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2012 MLG Winter Championship
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2012 MLG Winter Championship
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Game version:
Server:
North America
Type:
Offline
Location:
ColumbusFormat:
1v1
Open Bracket
Pool Play
Championship Bracket
Open Bracket
Pool Play
Championship Bracket
Prize pool:
$76,000 USD
Start Date:
2012-03-23
End Date:
2012-03-25
Liquipedia tier:
Links
Player breakdown
Number of players:
272
Maps
Chronology
The 2012 MLG Pro Circuit Winter Championship is the final event of the 2012 MLG Winter season, to be held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio.
Format[edit]
Open Bracket[edit]
- Double-elimination bracket.
- All matches are Bo3.
- Bottom 16 players of the 2012 MLG Winter Arena are seeded into the Open Winners Bracket Round 5.
- Top 8 advance to Pool Play.
- Next 8 advance to bottom of Championship Bracket.
Pool Play[edit]
- 16 top players from the 2012 MLG Winter Arena.
- 8 players from the Open Bracket.
- 4 round-robin groups of 6 players.
- All matches are Bo3.
- All players advance to Championship Bracket.
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.
Map Pool[edit]
| MLG Antiga Shipyard | MLG Daybreak | MLG Dual Sight | MLG Entombed Valley | MLG Metalopolis | MLG Shakuras Plateau | MLG Tal'Darim Altar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Talents[edit]
- Main Stream Commentator [1]s
- Side Stream Commentators
- French Commentator [2]
Pomf et Thud (Alexandre Noci
Hadrien Noci)
Prize Pool[edit]
$76,000 is spread among the players as seen below:
1st
2nd
3rd 
4th
 | This is a legacy prize pool. For non award prize pools please use {{Template:SoloPrizePool}}, {{Template:TeamPrizePool}}, {{DuoPrizePool}}, {{ArchonPrizePool}}, {{TrioPrizePool}} or {{QuadPrizePool}} instead. |
Participants[edit]
Protoss (9) Terran (8) Zerg (6)
Random (1)From the 2012 MLG Winter Arena (16)
1 NesTea and Leenock had to cancel, HayprO and SaSe were the next two seeds from the 2012 MLG Winter Arena.[3]
Results[edit]
Open Bracket[edit]
- Main article: 2012 MLG Winter Championship Open Winners' Bracket
- Main article: 2012 MLG Winter Championship Open Losers' Bracket
Pools[edit]
Pool A[edit]
    Pool A
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | MarineKing
|
5-0 | 10-1 | |||
| 2. | GanZi
|
3-2 | 8-5 | |||
| 3. | MC
|
2-3 | 5-8 | |||
| 4. | CrazymoviNG *
|
2-3 | 5-6 | |||
| 5. |  SaSe
|
2-3 | 5-7 | |||
| 6. | ThorZaIN *
|
1-4 | 2-8 | |||
Pool A Matches
| This is a legacy matchlist! Please use the new matchlist instead. |
Pool B[edit]
| Pool B
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | DongRaeGu
|
5-0 | 10-2 | |||
| 2. | NaNiwa
|
3-2 | 7-4 | |||
| 3. | JYP *
|
3-2 | 7-5 | |||
| 4. | HayprO
|
2-3 | 4-8 | |||
| 5. |  DeMusliM
|
1-4 | 5-9 | |||
| 6. | Ostojiy *
|
1-4 | 3-8 | |||
Pool B Matches
| This is a legacy matchlist! Please use the new matchlist instead. |
Pool C[edit]
| Pool C
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Heart *
|
5-0 | 10-4 | |||
| 2. | HuK
|
4-1 | 9-3 | |||
| 3. | viOLet
|
3-2 | 8-5 | |||
| 4. |  Ret
|
1-4 | 5-8 | |||
| 5. | KawaiiRice *
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1-4 | 3-8 | |||
| 6. |  Socke
|
1-4 | 2-9 | |||
Pool C Matches
| This is a legacy matchlist! Please use the new matchlist instead. |
* Player qualified via Open Bracket.
Championship Bracket[edit]
| This is a legacy bracket! Please use the new bracket instead. |
Upper Bracket Semifinals
Upper Bracket Semifinals
UB Semifinals
UBSF
Upper Bracket Final
Upper Bracket Final
UB Final
UBF
Grand Final
Grand Final
Final
GF
2
1
0
2
2
1
Lower Bracket Round 1
Lower Bracket Round 1
LB Round 1
LBR1
Lower Bracket Round 2
Lower Bracket Round 2
LB Round 2
LBR2
Lower Bracket Round 3
Lower Bracket Round 3
LB Round 3
LBR3
Lower Bracket Round 4
Lower Bracket Round 4
LB Round 4
LBR4
Lower Bracket Round 5
Lower Bracket Round 5
LB Round 5
LBR5
Lower Bracket Round 6
Lower Bracket Round 6
LB Round 6
LBR6
Lower Bracket Round 7
Lower Bracket Round 7
LB Round 7
LBR7
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
Lower Bracket Quarterfinals
LB Quarterfinals
LBQF
Lower Bracket Semifinal
Lower Bracket Semifinal
LB Semifinal
LBSF
Lower Bracket Final
Lower Bracket Final
LB Final
LBF
0
2
1
2
0
2
2
1
2
1
2
0
2
0
0
2
2
0
0
2
2
0
0
2
2
1
2
1
0
2
2
1
0
2
1
2
1
2
4
1
2
0
0
2
0
2
1
2
2
1
2
1
2
0
1
2
4
2
4
1
5
2
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. |
Additional Coverage[edit]
View Games[edit]
Gallery[edit]
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "StarCraft 2 at the Winter Championships: Casters, Pools and More". MajorLeagueGaming.com, 19 March 2012. Thread on TL.net
- ↑ "Gamekult official partner of MLG". Gamekult.com, 14 March 2012. Translated version
- ↑ Adam Apicella's Twitter. Twitter.com, 20 March 2012.