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2012 MLG Winter Championship

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    [e][h]2012 MLG Winter Championship
    League Information
    Organizer(s):
    MLG
    Server:
    North America
    Type:
    Offline
    Location:
    United States Columbus
    Format:
    1v1
    Open Bracket
    Pool Play
    Championship Bracket
    Prize Pool:
    $76,000 USD
    Start Date:
    2012-03-23
    End Date:
    2012-03-25
    Liquipedia Tier:
    Premier
    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]

    Antiga ShipyardDaybreakDual SightEntombed ValleyMetalopolisShakuras PlateauTal'Darim Altar

    Talents[edit]

    Prize Pool[edit]

    $76,000 is spread among the players as seen below:

    Participants[edit]

    Protoss (8) Terran (8) Zerg (6) Random (1)
    From the 2012 MLG Winter Arena (16)
    Netherlands Grubby
    Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses
    United Kingdom DeMusliM
    MVPMVP
    South Korea DongRaeGu
    Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses
    Canada HuK    		South Korea GanZi
    Team LiquidTeam Liquid
    Sweden HayprO 1
    SK GamingSK Gaming
    South Korea MC    		South Korea MarineKing
    Team LiquidTeam Liquid
    Netherlands Ret
    FXOpen e-SportsFXOpen e-Sports
    South Korea Oz
    Old GenerationsOld Generations
    South Korea TheStC
    Team EmpireTeam Empire
    South Korea viOLet
    StarTaleStarTale
    South Korea PartinG
    Quantic GamingQuantic Gaming
    Sweden SaSe 1
    Team ALTERNATETeam ALTERNATE
    Germany Socke
    From the Open Bracket (8)
    Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses
    South Korea JYP
    FnaticFnatic
    South Korea aLive
    Infinity SevenInfinity Seven
    South Korea CrazymoviNG
    LighT eSportsLighT eSports
    United States KawaiiRice
    compLexity GamingcompLexity Gaming
    South Korea Heart
    It's Gosu eSportsIt's Gosu eSports
    Canada Ostojiy
    FnaticFnatic
    South Korea Rain
    mousesportsmousesports
    Sweden ThorZaIN

    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]

    preview lrthread Recap Pool A
    1. South Korea  MarineKing 5-0 10-1
    2. South Korea  GanZi 3-2 8-5
    3. South Korea  MC 2-3 5-8
    4. South Korea  CrazymoviNG * 2-3 5-6
    5. Sweden  SaSe 2-3 5-7
    6. Sweden  ThorZaIN * 1-4 2-8
    This is a legacy matchlist! Please use the new matchlist instead.

    Pool B[edit]

    preview lrthread Recap Pool B
    1. South Korea  DongRaeGu 5-0 10-2
    2. Sweden  NaNiwa 3-2 7-4
    3. South Korea  JYP * 3-2 7-5
    4. Sweden  HayprO 2-3 4-8
    5. United Kingdom  DeMusliM 1-4 5-9
    6. Canada  Ostojiy * 1-4 3-8
    This is a legacy matchlist! Please use the new matchlist instead.

    Pool C[edit]

    preview lrthread Recap Pool C
    1. South Korea  Heart * 5-0 10-4
    2. Canada  HuK 4-1 9-3
    3. South Korea  viOLet 3-2 8-5
    4. Netherlands  Ret 1-4 5-8
    5. United States  KawaiiRice * 1-4 3-8
    6. Germany  Socke 1-4 2-9
    This is a legacy matchlist! Please use the new matchlist instead.

