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2012 MLG Winter Championship
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2012 MLG Winter Championship
League Information
Series:
Organizer(s):
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]
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:
| Place | $USD | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
 1st | $25,000 |   MarineKing |  Prime |
 2nd | $15,000 |  DongRaeGu |  coL.MVP |
 3rd | $9,000 | Heart |  compLexity Gaming |
 4th | $5,500 |   HuK |  Evil Geniuses |
| 5th-6th | $3,500 | PartinG |  StarTale |
| GanZi |  | ||
| 7th-8th | $2,250 | viOLet |  Team Empire |
 NaNiwa |  Quantic Gaming | ||
| 9th | $1,500 | MC |  SK Gaming |
| 10th | $1,500 | aLive |  Fnatic |
| 11th | $1,500 |  Socke |  Team ALTERNATE |
| 12th | $1,500 | JYP | Evil Geniuses |
| 13th-16th | $1,000 | TheStC |  Old Generations |
 Ret |  Team Liquid | ||
| Polt |  Team SCV Life | ||
| SaSe | Quantic Gaming |
Participants[edit]
| Protoss (9) | Terran (8) | Zerg (6) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| From the 2012 MLG Winter Arena (16) | |||
| Grubby |  DeMusliM |  DongRaeGu | |
| HuK | GanZi |  HayprO 1 | |
| MC | MarineKing | Ret | |
| NaNiwa | TheStC |  viOLet | |
 Oz | |||
 PartinG | |||
| SaSe 1 | |||
| Socke | |||
| From the Open Bracket (8) | |||
| JYP | aLive |  CrazymoviNG | |
| Heart |  Ostojiy | ||
| Rain | |||
 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]
    Pool A
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | MarineKing
|
5-0 | 10-1 | |||
| 2. | GanZi
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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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| MarineKing | 2 | 0 | MC |
| GanZi | 1 | 2 | SaSe |
| MarineKing | 2 | 1 | GanZi |
| MC | 2 | 1 | SaSe |
| MarineKing | 2 | 0 | SaSe |
| GanZi | 2 | 1 | MC |
| GanZi | 2 | 0 | ThorZaIN |
| MC | 0 | 2 | ThorZaIN |
| SaSe | 0 | 2 | CrazymoviNG |
| MarineKing | 2 | 0 | CrazymoviNG |
| CrazymoviNG | 2 | 0 | ThorZaIN |
| MarineKing | 2 | 0 | ThorZaIN |
| MC | 2 | 1 | CrazymoviNG |
| SaSe | 2 | 0 | ThorZaIN |
| GanZi | 2 | 0 | CrazymoviNG |
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| DongRaeGu | 2 | 0 | NaNiwa |
| DeMusliM | 1 | 2 | HayprO |
| DongRaeGu | 2 | 1 | DeMusliM |
| NaNiwa | 1 | 2 | HayprO |
| DongRaeGu | 2 | 0 | HayprO |
| NaNiwa | 2 | 0 | DeMusliM |
| DeMusliM | 2 | 1 | Ostojiy |
| NaNiwa | 2 | 0 | JYP |
| DongRaeGu | 2 | 0 | Ostojiy |
| HayprO | 0 | 2 | JYP |
| JYP | 2 | 0 | Ostojiy |
| DeMusliM | 1 | 2 | JYP |
| NaNiwa | 2 | 0 | Ostojiy |
| DongRaeGu | 2 | 1 | JYP |
| HayprO | 0 | 2 | Ostojiy |
Pool C[edit]
| Pool C
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Heart *
|
5-0 | 10-4 | |||
| 2. | HuK
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4-1 | 9-3 | |||
| 3. | viOLet
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3-2 | 8-5 | |||
| 4. | Ret
|
1-4 | 5-8 | |||
| 5. | KawaiiRice *
|
1-4 | 3-8 | |||
| 6. | Socke
|
1-4 | 2-9 | |||
| Pool C Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| HuK | 2 | 0 | Socke |
| viOLet | 2 | 1 | Ret |
| Ret | 1 | 2 | Socke |
| HuK | 2 | 1 | viOLet |
| viOLet | 2 | 0 | Socke |
| HuK | 2 | 0 | Ret |
| HuK | 1 | 2 | Heart |
| Socke | 0 | 2 | KawaiiRice |
| Ret | 2 | 0 | KawaiiRice |
| viOLet | 2 | 0 | KawaiiRice |
| KawaiiRice | 1 | 2 | Heart |
| HuK | 2 | 0 | KawaiiRice |
| viOLet | 1 | 2 | Heart |
| Ret | 1 | 2 | Heart |
| Socke | 0 | 2 | Heart |
Pool D[edit]
| Pool D
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | PartinG
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4-1 | 9-4 | |||
| 2. | aLive *
|
3-2 | 8-4 | |||
| 3. | TheStC
|
3-2 | 6-5 | |||
| 4. | Oz
|
3-2 | 6-7 | |||
| 5. | Rain *
|
2-3 | 7-7 | |||
| 6. | Grubby
|
0-5 | 2-10 | |||
| Pool D Matches | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Oz | 2 | 1 | PartinG |
| Grubby | 0 | 2 | TheStC |
| Oz | 2 | 1 | Grubby |
| PartinG | 2 | 0 | TheStC |
| Oz | 0 | 2 | TheStC |
| PartinG | 2 | 0 | Grubby |
| Grubby | 1 | 2 | Rain |
| PartinG | 2 | 1 | aLive |
| TheStC | 0 | 2 | aLive |
| Oz | 2 | 1 | Rain |
| Oz | 0 | 2 | aLive |
| Grubby | 0 | 2 | aLive |
| PartinG | 2 | 1 | Rain |
| TheStC | 2 | 1 | Rain |
| Rain | 2 | 1 | aLive |
* Player qualified via Open Bracket.
