • All matches are Bo3.
    • Bottom 16 players of 2012 MLG Spring Arena 2 are seeded into the Winners Bracket Round 4.
    • Top 8 advance to Pool Play.
    • Next 8 advance to bottom of Championship Bracket.

Pool Play[edit]

Championship Bracket[edit]

  • 32 players in a double-elimination bracket with lower bracket gauntlet.
    • Seeding is determined by Pool Play group rank.
    • All matches are Bo3.
    • Extended Series rule: Rematches are Bo7 starting from the results of the previous meeting.
    • Grand finals is Bo5.
    • Extended Series rule for Grand Finals: If the lower bracket finalist wins, then the match is extended to Bo9.

Map Pool[edit]

Antiga ShipyardCloud KingdomDaybreakEntombed ValleyMetropolisShakuras PlateauTal'Darim Altar

Prize Pool[edit]

Champion DongRaeGu holding up his trophy

Participants[edit]

The 16 players who qualified through the MLG Spring Arena 1 and MLG Spring Arena 2 are joined by 144 open bracket signups.

Protoss Terran Zerg
Seeded into Pool Play via 2012 MLG Spring Arena 1 (4)
South Korea MarineKing
South Korea DongRaeGu
South Korea GanZi
South Korea Heart
Seeded into Pool Play via 2012 MLG Spring Arena 2 (12)
South Korea MC
South Korea Polt
France Stephano
South Korea inori
South Korea Dream
South Korea viOLet
South Korea Alicia
South Korea Ryung*
South Korea Symbol
Netherlands Grubby
South Korea Leenock
Germany Socke*
Seeded into Open Winners Bracket Round 4 via 2012 MLG Spring Arena 2 **
United Kingdom BlinG
South Korea SeleCT
United States IdrA
South Korea Oz
South Korea MMA
South Korea Sleep
South Korea MoOk
Sweden ThorZaIN
Poland Tefel*
Sweden Seiplo
Germany GoOdy
Ukraine Bly*
South Korea Killer
South Korea Rain
South Korea LosirA
Canada HuK
Netherlands Ret
Notable open bracket sign-ups
South Korea JYP
South Korea aLive
South Korea Zenio
South Korea Choya
South Korea PuMa
South Korea Lucky
South Korea TAiLS
South Korea Clide
South Korea CrazymoviNG
South Korea HwangSin 		South Korea Artist
South Korea Monster
Sweden SaSe
United Kingdom DeMusliM
South Korea Golden
United States iNcontroL
United States qxc
United States Sheth
United States Axslav
Sweden Jinro
Sweden HayprO
United States Gatored
Serbia Beastyqt
United States Machine
Canada DdoRo
United States Illusion
United States ViBE
United States Minigun
Canada dde
Sweden Cytoplasm
United States State
United States KawaiiRice
Canada Ostojiy
United States Perfect
United States TriMaster
United States Goswser
United States Agh
United States Pokebunny
United States LzGaMeR
Canada Attero
United States ThisIsJimmy
Canada jEcho
Canada desRow
United States theognis
United States Hawk
United States YaTa
United States RaNgeD
United States Insur

* Ryung and Socke beat Bly and Tefel in the consolation match for the 11th & 12th seeds granted in Spring Arena 2.

Results[edit]

Open Bracket[edit]

Main article: 2012 MLG Spring Open Winners' Bracket
Main article: 2012 MLG Spring Open Losers' Bracket

Pools[edit]

Pool A[edit]

preview lrthread Pool A
1. South Korea  PuMa* 4-1 8-3
2. South Korea  Leenock 3-2 7-5
3. South Korea  inori 3-2 8-6
4. South Korea  Ryung 2-3 5-8
5. South Korea  aLive* 2-3 4-6
6. South Korea  viOLet 1-4 4-9

Pool B[edit]

preview lrthread Pool B
1. South Korea  MarineKing 5-0 10-2
2. South Korea  Symbol 3-2 7-5
3. Netherlands  Grubby 2-3 6-7
4. South Korea  Golden** 2-3 5-7
5. South Korea  Dream 2-3 6-7
6. Sweden  ThorZaIN* 1-4 2-8

Pool C[edit]

preview lrthread Pool C
1. France  Stephano 5-0 10-2
2. South Korea  Alicia 4-1 8-4
3. South Korea  Polt 2-3 6-6
4. South Korea  Rain* 2-3 5-6
5. South Korea  GanZi 2-3 4-7
6. South Korea  JYP** 0-5 2-10

Pool D[edit]

preview lrthread Pool D
1. South Korea  DongRaeGu 4-1 9-2
2. South Korea  Oz* 3-2 7-5
3. South Korea  MC 3-2 7-5
4. Germany  Socke 3-2 8-7
5. Sweden  SaSe** 2-3 4-8
6. South Korea  Heart 0-5 2-10

* Player qualified via Open Bracket. ** Player started from Round 1 of the Open Bracket.