    Pool D[edit]

    preview lrthread Recap Pool D
    1. South Korea  PartinG 4-1 9-4
    2. South Korea  aLive * 3-2 8-4
    3. South Korea  TheStC 3-2 6-5
    4. South Korea  Oz 3-2 6-7
    5. South Korea  Rain * 2-3 7-7
    6. Netherlands  Grubby 0-5 2-10
    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 Semi-Finals
    Upper Bracket Semi-Finals
    Upper Semi-Finals
    UB Semi-Finals
    UB SF
    Upper Bracket Final
    Upper Bracket Final
    Upper Final
    UB Final
    Grand Final
    Grand Final
    GF
    South KoreaMarineKing
    2
    South KoreaPartinG
    1
    South KoreaHeart
    0
    South KoreaDongRaeGu
    2
    South KoreaMarineKing
    2
    South KoreaDongRaeGu
    1
    Lower Round 1
    Lower Round 1
    LB Round 1
    LB R1
    Lower Round 2
    Lower Round 2
    LB Round 2
    LB R2
    Lower Round 3
    Lower Round 3
    LB Round 3
    LB R3
    Lower Round 4
    Lower Round 4
    LB Round 4
    LB R4
    Lower Round 5
    Lower Round 5
    LB Round 5
    LB R5
    Lower Round 6
    Lower Round 6
    LB Round 6
    LB R6
    Lower Round 7
    Lower Round 7
    LB Round 7
    LB R7
    Lower Bracket Quarter-Finals
    Lower Bracket Quarter-Finals
    Lower Quarter-Finals
    LB Quarter-Finals
    LB QF
    Lower Bracket Semi-Finals
    Lower Bracket Semi-Finals
    Lower Semi-Finals
    LB Semi-Finals
    LB SF
    Lower Bracket Final
    Lower Bracket Final
    Lower Final
    LB Final
    CanadaDdoRo
    0
    South KoreaGolden
    2
    South KoreaGanZi
    2
    South KoreaJYP
    0
    South KoreaRain
    0
    South KoreaGolden
    2
    NetherlandsRet
    2
    South KoreaGolden
    1
    South KoreaJYP
    2
    NetherlandsRet
    1
    South KoreaGanZi
    2
    South KoreaJYP
    0
    South KoreaSeleCT
    2
    GermanyHasuObs
    0
    NetherlandsGrubby
    0
    South KoreaSeleCT
    2
    SwedenSaSe
    2
    South KoreaSeleCT
    0
    SwedenHayprO
    0
    SwedenSaSe
    2
    South KoreaviOLet
    2
    SwedenSaSe
    0
    South KoreaaLive
    0
    South KoreaviOLet
    2
    South KoreaGanZi
    2
    South KoreaviOLet
    1
    South KoreaHeart
    2
    South KoreaGanZi
    1
    United StatesAxslav
    0
    South KoreaPuMa
    2
    GermanySocke
    2
    South KoreaPuMa
    1
    United KingdomDeMusliM
    0
    GermanySocke
    2
    South KoreaCrazymoviNG
    1
    GermanySocke
    2
    South KoreaTheStC
    1
    GermanySocke
    2
    CanadaHuK
    4
    GermanySocke
    1
    South KoreaPolt
    2
    United StatesIdrA
    0
    CanadaOstojiy
    0
    South KoreaPolt
    2
    United StatesKawaiiRice
    0
    South KoreaPolt
    2
    South KoreaOz
    1
    South KoreaPolt
    2
    South KoreaMC
    2
    South KoreaPolt
    1
    SwedenNaNiwa
    2
    South KoreaMC
    1
    CanadaHuK
    2
    SwedenNaNiwa
    0
    South KoreaPartinG
    1
    CanadaHuK
    2
    South KoreaHeart
    4
    CanadaHuK
    2
    South KoreaDongRaeGu
    4
    South KoreaHeart
    1
    South KoreaMarineKing
    5
    South KoreaDongRaeGu
    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]

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    External links[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ↑ "StarCraft 2 at the Winter Championships: Casters, Pools and More". MajorLeagueGaming.com, 19 March 2012. Thread on TL.net
    2. ↑ "Gamekult official partner of MLG". Gamekult.com, 14 March 2012. Translated version
    3. ↑ Adam Apicella's Twitter. Twitter.com, 20 March 2012.
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