Championship Bracket[edit]
Championship Losers' Bracket Round 1-6[edit]
From OLB Round 9
DdoRo0
DdoRo
GoldenMarch 24, 2012
Golden2
SeleCT2
SeleCT
HasuObsMarch 24, 2012
HasuObs0
Axslav0
Axslav
PuMaMarch 24, 2012
PuMa2
Polt2
Polt
IdrAMarch 24, 2012
IdrA0
#6 from Pool Play
ThorZaIN1
ThorZaIN
GoldenMarch 24, 2012
Golden2
Grubby0
Grubby
SeleCTMarch 24, 2012
SeleCT2
Socke2
Socke
PuMaMarch 24, 2012
PuMa1
Ostojiy0
Ostojiy
PoltMarch 24, 2012
Polt2
#5 from Pool Play
Rain0
Rain
GoldenMarch 25, 2012
Golden2
SaSe2
SaSe
SeleCTMarch 25, 2012
SeleCT0
DeMusliM0
DeMusliM
SockeMarch 25, 2012
Socke2
KawaiiRice0
KawaiiRice
PoltMarch 25, 2012
Polt2
#4 from Pool Play
Ret2
Ret
GoldenMarch 25, 2012
Golden1
HayprO0
HayprO
SaSeMarch 25, 2012
SaSe2
CrazymoviNG1
CrazymoviNG
SockeMarch 25, 2012
Socke2
Oz1
Oz
PoltMarch 25, 2012
Polt2
#3 from Pool Play
JYP2
JYP
RetMarch 25, 2012
Ret1
viOLet2
viOLet
SaSeMarch 25, 2012
SaSe0
TheStC1
TheStC
SockeMarch 25, 2012
Socke2
MC2
MC
PoltMarch 25, 2012
Polt1
#2 from Pool Play
GanZi2
GanZi
JYPMarch 25, 2012
JYP0
aLive0
aLive
viOLetMarch 25, 2012
viOLet2
HuK4
HuK
SockeMarch 25, 2012
Socke1
NaNiwa2
NaNiwa
MCMarch 25, 2012
MC1
Championship Bracket Round 7-11[edit]
#1 from Pool Play
MarineKing2
MarineKing
PartinGMarch 25, 2012
PartinG1
Heart0
Heart
DongRaeGuMarch 25, 2012
DongRaeGu2
Winners Finals
MarineKing2
MarineKing
DongRaeGuMarch 25, 2012
DongRaeGu1
Losers Round 7 (Ro8)
GanZi2
GanZi
viOLetMarch 25, 2012
viOLet1
HuK2
HuK
NaNiwaMarch 25, 2012
NaNiwa0
Losers Round 8
Heart2
Heart
GanZiMarch 25, 2012
GanZi1
PartinG1
PartinG
HuKMarch 25, 2012
HuK2
4th place match
Heart4
Heart
HuKMarch 25, 2012
HuK2
Losers Finals
DongRaeGu4
DongRaeGu
HeartMarch 25, 2012
Heart1
Grand Final
MarineKing5
MarineKing
DongRaeGuMarch 25, 2012
DongRaeGu2
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. |
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Gallery[edit]
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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.