Championship Bracket[edit]

Championship Losers' Bracket Round 1-6[edit]

From OLB Round 7
 South Korea Sleep
2
Sleep 
 ByuL
June 9, 2012
 South Korea ByuL
0
 South Korea Lucky
2
Lucky 
 Axslav
June 9, 2012
 USA Axslav
0
 USA Sheth
0
Sheth 
 Monster
June 9, 2012
 South Korea Monster
2
 USA Suppy
4
Suppy 
 SeleCT
June 9, 2012
 South Korea SeleCT
3
#6 from Pool Play
 South Korea viOLet
2
viOLet 
 Sleep
June 9, 2012
 South Korea Sleep
1
 South Korea Heart
1
Heart 
 Lucky
June 9, 2012
 South Korea Lucky
2
 South Korea JYP
0
JYP 
 Monster
June 9, 2012
 South Korea Monster
2
 Sweden ThorZaIN
2
ThorZaIN 
 Suppy
June 9, 2012
 USA Suppy
1
#5 from Pool Play
 Sweden SaSe
2
SaSe 
 viOLet
June 9, 2012
 South Korea viOLet
0
 South Korea aLive
2
aLive 
 Lucky
June 9, 2012
 South Korea Lucky
0
 South Korea Dream
0
Dream 
 Monster
June 9, 2012
 South Korea Monster
2
 South Korea GanZi
2
GanZi 
 ThorZaIN
June 9, 2012
 Sweden ThorZaIN
0
#4 from Pool Play
 South Korea Rain
1
Rain 
 SaSe
June 9, 2012
 Sweden SaSe
2
 South Korea Golden
1
Golden 
 aLive
June 9, 2012
 South Korea aLive
2
 South Korea Ryung
0
Ryung 
 Monster
June 9, 2012
 South Korea Monster
2
 Germany Socke
0
Socke 
 GanZi
June 9, 2012
 South Korea GanZi
2
#3 from Pool Play
 Netherlands Grubby
1
Grubby 
 SaSe
June 10, 2012
 Sweden SaSe
2
 South Korea Polt
2
Polt 
 aLive
June 10, 2012
 South Korea aLive
0
 South Korea MC
0
MC 
 Monster
June 10, 2012
 South Korea Monster
2
 South Korea inori
2
inori 
 GanZi
June 10, 2012
 South Korea GanZi
1
#2 from Pool Play
 South Korea Leenock
0
Leenock 
 SaSe
June 10, 2012
 Sweden SaSe
2
 South Korea Oz
1
Oz 
 Polt
June 10, 2012
 South Korea Polt
2
 South Korea Alicia
2
Alicia 
 Monster
June 10, 2012
 South Korea Monster
1
 South Korea Symbol
1
Symbol 
 inori
June 10, 2012
 South Korea inori
2

Championship Bracket Round 7-11[edit]

 
 
#1 from Pool Play
 South Korea PuMa
1
PuMa 
 DongRaeGu
June 9, 2012
 South Korea DongRaeGu
2
 South Korea MarineKing
2
MarineKing 
 Stephano
June 9, 2012
 France Stephano
1
Winners Finals
 South Korea DongRaeGu
2
DongRaeGu 
 MarineKing
June 10, 2012
 South Korea MarineKing
0
Losers Round 7 (Ro8)
 Sweden SaSe
2
SaSe 
 Polt
June 10, 2012
 South Korea Polt
1
 South Korea Alicia
2
Alicia 
 inori
June 10, 2012
 South Korea inori
0
Losers Round 8
 France Stephano
1
Stephano 
 SaSe
June 10, 2012
 Sweden SaSe
2
 South Korea PuMa
1
PuMa 
 Alicia
June 10, 2012
 South Korea Alicia
2
4th place match
 Sweden SaSe
1
SaSe 
 Alicia
June 10, 2012
 South Korea Alicia
2
Losers Finals
 South Korea MarineKing
0
MarineKing 
 Alicia
June 10, 2012
 South Korea Alicia
2
Grand Final
 South Korea DongRaeGu
3
DongRaeGu 
 Alicia
June 10, 2012
 South Korea Alicia
1
Extended Series rule:
 Players who have met before play a best-of-seven series starting with the results from previous meeting. Extended finals will be best of 9.

Map Statistics[edit]

vs. vs. vs. Mirrors
Map#Σ%Σ%Σ%
Antiga Shipyard1584450.0%----21150.0%221
Cloud Kingdom3584450.0%75271.4%114736.4%3-6
Daybreak222020.0%64266.7%43175.0%325
Entombed Valley31115645.5%220100.0%118372.7%5-2
Metropolis2573442.9%53260.0%76185.7%213
Shakuras Plateau10----31233.3%21150.0%4-1
Tal'Darim Altar721150.0%110100.0%3030.0%1--
Total Sum (Σ)14538172144.7%2416866.7%40231757.5%20518

Additional Coverage[edit]

TL.net[edit]

Live Coverage[edit]

Live Report[edit]

Write-Ups[edit]

Gallery[edit]

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2012 MLG Spring Championship
Interviews
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GameSpot
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Photos
TL.net
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Carlton Beener
Liquipedia
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StarCraft News
WellPlayed
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External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ MLG and KeSPA Announce Multi-Year Partnership
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